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Abdominal Obesity and Risk

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. Part A: Theory and Practice, 1990
The relationship between insulin and hypertension. The statistical association between hypertension and hyperinsulinemia has been observed repeatedly. There is also considerable evidence of a causal relationship either via effects on the sympathetic nervous system or via reabsorption of sodium or both (for recent reviews see 1–3).
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Dysglycemia and Abdominal Obesity

Current Vascular Pharmacology, 2012
Dysglycemia as a pre-stage of diabetes mellitus and abdominal obesity are closely interrelated at multiple levels and by a whole array of complex mechanisms, many of which seem to have the potential of causing harm to large blood vessels, in particular to coronary and peripheral vascular segments.
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Obesity, Abdominal Obesity, and Insulin Resistance

Clinical Cornerstone, 2008
The correlation of body mass index (BMI) with both adiposity and risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is positive. An elevated BMI is also associated with increased mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, for any given BMI measurement, some persons are at risk for type 2 DM and CVD, while others are not.
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[Effect of abdominal obesity in childhood on abdominal obesity in adulthood].

Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi, 2020
Objective: To examine the effect of childhood abdominal obesity on abdominal obesity in adulthood. Methods: Based on data from the "China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)" 1993-2011, the participants who were followed up at least once in childhood (7-17 years old) and adulthood (≥18 years old) were the potential eligible ones for the inclusion.
Y P, Hou, Z X, Li, L, Yang, M, Zhao, B, Xi   +4 more
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Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome

Nature, 2006
Metabolic syndrome is associated with abdominal obesity, blood lipid disorders, inflammation, insulin resistance or full-blown diabetes, and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Proposed criteria for identifying patients with metabolic syndrome have contributed greatly to preventive medicine, but the value of metabolic syndrome as a ...
Jean-Pierre, Després, Isabelle, Lemieux
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The Significance of Abdominal Obesity in Youth

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2014
Pediatric nurses are well aware of the marked increase of obesity in children. Abdominal obesity is defined as excess intra-abdominal and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue. The prevalence rates of abdominal obesity exceed the prevalence rates of generalized obesity.
Susan Kohl, Malone, Terri H, Lipman
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Abdominal obesity reduction in Indigenous men

International Journal of Obesity, 1999
To assess the effectiveness of a men's 'waist loss' program over one year in Indigenous men.Pre-and post-test measurements of 47 Indigenous men on four island groups in the Torres Strait region of Northern Australia involved in a version of the 'GutBuster' program, modified by and for Indigenous men.Weight, waist and hip size of 47 men, and body fat ...
Egger G., Fisher G., Piers S., Bedford K., Morseau G., Sabasio S., Taipim B., Bani G., Assan M., Mills P.   +9 more
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Stiffness of the Abdominal Aorta in Obese Children

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2002
Obesity is pathogenically related to clinical and subclinical disorders that contribute to the development of atherosclerotic plaques and their complications leading to onset of cardiovascular events. Arterial stiffness may be an indicator of early vascular changes signaling the development of vascular disease.
Ertürk, Levent, Damla, Gökşen, Arif Ruhi, Ozyürek, Sukran, Darcan, C, Mahmut, Mahmut, Coker, Hasan, Güven, Aytül, Parlar   +7 more
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Obesity and abdominal obesity

2008
Objective: To assess the prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in Turkish adults. Methods: This is a nationally representative cross-sectional study. From both urban and rural areas of seven geographical regions of Turkey 2110 men and 2154 women with a mean age of 40.9±14.9 years (range 20-90) were included in this study.
O?uz, Aytekin, Tamizhan, Ahmet, Abacı, Adnan, Kozan, Ömer, Erol, C., Öngen, Zeki, Çelik, Şükrü   +6 more
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Obesity and Work in Abdominal Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
BACKGROUND: Recent analyses have shown that Modifier 22 does not reimburse surgeons for the increased work required to care for the most complex patients. New strategies are needed to identify patients who require additional work to create a financial system that ensures equitable access.
Christopher P, Childers, Abigail M, Petty, Don J, Selzer, Christopher K, Senkowski   +3 more
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