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Current Opinion in Lipidology, 1998
The application of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography to obesity research has changed the focus from body mass and skinfold thickness to abdominal fat mass and visceral adiposity. Intra-abdominal fat constitutes less than 20% of total body fat but is a major determinant of fasting and postprandial lipid availability because of its ...
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The application of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography to obesity research has changed the focus from body mass and skinfold thickness to abdominal fat mass and visceral adiposity. Intra-abdominal fat constitutes less than 20% of total body fat but is a major determinant of fasting and postprandial lipid availability because of its ...
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Androgens and abdominal obesity
Baillière's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1998Central or visceral obesity is recognized as a main risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The co-existence of visceral obesity, increased blood lipid levels, hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance defines the metabolic syndrome that today is widely recognized as one of the prime factors behind cardiovascular ...
P, Mårin, S, Arver
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Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome
Nature, 2006Metabolic 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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Abdominal pain following obesity treatment
Gut, 2013A 61-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of vomiting, abdominal distension and pain plus anorexia. This was on a background of morbid obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and previous laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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Obesity, Abdominal Obesity, and Insulin Resistance
Clinical Cornerstone, 2008The 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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Dysglycemia and Abdominal Obesity
Current Vascular Pharmacology, 2012Dysglycemia 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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