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Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation, 2021
The global obesity epidemic is well established, with increases in obesity prevalence for most countries since the 1980s. Obesity contributes directly to incident cardiovascular risk factors, including dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and ...
Tiffany Powell-wiley, P. Poirier, L. Burke, J. Despres, P. Gordon-Larsen, C. Lavie, S. Lear, C. Ndumele, I. Neeland, P. Sanders, M. St-Onge   +10 more
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Obesity, Abdominal Obesity and Alzheimer Disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2006
<i>Background/Aims:</i> Obesity has a strong association with vascular and metabolic diseases, which have been linked with Alzheimer disease (AD). While recent studies have reported an association between mid-life obesity and dementia, the role of later-life obesity is less clear. This study investigated the relation between AD, obesity and
Razay, G, Vreugdenhil, A, Wilcock, G
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Serum Magnesium Levels Are Negatively Associated with Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Real-World Study [PDF]

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
Background There remains controversy over the relationship between serum magnesium levels and obesity in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess whether there is any association of serum magnesium levels with ...
Man-Rong Xu, Ai-Ping Wang, Yu-Jie Wang, Jun-Xi Lu, Li Shen, Lian-Xi Li   +5 more
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Temporal Trends of the Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Children and Adolescents between 2007 and 2020

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2023
Background : The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents is increasing worldwide, which is of concern because obesity can lead to various complications such as metabolic syndrome (MS).
Jieun Lee, Sung-Chan Kang, Obin Kwon, Seung-sik Hwang, Jin Soo Moon, Hyun Wook Chae, Jaehyun Kim   +6 more
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Waist-to-height ratio is independently related to whole and central body fat, regardless of the waist circumference measurement protocol, in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients [PDF]

, 2016
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pimenta N.M., Cortez-Pinto H., Melo X., Silva-Nunes J., Sardinha L.B. & Santa-Clara H. (2017) Waist-to-height ratio is independently related to whole and central body fat, regardless of the ...
Cortez-Pinto, Helena, Melo, Xavier, Pimenta, Nuno, Santa-Clara, Helena, Sardinha, Luís, Silva-Nunes, José   +5 more
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Association Between Korean-Style Balanced Diet and Risk of Abdominal Obesity in Korean Adults: An Analysis Using KNHANES-VI (2013–2016)

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Abdominal obesity is a critical factor for metabolic diseases, and specific eating patterns such as the Mediterranean diet help prevent metabolic diseases.
Hye Jeong Yang, Min Jung Kim, Haeng Jeon Hur, Byoung Kook Lee, Myung-Sunny Kim, Myung-Sunny Kim, Sunmin Park   +6 more
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Risk Factors of Hypertension in Menopausal Women in Rejomulyo, Madiun [PDF]

, 2015
Hypertension is a state of blood pressure ≥140 mmHg (systolic) or ≥90 mmHg (diastolic). Incidence of women hypertension in Rejomulyo from January to November 2013 reached 28.4%, in which 87% were menopausal.
Ardiani, H. (Hanifah), Saraswati, L. D. (Lintang), Susanto, H. S. (Henry)   +2 more
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Insulin mediated upregulation of the renin angiotensin system in human subcutaneous adipocytes is reduced by Rosiglitazone [PDF]

, 2005
Background: Obesity associated hypertension is likely to be due to multiple mechanisms. Identification of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) within adipose tissue does, however, suggest a potential causal role for it in obesity-associated hypertension ...
Chetty, Rajkumar, Coppack, Simon, Harte, A. L. (Alison L.), Katz, Jonathan, Kumar, Sudhesh, McTernan, P. G. (Philip G.), Smith, Stephen   +6 more
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Overall and abdominal obesity in relation to venous thromboembolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020
Abdominal obesity has been shown to be a superior measure over overall obesity for detecting cardiovascular risk.
S. Yuan, M. Bruzelius, Ying Xiong, N. Håkansson, A. Åkesson, S. Larsson   +5 more
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Socioeconomic disparities in abdominal obesity over the life course in China

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Abdominal obesity has become an important public health issue in China. Socioeconomic disparities are thought to be closely related to the prevalence of abdominal obesity.
Panpan Zhao, Xiaoli Gu, Dongfu Qian, Fan Yang, for the Healthy Aging and Development Study Group in Nanjing Medical University, and for the Data Mining Group of Biomedical Big Data in Nanjing Medical University   +4 more
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