Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2019 Objective: To associate intra‐abdominal fat thickness measured by ultrasonography to the factors related to metabolic syndrome and to determine cutoff points of intra‐abdominal fat measurement associated with a greater chance of metabolic syndrome in ...
Rommel L.R. Novais +8 more
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Body Fat Patterning, Hepatic Fat and Pancreatic Volume of Non-Obese Asian Indians with Type 2 Diabetes in North India: A Case-Control Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 To evaluate body fat patterning and phenotype including hepatic fat and pancreatic volume of non-obese (BMI: < 25 kg/m2) Asian Indians with type 2 diabetes residing in North India.Non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 93) and non-obese, normo ...
Anoop Misra +5 more
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Genetic and Environmental Factors Contributing to Visceral Adiposity in Asian Populations [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020 Obesity-associated metabolic illnesses are increasing at an alarming rate in Asian countries. A common feature observed in the Asian population is a higher incidence of abdominal obesity—the “skinny-fat” Asian syndrome.
Rachel Williams, Muthu Periasamy
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The Sex and Race Specific Relationship between Anthropometry and Body Fat Composition Determined from Computed Tomography: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundFew studies have investigated the relationship of anthropometric measurements with computed tomography (CT) body fat composition, and even fewer determined if these relationships differ by sex and race.MethodsCT scans from 1,851 participants in
Allison, Matthew A +9 more
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Expression of LONP1 Is High in Visceral Adipose Tissue in Obesity, and Is Associated with Glucose and Lipid Metabolism [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021 Background The nature and role of the mitochondrial stress response in adipose tissue in relation to obesity are not yet known. To determine whether the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt) in adipose tissue is associated with obesity in ...
Ju Hee Lee +12 more
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Improved glucose tolerance in mice receiving intraperitoneal transplantation of normal fat tissue [PDF]
, 2018 Aims/hypothesis: The association between increased (visceral) fat mass, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus is well known. Yet, it is unclear whether the mere increase in intra-abdominal fat mass, or rather functional alterations in fat ...
Konrad, D., Rudich, A., Schoenle, E.
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Types of obesity and their impact on long-term outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease
Ожирение и метаболизм, 2021 Large prospective studies involving several hundred thousands to several million people from the general population have shown that people with obesity have a higher overall mortality rate than people with a normal BMI.
S. V. Miklishanskaya, N. A. Mazur
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Risk for metabolic syndrome in the population with visceral fat area measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background/Aims To investigate whether visceral fat area (VFA) measured by bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) was associated with metabolic syndrome in subjects with and without obesity.
Han Ho Jeon +5 more
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Abdominal regional fat distribution on MRI correlates with cholecystolithiasis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 AIMS: To determine whether abdominal regional fat distribution pattern on MRI is correlated with cholecystolithiasis. METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 163 patients with cholecystolithiasis and 163 non-cholecystolithiasis control subjects ...
Yang Zhang +7 more
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Visceral Fat as a Useful Parameter in the Differential Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease and Intestinal Tuberculosis [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2014 Background/AimsBecause of the similarities in the clinical presentations of Crohn's disease (CD) and intestinal tuberculosis (ITB), differential diagnosis is critical.
Jun Kwon Ko +11 more
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