Changes in Fat Intake, Body Fat Composition and Intra-Abdominal Fat after Bariatric Surgery [PDF]
Clinical Nutrition Research, 2014 Bariatric surgery is considered to be the effective treatment alternative conducted over the lifetime for reducing weight in patients with clinically morbid obesity. For many patients, the benefits of weight loss, including decreases in blood glucose, lipids, and blood pressure as well as increase in mobility, will outweigh the risks of surgical ...
Lim, Heesook +4 more
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Novel Asian-Specific Visceral Adiposity Indices Are Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease in Korean Adults [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2023 Background The Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) and new visceral adiposity index (NVAI) are novel indices of visceral adiposity used to predict metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in Asian populations. However, the relationships of CVAI and NVAI
Jonghwa Jin +7 more
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Visceral-to-Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat Ratio Is Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020 BackgroundWe evaluated the association of visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio (VSR) with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and advanced fibrosis degree based on noninvasive serum fibrosis markers in the general population with NAFLD.MethodsThis is ...
Chan-Hee Jung +5 more
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Thigh fat and muscle each contribute to excess cardiometabolic risk in South Asians, independent of visceral adipose tissue. [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To compare fat distribution and associations between fat depots and cardiometabolic traits in South Asians and Europeans. METHODS: Five hundred and fourteen South Asians and 669 Europeans, aged 56-86.
Chaturvedi, N +8 more
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Selective parasympathetic innervation of subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat — functional implications [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2002 The wealth of clinical epidemiological data on the association between intra-abdominal fat accumulation and morbidity sharply contrasts with the paucity of knowledge about the determinants of fat distribution, which cannot be explained merely in terms of humoral factors.
Kreier, F. +11 more
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Not Just Fat: Imaging in Abdominal Fat Pathology
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, 2021 Fat in abdomen has diverse distribution and function. Insult to fat due to several causes can result in infarction or necrosis and present as acute abdomen clinically.
Aruna R. Patil +3 more
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TOpic: rare and special cases, the real "Strange cases" [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: The bladder hernia represents approximately 1-3% of all inguinal hernias, where patients aged more than 50 years have a higher incidence (10%).
AUTIERI, DOMENICO +48 more
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Visceral adiposity syndrome and cardiometabolism [PDF]
Scripta Medica, 2021 The distribution of fat in the human body is related to hemodynamic and metabolic homeostasis. Brown fat is inversely related to body mass index and is associated with a lower probability of developing diabetes.
Lopes Heno F., Egan Brent M.
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Compartmental fat distribution in the abdomen of dogs relative to overall body fat composition
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Adipose tissue may have different metabolic and endocrine functions depending on the region of the body in which it is located. While visceral or intra-abdominal fat has been found to contribute to leptin concentrations, insulin resistance and
R. B. S. Turner +4 more
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Preperitoneal Fat Grafting Inhibits the Formation of Intra-abdominal Adhesions in Mice [PDF]
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2020 Adhesion formation contributes to postoperative complications in abdominal and gynaecological surgery. Thus far, the prevention and treatment strategies have focused on mechanical barriers in solid and liquid form, but these methods are not in routine use.
Mervi Laukka +13 more
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