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Application of the liposuction techniques and principles in specific body areas and pathologies [PDF]

, 2011
The buttocks have been a symbol of attraction, sexuality and eroticism since ancient times and therefore, they have an important role in defining the posterior body contour.
Blugerman, Guillermo, D’Angelo, Jorge A., Habbema, Louis, Lisborg, Peter, Markowsky, Andrea, Moreno, Rodrigo, Rapprich, Stefan, Schavelzon, Diego, Siguen, Maria, Soto, Javier   +9 more
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Intra-abdominal infectious complications following gastrectomy in patients with excessive visceral fat [PDF]

Gastric Cancer, 2011
Excessive visceral fat may be a better predictor of the development of postoperative morbidity after gastrectomy than body mass index (BMI). The aim of the present study was to clarify the most appropriate fat parameter to predict pancreas-related infection and anastomotic leakage following gastrectomy.The study was performed in 206 patients who ...
Norihiko, Sugisawa, Masanori, Tokunaga, Yutaka, Tanizawa, Etsuro, Bando, Taiichi, Kawamura, Masanori, Terashima   +5 more
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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism alters the association between body fatness and plasma lipoproteins in women.

Journal of Lipid Research, 1990
The aim of the present study was to investigate the associations between total adiposity, body fat distribution, and plasma lipoprotein levels within groups of women defined on the basis of apolipoprotein E phenotypes, in order to verify whether apoE ...
MC Pouliot, JP Després, S Moorjani, PJ Lupien, A Tremblay, C Bouchard   +5 more
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Ectopic cardiovascular fat in middle-aged men: effects of race/ethnicity, overall and central adiposity. The ERA JUMP study. [PDF]

, 2015
Background/objectivesHigher volumes of ectopic cardiovascular fat (ECF) are associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Identifying factors that are associated with ECF volumes may lead to new preventive efforts to reduce risk of CHD ...
Barinas-Mitchell, E, Budoff, M, Edmundowicz, D, El Khoudary, SR, El-Saed, A, ERA JUMP Study Group, Evans, RW, Fujiyoshi, A, Hisamatsu, T, Kadowaki, S, Kuller, LH, Masaki, K, Miura, K, Ohkubo, T, Sekikawa, A, Shin, C, Ueshima, H, Willcox, BJ   +17 more
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Inflammatory markers in prepubertal children and their associations with abdominal fat

Jornal de Pediatria
Objective: To evaluate the association between inflammatory markers and abdominal fat assessed by ultrasound in prepubertal children with and without excess weight. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 241 prepubertal children, 156 with obesity, 37
Letícia G. de Queiroz, Paulo F. Collett-Solberg, Maria das Graças C. de Souza, Nádia Cristina P. Rodrigues, Alexandra M. Monteiro, Cristiane de S. Mendes, Fernanda M. Gazolla, Cecília L. de Oliveira, Eliete Bouskela, Maria Cristina C. Kuschnir, Isabel R. Madeira   +10 more
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Intra‐abdominal Fat Burden Discriminated In Vivo Using Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy [PDF]

Obesity, 2007
AbstractObjective: To assess proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H‐MRS) as a means to distinguish among mice with disparate intra‐abdominal body fat compositions, and to measure changes in intra‐abdominal fat burden during weight loss and regain.Research Methods and Procedures: Intra‐abdominal fat burden was analyzed as a ratio of integrated areas
Brent E, Walling, Jeeva, Munasinghe, David, Berrigan, Michael Q, Bailey, R Mark, Simpson   +4 more
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A Very Rare Case of Mass-Like Mesenteric Fat Necrosis in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Introduction: Intra-abdominal fat is a metabolically active tissue that can undergo necrosis due to torsion, infarction, or trauma. Despite being asymptomatic in most cases, fat necrosis or steatonecrosis can cause abdominal pain. Case Presentation: This
Ana Luísa Lourenço, João Lopes Dias, Joana Marques, Vera Bernardino   +3 more
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Does Weight Status Impact Metabolic Health in Adolescents When Controlling for Physical Fitness? [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: To determines whether adolescents who are fit with overweight/obesity are similar in their metabolic profile to adolescents who are fit and normal weight. Methods: Adolescents participated in 3 sessions: (1) resting vitals and anthropometrics;
Bement, Marie K. Hoeger, Harkins, April L., Skelton, Joseph, Stolzman, Stacy   +3 more
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Dietary determinants of changes in waist circumference adjusted for body mass index - a proxy measure of visceral adiposity [PDF]

, 2010
Background Given the recognized health effects of visceral fat, the understanding of how diet can modulate changes in the phenotype “waist circumference for a given body mass index (WCBMI)”, a proxy measure of visceral adiposity, is deemed necessary ...
A, D.L., van der, Angquist, L., Boeing, H., Feskens, E.J.M., Forouhi, N.G., Halkjaer, J., Huaidong, D.U., Jakobsen, M.U., Masala, G., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Riboli, E., Romaguera, D., Sorensen, T., Steffen, A., Tjonneland, A., Wareham, N.   +16 more
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A Comparison between Symmetry of Abdominal Muscle Size in Healthy Adolescents and Adolescents with Low Back Pain

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2016
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Low back pain (LBP) is a musculoskeletal disorder and a relatively common complaint. Muscles, as the most important stabilizers of the spine, are impaired in patients with LBP. The aim of this study is to compare the symmetry of
N Rahmani, MA Mohseni Bandpei, M Salavati, R Vameghi, I Abdollahi   +4 more
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