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Can hepatic steatosis compromise the effect of physical exercise on body composition in obese children and adolescents?

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2017
Physical exercise is one of the forms of prevention and treatment of obesity and associated diseases such as hepatic steatosis. The aim of this study was to analyze whether hepatic steatosis interferes in the effect of physical exercise on the body ...
Bruna Thamyres Ciccotti Saraiva, Paula Alves Monteiro, Claudia de Carvalho Brunholi, Marcelo Rodrigues Ribeiro dos Santos, Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro, Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior   +5 more
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Fully Convolutional Networks for Automated Segmentation of Abdominal Adipose Tissue Depots in Multicenter Water-Fat MRI

, 2018
Purpose: An approach for the automated segmentation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in multicenter water-fat MRI scans of the abdomen was investigated, using two different neural network architectures.
Ahlström, Håkan, Bergsten, Peter, Forslund, Anders, Hedström, Anders, Kullberg, Joel, Langner, Taro, Mörwald, Katharina, Weghuber, Daniel   +7 more
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Changes in Intra‐abdominal Fat in Early Postmenopausal Women: Effects of Hormone Use [PDF]

Obesity, 2006
AbstractObjective: Intra‐abdominal fat (IAF) accumulates with age, is greater among postmenopausal vs. premenopausal women, and is linked to risk for both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prevents or attenuates changes in IAF and related risk factors is not clear. The objectives of this observational
Barbara A, Gower, Julian, Muñoz, Renee, Desmond, Tena, Hilario-Hailey, Xiuxiang, Jiao   +4 more
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Diagnostic value of focal hyperechoic mesenteric fat sign as an indicator of the primary source of intra-abdominal pathology in patients with abdominal pain

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
Background Most acute abdominal pain raises the suspension of infectious or inflammatory processes. The most obvious sign of acute intra-abdominal inflammation is frequently the identification of inflamed fat on the ultrasound.
Rasha Mahmoud, Hanan M. Alfifi, Mohamed Mossad, Naglaa Ezzat Abd Elmageed   +3 more
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Case Report: Pansteatitis with sterile nodular panniculitis (SNP) in a dog

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
A 3-year-old, castrated male Jindo dog presented with a 5-day history of pyrexia, lethargy, anorexia, and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed multiple subcutaneous nodules, and abdominal ultrasonography showed numerous intra-abdominal nodules ...
Jihee Han, Jihee Han, Yenah Lee, Youngsin Seung, Kunho Song   +4 more
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Relation of C-reactive protein to body fat distribution and features of the metabolic syndrome in Europeans and South Asians.

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations and indices of body fat distribution and the insulin resistance syndrome in South Asians and Europeans. DESIGN: : Cross-sectional study.
NG Forouhi, N Sattar, PM McKeigue, PM Ridker, PM Ridker, F Haverkate, W Koenig, MA Mendall, RP Tracy, JC Pickup, JS Yudkin, A Festa, PM McKeigue, PM McKeigue, PM McKeigue, JC Seidell, JR Patsch, J Highton, JP Després, AS Greenberg, T Chajek-Shaul, P Bjorntorp, P Ebeling, U Saxena   +23 more
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Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in women. [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundThe purpose of this research was review the epidemiology of the association of obesity and urinary incontinence, and to summarize the published data on the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence.MethodsA literature review of the ...
Subak, Leslee L, Whitcomb, Emily L
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Waist Circumference Adjusted for Body Mass Index and Intra-Abdominal Fat Mass

PLoS ONE, 2012
The association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is particularly strong and direct when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). One conceivable explanation for this association is that WC adjusted for BMI is a better predictor of the presumably most harmful intra-abdominal fat mass (IAFM) than WC alone.
Berentzen Tina Landsvig, Angquist Lars, Kotronen Anna, Borra Ronald, YkiJarvinen Hannele, Iozzo Patricia, Parkkola Riitta, Nuutila Pirjo, Ross Robert, Allison David B, Heymsfield Steven B, Overvad Kim, Sorensen Thorkild I A, Jakobsen Marianne Uhre   +13 more
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Sexual dimorphism in the association of umbilical cord blood lipidome with abdominal fat in early childhood

BMC Medicine
Background Although the associations between cord blood lipidome and neonatal birth weight are established, it remains uncertain whether sexual dimorphism in fetal fat accumulation extends to the relationship between cord blood lipid profiles and ...
Kothandaraman Narasimhan, Mya Thway Tint, Li Chen, Sartaj Ahmad Mir, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Navin Michael, Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Karen Mei-Ling Tan, Priti Mishra, Anne K. Bendt, Kok Hian Tan, David Cameron-Smith, Yap Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Peter J. Meikle, Melvin Khee Shing Leow, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng Lee, Chan Shiao Yng, Johan G. Eriksson, S Sendhil Velan, Neerja Karnani, Markus R. Wenk   +22 more
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A Giant Lumbar Pseudomeningocele in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine, 2017
This is a rare case of giant lumbar pseudomeningocele with intra-abdominal extension in patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The patient’s clinical course is retrospectively reviewed.
Mauro Dobran, Maurizio Iacoangeli, Paolo Ruscelli, Martina Della Costanza, Davide Nasi, Massimo Scerrati   +5 more
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