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Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in the Lausanne population [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2008
Obesity can be defined using body mass index (BMI) or waist (abdominal obesity). Little information exists regarding its prevalence and determinants in Switzerland. Hence, we assessed the levels of obesity as defined by BMI or waist circumference in a Swiss population-based sample.Cross-sectional, population-based non-stratified random sample of 3,249 ...
Marques-Vidal Pedro, Bochud Murielle, Mooser Vincent, Paccaud Fred, Waeber Gérard, Vollenweider Peter   +5 more
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Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a growing health problem in India and worldwide, due to changes in lifestyle. This study aimed to explore the independent associations between dietary and physical activity exposure variables and total body fat and distribution in ...
Krishna, K V Radha, Sullivan, Ruth, Krishna, KV Radha, Kuper, Hannah, Wells, Jonathan, Taylor, Amy E, Bowen, Liza, Ekelund, Ulf, Kulkarni, Bharati, Wells, Jonathan CK, Kinra, Sanjay, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Ebrahim, Shah, Radha Krishna, K. V., Taylor, Amy E.   +14 more
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The Gut-Kidney Axis: Putative Interconnections Between Gastrointestinal and Renal Disorders

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a devastating condition associated with increased morbidity and premature mortality. The etiology of DKD is still largely unknown.
Markku Lehto, Markku Lehto, Markku Lehto, Per-Henrik Groop, Per-Henrik Groop, Per-Henrik Groop, Per-Henrik Groop   +6 more
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Estimation of CT-derived abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue depots from anthropometry in Europeans, South Asians and African Caribbeans [PDF]

, 2013
Background South Asians and African Caribbeans experience more cardiometabolic disease than Europeans. Risk factors include visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal (SAT) adipose tissue, which vary with ethnicity and are difficult to quantify using ...
Willis Joseph, Hughes, AD, Ian F. Godsland (212035), Peter Whincup (20840), Peter Whincup, Tillin, T, Therese Tillin, Joseph Willis, Sophie V. Eastwood (459934), Tillin Therese, Andrew Wright (459935), Nita Forouhi (459938), Nita Forouhi, Andrew Wright, Joseph Willis (459937), Eastwood Sophie V., Nishi Chaturvedi, Wright, A, Forouhi, N, Ian F Godsland, Nishi Chaturvedi (130777), Hughes Alun D., Eastwood, SV, Wright Andrew, Chaturvedi, N, Whincup, P, John Heasman (459936), Whincup Peter, Godsland, IF, Chaturvedi Nishi, Sophie V Eastwood, Alun D Hughes, Heasman John, Heasman, J, John Heasman, Forouhi Nita, Willis, J, Alun D. Hughes (395075), Therese Tillin (130770), Godsland Ian F.   +39 more
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Defining obesity cut-off points for migrant South Asians [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are used to define cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk. We aimed to derive appropriate BMI and WC obesity cut-off points in a migrant South Asian population ...
Brady Emer, Emer Brady (200466), Gray, L.J., Brady, E., Sattar, N., Melanie J Davies, David R Webb, David R. Webb, Sattar Naveed, Davies, M.J., Melanie J. Davies (7155500), Davies Melanie J., Laura J Gray, David R. Webb (200468), Khunti Kamlesh, Thomas Yates, Emer Brady, Kamlesh Khunti, Thomas Yates (171609), Webb David R., Webb, D.R., Yates Thomas, Kamlesh Khunti (171607), N. Sattar (7608890), Naveed Sattar, Khunti, K., Yates, T., Melanie J. Davies, Laura J. Gray, Gray Laura J., Laura J. Gray (7605071)   +30 more
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Concentric left ventricular remodeling and aortic stiffness: a comparison of obesity and hypertension. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Increased thoracic ascending aortic stiffness is thought to contribute to concentric left ventricular hypertrophy and increased mortality, a pattern seen in hypertension.
Francis, JM, Rider, OJ, Nethononda, R, Petersen, SE, Neubauer, Stefan, Francis, Jane M., Rider, Oliver J., Petersen, Steffen E., Neubauer, S, Nethononda, Richard, Clarke, Kieran, Byrne, James, Clarke, K, Byrne, JP, Leeson, P, Leeson, Paul   +15 more
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Associations between dietary copper intake, general obesity and abdominal obesity risk: A nationwide cohort study in China

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
ObjectiveCopper plays a crucial role in redox reactions. The aims of this research are to examine the effects of copper consumption on general obesity and abdominal obesity risk.MethodsOverall, data of 13,282 participants were obtained from the China ...
Weiqi Wang, Lin Liu, Ruiqi Shan, Changhong Wang   +3 more
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European guidelines from the EHTG and ESCP for Lynch syndrome: an updated third edition of the Mallorca guidelines based on gene and gender

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of LS, surgical and endoscopic management of LS‐associated colorectal cancer and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum.
T. T. Seppälä, A. Latchford, I. Negoi, A. Sampaio Soares, R. Jimenez‐Rodriguez, L. Sánchez‐Guillén, D. G. Evans, N. Ryan, E. J. Crosbie, M. Dominguez‐Valentin, J. Burn, M. Kloor, M. von Knebel Doeberitz, F. J. B. van Duijnhoven, P. Quirke, J. R. Sampson, P. Møller, G. Möslein, on behalf of the European Hereditary Tumour Group (EHTG) and European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)   +18 more
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Obesity-Associated Abdominal Elephantiasis [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2013
Abdominal elephantiasis is a rare entity. Abdominal elephantiasis is an uncommon, but deformative and progressive cutaneous disease caused by chronic lymphedema and recurrent streptococcal orStaphylococcusinfections of the abdominal wall. We present 3 cases of patients with morbid obesity who presented to our hospital with abdominal wall swelling ...
Ritesh Kohli, Vivian Argento, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong   +2 more
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Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity and their association with metabolic-related conditions in Vietnamese adults: an analysis of Vietnam STEPS survey 2009 and 2015Research in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2023
Summary: Background: The abdominal obesity trends and prevalence are important contributing factors to significant rise of many noncommunicable diseases in Vietnam but have not been well-documented in the literature.
Tung Pham, Linh Bui, Edward Giovannucci, Minh Hoang, Bao Tran, Jorge Chavarro, Walter Willett   +6 more
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