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Association of lipid accumulation product and visceral adiposity index with the risk of hypertension among oil workers in Xinjiang, China [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background To explore the relationship between lipid accumulation product (LAP) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) and hypertension in oil workers and to evaluate the predictive value of hypertension by gender.
Guliman Muheiyati, Yujie Mei, Ning Tao
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Is vulnerability to cardiometabolic disease in Indians mediated by abdominal adiposity or higher body adiposity. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Indians may be particularly vulnerable to cardiometabolic disease, potentially due to higher body fat for a given BMI, or a tendency towards depositing abdominal adiposity.
Davey-Smith, George, Gupta, Ruby, Kuper, Hannah, Wells, Jonathan, Krishna, Kankipati Vijay, Davey Smith, George, Krishna, Kankipati Vijay Radha, Kulkarni, Bharati, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Taylor, Amy, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Kinra, Sanjay, Ebrahim, Shah   +12 more
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Children grow and horses race: is the adiposity rebound a critical period for later obesity? [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: The adiposity rebound is the second rise in body mass index that occurs between 3 and 7 years. An early age at adiposity rebound is known to be a risk factor for later obesity.
TJ Cole, Cole TJ, TJ Cole, Cole, TJ
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Adiposity, adipokines, and risk of incident stroke in older men [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Background and Purpose—The association between adiposity and adipocytes and risk of stroke in older adults is uncertain. We have examined the association between adiposity measures and adipocytes (adiponectin and leptin) with incident stroke ...
Shaper, A.G., Whincup, P.H., Lennon, L., Sattar, N., Wannamethee, S.G.   +4 more
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Waist circumference as a determinant of hypertension and diabetes in Brazilian women: a population-based study. [PDF]

, 2004
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of central adiposity, as evaluated by the measurement of waist circumference (WC), as an independent risk factor for hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the setting of a developing country.
Nacul, LC, Macedo, S, Olinto, MTA, Costa, JSD, Gigante, DP, Menezes, AMB   +5 more
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Subclinical decrease in cardiac autonomic and diastolic function in patients with metabolic disorders: HSCAA study

Metabolism Open, 2020
Heart failure due to decreased diastolic function, HFpEF, is a growing health concern with rising prevalence. We examined subclinical cardiac autonomic and diastolic functions in 605 patients with metabolic diseases classified as pre-heart failure ...
Akiko Morimoto, Manabu Kadoya, Miki Kakutani-Hatayama, Kae Kosaka-Hamamoto, Akio Miyoshi, Takuhito Shoji, Akiko Goda, Masanori Asakura, Hidenori Koyama   +8 more
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HYPERURICEMIA AND NON-TRADITIONAL ADIPOSITY INDICES IN PRE-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2021
Aim: Hyperuricemia is a risk factor for hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases . Body adiposity index (BAI), lipid accumalation pruduct (LAP), cardiometabolic index (CMI) and visceral adiposity ...
İbrahim Güney, Mehmet Ayhan, Mustafa Can, Cevdet Duran   +3 more
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Visceral adiposity index outperforms conventional anthropometric assessments as predictor of diabetes mellitus in elderly Chinese: a population-based study

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2021
Background This study assessed the performance of visceral adiposity index and body shape index in predicting diabetes mellitus (DM) risk and compared their predictive ability to that of body mass index and waist circumference.
Meng-Ting Tsou, Yu-Chen Chang, Ching-Ping Hsu, Yang-Che Kuo, Chun-Ho Yun, Wei-Hsin Huang, Kuang-Chun Hu, Chia-Yuan Liu, Ying-Ju Chen, Kuo-Tzu Sung, Chuan-Chuan Liu, Chung-Lieh Hung, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Tung-Ying Chen, Ta-Chuan Hung, Hung-I. Yeh   +15 more
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Visceral Adiposity Index Is a Measure of the Likelihood of Developing Depression Among Adults in the United States

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
BackgroundDepression is a serious mental disorder often accompanied by emotional and physiological disorders. Visceral fat index (VAI) is the current standard method in the evaluation of visceral fat deposition. In this study, we explored the association
Jun Lei, Jun Lei, Yaoyue Luo, Yude Xie, Xiaoju Wang   +4 more
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Relationship of visceral adiposity index (VAI) and visceral body fat among metabolically obese normal weight individuals from Pakistan

Obesity Pillars
Background: An increasing number of people throughout the world are suffering with visceral obesity. Accumulation of visceral fat is a pathogenic manifestation of global fat dysfunction, that leads to inflammation, atherosclerosis, abnormal lipid levels,
Faisal Ishfaq, Somia Iqtadar, Sidrah Lodhi, Sibgha Kanwal, Hira Amir, Arslan Ishfaq, Asma Ishfaq   +6 more
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