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Dietary determinants of changes in waist circumference adjusted for body mass index - a proxy measure of visceral adiposity [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 ...
Feskens, EJM   +34 more
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Value of computed tomography-defined visceral fat area as a risk factor for endometrial cancer

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021
Objective: Obesity is a risk factor for endometrial cancer. Recently, visceral fat is strongly associated with obesity-related carcinogenesis, more than subcutaneous fat.
Jae-hyun Cho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between DXA-based and anthropometric measures of visceral fat and morbidity in women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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Chowienczyk, P   +20 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]

open access: yes, 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   +39 more
core   +1 more source

Machine Learning Prediction of Susceptibility to Visceral Fat Associated Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Classifying subjects into risk categories is a common challenge in medical research. Machine Learning (ML) methods are widely used in the areas of risk prediction and classification.
Thomas, EL   +14 more
core   +1 more source

DOSE BODY FAT MASS DEFINE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS STARTING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS?

open access: yesKidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2012
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is characterized by a gain in fat mass. In contrast to subcutaneous fat, visceral fat is associated with metabolic syndrome and survival. We prospectively examined whether the visceral or subcutaneous fat could define outcomes in
Soo Jeong Choi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genome-Wide Association of Body Fat Distribution in African Ancestry Populations Suggests New Loci [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Central obesity, measured by waist circumference (WC) or waist-hip ratio (WHR), is a marker of body fat distribution. Although obesity disproportionately affects minority populations, few studies have conducted genome-wide association study (GWAS) of fat
Burke, Gregory L.   +431 more
core   +1 more source

Liver Fat Storage Is a Better Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease than Visceral Fat

open access: yesMetabolites, 2023
Fatty liver is one aspect of metabolic syndrome. The roles and contributions of fatty liver and visceral fat storage to coronary artery disease (CAD) are not clear.
Maamoun Basheer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visceral Fat Area, Not Subcutaneous Fat Area, is Associated with Cardiac Hemodynamics in Type 2 Diabetes

open access: yesDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2020
Yue Qiu, Xia Deng, Yujing Sha, Xunan Wu, Panpan Zhang, Ke Chen, Zhicong Zhao, Weiping Wei, Ling Yang, Guoyue Yuan, Li Zhao, Dong Wang Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212001, People’s ...
Qiu Y   +11 more
doaj  

Sarcobesity, but not visceral fat, is an independent risk factor for complications after radical resection of colorectal cancer

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundThe influence of body composition on the outcome of colorectal cancer surgery is controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of visceral obesity and sarcobesity on the incidence of total and surgical complications after ...
Zhewen Feng   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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