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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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Malnutrition and visceral obesity predicted adverse short-term and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing proctectomy for rectal cancer

BMC Cancer, 2023
Background To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have explored the relationship between visceral obesity and malnutrition. Therefore, this study has aimed to investigate the association between them in patients with rectal cancer.
Chong-Jun Zhou, Yi Lin, Jie-Yu Liu, Zhong-Lin Wang, Xi-Yi Chen, Chen-Guo Zheng   +5 more
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DOSE BODY FAT MASS DEFINE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS STARTING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS?

Kidney 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, Soon Mi Hur, Kyong-Ah Park, Moo Yong Park, Jin Kuk Kim, Seung Duk Hwang   +5 more
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Gender-specific factors contributing to visceral obesity including the sleep-obesity relationship: a large-scale cross-sectional study from East Asia

Scientific Reports, 2022
Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between visceral obesity and its associated factors, especially sleep duration in East Asia. We conducted univariate and multivariate analyses using the data of 2538 participants (mean age 56.4 ± 10.8 years ...
Katsuki Saito, Takeshi Shimamoto, Yu Takahashi, Kazuya Okushin, Mami Takahashi, Yukari Masuda, Takako Nishikawa, Naomi Kakushima, Ryoichi Wada, Nobutake Yamamichi   +9 more
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Visceral Obesity and Lipid Profiles in Chinese Adults with Normal and High Body Mass Index

Diagnostics, 2022
Background: This study examined the prevalence of visceral obesity in Chinese adults across different body mass index (BMI) groups and their associated lipid profiles and demographic risk factors.
Yutong Lu, Na Li, Tamotsu Kamishima, Peng Jia, Dan Zhou, Karen Hind, Kenneth Sutherland, Xiaoguang Cheng   +7 more
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Transgenic amplification of glucocorticoid action in adipose tissue causes high blood pressure in mice [PDF]

, 2003
Obesity is closely associated with the metabolic syndrome, a combination of disorders including insulin resistance, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension.
Kenyon, C J, Joel K. Elmquist, Elmquist, Joel K., Flier, Jeffrey S., Jonathan R. Seckl, Yamamoto, H, Yamamoto, Hiroshi, Mullins, J J, John J. Mullins, Shinyama, H, Shinyama, Hiroshi, Masuzaki, H, Nicholas M. Morton, Janice M. Paterson, Paterson, Janice M., Sharp, M G F, Jeffrey S. Flier, Seckl, J R, Sharp, Matthew G. F., Masuzaki, Hiroaki, Paterson, J M, Matthew G.F. Sharp, Seckl, Jonathan R., Hiroshi Yamamoto, Morton, Nicholas M., Stewart Fleming, Elmquist, J K, Morton, N M, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Flier, J S, Mullins, John J., Fleming, S, Hiroshi Shinyama, Fleming, Stewart, Kenyon, Christopher J., Christopher J. Kenyon   +35 more
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Apolipoprotein B polymorphism distribution among a sample of obese Egyptian females with visceral obesity and its influence on lipid profile

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2015
Background: Regional distribution of adipose tissue is more important than total amount of body fat in predicting complications associated with obesity. Apolipoprotein B (Apo B) plays a central role in lipid metabolism. Aim: To investigate the importance
Nayera E. Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Waheba Ahmed Zarouk, Ahmed Ibrahim Abd Elneam, Enas Abdel Rasheed, Maged Mostafa Mahmoud   +5 more
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Phenotypes of Sarcopenic Obesity: Exploring the Effects on Peri-Muscular Fat, the Obesity Paradox, Hormone-Related Responses and the Clinical Implications

Geriatrics, 2020
Sarcopenic obesity combines the words sarcopenia and obesity. This definition of obesity should be better differentiated between visceral and subcutaneous fat phenotypes.
Tariq A. Alalwan
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Association Between Elevated Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody and Abdominal Fat Distribution in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2022
Ye Hu,1 Jia Zheng,2 Xiao Ye,1 Yingxiang Song,1 Xiaohong Wu1 1Department of Health Management Center, Endocrinology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ...
Hu Y, Zheng J, Ye X, Song Y, Wu X
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Visceral obesity and breast cancer risk [PDF]

Cancer, 1994
The risk for breast cancer and the sex hormone abnormalities noted in breast cancer patients have been demonstrated in women with upper body fat obesity. The objective of this study was to determine if the visceral component of upper body fat obesity was correlated with breast cancer risk.A case-control study of 40 consecutively enrolled women with ...
D V, Schapira, R A, Clark, P A, Wolff, A R, Jarrett, N B, Kumar, N M, Aziz   +5 more
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