... of abdominaladiposity such as waist circum- ference (WC) indirectly assess visceral adipose tissue, and are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events ...of abdominal obesity ...
... The pathophysiology that links abdominaladiposity to arterial stiffening is not precisely known. One sug- gested mechanism is through insulin resistance, which commonly accompanies obesity. A reciprocal ...
... ferent adiposity indices reflecting general adiposity, abdominaladiposity, visceral adiposity and arteriosclerosis risk with AIP in relatively lean MHD ...
... of adiposity most strongly related to CRP response was waist:hip ratio, which is the best measure of visceral adipose tissue, followed by waist circum- ference with only a weak association with ...of ...
... above. Abdominaladiposity has been correlated to insulin resistance, abnormalities in the metabolism of glucose, hypertension and dyslipid- emia, all known conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome ...
... of AbdominalAdiposity as a Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Study is a survey designed to assess the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in a cohort of subjects with increased waist ...
... subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) thicknesses using an abdominal ultra- sound (Toshiba Xario, Toshiba Medical Systems Corp, Tokyo, ...
... There is no universally applied clinical definition of asthma and case assignment in epidemiological studies is often defined by self-reported doctor-diagnosis, which has good sensitivity (91%), specificity (97%) and ...
... Our initial intent was to study individuals with athero- genic dyslipidemia of the metabolic syndrome, defined by triglycerides ≥1.69 mmol/L, HDL-cholesterol < 1.03 mmol/L (men) or < 1.29 mmol/L (women), and with ...
... The contribution of the high prevalence of abdominal obesity to the relative 2.4 case excess of current doctor- diagnosed asthma in this community would appear therefore to be low and instead be dominated by non- ...
... 10 168 Results 169 Predictors of abdominal body composition characteristics and the effect of IBD 170 In multivariate analysis, BMI was the strongest positive predictor of visceral and 1[r] ...
... body adiposity in the VR and MR offspring is associated with increased abdominaladiposity, altered expression of adipocytokines and insulin ...body adiposity and impaired glucose stimulated ...
... of abdominal fat (abdominaladiposity) is more associated with complications of the obesity than the excess total body fat 3 ...on abdominaladiposity has been yet to be investigated 8 ...
... Profiles of Adolescent Stress: The Development of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (Asq). Body Mass Index, Abdominal Adiposity, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Reactions to[r] ...
... greater adiposity and increased endometrial cancer ...and abdominaladiposity after menopause increases levels of insulin and insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF 1) (64), which reduces hepathic ...
... regional abdominaladiposity measurements such as the visceral fat area and subcutaneous fat areas and the clinical ...the abdominaladiposity measurements, includ- ing the visceral fat area ...
... between sympathetic activity and body fat deposition [71]. Even in healthy subjects body fat showed a direct relationship with SNS activity [72]. Grassi et al. evalu- ating normal control subjects, subjects with ...