Background: Visceral adiposity is generally considered to play a key role in the metabolic syndrome. ... Objective: To examine the relationship between directly measured visceral adiposity and the risk for incident hypertension, independent of other adipose depots and fasting plasma insulin levels.
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Abdominal obesity , colloquially known as belly fat or clinically as central obesity , is the accumulation of visceral fat resulting in an increase in waist size. There is a strong correlation be...
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Definition of Visceral adiposity in the Medical Dictionary. Visceral adiposity explanation. Information about Visceral adiposity in Free online English dictionary. What is Visceral adiposity? Meaning of Visceral adiposity medical term. ... Visceral adiposity; Visceral afferent; Visceral afferent fibers;
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First, the data fit well with a growing body of evidence implicating adipose tissue in general, and visceral adiposity in particular, as key regulators of inflammation, coagulation, and fibrinolysis.16 Adipose tissue secretes proinflammatory cytokines13 17 and fibrinolytic regulators such as plasminogen activator...
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In conclusion, the TRalpha P398H mutation is associated with visceral adiposity and insulin resistance primarily due to a marked reduction in catecholamine-stimulated lipolysis.
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Conclusions: Greater visceral adiposity precedes the development of type 2 diabetes in Japanese Americans and demonstrates an effect independent of fasting insulin, insulin secretion, glycemia, total and regional adiposity, and family history of diabetes.
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The improved effects of dietary chickpeas on visceral adiposity, dyslipidaemia and insulin resistance were examined. Rats were fed a normal-fat ...
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These observations support the hypothesis that the enhanced systemic oxidative stress in patients with metabolic syndrome is associated with visceral adiposity and liver steatosis (7,8,34). Accumulation of fat in the abdominal region and in the liver induces increases in lipid peroxidation and damage through excess of...
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Growth hormone (GH) deficiency and hypercortisolemia predispose to abdominal adiposity and insulin resistance, and GH secretion is decreased in obese adults. ... Our data indicate that lower peak GH and higher UFC in overweight girls are associated with visceral adiposity, insulin resistance, and lipids.
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Oct 21, 2009 ... Chronic maternal dietary chromium restriction modulates visceral adiposity: probable underlying mechanisms. Inagadapa J.N. Padmavathi1, ...
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