"Obesity, Abdominal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A condition of having excess fat in the abdomen. Abdominal obesity is typically defined as waist circumferences of 40 inches or more in men and 35 inches or more in women. Abdominal obesity raises the risk of developing disorders, such as diabetes, hypertension and METABOLIC SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D056128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.726.500.697 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.249 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Obesity, Abdominal- Obesity, Abdominal
- Abdominal Obesities
- Obesities, Abdominal
- Abdominal Obesity
- Central Obesity
- Central Obesities
- Obesities, Central
- Obesity, Central
Obesity, Visceral- Obesity, Visceral
- Visceral Obesity
- Obesities, Visceral
- Visceral Obesities
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Abdominal" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Puberty Stage and Weight Status with Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents Living on the Texas-Mexico Border. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2022 10; 20(8):440-450.
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Molecular Signature of Multisystem Cardiometabolic Stress and Its Association With Prognosis. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 10 01; 5(10):1144-1153.
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Data anomalies and apparent reporting errors in 'Randomized controlled trial testing weight loss and abdominal obesity outcomes of moxibustion'. Biomed Eng Online. 2020 Feb 18; 19(1):11.
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What's New in Understanding the Risk Associated With Body Size and Shape?: Pears, Apples, and Olives on Toothpicks. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 07 03; 2(7):e197336.
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Changes in truncal obesity and fat distribution predict arterial health. J Clin Lipidol. 2017 Nov - Dec; 11(6):1354-1360.e3.
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Generalization and fine mapping of European ancestry-based central adiposity variants in African ancestry populations. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017 02; 41(2):324-331.
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Determination of risk for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2016 07; 32(4):319-24.
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Influence of metabolic syndrome factors and insulin resistance on the efficacy of ezetimibe/simvastatin and atorvastatin in patients with metabolic syndrome and atherosclerotic coronary heart disease risk. Lipids Health Dis. 2015 Sep 04; 14:103.
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Adiposity patterns and the risk for ESRD in postmenopausal women. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Feb 06; 10(2):241-50.
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Fat mass by bioelectrical impedance analysis is not associated with increased risk of Barrett esophagus. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar; 48(3):218-23.