"Abdominal Fat" 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.
Fatty tissue in the region of the ABDOMEN. It includes the ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT and the INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT.
| Descriptor ID |
D050153
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.165.114.830.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Abdominal Fat- Abdominal Fat
- Abdominal Fats
- Fats, Abdominal
- Fat, Abdominal
- Abdominal Adipose Tissue
- Adipose Tissue, Abdominal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Abdominal Fat" by people in Profiles.
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Abdominal fat depots associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome risk factors in black African young adults. BMC Public Health. 2015 Oct 05; 15:1013.
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Once fat was fat and that was that: our changing perspectives on adipose tissue. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2011 May-Jun; 22(3):147-54.
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Contribution of central and general adiposity to abnormal left ventricular diastolic function in a community sample with a high prevalence of obesity. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Dec 01; 104(11):1527-33.
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Aminotransferases are associated with insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2007 Oct 29; 7:31.
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The effect of abdominal obesity on insulin sensitivity and serum lipid and cytokine concentrations in African women. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2006 May; 64(5):535-41.