"Body Fat Distribution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Deposits of ADIPOSE TISSUE throughout the body. The pattern of fat deposits in the body regions is an indicator of health status. Excess ABDOMINAL FAT increases health risks more than excess fat around the hips or thighs, therefore, WAIST-HIP RATIO is often used to determine health risks.
| Descriptor ID |
D050218
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.062 G02.111.130.134 G03.180.134 G07.100.049.134
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Fat Distribution- Body Fat Distribution
- Distribution, Body Fat
- Fat Distribution, Body
- Body Fat Patterning
- Fat Patterning, Body
- Patterning, Body Fat
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Fat Distribution" by people in Profiles.
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A Matter of Fat: Body Fat Distribution and Cardiometabolic Disease in Africa. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2343:37-56.
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Fat redistribution and accumulation of visceral adipose tissue predicts type 2 diabetes risk in middle-aged black South African women: a 13-year longitudinal study. Nutr Diabetes. 2019 03 27; 9(1):12.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus in African women. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017 Jan; 123:87-96.
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The effect of exercise on obesity, body fat distribution and risk for type 2 diabetes. Med Sport Sci. 2014; 60:82-93.
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Insulin resistance is associated with lower acetylcholine-induced microvascular reactivity in nondiabetic women. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2014 Apr; 12(3):178-84.
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Effect of different antiretroviral drug regimens on body fat distribution of HIV-infected South African women. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Mar; 29(3):557-63.
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Near infrared reactance for the estimation of body fatness in regularly exercising individuals. Int J Sports Med. 2013 Jul; 34(7):612-5.
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Insulin resistance in the control of body fat distribution: a new hypothesis. Horm Metab Res. 2011 Feb; 43(2):77-80.
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Association between HIV replication and serum leptin levels: an observational study of a cohort of HIV-1-infected South African women. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010 Sep 07; 13:33.
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Depot-specific differences in the insulin response of adipose-derived stromal cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2010 Oct 26; 328(1-2):22-7.