Abdominal Fat - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Changes in abdominal obesity and age-related macular degeneration: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between changes in waist-hip ratio (WHR), a measure of abdominal obesity, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: A total of 12 515 persons from a population-based cohort study, aged 45 to 64 years ... Read more...

Amyloid fibril composition is related to the phenotype of hereditary transthyretin V30M amyloidosis.

29 Sep 2008 Swedish familial systemic amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (FAP) depends on a mutation leading to a methionine-for-valine substitution in transthyretin. The disease appears with different clinical manifestations, including age of onset and ... Read more...

HMG-CoA reductase expression in breast cancer is associated with a less aggressive phenotype and influenced by anthropometric factors.

30 Aug 2008 Although several studies have reported on the anti-tumoural properties exerted by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoAR) inhibitors (statins), the in vivo expression of HMG-CoAR in human cancer has been considerably less ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Abdominal Fat'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Changes in abdominal obesity and age-related macular degeneration: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. 30 Oct 2008
• Amyloid fibril composition is related to the phenotype of hereditary transthyretin V30M amyloidosis. 29 Sep 2008
• HMG-CoA reductase expression in breast cancer is associated with a less aggressive phenotype and influenced by anthropometric factors. 30 Aug 2008
• Outcomes of total alloplastic replacement with periarticular autogenous fat grafting for management of reankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. 30 Aug 2008
• Surgical management of advanced osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint with metal fossa-eminence hemijoint replacement: 10-year retrospective study. 30 Aug 2008
• Abdominal obesity: the cholesterol of the 21st century? 30 Aug 2008
• Which measures of obesity best predict cardiovascular risk? 17 Aug 2008
• Low-dose physiological growth hormone in patients with HIV and abdominal fat accumulation: a randomized controlled trial. 4 Aug 2008
• Comparison of effects of 2 harvesting methods on fat autograft. 30 Jul 2008
• Automatic correction of intensity inhomogeneities improves unsupervised assessment of abdominal fat by MRI. 30 Jul 2008
• Reconstruction of the petrosal bone for treatment of kinetic tremor due to cerebellar herniation and torsion of cerebellar outflow pathways. 28 Jul 2008
• Postpubertal development of total and abdominal percentage body fat: an 8-year longitudinal study. 22 Jul 2008
• Fat distribution and end-expiratory lung volume in lean and obese men and women. 16 Jul 2008
• Significance of coprophagy for the fatty acid profile in body tissues of rabbits fed different diets. 13 Jul 2008
• Fetuin-A and incident diabetes mellitus in older persons. 7 Jul 2008
• Body mass index, abdominal adiposity, obesity, and cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress in a large community sample. 30 Jun 2008
• Body fat related to daily physical activity and insulin concentrations in non-diabetic children. 29 Jun 2008
• Centrally located body fat is related to inflammatory markers in healthy postmenopausal women. 29 Jun 2008
• Association between GERD-related erosive esophagitis and obesity. 29 Jun 2008
• Free abdominal fat transfer for reconstruction of the total parotidectomy defect. 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Abdominal Fat'

Definition: Fatty tissue in the region of the ABDOMEN. It includes the ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT and the INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT.

Descriptor UI: D050153

Alternative terms: Abdominal Fat; Abdominal Fats; Fats, Abdominal; Adipose Tissue, Abdominal; Fat, Abdominal; Abdominal Adipose Tissue;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A10.165.114.830.500;

History Note: 2006