"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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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Abdominal" by people in Profiles.
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Midlife adiposity predicts cognitive decline in the prospective Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Neurology. 2019 07 16; 93(3):e261-e271.
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Abdominal adiposity change in white and black midlife women: The study of women's health across the nation. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Dec; 23(12):2340-3.
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Self-reported experiences of discrimination and visceral fat in middle-aged African-American and Caucasian women. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Jun 01; 173(11):1223-31.