"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 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 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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Midlife body mass index, central adiposity and neuropsychological performance over 10 years in women living with and without HIV. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023; 14:1108313.
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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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Threshold body mass index and sex-specific waist circumference for increased risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2019 10; 26(15):1594-1602.
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Gastric wall fat halo sign in patients without intestinal disease. Clin Imaging. 2019 Mar - Apr; 54:31-36.
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Cardiovascular fat in women at midlife: effects of race, overall adiposity, and central adiposity. The SWAN Cardiovascular Fat Study. Menopause. 2018 Jan; 25(1):38-45.
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Impact of Abdominal Adipose Depots and Race on Risk for Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study. Nutr Cancer. 2017 May-Jun; 69(4):573-579.
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Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study. Lancet. 2016 Aug 20; 388(10046):761-75.
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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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Longitudinal association of anthropometric measures of adiposity with cardiometabolic risk factors in postmenopausal women. Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Dec; 24(12):896-902.
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Response to invited commentary. Three of the authors respond to "Discrimination and cardiovascular disease". Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Jun 01; 173(11):1244-5.