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Abdominal Adiposity

Abdominal Adiposity is a clinical anthropometric construct that specifically denotes the pathological accumulation of adipose tissue in the abdominal region, distinguished from general obesity by its preferential measurement of central fat distribution and its strong association with metabolic dysregulation and cardiovascular risk.

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Abdominal ObesityCentral AdiposityCentral Obesity

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Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome

K. G. M. M. Alberti, Robert H. Eckel, Scott M. Grundy et al. · Circulation · 2009 · 14.7K citations · Full text

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Differential Significance of Plasma Visfatin Concentrations according to Adiposity in Children and Adolescents

Hae Jin Kim, Sun Young Park, Yong Jun Choi et al. · Hormone Research in Paediatrics · 2013 · 3.1K citations

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Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Compartments

Caroline S. Fox, Joseph M. Massaro, Udo Hoffmann et al. · Circulation · 2007 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

Tobias Pischon, Heiner Boeing, Kurt Hoffmann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2008 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Waist circumference and abdominal sagittal diameter: Best simple anthropometric indexes of abdominal visceral adipose tissue accumulation and related cardiovascular risk in men and women

Marie‐Christine Pouliot, Jean‐Pierre Després, Simone Lemieux et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1994 · 2.1K citations

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  1. CB
    Claude Bouchard

    Université Laval, Canada

    95 publications · 14.2K citations

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    Jean‐Pierre Després

    Université Laval, Canada

    84 publications · 12.8K citations

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  3. AT
    Angelo Tremblay

    Université Laval, Canada

    68 publications · 10.6K citations

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  4. CS
    Caroline S. Fox

    Framingham Heart Study, United States

    40 publications · 10.3K citations

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  5. SM
    Steven M. Haffner

    The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, United States

    43 publications · 5.8K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    88 h-index

    852 publications

    121.6K citations

  2. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    71 h-index

    364 publications

    75K citations

  3. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    69 h-index

    720 publications

    101.4K citations

  4. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    61 h-index

    450 publications

    58.5K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    59 h-index

    527 publications

    46.6K citations

  6. Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    Baton Rouge, United States

    55 h-index

    301 publications

    36.5K citations

  7. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    55 h-index

    335 publications

    36.9K citations

  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    53 h-index

    272 publications

    31.4K citations

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  1. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

    JCEM · 253 publications · 29.5K citations

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  2. Diabetes Care

    157 publications · 25K citations

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  3. International Journal of Obesity

    296 publications · 24.8K citations

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  4. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 134 publications · 22.2K citations

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  5. Obesity

    313 publications · 22.7K citations

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