"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2018 | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Abdominal" by people in Profiles.
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Weight trajectories and abdominal adiposity in COVID-19 survivors with overweight/obesity. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 09; 45(9):1986-1994.
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Central obesity, smoking habit, and hypertension are associated with lower antibody titres in response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2022 01; 38(1):e3465.
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Visceral adiposity, subcutaneous adiposity, and severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): Systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 06; 43:163-168.
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Abdominal obesity phenotype is associated with COVID-19 chest X-ray severity score better than BMI-based obesity. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Feb; 27(1):345-359.
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Visceral Adiposity Elevates the Risk of Critical Condition in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 03; 29(3):521-528.
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Measures of Adiposity and Risk of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the UK Biobank Study. J Obes. 2021; 2021:8837319.
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Analyses of abdominal adiposity and metabolic syndrome as risk factors for respiratory distress in COVID-19. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 12; 7(1).
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Visceral fat is associated to the severity of COVID-19. Metabolism. 2021 02; 115:154440.
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Obesity, abdominal organ size and COVID-19 severity. Med Hypotheses. 2020 11; 144:110279.
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Visceral Adiposity and High Intramuscular Fat Deposition Independently Predict Critical Illness in Patients with SARS-CoV-2. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 11; 28(11):2040-2048.