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The Third Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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The Third Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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that central (abdominal) obesity, one of the important patterns of obesity, is also closely linked to PCOS ( 17 , 18 , 19 ). However, regarding PCOS, studies exploring the potential association between plasma AMH and central obesity are limited
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Nutrition 1981 34 1617 – 16 21 . ( https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/34.8.1617 ) 6 Coutinho T Goel K Correa de Sa D Kragelund C Kanaya AM Zeller M Park JS Kober L Torp-Pedersen C Cottin Y Central obesity and survival in subjects with
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poor indicator of fat distribution, especially in older adults. High BMI is associated with better survival and cognition in older adults ( 4 , 5 , 6 ). Waist circumference (WC) reflects central obesity (CO), which is a risk factor for adverse
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Department of Administrative Office, The First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Xiaoshan Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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on bone health, more recent research has revealed a positive association between obesity and bone fractures ( 6 ). Waist circumference (WC), which is an easy-to-determine clinical parameter, has been proposed to assess central obesity in
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Xiaoqing Tian
Xiaoqing Tian
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School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Introduction Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that occur together in individuals ( 1 ). It is diagnosed when the individual has three or more of its components (central obesity, hypertension
Alice S Ryan
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fat are associated with insulin resistance, demonstrating the importance of increased body fat and central obesity to increase the risk for the development of T2DM years after pregnancy complicated by GDM. Women with prior GDM compared with women
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Department of Microsurgery, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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Wuxi Medical College of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Wuxi Medical College of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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, particularly in women, but a few studies have found that the incidence of depression actually decreases with increasing weight ( 8 , 9 ). Central obesity is the type of obesity that has the greatest impact on health, and the results of its relationship with
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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shortcomings of BMI in central obesity assessment. VAT is considered an independent risk factor for CVD and even predicts cardiovascular event risk better than BMI. It enhances the validity of BMI for cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with CVD ( 8
Charissa van Zwol-Janssens
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relation between PCOS and BD is less well-known. PCOS is associated with central obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and insulin resistance ( 7 ), which all have been described to decrease BD ( 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ). However, hyperandrogenism, one of the
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Jing Wang
Tianjin Women’s and Children’s Health Center Tianjin, China
Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Tianjin Women’s and Children’s Health Center Tianjin, China
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Department of Environmental Health Sciences Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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a BMI above the 85th percentiles (Z-score ≥1.035), and obesity as a BMI above the 90th percentiles (Z-score ≥1.645) ( 21 ). Central obesity was defined as waist circumference ≥the 90th percentiles for age- and gender-specific distribution, according
