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previous research we showed that high systolic BP was associated with abdominal obesity ( 9 ), and with the macrophage-derived inflammatory marker soluble 163 ( 29 ). We also previously found that depression, smoking and physical inactivity were associated
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previously ( 22 , 23 ) and are presented in Table 1 . White and black SA women did not differ by age, BMI, body fat or DXA-derived regional fat distribution. While abdominal VAT and SSAT did not differ by ethnicity in normal-weight women, obese black SA
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Introduction The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is nowadays frequently used to identify individuals at higher risk for future type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) ( 1 ). Recognized metabolic risk components are abdominal obesity
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independent of obesity (26) , it is possible that liver fat contributed to reduced insulin sensitivity in older women with a history of GDM. Our regression analyses in women with a history of GDM indicate that total body fat mass and subcutaneous abdominal
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as obesity, sepsis, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ). These diseases are also associated with changes in the lipid metabolism, accelerated lipolysis and
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2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), dyslipidemia, obesity and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) ( 5 , 6 ). Studies on the complexity of this condition have suggested that PCOS patients present with gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances, including abdominal pain
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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