"Adiposity" 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.
The amount of fat or lipid deposit at a site or an organ in the body, an indicator of body fat status.
| Descriptor ID |
D050154
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.062.500 G02.111.130.134.500 G03.180.134.500 G07.100.049.134.500
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Adiposity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Adiposity".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adiposity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adiposity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adiposity" by people in Profiles.
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Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry-Derived Adiposity and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Oct 03; 34(10):1801-1809.
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Overall and central adiposity and risk of contralateral breast cancer: The California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2026 Jan 01; 158(1):69-83.
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Racial and ethnic variation in body composition and prognosis of nonmetastatic breast cancer. Cancer. 2025 Jun 15; 131(12):e35926.
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Changes in anthropometry, adiposity, and inflammation in Black and White women engaged in intentional weight loss. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Dec; 32(12):2398-2409.
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Mammographic density mediates the protective effect of early-life body size on breast cancer risk. Nat Commun. 2024 May 13; 15(1):4021.
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A comparison of associations of body mass index and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry measured percentage fat and total fat with global serum metabolites in young women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 02; 31(2):525-536.
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Childhood adiposity, serum metabolites and breast density in young women. Breast Cancer Res. 2022 12 19; 24(1):91.
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Adipose tissue radiodensity and mortality among patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer. Clin Nutr. 2022 12; 41(12):2607-2613.
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Adiposity and cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 Oct; 33(10):1219-1246.
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The association of abdominal adiposity with premature discontinuation of postoperative chemotherapy in colon cancer. Clin Nutr. 2022 Jul; 41(7):1600-1604.