"Body Fat Distribution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Deposits of ADIPOSE TISSUE throughout the body. The pattern of fat deposits in the body regions is an indicator of health status. Excess ABDOMINAL FAT increases health risks more than excess fat around the hips or thighs, therefore, WAIST-HIP RATIO is often used to determine health risks.
| Descriptor ID |
D050218
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.062 G02.111.130.134 G03.180.134 G07.100.049.134
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Fat Distribution- Body Fat Distribution
- Distribution, Body Fat
- Fat Distribution, Body
- Body Fat Patterning
- Fat Patterning, Body
- Patterning, Body Fat
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Fat Distribution" by people in Profiles.
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Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution. Nat Genet. 2019 03; 51(3):452-469.
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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution. Nature. 2015 Feb 12; 518(7538):187-196.
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Height, adiposity and body fat distribution and breast density in young women. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Jul 13; 14(4):R107.
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Association of increased upper trunk and decreased leg fat with 2-h glucose in control and HIV-infected persons. Diabetes Care. 2011 Nov; 34(11):2448-53.
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Regional fat deposition and cardiovascular risk in HIV infection: the FRAM study. AIDS Care. 2011 Aug; 23(8):929-38.
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Lower extremity fat mass is associated with insulin resistance in overweight and obese individuals: the CARDIA study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Nov; 19(11):2248-53.
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Central obesity: association with left ventricular dysfunction and mortality in the community. Am Heart J. 2008 Nov; 156(5):975-81.
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Childbearing may increase visceral adipose tissue independent of overall increase in body fat. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 May; 16(5):1078-84.
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Hispanic and Asian pubertal girls have higher android/gynoid fat ratio than whites. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Jun; 15(6):1565-70.
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Increase in serum resistin during weight loss in overweight subjects is related to lipid metabolism. Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Jul; 30(7):1097-103.