MB Snijder, RM Van Dam, M Visser, JC … - International journal of epidemiology, 2006 - IEA Since the 1950s it has been recognized that apart from overall obesity the
distribution of body fat can influence disease risk. 5 In particular an
abdominal fat distribution is associated with metabolic disturbances and ... Cited by 89 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►washington.edu [PDF] RA Whitmer, DR Gustafson, E Barrett-Connor … - Neurology, 2008 - AAN Enterprises Results: A total of 1,049 participants (15.9%) were diagnosed with dementia.
Compared with those in the lowest quintile of SAD, those in the highest had
nearly a threefold increased risk of dementia (hazard ratio, 2.72; 95% CI, ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- Free from Publisher M Anjana, S Sandeep, R Deepa, KS … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Visceral and central abdominal fat showed a strong correlation with
each other (P < 0.0001), and κ analysis revealed a fairly good agreement
between tertiles of visceral and central abdominal fat (κ = 0.44, P < ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
M Halldin, M Rosell, U De Faire, ML Hellénius - Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2007 - Elsevier Every third 60-year-old man and woman in the Stockholm County, Sweden, was
invited to a survey of cardiovascular risk factors. Seventy-seven percent of the
sample, 4228 individuals, agreed to participate (2036 men and 2192 women). ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 17 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org C Iribarren, JA Darbinian, JC Lo, BH Fireman … - American journal of epidemiology, 2006 - Oxford Univ Press Whether visceral obesity predicts coronary heart disease (CHD) risk above and
beyond overall fatness remains unsettled. Moreover, whether the association
between visceral obesity and CHD risk differs by sex, age, race, and ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
JW Eriksson, PA Jansson, B Carlberg, A Hagg, … - Hypertension, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc Treatment with angiotensin II receptor blockers is associated with lower risk
for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with thiazide
diuretics. The Mechanisms for the Diabetes Preventing Effect of Candesartan ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►ahajournals.org PT Williams, K Hoffman, I La - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Self-reported physician-diagnosed incident diabetes, high
cholesterol, and hypertension were compared with adult body mass index (BMI),
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H Petersson, A Daryani, U Risérus - Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2007 - cardiab.com Immigrant women from the Middle East have elevated risk of cardiovascular
disease. Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), a simple marker of intra-abdominal
fat, predicts insulin resistance and cardiovascular mortality in men. Its ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - Cached - All 9 versions
H Jarrell, JB Hoffman, JR Kaplan, S Berga, B … - Physiology & behavior, 2008 - Elsevier Individuals vary substantially in their vulnerability to physical and
psychosocial stressors. The causes of such variation in susceptibility to stress
are poorly understood, but are thought to relate in part to genetic ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 4 versions
BJ Stewart-Knox - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2007 - Cambridge Univ Press Metabolic syndrome (MS) is more common among socio-economically disadvantaged
individuals and is associated with certain risky lifestyle practices. MS also
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