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The link between abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome

The link between abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome The clustering of cardiovascular risk factors associated with abdominal obesity is well established. Although currently lacking a universal definition, the metabolic syndrome describes a constellation of metabolic abnormalities, including abdominal obesity, and was originally introduced to characterize a population at high cardiovascular risk. Adipose tissue is a dynamic endocrine organ that secretes several inflammatory and immune mediators known as adipokines. Dysregulation of adipokine secretion, free fatty acid toxicity, and the site-specific differences in abdominal (visceral) versus subcutaneous fat support abdominal obesity as a causal factor mediating the insulin resistance, increased risk of diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in the metabolic syndrome. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Hypertension Reports Springer Journals

The link between abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome

Current Hypertension Reports , Volume 10 (2) – Apr 27, 2008

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 by Current Medicine Group LLC
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Diagnostic Radiology; Interventional Radiology ; Imaging / Radiology
ISSN
1522-6417
eISSN
1534-3111
DOI
10.1007/s11906-008-0029-7
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Abstract

The clustering of cardiovascular risk factors associated with abdominal obesity is well established. Although currently lacking a universal definition, the metabolic syndrome describes a constellation of metabolic abnormalities, including abdominal obesity, and was originally introduced to characterize a population at high cardiovascular risk. Adipose tissue is a dynamic endocrine organ that secretes several inflammatory and immune mediators known as adipokines. Dysregulation of adipokine secretion, free fatty acid toxicity, and the site-specific differences in abdominal (visceral) versus subcutaneous fat support abdominal obesity as a causal factor mediating the insulin resistance, increased risk of diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in the metabolic syndrome.

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Current Hypertension ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 27, 2008

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