Visceral Adipose Tissue Influence on Health Problem Development and Its Relationship with Serum Biochemical Parameters in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Literature Review
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Comparison of different visceral adipose tissue (VAT) studies and pathogenesis in older adults.
Associations of adipose and muscle tissue parameters at colorectal cancer diagnosis with long-term health-related quality of life
Analyze the associations of body composition parameters in diagnosing colorectal cancer with long-term health-related quality of life, 2 to 10 years after diagnosis.
2017
Netherlands
104
64.3 ± 9.0
Cross-sectional
Health-related quality of life in individuals with colorectal cancer
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There was no significant association between visceral obesity and sarcopenia with long-term health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors in stages I to III.
Abdominal fat accumulation, as measured by computed tomography, increases the risk of ischemic colitis: a retrospective case-control study
Evaluate the abdominal fat accumulation effect on the ischemic colitis development and related clinical outcomes.
2015
Japan
116
Cases (61.5 ± 17.3)
Retrospective case-control
Ischemic colitis
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The abdominal fat accumulation, but not the BMI, is associated with ambulatory ischemic colitis development. Colitis clinical results did not correlate with abdominal obesity.
Predictors for cecal insertion time: the impact of abdominal visceral fat measured by computed tomography
Identify the predictors of longer cecal insertion time and evaluate the effect of BMI, VAT, and SAT on this time.
2014
Japan
899
63.7 ± 14.3
Retrospective observational
Colorectal cancer screening
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Among the obesity indices, the high accumulation of subcutaneous fat was the best predictive factor to facilitate the colonoscope’s passage, even when the body weight was normal.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with coronary artery calcification
Investigate the relationship between NAFLD and coronary artery calcification, taking into account risk factors for coronary artery disease, such as VAT, in an apparently healthy population.
2012
Seoul (South Korea)
4023
56.9 ± 9.4
Cross-sectional
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and coronary artery calcification
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NAFLD individuals are at high risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis, regardless of whether they have visceral obesity or classic coronary risk factors.
Impact of preoperative abdominal visceral adipose tissue area and nutritional status on renal function after donor nephrectomy in Japanese living donors for renal transplantation
Evaluate the effects of preoperative abdominal fat distribution and nutritional status on renal function after nephrectomy in living donors.
2018
Japan
75
47 to 64
Cohort
Kidney function after nephrectomy
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Preoperative VAT distribution and nutritional status can predict postoperative renal function in living donors.
Low skeletal muscle radiation attenuation and visceral adiposity are associated with overall survival and surgical site infections in patients with pancreatic cancer
Evaluate the association of adipose tissue and other body composition characteristics with postoperative survival, postoperative complications, and surgical site infections in patients with pancreatic head cancer.
2017
Netherlands
186
61 to 79
Prospective cohort
Surgical site infection in patients with pancreatic cancer
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The low attenuation of muscle radiation is a predictor of survival after pancreatic surgery and the high visceral adiposity associated with the surgical site’s risk of infections.
Impact of pelvic biometric measurements, visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue areas on trifecta outcome and surgical margin status after open radical retropubic prostatectomy
Investigate the impact of pelvic biometric measurements, VAT and SAT areas, on the functional and oncological results of retropubic radical prostatectomy.
2014
Turkey
270
62.63 ± 6.03
Retrospective single center
Trifecta result (ability to reach urinary continence, sexual potential, and cancer control) after prostatectomy
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Pelvic biometric measurements and a more prominent VAT area impact the trifecta result after radical retropubic prostatectomy.
Abdominal fat distribution and serum lipids in patients with and without coronary heart disease
Investigate the association between different obesity rates, fat distribution indicators, and lipid profile in patients with stable angina, with or without coronary heart disease (CHD).
2013
Iran
123
With CHD (50.5 ± 7.6)
Cross-sectional
Coronary heart disease/stable angina
Serum total cholesterol; serum triglycerides; HDL-c; LDL-c; apolipoproteins A and B
The VAT area correlates better with dyslipidemia in patients without coronary heart disease.
Most biochemical tests correlated strongly with the VAT area—considered a risk factor for metabolic changes. In older individuals, the risk of VAT area appears to be greater than in younger adults.