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The civilization-related phenotypes of abnormal fatty tissue distribution: visceral obesity and sarcopoenic obesity
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Abstract
Obesity is a well-known risk factor of abnormal carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, arterial hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. This risk increases with abnormal fat distribution with excessive fat accumulation in the abdominal cavity, liver, pancreas, heart, kidneys, blood vessels, and muscles. In this review we present pathogenesis, diagnostic challenges and metabolic consequences of visceral and sarcopoenic obesity — the new phenotypes of fat distribution in human evolution.
Abstract
Obesity is a well-known risk factor of abnormal carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, arterial hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. This risk increases with abnormal fat distribution with excessive fat accumulation in the abdominal cavity, liver, pancreas, heart, kidneys, blood vessels, and muscles. In this review we present pathogenesis, diagnostic challenges and metabolic consequences of visceral and sarcopoenic obesity — the new phenotypes of fat distribution in human evolution.
Keywords
visceral obesity, sarcopoenia, sarcopoenic obesity
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The civilization-related phenotypes of abnormal fatty tissue distribution: visceral obesity and sarcopoenic obesity
Journal
Issue
Article type
Review paper
Pages
1-8
Published online
2015-03-31
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DOI
10.5603/AH.2015.0001
Bibliographic record
Arterial Hypertension 2015;19(1):1-8.
Keywords
visceral obesity
sarcopoenia
sarcopoenic obesity
Authors
Tomasz Miazgowski
Marta Sołtysiak
Katarzyna Ossowska
Anna Kaczmarkiewicz