BACKGROUND Visceral obesity is associated with higher occurrence of cardiovascular events. There are few studies about the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators, using Computed Tomography (CT) as the gold standard. We aimed to determine the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators for discrimination of visceral obesity. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 191 adults and elderly ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prediction of long-term cardiometabolic risk using anthropometric and central obesity parameters.  Methods: A total of 390 Saudi subjects (men 42.8%) aged 18-50 years were enrolled in a cross-sectional study in King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between August 2014 and  January 2016. All   participants were instructed to fast for 12 hours before ...

BACKGROUND The Gram-positive actinomycete Rhodococcus opacus is widely studied for its innate ability to store large amounts of carbon in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG). Several groups have demonstrated that R. opacus PD630 is capable of storing anywhere from 50 to 76% of its cell dry weight as TAG. While numerous studies have focused on phenomenological aspects of this process, few have sou...

BACKGROUND: Visceral obesity in adolescent girls increased the risk of cardiometabolic disease. A simple indicator has been developed to assess metabolic through visceral adiposity index (VAI) and lipid accumulation product (LAP) people with obesity. AIM: This study analyzed relationship between VAI LAP insulin resistance (IR) syndrome (MS) obese female adolescents. METHODS: An observational wa...

The obesity epidemic is a global concern nowadays since major risk factor that can cause many serious diseases. A high of developing diseases in an obese person primarily occurs due to metabolic disorders. As rule, dyslipidemia acts as early sign disorders case obesity. Our research goal was compare informative value body mass index (BMI) and lipid accumulation product (LAP) for assessing ather...