Intra-Abdominal Fat

"Intra-Abdominal Fat" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Fatty tissue inside the ABDOMINAL CAVITY, including visceral fat and retroperitoneal fat. It is the most metabolically active fat in the body and easily accessible for LIPOLYSIS. Increased visceral fat is associated with metabolic complications of OBESITY.

Descriptor ID	D050152
MeSH Number(s)	A10.165.114.830.500.500
Concept/Terms	Intra-Abdominal Fat Intra-Abdominal Fat Fats, Intra-Abdominal Intra Abdominal Fat Intra-Abdominal Fats Fat, Intra-Abdominal Fat, Intra Abdominal Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Adipose Tissue, Intra-Abdominal Intra Abdominal Adipose Tissue Retroperitoneal Fat Retroperitoneal Fat Fat, Retroperitoneal Fats, Retroperitoneal Retroperitoneal Fats Retroperitoneal Adipose Tissue Adipose Tissue, Retroperitoneal Visceral Fat Visceral Fat Fat, Visceral Fats, Visceral Visceral Fats Abdominal Visceral Fat Abdominal Visceral Fats Fat, Abdominal Visceral Fats, Abdominal Visceral Visceral Adipose Tissue Adipose Tissue, Visceral

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Intra-Abdominal Fat".

Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Connective Tissue [A10.165]
Adipose Tissue [A10.165.114]
Adipose Tissue, White [A10.165.114.830]
Abdominal Fat [A10.165.114.830.500]
Intra-Abdominal Fat [A10.165.114.830.500.500]

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Bar chart showing 33 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	4	0	4
2011	5	0	5
2012	3	1	4
2013	4	0	4
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Bea JW, Ochs-Balcom HM, Valencia CI, Chen Z, Blew RM, Lind KE, Caan BJ, Roe DJ, Rohan TE, Reeves KW, Manson JE, Ballinger T, Reding KW, Follis S, Ziller SG, Odegaard AO. Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue associations with postmenopausal breast cancer incidence. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Jan 03; 9(1).

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Vieyra G, Hankinson SE, Oulhote Y, Vandenberg LN, Tinker L, Manson JE, Shadyab AH, Thomson CA, Bao W, Allison M, Odegaard AO, Reeves KW. Association between urinary phthalate biomarker concentrations and adiposity among postmenopausal women. Environ Res. 2023 04 01; 222:115356.

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Wu ZE, Fraser K, Kruger MC, Sequeira IR, Yip W, Lu LW, Plank LD, Murphy R, Cooper GJS, Martin JC, Hollingsworth KG, Poppitt SD. Untargeted metabolomics reveals plasma metabolites predictive of ectopic fat in pancreas and liver as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging: the TOFI_Asia study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 08; 45(8):1844-1854.

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Fitzgibbons TP, Lee N, Tran KV, Nicoloro S, Kelly M, Tam SK, Czech MP. Coronary disease is not associated with robust alterations in inflammatory gene expression in human epicardial fat. JCI Insight. 2019 10 17; 4(20).

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Hwang I, Jo K, Shin KC, Kim JI, Ji Y, Park YJ, Park J, Jeon YG, Ka S, Suk S, Noh HL, Choe SS, Alfadda AA, Kim JK, Kim S, Kim JB. GABA-stimulated adipose-derived stem cells suppress subcutaneous adipose inflammation in obesity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 06 11; 116(24):11936-11945.

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Ghorpade DS, Ozcan L, Zheng Z, Nicoloro SM, Shen Y, Chen E, Bl?her M, Czech MP, Tabas I. Hepatocyte-secreted DPP4 in obesity promotes adipose inflammation and insulin resistance. Nature. 2018 03 29; 555(7698):673-677.

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Uruska A, Zozulinska-Ziolkiewicz D, Niedzwiecki P, Pietrzak M, Wierusz-Wysocka B. TG/HDL-C ratio and visceral adiposity index may be useful in assessment of insulin resistance in adults with type 1 diabetes in clinical practice. J Clin Lipidol. 2018 May - Jun; 12(3):734-740.

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Bancks MP, Auer R, Carr JJ, Goff DC, Kiefe C, Rana JS, Reis J, Sidney S, Terry JG, Schreiner PJ. Self-reported marijuana use over 25?years and abdominal adiposity: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Addiction. 2018 04; 113(4):689-698.

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Shah RV, Yeri AS, Murthy VL, Massaro JM, D'Agostino R, Freedman JE, Long MT, Fox CS, Das S, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, O'Donnell CJ, Hoffmann U. Association of Multiorgan Computed Tomographic Phenomap With Adverse Cardiovascular Health Outcomes: The Framingham Heart Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 11 01; 2(11):1236-1246.

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Lee JJ, Britton KA, Pedley A, Massaro JM, Speliotes EK, Murabito JM, Hoffmann U, Ingram C, Keaney JF, Vasan RS, Fox CS. Adipose Tissue Depots and Their Cross-Sectional Associations With Circulating Biomarkers of Metabolic Regulation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 05 04; 5(5).

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