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Abdominal adiposity is a stronger predictor of insulin resistance than fitness among 50-95 year olds.

Racette SB, Evans EM, Weiss EP, Hagberg JM, Holloszy JO.

Diabetes Care. 2006 Mar;29(3):673-8.PMID: 16505525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Abdominal adiposity assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry provides a sex-independent predictor of insulin sensitivity in older adults.

Lee CC, Glickman SG, Dengel DR, Brown MD, Supiano MA.

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Cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity as mortality predictors in older adults.

Sui X, LaMonte MJ, Laditka JN, Hardin JW, Chase N, Hooker SP, Blair SN.

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Relationships of insulin sensitivity with fatness and fitness and in older men and women.

Ouyang P, Sung J, Kelemen MD, Hees PS, DeRegis JR, Turner KL, Bacher AC, Stewart KJ.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2004 Mar;13(2):177-85.PMID: 15072732 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Body fatness and waist circumference are independent predictors of the age-associated increase in fasting insulin levels in healthy men and women.

Colman E, Toth MJ, Katzel LI, Fonong T, Gardner AW, Poehlman ET.

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Stronger relationship between central adiposity and C-reactive protein in older women than men.

Valentine RJ, Vieira VJ, Woods JA, Evans EM.

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Associations of visceral adiposity and exercise participation with C-reactive protein, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction in Korean healthy adults.

Kim K, Valentine RJ, Shin Y, Gong K.

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Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic heart failure in older people.

Nicklas BJ, Cesari M, Penninx BW, Kritchevsky SB, Ding J, Newman A, Kitzman DW, Kanaya AM, Pahor M, Harris TB.

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Relationship of abdominal obesity measured by DXA and waist circumference with insulin sensitivity in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white individuals: the San Luis Valley Diabetes Study.

Nelson TL, Bessesen DH, Marshall JA.

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Bone mineral density in Hispanic women: role of aerobic capacity, fat-free mass, and adiposity.

Afghani A, Abbott AV, Wiswell RA, Jaque SV, Gleckner C, Schroeder ET, Johnson CA.

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Waist circumference is an independent predictor of insulin resistance in black and white youths.

Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA.

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Waist circumference predicts insulin resistance in offspring of diabetic patients.

Kuo CS, Hwu CM, Chiang SC, Hsiao LC, Weih MJ, Kao WY, Lee SH, Kwok CF, Ho LT.

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Insulin sensitivity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical activity in overweight Hispanic youth.

Ball GD, Shaibi GQ, Cruz ML, Watkins MP, Weigensberg MJ, Goran MI.

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[Centripetal distribution of body fat, overweight and cardiorespiratory fitness: association with insulin sensitivity and metabolic alterations]

da Silva JL, Barbosa DS, de Oliveira JA, Guedes DP.

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Reduced skeletal muscle oxygen uptake and reduced beta-cell function: two early abnormalities in normal glucose-tolerant offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Thamer C, Stumvoll M, Niess A, Tschritter O, Haap M, Becker R, Shirkavand F, Bachmann O, Rett K, Volk A, Häring H, Fritsche A.

Diabetes Care. 2003 Jul;26(7):2126-32.PMID: 12832324 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Waist circumference, dual-energy X-ray absortiometrically measured abdominal adiposity, and computed tomographically derived intra-abdominal fat area on detecting metabolic risk factors in obese women.

Lee K, Lee S, Kim YJ, Kim YJ.

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Differential effects of fatness, fitness and physical activity energy expenditure on whole-body, liver and fat insulin sensitivity.

Holt HB, Wild SH, Wareham N, Ekelund U, Umpleby M, Shojaee-Moradie F, Holt RI, Phillips DI, Byrne CD.

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Body fatness and fat distribution as predictors of metabolic abnormalities and early carotid atherosclerosis.

Takami R, Takeda N, Hayashi M, Sasaki A, Kawachi S, Yoshino K, Takami K, Nakashima K, Akai A, Yamakita N, Yasuda K.

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The influence of obesity and consequent insulin resistance on coronary risk factors in medically treated patients with coronary disease.

Ades PA, Savage PD, Toth MJ, Schneider DJ, Audelin MC, Bunn JY, Ludlow M.

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Body mass index and waist circumference both contribute to differences in insulin-mediated glucose disposal in nondiabetic adults.

Farin HM, Abbasi F, Reaven GM.

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