Metabolic syndrome comprises a set of risk factors that include abdominal obesity, impaired
glucose tolerance, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein levels, and high blood …

OBJECTIVES: Metabolic syndrome affects 20-30% of adults and is increasing in prevalence,
making it a leading public health issue. Radiologists often encounter images of obese …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the constellation of metabolic risk factors that might foster
development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Abdominal obesity and insulin …

Metabolic syndrome has become an important public health problem and has reached
epidemic proportions globally. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a cluster of metabolic …

Trends in obesity have continued to increase in the developed world over the past few
decades, along with related conditions such as metabolic syndrome, which is strongly …

Metabolic syndrome is a fast growing public health burden for almost all the developed
countries and many developing nations. Despite intense efforts from both biomedical and …

MR of Multi-Organ Involvement in the Metabolic Syndrome - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Background The metabolic syndrome is related to obesity and ectopic fat distribution.
Purpose To investigate whether an image analysis approach that uses image registration for …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) includes different metabolic conditions (ie abdominal obesity,
impaired glucose tolerance, hypertriglyceridemia, decreased HDL cholesterol, and/or …

The assessment of body composition (BC) consists on the quantification and the study of the
distribution of body elements at different levels (1). In this special issue, we will review what …