title: [Abdominal obesity].
abstract: The examination of fat tissue distribution has considerably refined the relationship between obesity and the overall and cardiovascular mortality. The identification of the abdominal (central) obesity by the waist circumference measurement is easy accessible and should become the obligatory part of any physical examination. Abdominal (central) obesity is a mandatory component for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome, and represents major risk factor of cardiovascular mortality.
authors.affiliation: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1, lékarská fakulta, III. interní klinika VFN. petr.sucharda@lf1.cuni.cz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sucharda
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D055105:Waist Circumference