ObesityPub Date : 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1002/oby.24125
Philippa Garbutt, Malgorzata Cyranka, Johanna Michl, Yuko Maejima, Natascia Vedovato, Kenju Shimomura, Pawel Swietach, Heidi de Wet
{"title":"The release of GLP-1 from gut L cells is inhibited by low extracellular pH","authors":"Philippa Garbutt, Malgorzata Cyranka, Johanna Michl, Yuko Maejima, Natascia Vedovato, Kenju Shimomura, Pawel Swietach, Heidi de Wet","doi":"10.1002/oby.24125","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24125","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The intestinal luminal pH profile varies from stomach to rectum and becomes disrupted in diseases. However, little is known about the pH dependence of incretin hormone secretion, with most in vitro studies having failed to consider this modulatory factor or having used nonphysiological buffer systems. Here, we report the extracellular pH (pHe) dependence of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) exocytosis from L cells.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The pHe dependence of GLP-1 release from GLUTag cells and murine ex vivo primary gut cultures was detected by ELISA. GLP-1 release was measured over a range of pHe under a physiological (CO<sub>2</sub>/HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>) buffering regime and in its absence (HEPES buffer). The relationship between intracellular pH (pHi) and pHe was mapped given that at least some component of pH sensitivity is likely to be intracellular.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>GLP-1 secretion from L cells was pHe-dependent and stimulated under alkaline conditions. In the absence of glucose or extracellular calcium, secretion remained at a pHe-insensitive baseline. pHi followed changes in pHe, but the relationship was offset to more alkaline levels in the absence of CO<sub>2</sub>/HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> buffer and became shallower if [Cl<sup>−</sup>] changes that normally accompany [HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>] changes were compensated iso-osmotically with gluconate.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>GLP-1 secretion is sensitive to pHe and the buffer present. Exploiting this mechanism therapeutically may benefit patients with obesity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 10","pages":"1819-1824"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142142250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1002/oby.24129
Sujing Wang, Jie Shen, Woon-Puay Koh, Jian-Min Yuan, Xiang Gao, Yinshun Peng, Yaqing Xu, Shuxiao Shi, Yue Huang, Ying Dong, Victor W. Zhong
{"title":"Comparison of race- and ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for categorizing obesity severity: a multicountry prospective cohort study","authors":"Sujing Wang, Jie Shen, Woon-Puay Koh, Jian-Min Yuan, Xiang Gao, Yinshun Peng, Yaqing Xu, Shuxiao Shi, Yue Huang, Ying Dong, Victor W. Zhong","doi":"10.1002/oby.24129","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24129","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The objective of this study was to compare race- and ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for the three classes of obesity based on equivalent risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Participants without T2D were included from the UK Biobank, the China Health and Nutrition Survey, and the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Poisson regressions with restricted cubic splines were applied to determine BMI cutoffs for each non-White race and ethnicity for equivalent incidence rates of T2D at BMI values of 30.0, 35.0, and 40.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in White adults.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>During a median follow-up of 13.8 years among 507,763 individuals, 5.2% developed T2D. In women, BMI cutoffs for an equivalent incidence rate of T2D as observed at 40.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in White adults were 31.6 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in Black, 29.2 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in British Chinese, 27.3 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in South Asian, 26.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in Native Chinese, and 25.1 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in Singapore Chinese adults. In men, the corresponding BMI cutoffs were 31.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in Black, 30.6 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in British Chinese, 29.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in South Asian, 29.6 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in Native Chinese, and 27.6 kg/m<sup>2</sup> in Singapore Chinese adults. The race and ethnicity order was consistent when equivalent BMI cutoffs were estimated for class I and II obesity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Establishing a race- and ethnicity-tailored classification of the three classes of obesity is urgently needed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 10","pages":"1958-1966"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1002/oby.24114
Maria J. Pereira, Argyri Mathioudaki, Alicia G. Otero, Padma Priya Duvvuri, Milica Vranic, Amir Sedigh, Jan W. Eriksson, Maria K. Svensson
{"title":"Renal sinus adipose tissue: exploratory study of metabolic features and transcriptome compared with omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue","authors":"Maria J. Pereira, Argyri Mathioudaki, Alicia G. Otero, Padma Priya Duvvuri, Milica Vranic, Amir Sedigh, Jan W. Eriksson, Maria K. Svensson","doi":"10.1002/oby.24114","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24114","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The objective was to study metabolic characteristics and transcriptome of renal sinus adipose tissue (RSAT) located around renal arteries and veins.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Adipose tissue biopsies from RSAT, omental (OAT), and subcutaneous (SAT) depots were obtained from healthy kidney donors (20 female, 20 male). Adipocyte glucose uptake rate and cell size were measured, and gene expression analyses using transcriptomics were performed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>RSAT adipocytes were significantly smaller, with a higher basal glucose uptake rate, than adipocytes from SAT and OAT. Transcriptomic analyses revealed 29 differentially expressed genes between RSAT and OAT (RSAT: 23 lower, 6 higher) and 1214 differentially expressed genes between RSAT and SAT (RSAT: 859 lower, 355 higher). RSAT demonstrated molecular resemblance to OAT, both exhibiting lower metabolic gene expression and higher expression of immune-related pathways, including IL-17, TNFα, and NF-κB signaling than SAT. Weighted gene coexpression network analysis associated RSAT with immune response and nucleic acid transport processes. Despite its location near the renal hilum, RSAT closely resembled OAT and there was a lack of expression in the classical brown adipose tissue genes. Gene enrichment analyses suggest an inflammatory environment in RSAT compared with SAT and, to some extent, OAT.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings suggest specific RSAT functions that could impact renal function and, possibly, the development of renal and cardiometabolic disorders.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 10","pages":"1870-1884"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24114","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142116633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1002/oby.24124
Ashley S. Meakin, Peter W. Nathanielsz, Cun Li, Hillary F. Huber, Vicki L. Clifton, Michael D. Wiese, Janna L. Morrison
{"title":"Maternal obesogenic diet during pregnancy and its impact on fetal hepatic function in baboons","authors":"Ashley S. Meakin, Peter W. Nathanielsz, Cun Li, Hillary F. Huber, Vicki L. Clifton, Michael D. Wiese, Janna L. Morrison","doi":"10.1002/oby.24124","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24124","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Maternal obesity (MO) increases the risk of later-life liver disease in offspring, especially in males. This may be due to impaired cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme activity driven by an altered maternal-fetal hormonal milieu. MO increases fetal cortisol concentrations that may increase CYP activity; however, glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-mediated signaling can be modulated by alternative GR isoform expression. We hypothesized that MO induces sex-specific changes in GR isoform expression and localization that contribute to reduced hepatic CYP activity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nonpregnant, nulliparous female baboons were assigned to either an ad libitum control diet or a high-fat, high-energy diet (HF-HED) at 9 months pre pregnancy. At 165 days' gestation (term = 180 days), fetal liver samples were collected (<i>n</i> = 6/sex/group). CYP activity was quantified using functional assays, and GR was measured using quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>CYP3A activity was reduced in the HF-HED group, whereas CYP2B6 activity was reduced in HF-HED males only. Total <i>GR</i> expression was increased in the HF-HED group. Relative nuclear expression of the antagonistic GR isoform GRβ was increased in HF-HED males only.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Reduced CYP activity in HF-HED males may be driven in part by dampened hepatic-specific glucocorticoid signaling via altered GR isoform expression. These findings highlight targetable mechanisms that may reduce later-life sex-specific disease risk.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 10","pages":"1910-1922"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142116632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1002/oby.24128
L. Stefan Lohmander, Markku Peltonen, Johanna C. Andersson-Assarsson, Kajsa Sjöholm, Magdalena Taube, Peter Jacobson, Per-Arne Svensson, Lena M. S. Carlsson, Sofie Ahlin
{"title":"Work-restricting musculoskeletal pain after bariatric surgery or usual obesity care in the Swedish Obese Subjects study","authors":"L. Stefan Lohmander, Markku Peltonen, Johanna C. Andersson-Assarsson, Kajsa Sjöholm, Magdalena Taube, Peter Jacobson, Per-Arne Svensson, Lena M. S. Carlsson, Sofie Ahlin","doi":"10.1002/oby.24128","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24128","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The objective of this study was to study the recovery from, and incidence of, work-restricting musculoskeletal pain after bariatric surgery compared with usual obesity care.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Pain in different body regions was monitored using questionnaires in the nonrandomized, prospective, controlled Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study, which included 2007 participants treated with bariatric surgery and a matched control group of 2040 participants receiving usual obesity care at primary health care centers. Self-reported pain in the neck and shoulders, back, hips, knees, and ankles was captured from questionnaires administered at baseline and after 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, and 20 years.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Compared with matched controls, bariatric surgery was associated with better recovery from baseline work-restricting knee and ankle pain in both the short (1–4 years) and long term (up to 20 years), as well as from back and hip pain in the short term. In participants without pain at baseline, bariatric surgery was associated with a lower incidence of developing new pain in the knee and ankle in the short and long term.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bariatric surgery was associated with better recovery from pain, primarily in weight-bearing joints, as well as with prevention of pain development in the knee and ankle compared with matched controls receiving usual obesity care.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 10","pages":"1844-1856"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142116634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1002/oby.24101
Çiğdem Köroğlu, Michael Traurig, Yunhua L. Muller, Samantha E. Day, Paolo Piaggi, Kim Wiedrich, Laura Vazquez, Robert L. Hanson, Cristopher V. Van Hout, Anna Alkelai, Alan R. Shuldiner, Clifton Bogardus, Leslie J. Baier
{"title":"Identification and functional validation of rare coding variants in genes linked to monogenic obesity","authors":"Çiğdem Köroğlu, Michael Traurig, Yunhua L. Muller, Samantha E. Day, Paolo Piaggi, Kim Wiedrich, Laura Vazquez, Robert L. Hanson, Cristopher V. Van Hout, Anna Alkelai, Alan R. Shuldiner, Clifton Bogardus, Leslie J. Baier","doi":"10.1002/oby.24101","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24101","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rare cases of monogenic obesity, which may respond to specific therapeutics, can remain undetected in populations in which polygenic obesity is prevalent. This study examined rare DNA variation in established monogenic obesity genes within a community using whole-exome sequence data from 6803 longitudinally studied individuals.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Exome data across 15 monogenic obesity genes were analyzed for nonsynonymous variants observed in any child with a maximum BMI <i>z</i> score > 2 (<i>N</i> = 279) but not observed in a child with a maximum BMI <i>z</i> score ≤ 0 (<i>n</i> = 1542) or that occurred in adults in the top 5th percentile of BMI (<i>n</i> = 263) but not in adults below the median BMI (<i>n</i> = 2629). Variants were then functionally analyzed using luciferase assays.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The comparisons between cases of obesity and controls identified eight missense variants in six genes: <i>DYRK1B</i>, <i>KSR2</i>, <i>MC4R</i>, <i>NTRK2</i>, <i>PCSK1</i>, and <i>SIM1</i>. Among these, <i>MC4R</i> p.A303P and p.R165G were previously shown to impair MC4R function. Functional analyses of the remaining six variants suggest that <i>KSR2</i> p.I402F and p.T193I and <i>NTRK2</i> p.S249Y alter protein function.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In addition to <i>MC4R</i>, rare missense variants in <i>KSR2</i> and <i>NTRK2</i> may potentially explain the severe obesity observed for the carriers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 9","pages":"1769-1777"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1002/oby.24103
Jonathan Alessi, Mario Dzemidzic, Jaroslaw Harezlak, David A. Kareken, Robert V. Considine
{"title":"Neural processing of sweet taste in reward regions is reduced following bariatric surgery","authors":"Jonathan Alessi, Mario Dzemidzic, Jaroslaw Harezlak, David A. Kareken, Robert V. Considine","doi":"10.1002/oby.24103","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24103","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bariatric surgery reduces sweet-liking, but mechanisms remain unclear. We examined related brain responses.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 24 nondiabetic bariatric surgery and 21 control participants with normal weight to overweight were recruited for an observational controlled cohort study. They underwent sucrose taste testing outside the scanner followed by stimulation with 0.40M and 0.10M sucrose compared with water during functional magnetic resonance imaging. A total of 21 bariatric participants repeated these procedures after surgery.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Perceived sweet intensity was not different among the control, presurgery, or postsurgery groups. Bariatric participants' preferred sweet concentration decreased after surgery (0.52M to 0.29M; <i>p</i> = 0.008). Brain reward system (ventral tegmental area, ventral striatum, and orbitofrontal cortex) region of interest analysis showed that 0.40M sucrose activation (but not 0.10M) decreased after surgery. Sensory region (primary somatosensory and primary taste cortex) 0.40M sucrose activation was unchanged by surgery and did not differ between control and bariatric participants. Primary taste cortex activation to 0.10M sucrose solution was greater in postsurgical bariatric participants compared with control participants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bariatric surgery reduces the reward system response to sweet taste in women with obesity without affecting activity in sensory regions, which is consistent with reduced drive to consume sweet foods.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 9","pages":"1709-1720"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1002/oby.24105
Franz Duca, Katharina Mascherbauer, Carolina Donà, Matthias Koschutnik, Christina Binder, Christian Nitsche, Kseniya Halavina, Dietrich Beitzke, Christian Loewe, Philipp Bartko, Elisabeth Waldmann, Julia Mascherbauer, Christian Hengstenberg, Andreas Kammerlander
{"title":"Association of epicardial adipose tissue on magnetic resonance imaging with cardiovascular outcomes: Quality over quantity?","authors":"Franz Duca, Katharina Mascherbauer, Carolina Donà, Matthias Koschutnik, Christina Binder, Christian Nitsche, Kseniya Halavina, Dietrich Beitzke, Christian Loewe, Philipp Bartko, Elisabeth Waldmann, Julia Mascherbauer, Christian Hengstenberg, Andreas Kammerlander","doi":"10.1002/oby.24105","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24105","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) quantity is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. However, the quality of EAT may be of incremental prognostic value. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard for tissue characterization but has never been applied for EAT quality assessment. We aimed to investigate EAT quality measured on CMR T1 mapping as a predictor of poor outcomes in an all-comer cohort.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We investigated the association of EAT area and EAT T1 times (EAT-T1) with a composite endpoint of nonfatal myocardial infarction, heart failure hospitalization, and all-cause death.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 966 participants were included (47.2% female; mean age: 58.4 years) in this prospective observational CMR registry. Mean EAT area and EAT-T1 were 7.3 cm<sup>2</sup> and 268 ms, respectively. On linear regression, EAT-T1 was not associated with markers of obesity, dyslipidemia, or comorbidities such as diabetes (<i>p</i> > 0.05 for all). During a follow-up of 57.7 months, a total of 280 (29.0%) events occurred. EAT-T1 was independently associated (adjusted hazard ratio per SD: 1.202; 95% CI: 1.022–1.413; <i>p</i> = 0.026) with the composite endpoint when adjusted for established clinical risk.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>EAT quality (as assessed via CMR T1 times), but not EAT quantity, is independently associated with a composite endpoint of nonfatal myocardial infarction, heart failure hospitalization, and all-cause death.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 9","pages":"1670-1679"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142083017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1002/oby.24111
Mona Sharifi, Lauren G. Fiechtner, Jessica L. Barrett, Giselle O'Connor, Meghan Perkins, Jennifer Reiner, Mandy Luo, Elsie M. Taveras, Steven L. Gortmaker
{"title":"Cost-effectiveness of a primary care-based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care","authors":"Mona Sharifi, Lauren G. Fiechtner, Jessica L. Barrett, Giselle O'Connor, Meghan Perkins, Jennifer Reiner, Mandy Luo, Elsie M. Taveras, Steven L. Gortmaker","doi":"10.1002/oby.24111","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24111","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The objective of this study was to project the cost-effectiveness of implementing the Healthy Weight Clinic (HWC), a primary care-based intervention for 6- to 12-year-old children with overweight or obesity, at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) nationally.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We estimated intervention costs from a health care sector and societal perspective and used BMI change estimates from the HWC trial. Our microsimulation of national HWC implementation among all FQHCs from 2023 to 2032 estimated cost per child and per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained and projected impact on obesity prevalence by race and ethnicity. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses assessed uncertainty around estimates.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>National implementation is projected to reach 888,000 children over 10 years, with a mean intervention cost of $456 (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: $409–$506) per child to the health care sector and $211 (95% UI: $175–$251) to families (e.g., time participating). Assuming effect maintenance, national implementation could result in 2070 (95% UI: 859–3220) QALYs gained and save $14.6 million (95% UI: $5.6–$23.5 million) in health care costs over 10 years, yielding a net cost of $278,000 (95% CI: $177,000–$679,000) per QALY gained. We project greater reductions in obesity prevalence among Hispanic/Latino and Black versus White populations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The HWC is relatively low-cost per child and projected to reduce obesity disparities if implemented nationally in FQHCs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 9","pages":"1734-1744"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ObesityPub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1002/oby.24115
Lovoria B. Williams, Bassema Abu Farsakh, Erika R. Karle, Zainab S. Almogheer, Steven Coughlin, Karen H. Kim Yeary
{"title":"How effective are church-based weight-loss interventions among Black adults? A systematic review","authors":"Lovoria B. Williams, Bassema Abu Farsakh, Erika R. Karle, Zainab S. Almogheer, Steven Coughlin, Karen H. Kim Yeary","doi":"10.1002/oby.24115","DOIUrl":"10.1002/oby.24115","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Churches are frequently used to reach Black adults to effect weight loss. However, there has been no recent review, to our knowledge, inclusive of solely Black adults in church settings. We sought to comprehensively examine the methodological approaches and weight-loss outcomes of church-based weight-loss lifestyle interventions conducted among Black adults to provide insights on literature gaps and offer suggestions for future research.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Google Scholar, PubMed, and CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) were searched for trials conducted in churches that reported weight outcomes at any time point. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guided manuscript development.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 15 studies (<i>N</i> = 2285) from 2007 to 2023 met inclusion criteria, and 33% were high-quality randomized trials. The majority were pilot studies (60%) conducted in the Southern United States. Most reported significant postintervention weight loss. The follow-up time points varied from 2 to 12 months. Methodological approaches included the following: cultural adaptations (93%); theory-guided (93%); delivered by community health workers (80%); and delivered in person in a group format (100%). Only one study offered individual-level attention beyond texts/emails. Most participants were well-educated female individuals.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Weight-loss interventions among Black church settings effect statistically significant weight loss, albeit in a small way. Limitations include pilot studies and small samples. More rigorously designed studies are warranted.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":215,"journal":{"name":"Obesity","volume":"32 11","pages":"2060-2076"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oby.24115","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142094356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}