J. Despres

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, D. Prud'homme, 1996, International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

Loss of abdominal fat and metabolic response to exercise training in obese women.

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, G. Thériault, 1991, The American journal of physiology.

Should we target increased physical activity or less sedentary behavior in the battle against cardiovascular disease risk development?

R. Ross, J. Després, S. Blair, 2020, Atherosclerosis.

Thyroid hormones and thyrotropin variations during long term overfeeding in identical twins.

C. Bouchard, J. Oppert, A. Tremblay, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Physical Activity and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors during Childhood and Adolescence

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Despres, 1990, Exercise and sport sciences reviews.

Age and duration of follow-up as modulators of the risk for ischemic heart disease associated with high plasma C-reactive protein levels in men.

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 2001, Archives of internal medicine.

Diet composition and postexercise energy balance.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, E. Kranenbarg, 1994, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Genome-wide association studies suggest sex-specific loci associated with abdominal and visceral fat

M. Fornage, C. Bouchard, J. Blangero, 2015, International Journal of Obesity.

Elevated expression of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 in calcific aortic valve disease: implications for valve mineralization.

Y. Bossé, J. Després, P. Pibarot, 2014, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and High‐Sensitivity C‐Reactive Protein Lowering With Atorvastatin in Patients of South Asian Compared With European Origin: Insights From the Achieve Cholesterol Targets Fast With Atorvastatin Stratified Titration (ACTFAST) Study

J. Després, A. Langer, G. Gensini, 2012, Journal of clinical pharmacology.

Quantitative Trait Locus on 15q for a Metabolic Syndrome Variable Derived from Factor Analysis

Y. Bossé, C. Bouchard, J. Després, 2007, Obesity.

ApoCIII-Lp(a) complexes in conjunction with Lp(a)-OxPL predict rapid progression of aortic stenosis

Y. Bossé, M. Mayr, J. Després, 2020, Heart.

Autoantibodies and immune complexes to oxidation-specific epitopes and progression of aortic stenosis: Results from the ASTRONOMER trial.

Y. Bossé, J. Després, P. Pibarot, 2017, Atherosclerosis.

Visceral obesity and hyperinsulinemia modulate the impact of the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein -493G/T polymorphism on plasma lipoprotein levels in men.

J. Després, D. Gaudet, M. Vohl, 2002, Atherosclerosis.

Obesity in Canada: a descriptive analysis. Canadian Heart Health Surveys Research Group.

J. Després, B. Reeder, S. Macdonald, 1997, CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne.

Development and Validation of a Salt Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ-Na) and a Discretionary Salt Questionnaire (DSQ) for the Evaluation of Salt Intake among French-Canadian Population

M. Gallani, N. Alméras, J. Giguère, 2020, Nutrients.

Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies

H Tunstall-Pedoe, Dan Jackson, S G Thompson, 2009, Statistics in medicine.

PCSK9 levels in abdominally obese men: association with cardiometabolic risk profile and effects of a one-year lifestyle modification program.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, 2014, Atherosclerosis.

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in children: low-density lipoprotein receptor mutational analysis and variation in the expression of plasma lipoprotein-lipid concentrations.

J. Després, M. Vohl, B. Lamarche, 1996, Atherosclerosis.

Identification and management of cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a position paper by the cardiometabolic risk working group (executive summary).

R. Ross, R. Ross, Lawrence A Leiter, 2011, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Metabolic syndrome increases operative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

J. Després, P. Pibarot, P. Mathieu, 2007, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Waist circumference, visceral obesity, and cardiovascular risk.

J. Després, P. Poirier, J. Despres, 2003, Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.

Prevalence of 'hypertriglyceridemic waist' in men who participated in the Quebec Health Survey: association with atherogenic and diabetogenic metabolic risk factors.

J. Després, É. Dewailly, I. Lemieux, 2002, Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

Genetics of obesity and human energy metabolism

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, J. Després, 1991, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.

For a structured response to the psychosocial consequences of the restrictive measures imposed by the global COVID-19 health pandemic: the MAVIPAN longitudinal prospective cohort study protocol

R. Fleet, F. Routhier, M. Menear, 2020, BMJ Open.

Evidence of pleiotropic loci for fasting insulin, total fat mass, and abdominal visceral fat in a sedentary population: the HERITAGE family study.

J. Després, T. Rice, M. Province, 2000, Obesity research.

Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Serum Lipids and Lipoproteins in French Canadian Families

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 1989, Arteriosclerosis.

Inflammatory biomarkers, physical activity, waist circumference, and risk of future coronary heart disease in healthy men and women.

J. Després, P. Talmud, J. Wouter Jukema, 2011, European heart journal.

Physical Activity for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: Some Is Better Than None, More Is Better, and Earliest Is Best.

J. Després, B. Arsenault, J. Despres, 2023, Diabetes care.

Sex‐Specific Impact of Body Weight on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Incidence in Individuals With and Without Ideal Cardiovascular Health

J. Després, S. Thériault, B. Arsenault, 2023, medRxiv.

Targeting Diet Quality at the Workplace: Influence on Cardiometabolic Risk

J. Després, P. Poirier, I. Lemieux, 2021, Nutrients.

CT-derived abdominal adiposity: distributions and better predictive ability than BMI in a nationwide study of 59,429 adults in China.

J. Després, Shiwei Liu, Jianbo Gao, 2020, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

R. Ross, R. Ross, J. Després, 2008, Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

A single threshold value of waist girth identifies normal-weight and overweight subjects with excess visceral adipose tissue.

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, D. Prud'homme, 1996, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Computed tomography-measured trunk fat and plasma lipoprotein levels in nonobese women.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, G. Thériault, 1989, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Plasma leptin response to an epinephrine infusion in lean and obese women.

Claude Bouchard, Denis Prud'homme, C. Bouchard, 2002, Obesity research.

Contribution of visceral adiposity to the exaggerated postprandial lipemia of men with impaired glucose tolerance.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, I. Lemieux, 2003, Diabetes care.

Seven-Year Changes in Body Fat and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Women. Association with indexes of plasma glucose-insulin homeostasis

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1996, Diabetes Care.

Reduced HDL particle size as an additional feature of the atherogenic dyslipidemia of abdominal obesity.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, D. Prud'homme, 2001, Journal of lipid research.

7 Dyslipidaemia and obesity

J. Després, J. Despres, 1994 .

Metabolic complications of visceral obesity: contribution to the aetiology of type 2 diabetes and implications for prevention and treatment.

J. Després, S. Lemieux, J. Despres, 1994, Diabete & metabolisme.

Visceral obesity and the risk of ischaemic heart disease: insights from the Québec Cardiovascular Study.

G. Dagenais, J. Després, S. Lemieux, 1998, Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society.

[Impact of obesity in contemporary cardiology].

J. Després, P. Poirier, J. Despres, 2005, Medecine sciences : M/S.

Features of the metabolic syndrome of "hypertriglyceridemic waist" and transplant coronary artery disease.

J. Després, I. Lemieux, G. Drobinski, 2005, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

Association of Lipin 1 Gene Polymorphisms with Measures of Energy and Glucose Metabolism

C. Bouchard, J. Després, T. Rankinen, 2007, Obesity.

Rosiglitazone lowers resting and blood pressure response to exercise in men with type 2 diabetes: A 1‐year randomized study

J. Després, P. Poirier, O. Bertrand, 2018, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism.

Evidence of a major locus for lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity in addition to a pleiotropic locus for both LPL and fasting insulin: results from the HERITAGE Family Study.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, T. Rice, 1999, Atherosclerosis.

The lipoprotein lipase HindIII polymorphism modulates plasma triglyceride levels in visceral obesity.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, M. Vohl, 1995, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

Low‐intensity endurance exercise training, plasma lipoproteins and the risk of coronary heart disease

J. Després, B. Lamarche, J. Despres, 1994, Journal of internal medicine.

Postprandial hyperlipidemia: another correlate of the "hypertriglyceridemic waist" phenotype in men.

Denis Prud'homme, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2003, Atherosclerosis.

Comparison of Various Electrophoretic Characteristics of LDL Particles and Their Relationship to the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 2001, Circulation.

Comparison between gradient gel electrophoresis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in estimating coronary heart disease risk associated with LDL and HDL particle size.

J. Després, N. Wareham, K. Khaw, 2010, Clinical chemistry.

A comparison of the assessment and management of cardiometabolic risk in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus in Canadian primary care

Lawrence A Leiter, E. Lonn, J. Després, 2013, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism.

Identification and management of patients at elevated cardiometabolic risk in canadian primary care: how well are we doing?

Lawrence A Leiter, E. Lonn, J. Després, 2013, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Exercise-induced hypertension in men with metabolic syndrome: anthropometric, metabolic, and hemodynamic features.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, 2013, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

Position Statement Identification and Management of Cardiometabolic Risk in Canada: A Position Paper by the Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group (Executive Summary)

R. Ross, Lawrence A Leiter, E. Lonn, 2011 .

Abdominal obesity: the most prevalent cause of the metabolic syndrome and related cardiometabolic risk

J. Després, Jean-Pierre Després, J. Despres, 2006 .

Normalization of visceral adiposity is required to normalize plasma apolipoprotein B levels in response to a healthy eating/physical activity lifestyle modification program in viscerally obese men.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, 2012, Atherosclerosis.

Familial resemblance for abdominal visceral fat: the HERITAGE family study

C. Bouchard, I. Borecki, T. Rice, 1997, International Journal of Obesity.

Is lipoprotein(a) an independent risk factor for ischemic heart disease in men? The Quebec Cardiovascular Study.

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 1998, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha modulator (SPPARMα) paradigm: conceptual framework and therapeutic potential

P. Libby, P. Ridker, J. Després, 2019, Cardiovascular Diabetology.

Heritability of LDL peak particle diameter in the Quebec Family Study

Y. Bossé, C. Bouchard, J. Després, 2003, Genetic epidemiology.

Adiposity and pulmonary function: relationship with body fat distribution and systemic inflammation.

J. Després, L. Boulet, A. Tremblay, 2011, Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale.

Genome-wide linkage analysis for circulating levels of adipokines and C-reactive protein in the Quebec family study (QFS)

C. Bouchard, J. Després, Y. Chagnon, 2008, Journal of Human Genetics.

Eating behaviours, dietary profile and body composition according to dieting history in men and women of the Québec Family Study.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, V. Drapeau, 2004, The British journal of nutrition.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2009, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Resting metabolic rate in monozygotic and dizygotic twins.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1985, Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae.

Body weight loss increases plasma and adipose tissue concentrations of potentially toxic pollutants in obese individuals

A. Tremblay, P. Ayotte, É. Dewailly, 2000, International Journal of Obesity.

Abdominal obesity as important component of insulin-resistance syndrome.

J. Després, J. Despres, 1993, Nutrition.

Adiponectin concentration and insulin indicators following overfeeding in identical twins

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2008, Journal of endocrinological investigation.

Rationale, design, and methods for Canadian alliance for healthy hearts and minds cohort study (CAHHM) – a Pan Canadian cohort study

Eric E. Smith, P. Awadalla, P. Robson, 2016, BMC Public Health.

Cardiovascular risk scoring and magnetic resonance imaging detected subclinical cerebrovascular disease

Eric E. Smith, S. Black, S. Yusuf, 2019, European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging.

Regional variation in adipose tissue insulin action and GLUT4 glucose transporter expression in severely obese premenopausal women

J. Després, A. Marette, G. Thériault, 1997, Diabetologia.

HDL particle size: a marker of the gender difference in the metabolic risk profile.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, D. Prud'homme, 2002, Atherosclerosis.

Leisure-time physical activity is more strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk than occupational physical activity: Results from a workplace lifestyle modification program.

J. Després, P. Poirier, I. Lemieux, 2022, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

Trunk muscle quality assessed by computed tomography: Association with adiposity indices and glucose tolerance in men.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, 2018, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Is body fat loss a determinant factor in the improvement of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism following aerobic exercise training in obese women?

C. Bouchard, J. Després, G. Thériault, 1992, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Health consequences of visceral obesity

J. Després, J. Despres, 2001, Annals of medicine.

Visceral adiposity and left ventricular mass and function in patients with aortic stenosis: the PROGRESSA study.

J. Després, P. Pibarot, É. Larose, 2014, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

The relationship between adiposopathy and glucose-insulin homeostasis is not affected by moderate-intensity aerobic training in healthy women with obesity

D. Joanisse, P. Mauriège, M. Lacaille, 2018, Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry.

Increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: an update on fenofibrate.

J. Després, J. Despres, 2001, The American journal of cardiology.

Sex differences in postprandial plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein concentrations.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, I. Lemieux, 2009, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Sex differences in inflammatory markers: what is the contribution of visceral adiposity?

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2009, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Increased plasma interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels in men with visceral obesity

J. Després, A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, 2009, Annals of medicine.

Postprandial Variations of Plasma Inflammatory Markers in Abdominally Obese Men

J. Després, A. Tremblay, I. Lemieux, 2006, Obesity.

Editorial Body shape, insulin resistance and inflammation: bridging diabetology and cardiology?

J. Després, P. Barter, A. Sydney, 2010 .

Sex differences in inﬂammatory markers: what is the contribution of visceral adiposity? 1–3

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2009 .

Contribution of body fatness and adipose tissue distribution to the age variation in plasma steroid hormone concentrations in men: the HERITAGE Family Study.

C. Bouchard, J. Wilmore, D. Rao, 2000, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Adipose Tissue Distribution and Plasma Lipoprotein Levels in Obese Women: Importance of Intra‐abdominal Fat

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1989, Arteriosclerosis.

Changes in plasma endocannabinoid levels in viscerally obese men following a 1 year lifestyle modification programme and waist circumference reduction: associations with changes in metabolic risk factors

V. Marzo, I. Matias, S. Petrosino, 2009, Diabetologia.

Association of apolipoprotein E polymorphism with blood lipids and maximal oxygen uptake in the sedentary state and after exercise training in the HERITAGE family study.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Wilmore, 2004, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Effect of Exercise and Pharmacological Interventions on Visceral Adiposity: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis of Long‐term Randomized Controlled Trials

J. Després, A. Pandey, J. D. de Lemos, 2019, Mayo Clinic proceedings.

The effects of exercise on the lipoprotein subclass profile: A meta-analysis of 10 interventions.

W. Kraus, C. Bouchard, J. Després, 2015, Atherosclerosis.

Evidence for impaired lipolysis in abdominally obese men: postprandial study of apolipoprotein B-48- and B-100-containing lipoproteins.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, N. Bergeron, 2002, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Long-term exercise training with constant energy intake. 1: Effect on body composition and selected metabolic variables.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1990, International journal of obesity.

Molecular screening of the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein: association between polymorphisms and both abdominal obesity and plasma apolipoprotein B concentration

J. Després, D. Gaudet, M. Vohl, 2004, Journal of Human Genetics.

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha L162V mutation is associated with reduced adiposity.

Y. Bossé, C. Bouchard, J. Després, 2003, Obesity research.

Association and linkage between an insulin-like growth FACTOR-1 GENE polymorphism and fat free mass in the HERITAGE Family Study

Y. Chagnon, C. Bouchard, I. Borecki, 1999, International Journal of Obesity.

ApoB-100 gene EcoRI polymorphism. Relations to plasma lipoprotein changes associated with abdominal visceral obesity.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, M. Vohl, 1994, Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology.

Expression of the androgen metabolizing enzyme UGT2B15 in adipose tissue and relative expression measurement using a competitive RT–PCR method

J. Després, D. Hum, A. Tchernof, 1999, Clinical endocrinology.

Impact of dietary fat content and fat oxidation on energy intake in humans.

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, G. Plourde, 1989, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Response by Neeland et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Cardiovascular and Metabolic Heterogeneity of Obesity: Clinical Challenges and Implications for Management".

J. Després, P. Poirier, I. Neeland, 2018, Circulation.

Dietary fat composition and human adiposity

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1998, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Identifying which patients with diabetes should be tested for the presence of coronary artery disease--the importance of baseline electrocardiogram and exercise testing.

J. Després, P. Poirier, O. Bertrand, 2006, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Potential contribution of metformin to the management of cardiovascular disease risk in patients with abdominal obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.

J. Després, J. Despres, 2003, Diabetes & metabolism.

BMI versus obesity subtypes in the era of precision medicine.

J. Després, J. Despres, 2023, The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology.

[Treatment of obesity: the need to target attention on high-risk patients characterized by abdominal obesity].

Carla Scarsella, J. Despres, 2003, Cadernos de saude publica.

Familial resemblance of plasma lipids, lipoproteins and postheparin lipoprotein and hepatic lipases in the HERITAGE Family Study.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, T. Rice, 1997, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

At-Risk Serum Cholesterol Profile at Both Ends of the Nutrition Spectrum in West African Adults? The Benin Study

J. Després, H. Delisle, C. Couillard, 2013, Nutrients.

Genetic epistasis in the VLDL catabolic pathway is associated with deleterious variations on triglyceridemia in obese subjects

T. Hudson, J. Després, D. Gaudet, 2007, International Journal of Obesity.

Yogurt consumption, body composition, and metabolic health in the Québec Family Study

J. Després, L. Pérusse, V. Drapeau, 2018, European Journal of Nutrition.

Angiographically-assessed coronary artery disease associates with HDL particle size in women.

J. Després, D. Gaudet, I. Lemieux, 2012, Atherosclerosis.

Lp‐PLA2 is associated with structural valve degeneration of bioprostheses

J. Després, P. Pibarot, Marie-Chloé Boulanger, 2014, European journal of clinical investigation.

Elevated Proportion of Small, Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Particles and Lower Adiponectin Blood Levels Predict Early Structural Valve Degeneration of Bioprostheses

J. Després, P. Pibarot, N. Girerd, 2012, Cardiology.

Lean-body-mass composition and resting energy expenditure before and after long-term overfeeding.

A. Tremblay, O. Deriaz, G. Fournier, 1992, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Overfeeding and energy expenditure in humans.

A Tremblay, C Bouchard, A. Tremblay, 1992, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Genotype dependency of adaptation in adipose tissue metabolism after short-term overfeeding.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1986, The American journal of physiology.

Comparison of Plaque Sealing With Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Versus Medical Therapy for the Treatment of Moderate Nonsignificant Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions: The Moderate VEin Graft LEsion Stenting With the Taxus Stent and Intravascular Ultrasound (VELETI) Pilot Trial

G. Dagenais, J. Després, J. Dery, 2009, Circulation.

Comparison of prognosis for men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and men with cardiovascular disease

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 2009, Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Calcium intake, body composition, and lipoprotein-lipid concentrations in adults.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2003, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Estimation of deep abdominal adipose-tissue accumulation from simple anthropometric measurements in men.

A Tremblay, C Bouchard, C. Bouchard, 1991, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Sleep duration as a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance: analyses of the Quebec Family Study.

A. Astrup, C. Bouchard, J. Després, 2009, Sleep medicine.

A multicentre, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial evaluating rosiglitazone for the prevention of atherosclerosis progression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes. Design and rationale of the VeIn-Coronary aTherOsclerosis and Rosiglitazone after b

J. Després, P. Poirier, V. Džavík, 2009, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Sugar Sweetened Beverages , Obesity , Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease risk

F. Hu, G. Bray, J. Després, 2010 .

Glycerol as a correlate of impaired glucose tolerance: dissection of a complex system by use of a simple genetic trait.

J. Rioux, J. Després, D. Gaudet, 2000, American journal of human genetics.

The insulin resistance-dyslipidemic syndrome: contribution of visceral obesity and therapeutic implications.

J. Després, D. Prud'homme, S. Lemieux, 1995, International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

Exercise and energy intake: Effect of substrate oxidation

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, N. Alméras, 1995, Physiology & Behavior.

Contributions of cardiorespiratory fitness and visceral adiposity to six-year changes in cardiometabolic risk markers in apparently healthy men and women.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2011, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Plasma organochlorine concentrations in endurance athletes and obese individuals.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, C. Pelletier, 2002, Medicine and science in sports and exercise.

Impact of adiponectin gene polymorphisms on plasma lipoprotein and adiponectin concentrations of viscerally obese men Published, JLR Papers in Press, November 16, 2004. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M400135-JLR200

J. Després, D. Gaudet, M. Vohl, 2005, Journal of Lipid Research.

Associations between the fatty acid content of triglyceride, visceral adipose tissue accumulation, and components of the insulin resistance syndrome.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, S. Lemieux, 2004, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Ethnic Differences in Body Composition and Other Markers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Study in Matched Haitian and White Subjects from Quebec

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2006, Obesity.

International Day for the Evaluation of Abdominal obesity: rationale and design of a primary care study on the prevalence of abdominal obesity and associated factors in 63 countries

J. Després, B. Balkau, S. Haffner, 2006 .

Hypertriglyceridemic waist: a simple clinical phenotype associated with coronary artery disease in women.

J. Després, D. Gaudet, I. Lemieux, 2012, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Deteriorated Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in Individuals with Excessive Blood Pressure Response to Submaximal Exercise.

J. Després, P. Poirier, N. Alméras, 2019, American journal of hypertension.

Impact of high-intensity exercise on energy expenditure, lipid oxidation and body fatness

A Tremblay, C Bouchard, C. Bouchard, 2001, International Journal of Obesity.

Negative energy balance with exercise in identical twins: plasma glucose and insulin responses.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Oppert, 1997, The American journal of physiology.

The Effects of Exercise-Training on Energy Balance and Adipose Tissue Morphology and Metabolism

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1985, Sports medicine.

Subcutaneous adipose tissue metabolism at menopause: importance of body fatness and regional fat distribution.

A. Tremblay, D. Prud'homme, J. Després, 2000, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Low plasma adiponectin exacerbates the risk of premature coronary artery disease in familial hypercholesterolemia.

J. Després, D. Gaudet, D. Brisson, 2008, Atherosclerosis.

Plasma leptin concentrations: gender differences and associations with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1997, Diabetologia.

Acute Exercise Increases Adiponectin Levels in Abdominally Obese Men

R. Ross, J. Després, T. Saunders, 2012, Journal of nutrition and metabolism.

Contribution of visceral obesity to the deterioration of the metabolic risk profile in men with impaired glucose tolerance

J. Després, A. Tremblay, D. Prud'homme, 2000, Diabetologia.

Increase in plasma pollutant levels in response to weight loss in humans is related to in vitro subcutaneous adipocyte basal lipolysis

A. Tremblay, P. Ayotte, É. Dewailly, 2001, International Journal of Obesity.

Sex differences in the relation of visceral adipose tissue accumulation to total body fatness.

A Tremblay, C Bouchard, C. Bouchard, 1993, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Usefulness of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in type 2 diabetes mellitus to predict the presence of coronary artery disease as assessed by computed tomographic coronary angiography.

Jeroen J. Bax, Albert de Roos, J. Després, 2010, The American journal of cardiology.

Circulating endocannabinoid levels, abdominal adiposity and related cardiometabolic risk factors in obese men

V. Marzo, I. Matias, S. Petrosino, 2007, International Journal of Obesity.

Impact of postprandial variation in triglyceridemia on low-density lipoprotein particle size.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, I. Lemieux, 2003, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Pleiotropic effects of rimonabant: clinical implications.

J. Després, J. Despres, 2009, Current pharmaceutical design.

Efficacy and safety of the weight-loss drug rimonabant

J. Després, X. Pi-Sunyer, L. Gaal, 2008, The Lancet.

How effective is rimonabant at promoting and maintaining weight loss in patients with obesity?

J. Després, J. Despres, 2006, Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology &Metabolism.

Influence of the angiotensin‐converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism on lipoprotein/lipid response to gemfibrozil

Y. Bossé, J. Després, M. Dumont, 2002, Clinical genetics.

Evidence for a regional component of body fatness in the association with serum lipids in men and women.

C. Bouchard, C. Allard, A. Tremblay, 1985, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Myeloperoxidase gene sequence variations are associated with low-density-lipoprotein characteristics

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2008, Journal of Human Genetics.

Is body fat loss a determinant factor in the improvement of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism following aerobic exercise training in obese women

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1992 .

Carotid versus coronary atherosclerosis burdens in acute compared with chronic symptomatic coronary artery disease.

J. Després, P. Pibarot, É. Larose, 2017, Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.

Disease prevention—should we target obesity or sedentary lifestyle?

J. Després, O. Charansonney, J. Despres, 2010, Nature Reviews Cardiology.

A variant in the LRRFIP1 gene is associated with adiposity and inflammation

C. Bouchard, J. Després, M. Carless, 2012, Obesity.

ATP acts as a survival signal and prevents the mineralization of aortic valve.

Y. Bossé, P. Pibarot, M. McKee, 2012, Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology.

Body Fat Distribution and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: An Update

J. Despres, 2012, Circulation.

Cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a detailed analysis and position paper by the cardiometabolic risk working group.

R. Ross, E. Lonn, D. Lau, 2011, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and the relationships of physical fitness to plasma lipoprotein-lipid levels in men and women.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1999, Medicine and science in sports and exercise.

ACSM Position Stand: The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Healthy Adults

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Does Milk Consumption Contribute to Cardiometabolic Health and Overall Diet Quality?

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Body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, and low-grade inflammation in middle-aged men and women.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2009, The American journal of cardiology.

Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness Levels and Elevated Blood Pressure: What Is the Contribution of Visceral Adiposity?

C. Bouchard, L. Pérusse, A. Tremblay, 2009, Hypertension.

Abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome: contribution to global cardiometabolic risk.

P. Pibarot, P. Poirier, J. Rodés‐Cabau, 2008, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

Relationships between circulating 25(OH) vitamin D, leptin levels and visceral adipose tissue volume: results from a 1-year lifestyle intervention program in men with visceral obesity

A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, I. Lemieux, 2019, International Journal of Obesity.

The relationship between adiposopathy and glucose-insulin homeostasis is not affected by moderate-intensity aerobic training in healthy women with obesity

D. Joanisse, P. Mauriège, M. Lacaille, 2018, Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry.

Obesity and cardiovascular disease: friend or foe?

J. Despres, Seong Hwan Kim, Kwang Kon Koh, 2016, European heart journal.

Impact of a 1-year lifestyle modification program on plasma lipoprotein and PCSK9 concentrations in patients with coronary artery disease.

A. Marette, P. Poirier, É. Larose, 2016, Journal of clinical lipidology.

Exercise and energy balance: going to extremes to show that body weight is not the best outcome.

J. Després, J. Despres, 2015, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

The CardioMetabolic Health Alliance: Working Toward a New Care Model for the Metabolic Syndrome.

Chiadi E. Ndumele, Dave L Dixon, S. Grundy, 2015, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Perivascular adipose tissue in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.

J. Després, K. Koh, Hae-Young Lee, 2013, Atherosclerosis.

More than 10 million steps in the right direction: results from the first American Heart Association scientific sessions walking challenge.

R. Arena, R. Harrington, K. Bloch, 2015, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

Exercise-induced hypertension in men with metabolic syndrome: anthropometric, metabolic, and hemodynamic features.

A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, N. Alméras, 2013, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

Position Statement Identification and Management of Cardiometabolic Risk in Canada: A Position Paper by the Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group (Executive Summary)

J. Cox, S. Rabkin, H. Teoh, 2011 .

Benefits of 1-Year Lifestyle Modification Program on Exercise Capacity and Diastolic Function Among Coronary Artery Disease Men With and Without Type 2 Diabetes.

J. Després, A. Marette, P. Poirier, 2019, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

Hemodynamic Deterioration of Surgically Implanted Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves.

J. Després, P. Pibarot, R. Puri, 2018, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

ApoB/ApoA‐I Ratio is Associated With Faster Hemodynamic Progression of Aortic Stenosis: Results From the PROGRESSA (Metabolic Determinants of the Progression of Aortic Stenosis) Study

Y. Bossé, J. Després, P. Pibarot, 2018, Journal of the American Heart Association.

Oxidized Phospholipids, Lipoprotein(a), and Progression of Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis.

Y. Bossé, P. Pibarot, S. Tsimikas, 2015, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Are Associated with Reduced Fibrosis and Interleukin-6 Expression in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

Y. Bossé, J. Després, P. Pibarot, 2013, Pathobiology.

Systolic hypertension and progression of aortic valve calcification in patients with aortic stenosis: results from the PROGRESSA study

Y. Bossé, J. Després, P. Pibarot, 2017, European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging.

Oxidized Phospholipids, Lipoprotein(a), and Progression of Calci ﬁ c Aortic Valve Stenosis

Y. Bossé, P. Pibarot, K. Teo, 2017 .

Impact of plasma Lp-PLA2 activity on the progression of aortic stenosis: the PROGRESSA study.

Y. Bossé, J. Després, P. Pibarot, 2015, JACC. Cardiovascular imaging.

Circulating IGFBP-2 levels reveal atherogenic metabolic risk in schizophrenic patients using atypical antipsychotics

J. Després, M. Roy, N. Alméras, 2020, The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry.

Nutritional determinants of the increase in energy intake associated with a high-fat diet.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1991, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, C. Craig, 1990, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Cholesterol levels in small LDL particles predict the risk of coronary heart disease in the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study.

J. Després, R. Luben, N. Wareham, 2007, European heart journal.

Lipid‐mediated inflammation and degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valves

J. Després, C. Couture, F. Dagenais, 2009, European journal of clinical investigation.

Gemfibrozil reduces plasma C-reactive protein levels in abdominally obese men with the atherogenic dyslipidemia of the metabolic syndrome.

J. Després, M. Dumont, D. Prud'homme, 2003, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

Evidence of QTLs on chromosomes 13q and 14q for triglycerides before and after 20 weeks of exercise training: the HERITAGE Family Study.

C. Bouchard, I. Borecki, J. Després, 2005, Atherosclerosis.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Wilmore, 2004, Medicine and science in sports and exercise.

Post-heparin lipolytic enzyme activities, sex hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in men and women: The HERITAGE Family Study.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Wilmore, 2003, Atherosclerosis.

Apolipoprotein AI- and AI:AII-containing lipoproteins in white men and women of the HERITAGE Family study: Associations with metabolic risk profile variables.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Wilmore, 2003, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Familial Aggregation of Blood Lipid Response to Exercise Training in the Health, Risk Factors, Exercise Training, and Genetics (HERITAGE) Family Study

C. Bouchard, J. Després, T. Rice, 2002, Circulation.

Plasma post-heparin lipase activities in the HERITAGE Family Study: the reproducibility, gender differences, and associations with lipoprotein levels. HEalth, RIsk factors, exercise Training and GEnetics.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Wilmore, 1999, Clinical biochemistry.

Reproducibility of the HERITAGE Family Study intervention protocol: drift over time.

J. Després, M. Province, J. Wilmore, 1997, Annals of epidemiology.

Heredity and Changes in Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins after Short‐term Exercise Training in Men

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1988, Arteriosclerosis.

Relationship between cholesteryl ester transfer protein and LDL heterogeneity in familial hypercholesterolemia Published, JLR Papers in Press, March 16, 2004. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M300420-JLR200

J. Després, D. Gaudet, I. Lemieux, 2004, Journal of Lipid Research.

Genotype of the mutant LDL receptor allele is associated with LDL particle size heterogeneity in familial hypercholesterolemia.

J. Després, D. Gaudet, B. Lamarche, 2006, Atherosclerosis.

Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis.

J. Gallacher, J. Danesh, E. Rimm, 2012, International journal of epidemiology.

Visceral adipose tissue accumulation, cardiorespiratory fitness, and features of the metabolic syndrome.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2007, Archives of internal medicine.

Effects of long-term overfeeding on plasma lipoprotein levels in identical twins.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2004, Atherosclerosis.

Metabolic heterogeneity underlying postprandial lipemia among men with low fasting high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2000, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

A 16-week fenofibrate treatment increases LDL particle size in type IIA dyslipidemic patients.

J. Després, V. Džavík, I. Lemieux, 2002, Atherosclerosis.

A prospective, population-based study of low density lipoprotein particle size as a risk factor for ischemic heart disease in men.

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 2001, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Effects of cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) gene on adiposity in response to long-term overfeeding.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2008, Atherosclerosis.

International Day for the Evaluation of Abdominal Obesity (IDEA): A Study of Waist Circumference, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes Mellitus in 168 000 Primary Care Patients in 63 Countries

Sidney C. Smith, B. Balkau, S. Haffner, 2007, Circulation.

Effect of rimonabant on carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) progression in patients with abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome: the AUDITOR Trial

J. Després, J. Kastelein, D. O'leary, 2011, Heart.

Effect of rimonabant on blood pressure in overweight/obese patients with/without co-morbidities: analysis of pooled RIO study results

A. Zanchetti, L. Ruilope, L. V. Van Gaal, 2008, Journal of hypertension.

Effect of apoC-III gene polymorphisms on the lipoprotein-lipid profile of viscerally obese men Published, JLR Papers in Press, February 16, 2003. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M300043-JLR200

J. Després, J. Engert, M. Vohl, 2003, Journal of Lipid Research.

Effect of apoC-III gene polymorphisms on the lipoprotein-lipid proﬁle of viscerally obese men

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Evidence of major genes for plasma HDL, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels at baseline and in response to 20 weeks of endurance training: the HERITAGE Family Study.

I. Borecki, J. Després, J. Wilmore, 2005, International journal of sports medicine.

Plasma glucose, insulin, and glucagon before and after long-term overfeeding in identical twins.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Oppert, 1995, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Longitudinal Changes in Cholesterol Efflux Capacities in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Lifestyle Modification Therapy

J. Després, S. Mora, A. Marette, 2018, Journal of the American Heart Association.

Greater ectopic fat deposition and liver fibroinflammation and lower skeletal muscle mass in people with type 2 diabetes

J. Després, K. Cusi, R. Banerjee, 2022, Obesity.

Modifications in food-group consumption are related to long-term body-weight changes.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, V. Drapeau, 2004, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Disease Risk Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular

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Contemporary Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

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The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire and BMI in adolescents: results from the Québec Family Study

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Do 6-y changes in eating behaviors predict changes in body weight? Results from the Québec Family Study

C. Bouchard, J. Després, V. Drapeau, 2003, International Journal of Obesity.

Impact of a moderate-intensity walking program on cardiometabolic risk markers in overweight to obese women: is there any influence of menopause?

J. Després, J. Bergeron, P. Mauriège, 2012, Menopause.

Impact of abdominal visceral fat, growth hormone, fitness, and insulin on lipids and lipoproteins in older adults.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Clasey, 2003, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Diet, satiety and obesity treatment

J. Després, A. Tremblay, J. Dumesnil, 2002, British Journal of Nutrition.

Influence of obesity indices, metabolic parameters and age on cardiac autonomic function in abdominally obese men.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, 2012, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK: THE SURGEON'S PERSPECTIVE

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Longer sleep duration associates with lower adiposity gain in adult short sleepers

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, J. Chaput, 2012, International Journal of Obesity.

Risk Factors for Adult Overweight and Obesity in the Quebec Family Study: Have We Been Barking Up the Wrong Tree?

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The athero-thrombotic and inflammatory profile of visceral obesity

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Association of specific LDL receptor gene mutations with differential plasma lipoprotein response to simvastatin in young French Canadians with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

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Relationships of abdominal obesity and hyperinsulinemia to angiographically assessed coronary artery disease in men with known mutations in the LDL receptor gene.

J. Després, D. Gaudet, M. Vohl, 1998, Circulation.

Geographic distribution of French‐Canadian low‐density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations in the Province of Quebec

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Phosphoinositide cycle gene polymorphisms affect the plasma lipid profile in the Quebec Family Study.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, L. Pérusse, 2009, Molecular genetics and metabolism.

Fine mapping of low-density lipoprotein receptor gene by genetic linkage on chromosome 19p13.1-p13.3 and study of the founder effect of four French Canadian low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations.

J. Morissette, J. Després, D. Gaudet, 1999, Atherosclerosis.

Daniel Coronary Artery Disease in Men With Known Mutations in the LDL Receptor Gene Relationships of Abdominal Obesity and Hyperinsulinemia to Angiographically Assessed

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Influences of the PPARα-L162V polymorphism on plasma HDL2-cholesterol response of abdominally obese men treated with gemfibrozil

Y. Bossé, J. Després, M. Dumont, 2002, Genetics in Medicine.

Effect of adipose tissue volume loss on circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: results from a 1-year lifestyle intervention in viscerally obese men

A. Tremblay, P. Poirier, J. Nazare, 2015, International Journal of Obesity.

Increased biglycan in aortic valve stenosis leads to the overexpression of phospholipid transfer protein via Toll-like receptor 2.

Y. Bossé, P. Pibarot, C. Couture, 2010, The American journal of pathology.

Fasting acylation-stimulating protein is predictive of postprandial triglyceride clearance Published, JLR Papers in Press, October 16, 2003. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M300214-JLR200

J. Després, K. Cianflone, C. Couillard, 2004, Journal of Lipid Research.

Circulating levels of matrix gla protein and progression of aortic stenosis: a substudy of the Aortic Stenosis Progression Observation: Measuring Effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) trial.

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Exercise and Macronutrient Balance

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Generalized abdominal visceral fat prediction models for black and white adults aged 17–65 y: the HERITAGE Family Study

C. Bouchard, J. Wilmore, D. Rao, 2004, International Journal of Obesity.

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Major gene for abdominal visceral fat area in the Québec Family Study.

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Role of hepatic-triglyceride lipase activity in the association between intra-abdominal fat and plasma HDL cholesterol in obese women.

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Fasting insulin levels influence plasma leptin levels independently from the contribution of adiposity: evidence from both a cross-sectional and an intervention study.

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Abdominal obesity and the risk of coronary artery disease.

J. Després, J. Despres, 1992, The Canadian journal of cardiology.

Normalization of the metabolic profile in obese women by exercise and a low fat diet.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1991, Medicine and science in sports and exercise.

Drug treatment for obesity

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Correlation between cardiovascular disease risk factors and simple anthropometric measures. Canadian Heart Health Surveys Research Group.

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Weight training, aerobic physical activities, and long-term waist circumference change in men

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A genome-wide scan for abdominal fat assessed by computed tomography in the Québec Family Study.

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Computed tomography-measured adipose tissue attenuation and area both predict adipocyte size and cardiometabolic risk in women

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Changes in IGFBP-2 levels following a one-year lifestyle modification program are independently related to improvements in plasma apo B and LDL apo B levels.

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Obesity and metabolic complications: contribution of dehydroepiandrosterone and other steroid hormones.

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Genetic aspects of susceptibility to obesity and related dyslipidemias

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Obesity and dyslipidemia: importance of body fat distribution.

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Increase in plasma pollutant levels in response to weight loss is associated with the reduction of fasting insulin levels in men but not in women.

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Men With the Atherogenic Dyslipidemia of the Metabolic Syndrome Gemfibrozil Reduces Plasma C-Reactive Protein Levels in Abdominally Obese

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Genotype dependency of the thermic effect of a meal and associated hormonal changes following short-term overfeeding.

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Apolipoprotein-B, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the long-term risk of coronary heart disease in men.

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Relation of high plasma triglyceride levels associated with obesity and regional adipose tissue distribution to plasma lipoprotein-lipid composition in premenopausal women.

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Lipids in 2012: HDL cholesterol studies—more of the same?

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Targeting Overconsumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages vs. Overall Poor Diet Quality for Cardiometabolic Diseases Risk Prevention: Place Your Bets!

J. Després, B. Lamarche, B. Arsenault, 2017, Nutrients.

Relation of abdominal obesity to hyperinsulinemia and high blood pressure in men.

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Detection of a major gene effect for LDL peak particle diameter and association with apolipoprotein H gene haplotype.

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The triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, the small dense low-density lipoprotein phenotype, and ischemic heart disease risk.

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 2004, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

Visceral adipose tissue and low-density lipoprotein particle size in middle-aged versus young men.

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Do elevated levels of abdominal visceral adipose tissue contribute to age-related differences in plasma lipoprotein concentrations in men?

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A. Tremblay, D. Richard, N. Alméras, 1999, International Journal of Obesity.

Metabolic heterogeneity associated with high plasma triglyceride or low HDL cholesterol levels in men.

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Fructose intervention for 12 weeks does not impair glycemic control or incretin hormone responses during oral glucose or mixed meal tests in obese men.

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Effect of type 2 diabetes on various electrophoretic characteristics of low-density lipoprotein particles in women

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Effect of a six month gemfibrozil treatment and dietary recommendations on the metabolic risk profile of visceral obese men

M. Dumont, D. Prud'homme, J. Bergeron, 2001, International Journal of Obesity.

Increased resting metabolic rate and lipid oxidation in exercise-trained individuals: evidence for a role of beta-adrenergic stimulation.

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Reduction of visceral adipose tissue during weight loss

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Further evidence for the presence of "small eaters" and "large eaters" among women.

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Five-year follow-up of the plaque sealing with paclitaxel-eluting stents vs medical therapy for the treatment of intermediate nonobstructive saphenous vein graft lesions (VELETI) trial.

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Angiotensin receptor blockers are associated with a lower remodelling score of stenotic aortic valves

J. Després, P. Pibarot, C. Couture, 2011, European journal of clinical investigation.

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein, angiotensin II and increased waist cirumference are associated with valve inflammation in prehypertensive patients with aortic stenosis.

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Severe COVID-19 outcomes — the role of physical activity

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Utility of the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in the cardiometabolic risk assessment of youth stratified by body mass index

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Amyloid substance within stenotic aortic valves promotes mineralization

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Hypoadiponectinemia Is Associated with Valvular Inflammation and Faster Disease Progression in Patients with Aortic Stenosis

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Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism Modifies Relation of Hyperinsulinemia to Hypertriglyceridemia

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Relationship of visceral adipose tissue to metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease: is there a contribution of subcutaneous fat cell hypertrophy?

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A message from modern-day healthcare to physical activity and fitness: welcome home!

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20-Year Trends in Metabolic Syndrome Among Korean Adults From 2001 to 2020

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Prevalence and 2010-15 secular trends in sugar-sweetened beverages sales in Europe and the Middle East

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Statins Reduce Short‐ and Long‐Term Mortality Associated With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Impact of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Statin Therapy on Survival

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Regional and gender variations in adipose tissue lipolysis in response to weight loss.

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Is visceral adiposity a significant correlate of subcutaneous adipose cell lipolysis in men?

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Regional differences in adipose tissue metabolism between sedentary and endurance-trained women.

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Collateral Damage of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Nutritional Quality and Physical Activity: Perspective from South Korea

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Gender difference in the effect of body composition on energy metabolism

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, I. Dionne, 1999, International Journal of Obesity.

Energy and macronutrient balances for humans in a whole body metabolic chamber without control of preceding diet and activity level

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Transient myocardial tissue and function changes during a marathon in less fit marathon runners.

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CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS

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PLAQUE SEALING WITH PACLITAXEL-ELUTING STENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE NON-SIGNIFICANT SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT LESIONS. THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE VELETI (MODERATE VEIN GRAFT LESION STENTING WITH THE TAXUS STENT AND INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND) TRIAL

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Development of an atherogenic metabolic risk factor profile associated with the use of atypical antipsychotics.

J. Després, M. Roy, N. Alméras, 2004, The Journal of clinical psychiatry.

Effects of the FABP2 A54T mutation on triglyceride metabolism of viscerally obese men.

J. Després, A. Tremblay, M. Vohl, 2001, Obesity research.

The relationship between yogurt consumption, body weight, and metabolic profiles in youth with a familial predisposition to obesity

J. Després, L. Pérusse, V. Drapeau, 2019, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Bayesian networks and imaging-derived phenotypes highlight the role of fat deposition in COVID-19 hospitalisation risk

Ana I. L. Namburete, T. Waddell, D. Cuthbertson, 2023, Frontiers in Bioinformatics.

Combined effects of PPARγ2 P12A and PPARα L162V polymorphisms on glucose and insulin homeostasis: the Québec Family Study

Y. Bossé, C. Bouchard, J. Després, 2003, Journal of Human Genetics.

Lipids: HDL cholesterol is not HDL—don't judge the book by its cover

J. Després, B. Arsenault, J. Despres, 2012, Nature Reviews Cardiology.

The National Physical Activity Plan: A Call to Action From the American Heart Association A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association

W. Kraus, B. Franklin, L. Appel, 2015, Circulation.

Collaborative meta-analysis of prospective studies of plasma fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease

Alicja R. Rudnicka, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Simon G. Thompson, 2004, European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology.

Androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol glucuronide as a steroid correlate of visceral obesity in men.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1997, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

The MspI polymorphism of the apolipoprotein A-II gene as a modulator of the dyslipidemic state found in visceral obesity.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1997, Atherosclerosis.

Alcohol and a high-fat diet: a combination favoring overfeeding.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1995, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

Atypical antipsychotics and cardiovascular risk in schizophrenic patients.

J. Després, I. Lemieux, N. Alméras, 2001, Journal of clinical psychopharmacology.

Haplotypes in the phospholipid transfer protein gene are associated with obesity-related phenotypes: the Québec Family Study

Y. Bossé, L. Pérusse, M. Vohl, 2005, International Journal of Obesity.

The effect of a 20-week endurance training program on adipose-tissue morphology and lipolysis in men and women.

C. Bouchard, A. Tremblay, G. Thériault, 1984, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Metabolic and behavioral vulnerability related to weight regain in reduced-obese men might be prevented by an adequate diet–exercise intervention

J. Després, A. Tremblay, J. Chaput, 2007, Appetite.

Inflammatory biomarkers and the prediction of coronary events among people at intermediate risk: the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study

K. Khaw, S. Boekholdt, N. Wareham, 2009, Heart.

Risk factors for ischaemic heart disease: is it time to measure insulin?

G. Dagenais, J. Després, B. Lamarche, 1996, European heart journal.

Diabetes: Looking back at Look AHEAD—giving lifestyle a chance

J. Després, P. Poirier, J. Despres, 2013, Nature Reviews Cardiology.

The endocannabinoid system: a new target for the regulation of energy balance and metabolism.

J. Despres, 2007, Critical pathways in cardiology.

Metabolic dyslipidemia and risk of future coronary heart disease in apparently healthy men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study.

J. Després, N. Wareham, K. Khaw, 2010, International journal of cardiology.

Adipose cell size and distribution in familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency.

J. Després, P. Julien, P. Lupien, 1992, International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

CRP and risk of coronary heart disease: can exercise training cool down the flames?

J. Després, J. Despres, 2004, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

Molecular screening of the 11beta-HSD1 gene in men characterized by the metabolic syndrome.

J. Després, M. Vohl, J. Robitaille, 2004, Obesity research.

Interactions among the glucocorticoid receptor, lipoprotein lipase and adrenergic receptor genes and abdominal fat in the Québec Family Study

Y. Chagnon, Y. Chagnon, L. Pérusse, 2001, International Journal of Obesity.

Physical activity and the risk of coronary heart disease.

J. Després, J. Despres, 1989, CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne.

Does abdominal obesity have a similar impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes? A study of 91,246 ambulant patients in 27 European countries.

K. Fox, J. Deanfield, A. Richard, 2009, European heart journal.

Impact of Gastrointestinal Surgery on Cardiometabolic Risk

J. Després, A. Tchernof, F. Moustarah, 2012, Current Atherosclerosis Reports.

Monozygotic twin resemblance in fatness and fat cell lipolysis.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, J. Despres, 1984, Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae.

10 Visceral Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Dyslipidemia: Contribution of Endurance Exercise Training to the Treatment of the Plurimetabolic Syndrome

J. Després, J. Despres, 1997, Exercise and sport sciences reviews.

Impact of waist circumference difference on health-care cost among overweight and obese subjects: the PROCEED cohort.

L. Aronne, J. Després, Xiaolei Zhou, 2010, Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

Plasma adrenal, gonadal, and conjugated steroids following long-term exercise-induced negative energy balance in identical twins.

C. Bouchard, A. Tchernof, A. Nadeau, 1999, Metabolism: clinical and experimental.

Impact of a non-restrictive satiating diet on anthropometrics, satiety responsiveness and eating behaviour traits in obese men displaying a high or a low satiety phenotype

J. Després, V. Drapeau, A. Tremblay, 2017, British Journal of Nutrition.

Aging per se does not influence glucose homeostasis: in vivo and in vitro evidence.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 2003, Diabetes care.

Low Liver Density Is Linked to Cardiovascular Comorbidity in COPD: An ECLIPSE Cohort Analysis

J. Després, J. Pépin, F. Maltais, 2019, International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Influence of caffeine on the resting metabolic rate of exercise-trained and inactive subjects.

C. Bouchard, J. Després, A. Tremblay, 1985, Medicine and science in sports and exercise.