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ReviewComparative medicine2011

Obesity in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques: a comparative review of the condition and its implications for research.

Sharon A Bauer, Tara P Arndt, Ken E Leslie, David L Pearl, Patricia V Turner

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Review in Comparative medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Association of Primate Veterinarians Guidelines for Weight Management in Research Nonhuman Primates.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025
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  5. Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024
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  15. Anti-obesity effects ofCanadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire · 2021
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  16. Diet, psychosocial stress, and Alzheimer's disease-related neuroanatomy in female nonhuman primates.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sharon A BauerDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada; Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA.
Tara P Arndt
Ken E Leslie
David L Pearl
Patricia V Turner
University of Guelph · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is an increasingly important health issue in both humans and animals and has been highly correlated as a risk factor for hyperglycemic conditions in humans. Naturally occurring obesity has been extensively studied in nonhuman primates with a focus on the development of biomarkers for characterizing overweight individuals and tracking the progression of obesity to conditions such as type 2 diabetes mellitus. Animal models have provided a basic understanding of metabolism and carbohydrate physiology, and continue to contribute to ongoing research of obesity and its adverse health effects. This review focuses on spontaneous obesity in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques as a model for human obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, including associated risk factors for the development of obesity and obesity-related health conditions. Little is known about preventive measures to minimize obesity while maintaining a healthy colony of macaques, and numerous complexities such as social status, feeding behaviors, timing of feeding, food distribution, and stress have been identified as contributing factors to overweight body condition in both single and group housed nonhuman primates. As in humans, increased body weight and obesity in macaques affect their overall health status. These conditions may interfere with the suitability of some animals in various studies unrelated to obesity.

Indexed as

Animals, LaboratoryDisease Models, AnimalMacaca fascicularisMacaca mulattaAnimal HusbandryAnimalsBody Mass IndexDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Feeding BehaviorHierarchy, SocialHumansMonkey DiseasesObesitySpecies Specificity

Identifiers

PMID22330579
PMCPMC3236694
OpenAlexW118110054

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