Patent ID: 8530392

Claim:
A method for detecting visceral obesity using, as an index, the amount of mRNA expression of coiled-coil domain containing protein 3 (CCDC3) or the amount of the product CCDC3 protein in a test sample collected from a subject, comprising the steps of: (1) measuring the amount of CCDC3 mRNA expression or the amount of the product CCDC3 protein in the test sample collected from the subject; (2) comparing the measured CCDC3 mRNA expression amount (subject expression amount) or the measured amount of the product CCDC3 protein (subject production amount) with the CCDC3 mRNA expression amount (control expression amount) or the amount of the product CCDC3 protein (control production amount) in a control sample derived from a non-visceral obesity individual; and (3) determining visceral obesity in the subject by using a higher subject expression amount or a higher subject production amount than the control expression amount or the control production amount as an index.