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Abdominal obesity, dynapenia and dynapenic-abdominal obesity as factors associated with falls [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 2019 To investigate whether abdominal obesity, dynapenia and dynapenic-abdominal obesity are associated to the prevalence of single or recurrent falls in older adults.We analyzed data from 1,046 community-dwelling participants of the SABE Study (Saúde, Bem-estar e Envelhecimento/Health, Well-Being and Ageing).
Roberta de Oliveira Máximo +2 more
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EDIS, 2013 Santa Claus, Winnie the Pooh®, and Shrek® … what do these three characters have in common? You probably know them for being jolly and for having extra fat around their waists, also known as “abdominal obesity.” Although this may be cute in fairy tales or
Erica Bub, Karla Shelnutt, Gail Kauwell
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Associations between dynapenic abdominal obesity and diabetes in middle aged and older Chinese [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPrevious studies have shown that diabetes is linked to both low muscle strength and abdominal obesity. However, the combined relationship and synergistic effect on the risk of diabetes in middle-aged and elderly people are still unclear. Using nationally
Jiayi Hao +5 more
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Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Annals of Medicine, 1992 Abdominal obesity in man is an integrated part of the Metabolic Syndrome, and is associated with a complex neuroendocrine disturbance. Its consequences for the metabolism of the periphery seems to be insulin resistance caused by a combination of a relative hypercortisolaemia and a relative deficiency of sex steroid hormones.
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Annals of Medicine, 2021 Objectives Our aim was to investigate in a real-life setting the use of machine learning for modelling the postprandial glucose concentrations in morbidly obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB ...
Reza A. Ashrafi +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 The association between obesity and vertebral fracture remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the association between obesity/abdominal obesity and vertebral fracture according to menopausal status.
HyunJin Kim +7 more
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Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 2023 Background: Both abdominal obesity and diabetes are two major public health problems in India. This study aimed to find out the association between abdominal obesity and diabetes in Indian adult population using nationally representative National Family ...
Rajat Das Gupta +2 more
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Obesity-Associated Abdominal Elephantiasis [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Abdominal elephantiasis is a rare entity. Abdominal elephantiasis is an uncommon, but deformative and progressive cutaneous disease caused by chronic lymphedema and recurrent streptococcal orStaphylococcusinfections of the abdominal wall. We present 3 cases of patients with morbid obesity who presented to our hospital with abdominal wall swelling ...
Ritesh Kohli +2 more
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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020 Obesity is an important public health concern with limited effective treatment options. Internet-based technologies offer a cost-effective means to treat obesity. However, most of the online programs have been of short duration, have focused on a limited
L-U. Suojanen +4 more
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Abdominal obesity, chronic inflammation and the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Annals of Hepatology, 2023 Introduction and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of abdominal obesity and chronic inflammation on risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among Chinese population.
Dongna Zhao +3 more
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