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Anthropometric discriminators of type 2 diabetes among White and Black American adults [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to determine the best anthropometric discriminators of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among White and Black males and females in a large US sample.
Gachupin, Francine C, Garvin, Jane T, Hardy, Dale S, Racette, Susan B, Stallings, Devita T, Xu, Hongyan   +5 more
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Growth Standards for Children With Smith–Magenis Syndrome (SMS)

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS, OMIM 182290) is a complex syndromic diagnosis marked by neurobehavioral differences and distinct facial dysmorphisms, caused by haploinsufficiency of the retinoic acid‐1 (RAI1) gene either by a pathogenic sequence variant or deletion at chromosome 17p11.2 involving a portion or all of this gene.
Julie Hoover‐Fong, John McGready, Leah Fleming, Kerry Schulze, Folami Duncan, Alexis Leonard, Marie Christine de Blois Boucard, Danilo Moretti‐Ferreira, Andrea L. Gropman, Wendy J. Introne, Ann C. M. Smith   +10 more
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Sarcopenic obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: a population-based cohort study of older men. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between sarcopenia, obesity, and sarcopenic obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in older men. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
Atkins, JL, Lennon, LT, Morris, RW, Papacosta, O, Wannamethee, SG, Whincup, PH   +5 more
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Non‐RASopathy Genetic Syndromes Identified as the Molecular Cause of Disease in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Noonan Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Noonan Syndrome (NS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by typical facial dysmorphisms, short stature, congenital heart defects, and developmental delays. While variants in genes such as PTPN11, SOS1, and RAF1 account for most genetically confirmed cases, diagnosis is challenging due to phenotypic overlap ...
Gabriela Jeesoo Kim, Alexsandra Christianne Malaquias, Debora Romeo Bertola, Raissa Carneiro Rezende, Laurana De Polli Cellin, Lucas Vieira Lacerda Pires, Ana Maria Santillan‐Vasconez, Antônio Marcondes Lerario, Renata da Cunha Scalco, Alexander Augusto de Lima Jorge   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Obesity Dietary Quality Index Predicts Abdominal Obesity in Women: Potential Opportunity for New Prevention and Treatment Paradigms

Journal of Obesity, 2010
Background. Links between dietary quality and abdominal obesity are poorly understood. Objective. To examine the association between an obesity-specific dietary quality index and abdominal obesity risk in women. Methods.
Dolores M. Wolongevicz, Lei Zhu, Michael J. Pencina, Ruth W. Kimokoti, P. K. Newby, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Barbara E. Millen   +6 more
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Nutrition literacy is associated with general obesity, abdominal obesity, and body fat percentage obesity

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundObesity is associated with unhealthy eating behavior among adults. Nutrition literacy (NL) is an important determinant of eating behavior.
Yan Cui, Qi Qi, Yuhui Sun, Rumeng Liu, Wending Yin, Huaqing Liu   +5 more
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Waist circumference in Liver Disease [PDF]

, 2016
Background Central fat accumulation is important in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) etiology. It is unknown weather any commonly used waist circumference (WC) measurement protocol (mp), as whole and central fat accumulation marker, is ...
Cortez-Pinto, Helena, Melo, Xavier, Pimenta, Nuno, Santa-Clara, Helena, Sardinha, Luis, Silva Nunes, José António   +5 more
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The risk of obstructive sleep apnea and its association with indices of general and abdominal obesity in a Nigerian family practice clinic: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2020
Olayemi Awopeju, Bimbo Fawale, Samuel Anu Olowookere, Oluwasina Titus Salami, Olufemi Adewole, Gregory E. Erhabor   +5 more
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The Effect of a Reduced-Calorie Diet on alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Responsiveness in Abdominal Adipose Tissue in Obese Men During Exercise [PDF]

, 2008
There is at present an imperfect understanding of the effect of diet on availability of inhibitory receptors in fat cells during exercise among obese men. *Objective:* The purpose of this study was to determine whether diet results in
David Turbow, Edith Neumann, Joseph O. Schmelz, Roy R. Estrada   +3 more
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Abdominal Obesity and Metabolic Parameters in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

, 2022
Nida Öztop, Şengül Beyaz, Cihan Örçen   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source