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Body mass index, abdominal fatness, fat mass and the risk of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective studies [PDF]

, 2017
Different adiposity measures have been associ- ated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, however, results have previously only been summarized for BMI. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta- analysis of prospective studies to clarify
Aune, D, Janszky, I, Norat, T, Riboli, E, Romundstad, P, Schlesinger, S, Sen, A, Tonstad, S, Vattan, LJ   +8 more
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Integrative Genomic Analysis Predicts Regulatory Role of N6-Methyladenosine-Associated SNPs for Adiposity

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020
Genome-wide association studies have identified many susceptible loci to explore the genetic factors of adiposity. However, the specific mechanisms by which these SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism), particularly in the non-coding region, are involved ...
Weimin Lin, Hao Xu, Quan Yuan, Quan Yuan, Shiwen Zhang, Shiwen Zhang   +5 more
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Obesity-Related Hypertension in Children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2017
Obesity and hypertension have both been on the rise in children. Each is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk and both track into adulthood, increasing the prevalence of heart disease and related morbidity and mortality.
Tammy M. Brady
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Deficits in trabecular bone microarchitecture in young women with Type 1 diabetes mellitus [PDF]

, 2015
Context: The pathophysiological mechanism of increased fractures in young adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is unclear. Objective: Case:control study of trabecular bone microarchitecture and vertebral marrow adiposity in young women with ...
Al-Daghri, Almeida, Amiel, Baroncelli, Baxter, Benjamin, Bereket, Botolin, Bredella, Bredella, Brismar, Chamberlain, Dai, Dhaliwal, Donaldson, Dunger, Fazeli, Fazeli, Forsén, Genant, Gevers, Giustina, Goettsch, Govan, Guler, Hothersall, Issever, Justesen, Kawai, Li, Martin, McComb, Menagh, Miller, Naressi, Neumann, Nicodemus, Patsch, Qvist, Rosen, Santos, Schellinger, Shen, Slade, Svoren, Vanhamme, Vestergaard, Wagegg, Wędrychowicz, Zemel   +49 more
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Bone Marrow Adipocytes express specific Matrix MetalloProteinases in osteoporotic conditions

Bone Reports, 2020
Tareck Rharass, Laura Entz, Adrien Tonione, Hamanou Benachour, Damien Leterme, Christophe Chauveau, Gilles Pasquier, Stéphanie Lucas   +7 more
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Percent of body fat, fat-mass, fat-free mass and assessment of body composition among rural school-going children of Eastern-India

Anthropological Review, 2018
Percent of body fat (PBF), fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) are useful indicators for the assessment of body composition. The present study was conducted among 1351 children (boys: 660; girls: 691) aged 5-12 years residing in West Bengal, Eastern ...
Debnath Sampriti, Mondal Nitish, Sen Jaydip   +2 more
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Excess of weight: is it a modifiable predictive and prognostic factor in locally advanced rectal cancer? [PDF]

, 2017
To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and rates of treatment tolerance and clinical outcomes in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with a multimodality approach.
Bulzonetti, N, De Felice, F, Magnante, A. L, Musio, D, Tombolini, V.   +4 more
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Sirtuin 1 deficiency decreases bone mass and increases bone marrow adiposity in a mouse model of chronic energy deficiency

Bone Reports, 2020
Loïc Louvet, Damien Leterme, Séverine Delplace, Flore Miellot, Pierre Marchandise, Véronique Gauthier, Pierre Hardouin, Christophe Chauveau, Olfa Ghali Mhenni   +8 more
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Assessment of body composition in breast cancer patients: concordance between transverse computed tomography analysis at the fourth thoracic and third lumbar vertebrae

Frontiers in Nutrition
IntroductionSpecific body composition markers derived from L3 axial computed tomography (CT) images predict clinical cancer outcomes, including chemotherapy toxicity and survival. However, this method is only applicable to those undergoing lumbar (L3) CT
Alex Daly, Lydia Newman, Alexandra Thomas, Alicia Munro, Cameron Spence, Joe Long, Jonathan Arnott, Kesta Durkin, David Layfield, Adam Heetun, Stephen Wootton, Stephen Wootton, Ellen R. Copson, Ellen R. Copson, Ramsey I. Cutress, Ramsey I. Cutress   +15 more
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Associations between anthropometric indicators of adiposity and body fat percentage in normal weight young adults

Anthropological Review, 2018
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the associations between various anthropometric adiposity screening indices and body fat percentage estimated by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA).
Söğüt Mustafa, Altunsoy Kübra, Varela-Silva Maria Inês   +2 more
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