Adiposity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Vitamin D Status: The Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Because vitamin D deficiency is associated with a variety of chronic diseases, understanding the characteristics that promote vitamin D deficiency in otherwise healthy adults could have important clinical implications.
Booth, Sarah L. +13 more
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Anthropometric Dimensions of Individuals With High Body Mass Index [PDF]
Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2019 Objective: This study presents anthropometric data for individuals with high body mass index (BMI). Modified anthropometric dimensions were also developed to address the challenges of obtaining accurate and repeatable data for this population segment. Background: The prevalence of obesity affects approximately 40% of the U.S.
Wiggermann, Neal +7 more
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Impact of Obesity Visceral Adiposity and Metabolic Syndrome on Male Fertility
Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2021 OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess the association between the separate anthropometric indexes including visceral adiposity and metabolic syndrome on male fertility.
Esra Bahar Gur +6 more
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Serum IgG2 levels are specifically associated with whole-body insulin-mediated glucose disposal in non-diabetic offspring of type 2 diabetic individuals. a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2018 .Preclinical studies suggested that IgG2c isotype may specifically impair skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in mice. In this study we investigated the association between serum levels of the four IgG subclasses and insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic
Andreozzi, F +11 more
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Obese patients with a binge eating disorder have an unfavorable metabolic and inflammatory profile [PDF]
, 2015 To evaluate whether obese patients with a binge eating disorder (BED) have an altered metabolic and inflammatory profile related to their eating behaviors compared with non-BED obese.A total of 115 White obese patients consecutively recruited underwent ...
Aloi, M +8 more
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Lipid-anthropometric index optimization for insulin sensitivity estimation [PDF]
SPIE Proceedings, 2015 Insulin sensitivity (IS) is the ability of cells to react due to insulin´s presence; when this ability is diminished, low insulin sensitivity or insulin resistance (IR) is considered. IR had been related to other metabolic disorders as metabolic syndrome (MS), obesity, dyslipidemia and diabetes.
J. Velásquez +4 more
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Analysis of short-term blood pressure variability in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma patients [PDF]
, 2019 Data on short-term blood pressure variability (BPV), which is a well-established cardiovascular prognostic tool, in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) patients is still lack and conflicting.
Bisogni, V. +14 more
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Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background: This study investigated the correlation between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), a measure of central obesity, and sexual function in males with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (ED).
Chih-Wei Tsao +5 more
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Conicity index: an anthropometric indicator of abdominal obesity
Journal of Human Growth and Development, 2022 The Brazil, as well as the world, is in a transition process, with changes in the nutritional, epidemiological and lifestyle profiles. At the same time, a progressive increase in life expectancy and the growth of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been observed in recent decades.
Luciane Bresciani Salaroli +1 more
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Longitudinal study on the association between three dietary indices, anthropometric parameters and blood lipids [PDF]
, 2015 Background: From a health promotion perspective, the use of dietary indices is preferred above single nutrients and foods to evaluate diet quality.
Charlier, Ruben +7 more
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