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, 2012 There are a large number of anthropometric measures that can be taken from the human body. This chapter concentrates on the more widely used measures and considers what the physical they are really trying to measure and how they do it. The chapter includes a detailed discussion of measurements of body and body fat distribution, as well as discussing ...
Martin Tovee (17168797)
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Multicompartment body composition analysis in older adults: a cross-sectional study
BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background During aging, changes occur in the proportions of muscle, fat, and bone. Body composition (BC) alterations have a great impact on health, quality of life, and functional capacity.
Ana Claudia Rossini-Venturini +11 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The aim of the present paper was to study the various common mental disorders in a sample of Kathak dancers and non-dancers of North India. 206 female Kathak dancers and 235 healthy controls, aged 18–45 years completed questionnaires assessing perceived ...
Monika Kulshreshtha +3 more
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P-52 MALNUTRITION IN COMPENSATED AND DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS
Annals of Hepatology, 2023 Introduction and Objectives: Malnutrition (MN) is a common entity in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) and has a negative impact on mortality. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of MN through subjective global assessment (SGA) and anthropometry
Andrea Curia +5 more
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Anthropometry of craniosynostosis
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska, 2015 Anthropometry is becoming a popular method for diagnostics of various diseases in pediatric clinical practice. The aim of this study was to assess the growth changes in craniofacial parameters in patients with craniosynostosis and positional plagiocephaly.Inclusion criteria for the study were presence of craniostenosis or positional plagiocephaly in a ...
Eva Štefánková +5 more
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Predicting total, abdominal, visceral and hepatic adiposity with circulating biomarkers in Caucasian and Japanese American women. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND:Characterization of abdominal and intra-abdominal fat requires imaging, and thus is not feasible in large epidemiologic studies. OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether biomarkers may complement anthropometry (body mass index [BMI], waist ...
Unhee Lim +11 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundThe Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) identifies causes of under-5 mortality in high mortality countries.ObjectiveTo address challenges in postmortem nutritional assessment, we evaluated the impact of ...
Priya M Gupta +9 more
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Estimation of CT-derived abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue depots from anthropometry in Europeans, South Asians and African Caribbeans [PDF]
, 2013 Background South Asians and African Caribbeans experience more cardiometabolic disease than Europeans. Risk factors include visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal (SAT) adipose tissue, which vary with ethnicity and are difficult to quantify using ...
Willis Joseph +39 more
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