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Non-rigorous versus rigorous home confinement differently impacts mental health, quality of life and behaviors. Which one was better? A cross-sectional study with older Brazilian adults during covid-19 first wave

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background The implementation of social distancing measures during covid-19 influenced health outcomes and population´s behaviors, and its rigidity was very different across countries.
Lucimere Bohn, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla, Euripedes Barsanulfo Gonçalves Gomide, Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva, André Pereira dos Santos   +4 more
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Association between classic and specific bioimpedance vector analysis and sarcopenia in older adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background To verify (1) the association between classic and specific bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) with body composition, hydration, and physical performance in older adults with and without sarcopenia; (2) which BIVA most accurately ...
Ana Claudia Rossini-Venturini, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla, Priscila Giacomo Fassini, André Pereira dos Santos, Márcio Fernando Tasinafo Junior, Thiago Cândido Alves, Euripedes Barsanulfo Gonçalves Gomide, Tatiane Lopes de Pontes, Karina Pfrimer, Eduardo Ferriolli, Jorge Mota, Maria Reyes Beltran-Valls, Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado   +12 more
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Self-reported perceived stress, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder among Kathak dancers and physically active non-dancers of North India

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, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Nandita Babu, Shivani Chandel   +3 more
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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, Lucas Veras, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla, André Pereira dos Santos, Márcio Fernando Tasinafo-Junior, Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva, Thiago Cândido Alves, Eduardo Ferriolli, Vicente Romo-Perez, Jose Luis Garcia-Soidan, Jorge Mota, Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado   +11 more
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Assessment of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in obese Egyptian children

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2020
Background Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is mainly produced in the liver and in the adipose tissue. Normal fibrin clearance mechanisms were found to be affected by high plasma PAI-1 levels and thus increases risk of thrombosis. The aim of the
Marwa Farouk Mira, Ghada Mohammad Anwar, Azza Mohamed Sarry EL-Din, Safinaz Mohammed Megahed   +3 more
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The role of age, sex, anthropometry, and body composition as determinants of physical fitness in nonobese children aged 6–12

PeerJ, 2020
Purpose The determinants of physical fitness in children have been given limited attention. In particular, the relative role of chronological age, sex, anthropometry, and body composition in physical fitness of children has been barely investigated. This
C. Milanese, M. Sandri, V. Cavedon, C. Zancanaro   +3 more
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The Sex and Race Specific Relationship between Anthropometry and Body Fat Composition Determined from Computed Tomography: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundFew studies have investigated the relationship of anthropometric measurements with computed tomography (CT) body fat composition, and even fewer determined if these relationships differ by sex and race.MethodsCT scans from 1,851 participants in
Allison, Matthew A, Anderson, Cheryl AM, Ding, Jingzhong, Golden, Sherita Hill, Mongraw-Chaffin, Morgana, Ouyang, Pamela, Schreiner, Pamela J, Szklo, Moyses, Woodward, Mark, Young, Jeffery Hunter   +9 more
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Maturity Status, Relative Age and Constituent Year Effects in Young Iberian Kayakers

Applied Sciences, 2022
Like in other sports systems, in kayaking, young athletes are commonly grouped by their birth years. This study analyzed maturity status, relative age, and constituent age effects in young Under 14 (U14) and 16 (U16) Iberian male kayakers.
Rui António Fernandes, Beatriz Branquinho Gomes, Fernando Alacid   +2 more
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Collection of anthropometry from older and physically impaired persons: traditional methods versus TC2 3-D body scanner [PDF]

, 2011
With advances in technology it is now possible to collect a wide range of anthropometric data, to a high degree of accuracy, using 3D light-based body scanners.
Brooke-Wavell, Brunsman, BS EN ISO 20685, BS EN ISO 7250, D.E. Gyi, Daanen, Feathers, Han, Jones, Jones, K. Case, Kouchi, Marshall, McKinnon, Olds, Porter, R. Marshall, R.E. Sims, S.J. Summerskill, Sims, Wang, Zwane   +21 more
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Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces markers of hepatic inflammation in NAFLD: A double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical trial

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
NRPT 1X reduces ALT and ceramide 14:0 in 65% of subjects as compared to only 28% in the placebo group. Abstract Background and Aims The prevalence of NAFLD is increasing globally and on a path to becoming the most frequent cause of chronic liver disease. Strategies for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD are urgently needed.
Ryan W. Dellinger, Holly E. Holmes, Tina Hu‐Seliger, Rodney W. Butt, Stephen A. Harrison, Dariush Mozaffarian, Oliver Chen, Leonard Guarente   +7 more
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