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Body Fat Distribution and Uterine Leiomyomas

Journal of Epidemiology, 1998
Investigation of the etiological relationship between body fat and uterine leiomyomas.This was a case-control study. Percent body fat was measured bioelectrically with a body fat analyzer.In Sapporo City, Japan, 100 women with uterine leiomyomas (pathologically diagnosed) and 200 controls who were confirmed to have no uterine leiomyomas by clinical ...
Sato, Fumio, Nishi, Motoi, Kudo, Ryuichi, Miyake, Hirotsugu   +3 more
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The Role of Genetic Variation of BMI, Body Composition, and Fat Distribution for Mental Traits and Disorders: A Look-Up and Mendelian Randomization Study

Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
Anthropometric traits and mental disorders or traits are known to be associated clinically and to show genetic overlap. We aimed to identify genetic variants with relevance for mental disorders/traits and either (i) body mass index (or obesity), (ii ...
Triinu Peters, Lena Nüllig, Jochen Antel, Roaa Naaresh, Björn-Hergen Laabs, Lisa Tegeler, Chaima Amhaouach, Lars Libuda, Anke Hinney, Johannes Hebebrand   +9 more
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Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

, 2019
Body-fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body-fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site ...
Highland, Heather M, Lu, Yingchang, Guo, Xiuqing, Young, Kristin L, Graff, Mariaelisa, Fine, Rebecca S, Auer, Paul L, Cox, Amanda J, Lempradl, Adelheid, Karaderi, Tugce, Schurmann, Claudia, Marouli, Eirini, Justice, Anne E, et al., Turcot, Valerie   +14 more
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Differential Associations of Walking and Cycling with Body Weight, Body Fat and Fat Distribution - the ACTI-Cités Project

Obesity Facts, 2018
Background: Research on the associations between walking and cycling with obesity-related phenotypes is growing but relies mostly on the use of BMI.
Mehdi Menai, Hélène Charreire, Pilar Galan, Chantal Simon, Julie-Anne Nazare, Camille Perchoux, Christiane Weber, Christophe Enaux, Serge Hercberg, Léopold Fezeu, Jean-Michel Oppert   +10 more
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Migraine, obesity and body fat distribution – a population-based study

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2020
Background Obesity has been linked to an increased prevalence of migraine, and to increased migraine attack frequency, but several questions are left unanswered by previous studies.
Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Sigrid Børte, Knut Hagen, John-Anker Zwart, Bendik Slagsvold Winsvold   +4 more
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Evaluation of the Relationships between Simple Anthropometric Measures and Bioelectrical Impedance Assessment Variables with Multivariate Linear Regression Models to Estimate Body Composition and Fat Distribution in Adults: Preliminary Results

Biology, 2021
Background: Overweight and obesity are conditions associated with sedentary lifestyle and accumulation of abdominal fat, determining increased mortality, favoring chronic diseases, and increasing cardiovascular risk.
Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo, Anelise Sonza, Ana Carolina Coelho-Oliveira, Juliana Pessanha-Freitas, Aline Silva Reis, Arlete Francisca-Santos, Elzi Martins dos Anjos, Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos, Thais de Rezende Bessa Guerra, Amanda da Silva Franco, Vinicius Layter Xavier, Claudia Jakelline Barbosa e Silva, Marcia Cristina Moura-Fernandes, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda, Alessandra da Rocha Pinheiro Mulder, Aderito Seixas, Alessandro Sartorio, Redha Taiar, Mario Bernardo-Filho   +19 more
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Is vulnerability to cardiometabolic disease in Indians mediated by abdominal adiposity or higher body adiposity. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Indians may be particularly vulnerable to cardiometabolic disease, potentially due to higher body fat for a given BMI, or a tendency towards depositing abdominal adiposity.
Davey-Smith, George, Gupta, Ruby, Kuper, Hannah, Wells, Jonathan, Krishna, Kankipati Vijay, Davey Smith, George, Krishna, Kankipati Vijay Radha, Kulkarni, Bharati, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Taylor, Amy, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Kinra, Sanjay, Ebrahim, Shah   +12 more
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alonbar110/Rules-for-body-fat-interventions: Rules_for_body_fat_interventions_v1

, 2023
This repository contains the source code and data to replicate the figures from "Rules for body fat interventions based on an operating-point ...
alonbar110
core   +1 more source

The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Body Fat Distribution, Fat-Free Mass and Cardiovascular Function in the UK Biobank

Artery Research, 2023
Background We evaluated the independent associations of body composition measures on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and pulse wave arterial stiffness index (PWASI).
Ayodipupo S. Oguntade, Ben Lacey, Hannah Taylor, Sarah Lewington   +3 more
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