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Relationship between Corneal Thickness and Radius to Body Height [PDF]
Optometry and Vision Science, 2017 ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate the possible association between body stature (height) and corneal thickness and radius in younger-adult Caucasians, especially within the context of previously published literature.
Michael J. Doughty +3 more
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Effects of age, body height, body weight, body mass index and handgrip strength on the trajectory of the plantar pressure stance-phase curve of the gait cycle. [PDF]
Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 2023 The analysis of gait patterns and plantar pressure distributions via insoles is increasingly used to monitor patients and treatment progress, such as recovery after surgeries.
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Genome-Wide Association Study for Body Length, Body Height, and Total Teat Number in Large White Pigs. [PDF]
Front Genet, 2021 Body length, body height, and total teat number are economically important traits in pig breeding, as these traits are usually associated with the growth, reproductivity, and longevity potential of piglets.
Hong Y +8 more
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Body height as a social signal
Papers on Anthropology, 2019 Body height has a signaling function among social mammals. Humans also perceive physical size as a signal and tend to associate stature and status. Taller men are perceived as more competent and authoritative. Studies in wild Kalahari male meerkats (Suricata suricatta) suggest that dominance itself can be a stimulus for growth allowing for competitive ...
Michael Hermanussen +1 more
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Relationship Between Body Height and Dementia [PDF]
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2005 Structural and functional brain reserves, thought to develop in childhood and adolescence, may be critical in determining the age at onset of cognitive impairment. Body height is affected by childhood conditions that promote growth. The authors examine the relationship of height in midlife and subsequent dementia, Alzheimer disease (AD), and vascular ...
Michal Schnaider Beeri +5 more
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Body height as risk factor for emphysema in COPD
Scientific Reports, 2016 AbstractPulmonary emphysema is a phenotypic component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which carries substantial morbidity and mortality. We explored the association between emphysema and body height in 726 patients with COPD using computed tomography as the reference diagnostic standard for emphysema.
Miniati Massimo +3 more
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Diagnosis of Presarcopenia Using Body Height and Arm Span for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis [PDF]
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020 Yuichi Ono, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yuji Kasukawa, Manabu Akagawa, Ryota Kimura, Itsuki Nagahata, Yusuke Yuasa, Chiaki Sato, Yoichi Shimada Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, JapanCorrespondence: Yuichi ...
Ono Y +8 more
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Age-Dependent Association of Height Loss with Incident Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Korean Women [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2023 Background Height loss is a simple clinical measure associated with increased fracture risk. However, limited data exists on the association between height loss and fracture risk in postmenopausal Korean women.
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Clinical Hypertension, 2021 Background Previous studies that investigated association of height with prevalence and control of hypertension found mixed results. This cross-sectional study explored these associations among US adults (≥20 years).
Rajat Das Gupta +3 more
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Biology of Sport, 2022 This study aimed (i) to analyse the associations between serve velocity (SV) and anthropometric, ball impact and landing location parameters in total serves (TS) and fastest serves (FS) performed during an ATP Tour event; (ii) to observe differences ...
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