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Pulse Pressure, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition: Mediating Effects Across the Adult Lifespan

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate whether pulse pressure or mean arterial pressure mediates the relationship between age and white matter hyperintensity load and to examine the mediating effect of white matter hyperintensities on cognition. Methods Demographic information, blood pressure, current medication lists, and Montreal Cognitive Assessment ...
Jade Hannan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social distances decrease of body height and the maturation rate of Polish girls in urban and rural population in the period 1967–2009

open access: yesAnthropological Review, 2016
The aim of the study is to present social distances in biological development of youth in the period of changes in economic and political situation in Poland.
Łaska-Mierzejewska Teresa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation Craniofacial Growth, Body Height and Cervical Vertebrae Maturation Stages

open access: yesJournal of Dentistry Indonesia, 2013
Growth and development period has benefit for treating patient who need orthodontic treatment. In this period craniofacial development can be modified. Indicators that can be used to assess the growth and development among others are through body height ...
Maria K. Ellyeus   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship of Renal Length with Height and Weight of an Individual using Computed Tomography [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Variety of clinical disorders such as diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, renal artery stenosis, chronic renal failure affects the kidney and alters renal length. It also varies according to height, weight, age and ethnicity.
Lipika Paul   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human biases in body measurement estimation [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Body measurements, including weight and height, are key indicators of health. Being able to visually assess body measurements reliably is a step towards increased awareness of overweight and obesity and is thus important for public health. Nevertheless it is currently not well understood how accurately humans can assess weight and height from images ...
arxiv  

VolNet: Estimating Human Body Part Volumes from a Single RGB Image [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Human body volume estimation from a single RGB image is a challenging problem despite minimal attention from the research community. However VolNet, an architecture leveraging 2D and 3D pose estimation, body part segmentation and volume regression extracted from a single 2D RGB image combined with the subject's body height can be used to estimate the ...
arxiv  

Body height of mummified pharaohs supports historical suggestions of sibling marriages.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2015
Body height is an important factor in reconstructing health conditions and it serves as an indicator of socio-economic status. Researchers rely on ancient data to analyze evolutionary aspects of human health and its interrelation with environmental ...
M. Habicht   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient Perceptions of Medication Therapy for Prevention of Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Qualitative Content Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) accounts for nearly 12% of osteoarthritis incidences and often occurs after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. Ensuring the uptake of preventive treatments for PTOA requires that investigators and clinicians understand factors influencing patients to seek preventive therapies.
Lily M. Waddell   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index

open access: yesNature Genetics, 2015
We propose a method (GREML-LDMS) to estimate heritability for human complex traits in unrelated individuals using whole-genome sequencing data. We demonstrate using simulations based on whole-genome sequencing data that ∼97% and ∼68% of variation at ...
Jian Yang   +23 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a Telephone‐Delivered Walk With Ease Program on Arthritis‐Related Symptoms, Function, and Activity: A Randomized Trial

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Walk With Ease (WWE) is a six‐week arthritis‐appropriate evidence‐based physical activity program traditionally offered in a face‐to‐face format. Because many populations encounter participation barriers to in‐person programs, WWE was modified for telephone delivery (WWE‐T).
Christine A. Pellegrini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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