Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2010 In their large cohort study, the authors have shown unequivocally that abdominal obesity as measured by waist circumference predicts the risk of diabetes beyond the body mass index (BMI). From this they conclude that to determine the diabetes risk, waist circumference should always be included with fixed threshold values.
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Height and body proportions in child abuse. [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1992 Abused children are said to retain 'infantile body proportions'. The presenting height, sitting height, and leg length standard deviation scores of 91 victims have been calculated from data derived from a study of local inner city schoolchildren. In the study population 31/91 (34%) were significantly short and all but two of these had relatively ...
Wales, Jkh, Herber, SM, Taitz, LS
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The effect of whole-body vibration on jump height and active range of movement in female dancers. [PDF]
, 2012 This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by National Strength and Conditioning Association in Journal of strength and conditioning research on 03/2012, available online: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2012/03000 ...
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ESTATURA Y PESO CORPORAL. ¿QUÉ INFLUYE MÁS SOBRE LAS CIFRAS DE TENSIÓN ARTERIAL? / Body height and weight. Which one has more influence on blood pressure figures? [PDF]
CorSalud, 2009 Introduction and Objectives: There are many risk factors for the development of high figures of blood pressure and there is no doubt that obesity, and overweight, its precursor, is among of themost studied ones.
Guillermo Alberto Pérez Fernández
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Pathophysiology, 2014 To test the hypothesis that body-resonant radiation may explain the correlation between body height and cancer risk observed in most countries around the world.Data on cancer incidence and body height were collected from different countries and also from different regions within Sweden.
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Radiographic and safety details of vertebral body stenting : results from a multicenter chart review [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Up to one third of BKP treated cases shows no appreciable height restoration due to loss of both restored height and kyphotic realignment after balloon deflation.
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Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on Adult Height of Children with Turner Syndrome
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008 Short stature is a common manifestation of Turner syndrome. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of growth hormone (GH) therapy alone on the adult height of children with Turner syndrome.
Ping-Yi Hsu +4 more
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Batch-related sterile endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection of bevacizumab
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 Background: To report a series of patients with sterile endophthalmitis after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection from 2 different batches of bevacizumab.
Morteza Entezari +3 more
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Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey [PDF]
, 2007 OBJECTIVE: To determine cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents, based on body mass index at age 18 years.DESIGN: International survey of six large nationally representative cross sectional studies on growth.
Jackson, Alan A. +7 more
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A lack of sexual dimorphism in width-to-height ratio in White European faces using 2D photographs, 3D scans, and anthropometry [PDF]
, 2012 Facial width-to-height ratio has received a great deal of attention in recent research. Evidence from human skulls suggests that males have a larger relative facial width than females, and that this sexual dimorphism is an honest signal of masculinity,
Jones, Alex L. +9 more
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