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Scaling of body composition to height: relevance to height-normalized indexes [PDF]

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011
Body weight scales to height with a power of ≈2, thus forming the basis of body mass index (weight/height(2)). The corresponding scaling of body composition to height has not been established in a representative sample of US adults.The aim of the study was to examine the scaling of weight, fat, fat-free mass, and bone mineral content to height.Adult ...
Heymsfield SB, Heo M, Thomas D, Pietrobelli, Angelo   +3 more
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Changes in Immune‐Inflammation Status and Acute Ischemic Stroke Prognosis in Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Inflammation is a critical risk factor for poor outcomes in cerebral infarction. Prior studies focused primarily on baseline inflammation status, neglecting dynamic longitudinal changes. We try to investigate the association between immune‐inflammation status alterations and stroke prognosis, and evaluated three systemic biomarkers'
Songfang Chen, Wenting Huang, Yitian Liu, Xuan Chen, Buyu Ke, Qian Shen, Hanyu Cai, Jing Sun, Yan Li, Yungang Cao, Beilei Hu, Keyang Chen   +11 more
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A survey of Height and Weight of Students Aged 11-17 Years in Hamadan

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 1998
Normal growth is the best indicator of children’s health and well-being. Measuring height and weight is the simplest way of eveluation of growth. In this study the height and weight of 1481 students of Hamadan aging 11-17 was measured and analyzed.
Mohammadreza Derakhshan
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Understanding the links between month of birth, body height, and longevity: why some studies reveal that shorter people live longer – further evidence of seasonal programming from the Polish population

Anthropological Review, 2016
There is a lack of agreement in the literature as to whether adult height depends on month of birth and whether height affects lifespan. Additionally, the relationship between stature and longevity involves conflicting findings and the results remain ...
Chmielewski Piotr, Borysławski Krzysztof   +1 more
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Derivation and validation of a formula for paediatric tracheal tube size using bootstrap resampling procedure

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019
Background and Aims: The accuracy of age-, length- and weight-based formulae to predict optimal size of uncuffed tracheal tubes (TTs) in children varies widely.
M Ganesh Kumar, Meenakshi Atteri, Yatindra K Batra, Lakshminarayana Yaddanapudi, Sandhya Yaddanapudi   +4 more
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Analysis of Limb segment length to the total body height among the undergraduate students in a medical college of Nepal

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Background: Total body height is important for calculating body mass index, drug dosages calculations and other patient care issues. Total height estimation from different body measurements are surrogate measures of stature which is very useful when only
Muna Kadel, Shanta Hada , Shambhu Nath
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Estimation Bias: Body Mass and Body Height in Endurance Athletes

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2012
Body Mass Index is associated with endurance performance in athletes. Reported and measured values of body mass and body height in 1,618 endurance athletes (1,358 men, 260 women) showed that men and women both underestimated their body mass and overestimated their body height, leading to an underestimation of Body Mass Index.
Knechtle, Beat, Rüst, Christoph Alexander, Rosemann, Thomas, Knechtle, Patrizia, Bescos, Raul   +4 more
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Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
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Discovery and Targeted Proteomic Studies Reveal Striatal Markers Validated for Huntington's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Clinical trials for Huntington's disease (HD) enrolling persons before clinical motor diagnosis (CMD) lack validated biomarkers. This study aimed to conduct an unbiased discovery analysis and a targeted examination of proteomic biomarkers scrutinized by clinical validation. Methods Cerebrospinal fluid was obtained from PREDICT‐HD and
Daniel Chelsky, Cara Joyce, H. Jeremy Bockholt, Paul A. Rudnick, William H. Adams, Fiona McAllister, Justin W. Smock, Michael A. Newton, Jane S. Paulsen   +8 more
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Social background, adult body-height and health [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 1999
To study the socio-demographic determinants of body-height and the bearing of these determinants on the association between body-height and health among Finnish adults.Cross-sectional population survey including questions on social background, body-height and health, and retrospective questions on childhood living conditions.
K, Silventoinen, E, Lahelma, O, Rahkonen
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