Association of Body Mass Index of HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women and Infant Weight, Body Mass Index, Length, and Head Circumference: The NISDI Perinatal Study. [PDF]
, 2007 This study assessed the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) of HIV-1-infected women and their infants' perinatal outcomes. The study population consisted of women enrolled in the NICHD International Site Development Initiative (NISDI ...
Cruz, Maria Leticia S. +5 more
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BODY MASS INDEX AND BODY FAT CONTENT IN ELITE ATHLETES
Exercise and Quality of Life, 2011 The aim of this study was to evaluate body fat content (BF) of elite athletes obtained by two different field methods for body composition measurements and to compare it with body mass index (BMI) values.
Jelena Popadić Gaćeša +7 more
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Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundThe association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is particularly strong and direct when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). One conceivable explanation for this association is that WC adjusted for BMI is a better predictor of the ...
Tina Landsvig Berentzen +13 more
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Body mass index and serum lipid levels [PDF]
Horizonte Médico, 2016 Objective: To identify the association between the body mass index (BMI) and serum lipid levels in adult people. Material and Methods: Observational, transversal and retrospective study. Non experimental investigation design.
Pedro Javier Navarrete Mejía +4 more
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Associations of blood pressure with body composition among Afro-Caribbean children in Barbados [PDF]
, 2015 Despite complex presentation of adult hypertension and a concomitant obesity epidemic, little is known about overweight in relation to blood pressure among Caribbean children. We examined blood pressure in relation to body size in a cross-sectional study
Chami, Peter +6 more
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Body mass index evaluation in hypertensive women [PDF]
Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2003 Hypertension prevalence is approximately three times higher in obese people. This study analyzed the Body Mass Index (BMI) in 200 hypertensive women in follow up treatment in a public hypertension center in the city of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Raimunda Magalhães da Silva +2 more
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Hypertension, Body Mass Index, and their Associations with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Deli Serdang, North Sumatera [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem world-wide. Current global estimates indicate that this condition affects 415 million people and is set to escalate to 642 million by the year 2040. Type 2 DM is a metabolic disease that
Aguslina, F. (Fazidah ) +2 more
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Health-related quality of life, adiposity, and sedentary behavior in patients with early schizophrenia: Preliminary study [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: To examine adiposity and sedentary behavior in relation to health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with early schizophrenia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used to assess adiposity by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans ...
Brar, JS, Ganguli, R, Strassnig, M
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, 2017 Body composition assessments commonly focus predominantly on fat mass, however lean mass (LM) measurements also provide useful information regarding clinical and nutritional status.
Imboden, Mary T. +4 more
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Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2018 Background: Obesity is an important health problem, as its prevalence has reached an epidemic level and continues to increase steadily resulting in higher risk of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders.
I. V. Misnikova +3 more
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