Normative Reference Values and Cut‐Off Points for Nutritional Ultrasound: The VALORES Study [PDF]
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and MuscleBackground Nutritional ultrasound (NU) enables direct assessment of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, yet population‐based reference values and cut‐offs remain scarce. We aimed to establish age‐ and sex‐specific normative values for rectus femoris (RF)
Carolina Moreno‐Torres‐Taboada +10 more
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Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the optimal cut-off values of age for disability in order to predict the risk of disability for older adults in rural areas.MethodsWHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 was used to assess disability ...
Xinran He +8 more
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Obesity Cut-Off Points Using Prepregnancy Body Mass Index according to Cardiometabolic Conditions in Pregnancy [PDF]
Journal of Pregnancy, 2023 Aim. To suggest cut-off points for body mass index (BMI) using gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as cardiometabolic conditions in pregnancy. Methods.
Renata O. Neves +8 more
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Waist circumference cut-off points to identify major cardiovascular events and incident diabetes in Latin America: findings from the prospective Urban rural epidemiology study Colombia [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 BackgroundAbdominal obesity (AO) indirectly represents visceral adiposity and can be assessed by waist circumference (WC) measurement. In Latin America, cut-off points for the diagnosis of AO are based on Asian population data. We aim to establish the WC
Jose P. Lopez-Lopez +13 more
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Determination of glucose cut-off points for optimal performance of glucagon stimulation test [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyIntroductionThe glucagon stimulation test (GST) is widely used to assess growth hormone (GH) and cortisol secretion, nevertheless the precise mechanisms underpinning these hormonal responses remain unclear. We have endeavoured to explore the relationship
Joanna Kawalec +6 more
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Neck circumference cut-off points for detecting overweight and obesity among school children in Northern Cyprus [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Neck circumference is one of the anthropometric parameters that is widely used in practical applications, clinical and epidemiological studies in children.
Ezgi Turkay, Seray Kabaran
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Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2005 The aim of this study was to establish the optimal cut-off points of the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS), to screen for and diagnose Internet addiction among adolescents in the community by using the well- established diagnostic criteria of Internet
Chih-Hung Ko +2 more
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Cut-off points to screening for sarcopenia in community-dwelling older people residents in Brazil [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background At a time when the world’s population is aging, one of the most important challenges for the healthcare field is to control the decline of the musculoskeletal system.
Sabrina Gabrielle Gomes Fernandes +5 more
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Mathematics, 2022 The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve is a popular measure of the overall discriminatory power of a continuous variable used to indicate the presence of an outcome of interest, such as disease or disease progression.
Oke Gerke, Antonia Zapf
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Defining Cut-off Scores for MMSE in an Educated and Illiterate Arabic Speaking Egyptian Elderly Population [PDF]
The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2019 Background: Dementia prevalence is increasing, becoming a public health problem in geriatric population requiring early diagnosis. The MMSE is the most commonly used screening method in the diagnosis and assessment of dementia severity in clinical and ...
Madkor E +4 more
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