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Bone mineral density and fracture risk with long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: We aimed to assess the association between long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and bone adverse effects in patients with asthma. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of fracture risk and changes in bone mineral density with ...
Agertoft, Allen, Bahceciler, British-Thoracic-Society/Scottish-Intercollegiate-Guidelines-Network, El, Ferguson, Harris, Higgins, Higgins, Ioannidis, Johannes, Jones, Kelly, Kemp, Law, Li, Loke, Loke, Maspero, National-Asthma-Education-and-Prevention-Program, Ricciardolo, Richy, Rossi, Roux, Schlienger, Sosa, The Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group, Turpeinen, Van Staa, Vanfleteren, Weatherall, Wisniewski, Yanik   +32 more
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Transgender and Gender Diverse Patient Experiences, Care and Health Outcomes in Medical Imaging: A Scoping Review

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Changes in legislation and social attitudes towards transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people have prompted clinical and ethical questions about the experiences, care, and health outcomes of TGD patients in medical imaging. Aim The aim of this scoping review is to identify the main themes surrounding TGD patient care in medical ...
Kirralee Jane Davies, Ricky Lam
wiley   +1 more source

Bone mineral density and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2008
The objective of this review article is to gather the relevant information on bone tissue and the validation and limitations of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
Maria Fátima Glaner, Marina Kanthack Paccini   +1 more
doaj  

Use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in non-ruminant nutrition research

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Precise body composition measurements are essential in animal nutrition studies because the impact of treatments is evaluated based on changes in body weight and composition.
Candido Pomar, Marcos Kipper, Marcel Marcoux   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waist circumference in Liver Disease [PDF]

, 2016
Background Central fat accumulation is important in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) etiology. It is unknown weather any commonly used waist circumference (WC) measurement protocol (mp), as whole and central fat accumulation marker, is ...
Cortez-Pinto, Helena, Melo, Xavier, Pimenta, Nuno, Santa-Clara, Helena, Sardinha, Luis, Silva Nunes, José António   +5 more
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The Novel Inflammatory Marker PPN and Systemic Indices as Predictors of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
Meng‐Yun Pei, Guang‐Ju Long, Peng Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultra‐processed food addiction in a nationally representative sample of older adults in the USA

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Ultra‐processed foods (UPFs; industrially produced foods typically containing unnaturally elevated levels of refined carbohydrates and/or added fats) became more widely introduced into the United States (US) food environment in the 1980s and have proliferated since. UPFs have been shown to trigger an addictive‐like response.
Lucy K. Loch, Matthias Kirch, Dianne C. Singer, Erica Solway, J. Scott Roberts, Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Ashley N. Gearhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of osteoporosis & osteopenia in transfusion-dependent thalassemia in Sulaimaniyah city, Iraq

Advanced Medical Journal
Background and objectives: Although blood transfusion and iron chelation increase the lifespan of thalassemic patients, these patients face many complications, including osteoporosis and osteopenia.
Hunar Gharib Mahmood, Ahmad Khudair Yassin, Zeki Ali Mohamed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone mineral density in mucopolysaccharidosis IVB

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2016
To date, the only published reports of bone mineral density (BMD) in MPS IV involve patients with MPS IVA; no reports exist describing BMD for MPS IVB. In this prospective study of BMD in three patients with MPS IVB, BMD was acquired by dual-energy X-ray
Francyne Kubaski, Heidi H. Kecskemethy, H. Theodore Harcke, Shunji Tomatsu   +3 more
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Muscle Strength and Power Changes With Gender‐Affirming Hormone Therapy

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Androgen receptors are highly expressed in upper body muscles, but changes in maximal muscle strength and power in major upper body muscles have not been investigated during gender‐affirming hormone therapy (GAHT). Objective To assess prospective changes in maximal muscle strength and muscle power from before and after 1 year of ...
Mathilde Kamp Nørlund, Jakob Lindberg Nielsen, Marianne Skovsager Andersen, Rikke Hjortebjerg, Laust Frisenberg Buhl, Anne Pernille Hermann, Camilla Viola Buskbjerg Palm, Tine Taulbjerg Kristensen, Jan Frystyk, Per Aagaard, Jonas Mathiesen, Dorte Glintborg, Louise Lehmann Christensen   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source