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Ratio of fat-free mass to fat mass is associated with physical performance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology
BackgroundThe ratio of fat-free mass (FFM) to fat mass (FM) is a key indicator of body composition. Evidence suggests that the FFM/FM ratio is more reliable than body mass index in predicting functional outcomes in older adults with prefrailty ...
Jui-Hsiang Sung   +8 more
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Fat‐Free Mass: Friend or Foe to Metabolic Health? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Background Fat mass (FM) and fat‐free mass (FFM) are body composition estimates commonly reported in research studies and clinical settings. Recently, fat‐free mass indexed to height (fat‐free mass index; FFMI) has been shown to be positively associated ...
Christopher J. Oliver   +5 more
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Correlation of body fat percentage, fat mass, fat free mass, and fat free mass index with hand grip strength in healthy young males in a tertiary health care center of South Odisha

open access: yesNational Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Handgrip strength (HGS) is an important parameter to assess the upper extremity muscular strength. Aims and Objectives: Aim of the study is to record HGS in healthy young males and to compare with fat mass (FM), fat-free mass, fat-free mass ...
Sephali Acharya   +3 more
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Offseason Body Composition Changes Detected by Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry versus Multifrequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Collegiate American Football Athletes

open access: yesSports, 2021
Tracking changes in body composition may provide key information about the effectiveness of training programs for athletes. This study reports on the agreement between bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for ...
Jake R. Boykin   +8 more
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Causal associations between body fat accumulation and COVID-19 severity: A Mendelian randomization study

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Previous studies reported associations between obesity measured by body mass index (BMI) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, BMI is calculated only with height and weight and cannot distinguish between body fat mass and fat-free mass. Thus,
Satoshi Yoshiji   +19 more
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Association between fat mass index, fat‐free mass index and hemoglobin A1c in a Japanese population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community‐based Cohort Study

open access: yesJournal of Diabetes Investigation, 2022
Aims/Introduction Fat mass and fat‐free mass affect glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and blood glucose levels, respectively. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between the fat mass index and fat‐free mass index with HbA1c ...
Masato Takase   +16 more
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Cross-sectional study of characteristics of body composition of 24,845 children and adolescents aged 3–17 years in Suzhou

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2023
Background We aimed to analyze the characteristics of the body composition of children and adolescents aged 3–17 in Suzhou, China. Methods A cross-sectional study between January 2020 and June 2022 using bioelectrical impedance was conducted to determine
Yan Zhao   +6 more
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Fat mass to fat- free mass ratio and body composition in participants with chronic leg problems

open access: yesAnnales Kinesiologiae, 2022
Background & aim: Low fat-free mass (FFM) or high fat mass (FM) in older adults are abnormal body composition phenotypes associated with morbidity.
Mihaela Jurdana   +2 more
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Bone mineral density and body composition in adolescents with failure to thrive [PDF]

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2010
Objective To evaluate bone mineral mass in adolescents with failure to thrive in relation to body composition. Methods A case control study involving 126 adolescents (15 to 19 years), in final puberty maturation being 76 eutrophic and 50 with failure to
Thiago Sacchetto de Andrade   +4 more
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Body Composition in Swiss Elite Wheelchair Athletes

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2020
The aim of this study was to retrospectively interpret body composition in various wheelchair athletes. In total, 69 athletes (mean ± standard deviation; age 33 ± 11 years; body mass 65.1 ± 14.8 kg; height 169.9 ± 14.9 cm and time since injury 19 ± 11 ...
Joelle Leonie Flueck
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