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Independent Relevance of Different Measures of Adiposity for Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in 40 000 Adults in UK Biobank

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Uncertainty persists about carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) as a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and the independent relevance of different measures of adiposity for CIMT.
Preyanka Pillay, Jennifer Carter, Hannah Taylor, Sarah Lewington, Robert Clarke   +4 more
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Fueling Incubation: Differential Use of Body Stores in Arctic and Temperate-breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) [PDF]

, 2010
We compared the use of body stores in breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) in traditional Arctic colonies in the Barents Sea with that in recently established temperate-zone breeding colonies in the Baltic Sea and North Sea by studying female body ...
Drent, R.H., Eichhorn, G., Meijer, H.A.J., Van der Jeugd, H.P.   +3 more
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Prematurity and body composition at 6, 18, and 30 years of age: Pelotas (Brazil) 2004, 1993, and 1982 birth cohorts

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background We aimed to investigate the association between preterm birth and body composition at 6, 18, and 30 years of age using data from three population-based birth cohort studies.
Caroline Cardozo Bortolotto, Iná S. Santos, Juliana dos Santos Vaz, Alicia Matijasevich, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Fernando C. Barros, Leonardo Pozza Santos, Tiago Neuenfeld Munhoz   +7 more
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Artificial Neural Network Models for Accurate Predictions of Fat-Free and Fat Masses, Using Easy-to-Measure Anthropometric Parameters

Biomedicines, 2023
Abdominal fat and fat-free masses report a close association with cardiometabolic risks, therefore this specific body compartment presents more interest than whole-body masses.
Ivona Mitu, Cristina-Daniela Dimitriu, Ovidiu Mitu, Cristina Preda, Florin Mitu, Manuela Ciocoiu   +5 more
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Association of body composition indices with insulin resistance in European adolescents: the HELENA study

Nutrición Hospitalaria
Background: The different body components may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of fat mass and fat free mass indices with markers of insulin ...
María Sese, Luis A. Moreno, Laura Censi, Cristina Bresidenassel, Marcela González-Gross, Michael Sjöström, Yannis Manios, Molnár Dénes, Jean Dallongeville, Kurt Widhalm, Frederic Gottrand, Steffan De-Henauw, Ascensión Marcos, Manuel Castillo-Garzón, David Jiménez-Pavón   +14 more
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Body Fat and Fat‐Free Mass and All‐Cause Mortality [PDF]

Obesity Research, 2004
AbstractObjective: To investigate whether the association between BMI and all‐cause mortality could be disentangled into opposite effects of body fat and fat‐free mass (FFM).Research Methods and Procedures: All‐cause mortality was studied in the Danish follow‐up study “Diet, Cancer and Health” with 27, 178 men and 29, 875 women 50 to 64 years old ...
Bigaard, J, Frederiksen, K., Tjønneland, A., Thomsen, B.L., Overvad, K., Heitmann, B.L., Sørensen, T.I.A.   +6 more
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Low fat-free mass as a marker of mortality in community-dwelling healthy elderly subjects† [PDF]

, 2017
Background: low fat-free mass has been related to high mortality in patients. This study evaluated the relationship between body composition of healthy elderly subjects and mortality.
Genton, Laurence, Graf, Christophe E., Karsegard, Véronique L., Kyle, Ursula G., Pichard, Claude   +4 more
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Association of physical activity with muscular strength and fat free mass in adolescents; The HELENA Study [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To analyze the association of objectively assessed physical activity (PA) with muscular strength and fat free mass in adolescents, and to determine whether meeting the current PA recommendations is associated with higher levels of muscular ...
Castillo, Manuel J., Gracia Marco, Luis, Moliner-Urdiales, Diego, Moreno, Luis A., Ortega, Francisco B., Rey López, Juan P., Ruiz, Jonatan R., Sjöstrom, Michael, Vicente Rodríguez, Germán, Widhalm, Kurt   +9 more
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Comprehensive evaluation of body composition in a wide age range of Iranian adults using bioelectrical impedance analysis: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To evaluate sex- and age-stratified body composition (BC) parameters in subjects with wide age range of 20–79 years. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Participants of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS). Participants: Two thousand nine
Mahdieh Mohamadzadeh, Majid Valizadeh, Farhad Hosseinpanah, Amirabbas Momenan, Maryam Mahdavi, Maryam Barzin, Feridoun Azizi   +6 more
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Effect of a Precompetition and Postcompetition Training Regime on Body Composition of Soccer Players

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018
The purpose of this investigation was to document the body composition elements’ changes, preparing an initial precompetition and postcompetition training programme of soccer players. Body composition measurements were taken 10 weeks prior to competition,
Alina Gailiūnienė, Viačislavas Novikovas   +1 more
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