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Relation of body mass index, fat mass index and fat-free mass index to blood pressure in children aged 7–12 in Shandong, China

Annals of Human Biology, 2011
Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to assess the prevalence of childhood obesity in populations and its relationship with blood pressure has been observed. However, no studies on the distribution of fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) and their relationship with blood pressure have been reported.The present study examined the ...
Ying-xiu Zhang, Shu-Rong Wang
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The variations of body mass index and body fat in adult Thai people across the age spectrum measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2011
Kaweesak Chittawatanarat1,2, Sakda Pruenglampoo3, Siriphan Kongsawasdi4, Busaba Chuatrakoon4, Vibul Trakulhoon5, Winai Ungpinitpong6, Jayanton Patumanond21Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, 2Clinical Epidemiology Unit, 3Research Institute for ...
Chittawatanarat K, Pruenglampoo S, Kongsawasdi S, Chuatrakoon B, Trakulhoon V, Ungpinitpong W, Patumanond J   +6 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

National 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, Minati Patnaik, Kodi Pradeep Kumar, Snigdha Prava Mishra   +3 more
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Comparison of fat-free mass index and fat mass index in Chinese adults [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2012
To compare the characteristics of body composition for different gender and age in a large number of apparently healthy Chinese subjects, and to determine reference values for fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI).In total, 61,382 Chinese adults (age range: 18-92 years) were consecutively enrolled into the study.
Y, Lu, H, Shu, Y, Zheng, C, Li, M, Liu, Z, Chen, X, He   +6 more
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Body mass index percentiles versus body composition assessments: Challenges for disease risk classifications in children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundIdentifying at-risk children with optimal specificity and sensitivity to allow for the appropriate intervention strategies to be implemented is crucial to improving the health and well-being of children. We determined relationships of body mass
Jody L. Clasey, Jody L. Clasey, Elizabeth A. Easley, Elizabeth A. Easley, Margaret O. Murphy, Stefan G. Kiessling, Arnold Stromberg, Aric Schadler, Hong Huang, John A. Bauer   +9 more
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Trends in BMI Percentile and Body Fat Percentage in Children 12 to 17 Years of Age

Children, 2022
This study evaluates the cross-sectional trends in body fat percentage (BF%) and body mass index (BMI) percentile rank, and the relationship between the two in 332 (177 boys, 155 girls) 12- to 17-year-old children.
Pat R. Vehrs, Gilbert W. Fellingham, Angela McAferty, Laurel Kelsey   +3 more
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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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Correlation of body fat percentage, fat mass index, and fat-free mass index with cardiovascular parameters in non-obese young adults

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2021
Background: Obesity is a growing health problem worldwide across all age groups and is associated with a number of disease conditions out of which cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome are prominent.
Aparajita Priyadarshini, Snigdha Prava Mishra, Pradip Kumar Behera   +2 more
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Reference values of fat mass index and fat-free mass index in healthy Spanish adolescents. [PDF]

Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2019
Abstract Background . Body mass index (BMI) does not allow to discriminate the composition of the different body compartments. The aim of this study is to elaborate reference values ​of the fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) in healthy adolescents using anthropometric techniques in order to be available as reference standards ...
Teodoro Durá-Travé, Fidel Gallinas-Victoriano, María Chueca-Guindulain, Sara Berrade-Zubiri, María Malumbres-Chacón, Paula Moreno-González   +5 more
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Fat and fat-free mass as important determinants of body composition assessment in relation to sarcopenic obesity [PDF]

, 2023
Background. Fat and fat-free/muscle mass and their ratio reflecting the possible presence of obesity or sarcopenic obesity are important in assessing body composition. Objective.
Maroš Bihari, Gažarová, M., Bihari, M., Šoltís, J., Jaroslav Šoltís, Martina Gažarová   +5 more
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