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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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Bone mineral density and body composition in adolescents with failure to thrive [PDF]

Einstein (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, Luiz Anderson Lopes, Marcelo de Medeiros Pinheiro, Vera Lucia Szejnfeld, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei   +4 more
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Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and body composition in US adolescents aged 12-18 years: an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2011-2018

Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, 2022
Background: The associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and obesity in adolescent remained unclear when considering imaging based methods such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning.
Li-Zi Lin, Li Cai, Zhao-Yan Liu, Jian Gao, Yang Zhou, Xiao-Yun Zeng, Yanqiu Ou, Guo-Ping Dong, Peng-Xin Dong, Qi-Zhen Wu, Chu Chu, Lu-Yin Wu, Li-Xia Liang, Shuang-Jian Qin, Xiao-Wen Zeng, Xiaomiao Zhao, Guang-Hui Dong   +16 more
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Body composition in preschool children with short stature: a case-control study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Short stature is defined as height below 2 standard deviations of the population with the same age, gender. This study is aimed to assess the characteristics of body composition in preschool children with short stature.
Yi-ting Ji, Li-li Li, Shi-zhong Cai, Xiao-yan Shi   +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

Sports, 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, Grant M. Tinsley, Christine M. Harrison, Jessica Prather, Javier Zaragoza, Matthias Tinnin, Shay Smith, Camden Wilson, Lem W. Taylor   +8 more
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Associations of body composition and physical fitness with gestational diabetes and cardiovascular health in pregnancy: Results from the HealthyMoms trial

Nutrition & Diabetes, 2021
The aim of this study was to examine associations of body composition (fat mass index, % fat mass, fat-free mass index, body mass index) and physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness and handgrip strength) with gestational diabetes and cardiovascular ...
Pontus Henriksson, Johanna Sandborg, Emmie Söderström, Marja H. Leppänen, Victoria Snekkenes, Marie Blomberg, Francisco B. Ortega, Marie Löf   +7 more
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Body fat free mass is associated with the serum metabolite profile in a population-based study. [PDF]

, 2012
To characterise the influence of the fat free mass on the metabolite profile in serum samples from participants of the population-based KORA (Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg) S4 study.
Döring, Angela, Wichmann, Heinz-Erich, Fabian J. Theis, Elisabeth Altmaier, Karsten Suhre (67967), Gieger, C., Christian Gieger, Christa Meisinger (39940), Döring, A., Krumsiek, J., Karsten Suhre, Gabi Kastenmüller (127487), Prehn, C., Linseisen Jakob, Römisch-Margl, Werner, Jan Krumsiek (127460), Jourdan, Carolin, Christian Gieger (87555), Theis, F.J., Wang-Sattler, R., Jan Krumsiek, Kastenmüller, Gabi, H.-Erich Wichmann (72009), Gieger Christian, Altmaier, E., Wichmann, H.-E., Angela Döring (64291), Illig, T., Fabian J Theis, Linseisen, J., Peters, Annette, Illig Thomas, Kastenmüller Gabi, Theis, Fabian J., Jakob Linseisen, Peters Annette, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Wichmann H.-Erich, Annette Peters (62601), Rui Wang-Sattler (36841), Carolin Jourdan (155791), Jerzy Adamski, Linseisen, Jakob, Römisch-Margl Werner, Angela Döring, Annette Peters, Wang-Sattler, Rui, Krumsiek, Jan, Theis Fabian J., Thomas Illig (44906), Petersen Ann-Kristin, Werner Römisch-Margl, Ann-Kristin Petersen (149959), Jakob Linseisen (123573), Werner Römisch-Margl (127480), Peters, A., Krumsiek Jan, Elisabeth Altmaier (155799), Illig, Thomas, Wang-Sattler Rui, Adamski, Jerzy, Thomas Illig, Cornelia Prehn, H-Erich Wichmann, Meisinger Christa, Christa Meisinger, Jourdan, C., Römisch-Margl, W., Jerzy Adamski (127482), Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Gabi Kastenmüller, Suhre Karsten, Fabian J. Theis (127485), Gieger, Christian, Suhre, K., Meisinger, C., Cornelia Prehn (137977), Ann-Kristin Petersen, Adamski Jerzy, Kastenmüller, G., Prehn, Cornelia, Jourdan Carolin, Rui Wang-Sattler, Petersen, A.-K., Rui Wang, Meisinger, Christa, Döring Angela, Prehn Cornelia, Adamski, J., Suhre, Karsten, Altmaier Elisabeth, Carolin Jourdan   +91 more
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Body Mass Index in determination of the relationship between body constitution and motor abilities [PDF]

Fizička Kultura, 2022
The aim of this paper is to review and summarize the theoretical and empirical facts of using the (BMI), (body mass index) in determining the relationship between body constitution and motor skills. Several key circumstances have been identified in which
Pajić Zoran, Jakovljević Saša, Anđelković Marija, Simović Slobodan   +3 more
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Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15 [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Little is known about whether associations between childhood adiposity and later adverse cardiovascular health outcomes are driven by tracking of overweight from childhood to adulthood and/or by vascular and metabolic changes from childhood ...
Kate Tilling, Smith George Davey, Benfield, LL, Lawlor Debbie A., Sattar, N, Sattar, N., Smith, GD, Ness, AR, Andy R. Ness, Tilling, K., Sattar Naveed, Laura D Howe, Benfield Li, Davey Smith, G, Debbie A. Lawlor, Tilling Kate, Logue Jennifer, Jennifer Logue, Howe Laura D., Howe, L.D., Andy R Ness, Lawlor, D, Li Benfield, Logue, J., Logue, J, Benfield, L., Ness Andy R., Naveed Sattar, Lawlor, DA, Debbie A Lawlor, Laura D. Howe, Hernandez, A.V., George Davey Smith, Davey Smith, G., Howe, LD, Ness, A.R., Benfield, L, Lawlor, D.A., Tilling, K, Ness, A   +39 more
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