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Body composition in patients with schizophrenia: Comparison with healthy controls
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2012 Background Recently, a relationship between obesity and schizophrenia has been reported. Although fat- mass and fat free mass have been shown to be more predictive of health risk than body mass index, there are limited findings about body composition ...
Sugawara Norio +8 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 BackgroundPrognosis based on body fat percentage (BF%) in patients with coronary artery disease has not been extensively studied. We tested the hypothesis that patients with coronary artery disease and increased BF% have a higher risk for major adverse ...
Jose R. Medina‐Inojosa +7 more
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Body composition, physical fitness and cardiovascular risk factors in 9-year-old children
Scientific Reports, 2022 The independent associations of body composition and physical fitness components with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in childhood are not fully understood.
Pontus Henriksson +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundGenetic factors are important determinants of overweight. We examined whether there are differential effect sizes depending on children's body composition.MethodsWe analysed data of n = 4,837 children recorded in the Avon Longitudinal Study of ...
Andreas Beyerlein +3 more
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Clinics, 2019 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the changes in the body composition of morbidly obese patients induced by a very low-calorie diet. METHODS: We evaluated 120 patients selected from a university hospital.
Marcela Pires Serafim +5 more
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Nutritional status and structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease: The NUDAD project
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2020 Introduction Weight loss is associated with higher mortality and progression of cognitive decline, but its associations with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) are unknown.
Barbara J.H. Verhaar +13 more
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Age and sex related differences in anthropometric characteristics and body composition in primary school-age children [PDF]
SportLogia, 2019 This study addressed the assessment of anthropometric characteristics and body composition of primary school children. The study aimed to determine age and sex related differences in children aged 7 and 8 years, which could be used to assess the health ...
Igor Vučković +3 more
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The novel expression method of pediatric body composition : fat mass index and fat-free mass index
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2007 Purpose : This study was conducted to assess the usefulness of fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) as novel expression methods of body composition in children. Methods : A total of 466 Second grade students-248 boys and 218 girls- from all elementary schools the Gwacheon City underwent anthropometric measures including bioelectrical ...
Kyung A Kim +5 more
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The relationship between fat‐free mass index and pulmonary hyperinflation in
Respirology, 2014 AbstractBackground and objectiveReduced fat‐free mass (FFM), a common finding in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may indirectly impact peak exercise capacity through a greater level of pulmonary hyperinflation. We aimed to investigate if FFM index (FFM/squared height) impacts exercise induced dynamic hyperinflation in COPD patients ...
Cássia Cinara da Costa +7 more
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Asian Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Height-independent body composition parameters such as fat free mass index (FFMI) and body fat mass index (BFMI) allow height-independent interpretation of nutrition status and putatively provide a better assessment of body fat.
Fareha Husain +2 more
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