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Associations Between Trunk Muscle/Fat Composition, Narrowing Lumbar Disc Space, and Low Back Pain in Middle-Aged Farmers: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022
Objective To investigate the association of trunk fat and muscle composition, lumbar disc space narrowing, and low back pain in middle-aged farmers. Methods Fat and muscle areas were identified using standard Hounsfield unit ranges for adipose tissue and
Sora Baek, Hee-won Park, Gowun Kim
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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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Fat free mass index and fat mass index tracing on body composition chart in diabetes adolescent girls [PDF]

International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2015
Aims The prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes is increasing, and the impact of obesity on diabetes manifestation should be considered in management of type 1 diabetes children. There are some cases difficult to categorize into certain type in pediatric diabetic patients in the era of acceleration.
Chung, Sochung, Park, Hye, Kwak, Byung, Kim, Kyo   +3 more
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Body Fat Distribution, Overweight, and Cardiac Structures in School‐Age Children: A Population‐Based Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Adiposity is associated with larger left ventricular mass in children and adults. The role of body fat distribution in these associations is not clear.
Liza Toemen, Susana Santos, Arno A. Roest, Gavro Jelic, Aad van der Lugt, Janine F. Felix, Willem A. Helbing, Romy Gaillard, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe   +8 more
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Reference Norms for a Fat-free Mass Index and Fat Mass Index in the Japanese Child Population

Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science, 2003
The aims of this study were to determine reference norms for a fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) in a large population of healthy children in Japan, to observe differences in these values in three age groups between ages three and eleven, and to develop percentile distributions for these parameters.
Takehira, Nakao, Shuichi, Komiya
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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. Body composition parameters such as body fat percentage (BF%), fat mass (FM), FM index (FMI), fat-free mass (FFM), and FFM index (FFMI) are ...
Aparajita Priyadarshini, Snigdha Mishra, Pradip 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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Association of fat mass index versus appendicular lean mass index with physical function – The Yishun Study

Aging and Health Research, 2022
Background: Increase in body fat and reduced muscle mass are common body composition changes with age and precedes functional impairment. However, it remains unclear whether increased adiposity or less lean mass is a stronger determinant of worse ...
Nien Xiang Tou, Shiou Liang Wee, Benedict Wei Jun Pang, Lay Khoon Lau, Khalid Abdul Jabbar, Wei Ting Seah, Kenneth Kexun Chen, Tze Pin Ng   +7 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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Reference curves of the body fat index in adolescents and their association with anthropometric variables

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2015
Objectives: To develop reference curves for the body fat index (BFI) in the pediatric population, in adolescents from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and verify their association with body mass index and body fat percentage.
Renata Rago Frignani, Maria Aparecida Zanetti Passos, Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Sheila Rejane Niskier, Mauro Fisberg, Isa de Pádua Cintra   +5 more
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