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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 +4 more
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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 +7 more
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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 ...
Pradip Kumar Behera +2 more
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Do the effects of vitamin d supplementation on muscle strength differ according to age? [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: Vitamin D plays an important role in musculoskeletal health and its use improves muscle strength. However, the effect of vitamin D use on muscle strength in women of different ages is yet to be investigated.
Bilgilisoy Filiz, M. +6 more
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Computed tomography measures of nutrition in patients with end-stage liver disease provide a novel approach to characterize deficits [PDF]
, 2018 Aim Patients with cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease (ESLD) develop severe nutrition deficits that impact on morbidity and mortality. Laboratory measures of nutrition fail to fully assess clinical deficits in muscle mass and fat stores.
Bush, Weston J. +5 more
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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 +5 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 +3 more
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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 +7 more
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, 2017 Background Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is an established technique for the measurement of body composition. Reference values for these variables, particularly those related to fat mass, are necessary for interpretation and accurate ...
Finch, Holmes W. +6 more
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, 1954 Objective To examine whether first trimester fetal growth restriction correlates with cardiovascular outcomes in childhood. Design Population based prospective cohort study. Setting City of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Participants 1184 children
Franco, Oscar +5 more
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