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Regulation of lean mass, bone mass, and exercise tolerance by the central melanocortin system. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Signaling via the type 4-melanocortin receptor (MC4R) is an important determinant of body weight in mice and humans, where loss of function mutations lead to significant obesity.
Theodore P Braun +8 more
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Large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies five loci for lean body mass [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2017 Lean body mass is a highly heritable trait and is associated with various health conditions. Here, Kiel and colleagues perform a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for whole body lean body mass and find five novel genetic loci to be ...
M. Carola Zillikens +192 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 ObjectiveTo investigate the association between ultra-processed food consumption at 23–25 years of age and measurements of body composition–fat mass, fat mass distribution and lean mass at 37–39 years of age in Brazilian adults.Methods1978/1979 birth ...
Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff +11 more
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Nutritional Status of Maintenance Dialysis Patients: Low Lean Body Mass Index and Obesity Are Common, Protein-Energy Wasting Is Uncommon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Maintenance dialysis patients are at increased risk of abnormal nutritional status due to numerous causative factors, both nutritional and non-nutritional.
Mette Koefoed +6 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Background and aimsSarcopenia has been demonstrated to be closely associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, whether there are causal relationships between sarcopenia and NAFLD remains undetermined.
Ze-Hua Zhao +6 more
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Pharmacology of manipulating lean body mass [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 2014 SummaryDysfunction and wasting of skeletal muscle as a consequence of illness decreases the length and quality of life. Currently, there are few, if any, effective treatments available to address these conditions. Hence, the existence of this unmet medical need has fuelled large scientific efforts.
Sepulveda, Patricio V +2 more
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Effects of once-weekly semaglutide vs once-daily canagliflozin on body composition in type 2 diabetes:a substudy of the SUSTAIN 8 randomised, controlled clinical trial [PDF]
, 2020 Aims/hypothesis: Intra-abdominal or visceral obesity is associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to compare the effects of semaglutide 1.0 mg and canagliflozin 300 mg on body composition in a ...
Catarig, Andrei-Mircea +6 more
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Pathways to interleukin-6 in healthy males and serious leisure male athletes: physical activity, body composition and age. [PDF]
, 2012 Physical activity (PA) is beneficial to overall health, in part due to physiological changes that lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including reduced inflammation. However, the mechanism by which PA reduces inflammation is unclear.
Brecht, Mary-Lynn +2 more
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Journal of Mid-Life Health, 2021 Objective: This study was conducted to assess lean body mass, body fat percentage, and handgrip strength in the prediction of bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women.
Khatri Om Prakash +2 more
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International Journal of Endocrinology, 2022 Objective. This study aimed at investigating the dynamic changes in the body weight and body composition in a group of patients with Graves’ disease undergoing radioiodine therapy. Methods.
Zhenqin Cai, Qiyu Chen, Yan Ling
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