Glucosamine/Chondroitin and Mortality in a US NHANES Cohort [PDF]
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine, 2020 Limited previous studies in the United Kingdom or a single US state have demonstrated an association between intake of glucosamine/chondroitin and mortality. This study sought to investigate the association between regular consumption of glucosamine/chondroitin and overall and cardiovascular (CVD) mortality in a national sample of US adults.Combined ...
Jun Xiang, Dana E. King
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Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2018 Background: Exposure to hypoxia at high altitude is increasingly being recognized as a risk factor for hypertension. Objective: To compare the prevalence of hypertension in Indigenous Argentinean children living at high altitude with that reported in the
Valeria Hirschler +4 more
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Underperformance in affluence: the remarkable relative decline in American heights in the second half of the 20th-century [PDF]
, 2006 Objective: We use the complete set of NHES and NHANES data collected between 1959 and 2004 in order to construct trends for the physical stature of the non-Hispanic white and black US adult population and compare them to those of Western- and Northern ...
Komlos, John, Lauderdale, Benjamin E.
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Integrated NHANES: Uses in National Policy [PDF]
The Journal of Nutrition, 2003 The National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program (NNMRRP) arose from Congressional concern about lack of information regarding the occurrence in the American population of undernutrition and diet-related risk factors for chronic diseases.
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Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry positioning protocols in assessing body composition: A systematic review of the literature:A systematic review of the literature [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVES: To systematically identify and assess methods and protocols used to reduce technical and biological errors in published studies that have investigated reliability of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for assessing body composition ...
Climstein, Michael +7 more
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Biomarkers of folate status in NHANES: a roundtable summary [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011 A roundtable to discuss the measurement of folate status biomarkers in NHANES took place in July 2010. NHANES has measured serum folate since 1974 and red blood cell (RBC) folate since 1978 with the use of several different measurement procedures. Data on serum 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5MTHF) and folic acid (FA) concentrations in persons aged ≥60 y ...
Clifford L. Johnson +35 more
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Is urinary incontinence associated with sedentary behaviour in older women? Analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common geriatric syndrome associated with physical and cognitive impairments. The association between type of UI and sedentary behaviour (SB) has not been explored. AIM: To determine association between moderate-
Booth, Joanne +5 more
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An improved algorithm to harmonize child overweight and obesity prevalence rates
Pediatric Obesity, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 Summary Background Prevalence rates of child overweight and obesity for a group of children vary depending on the BMI reference and cut‐off used. Previously we developed an algorithm to convert prevalence rates based on one reference to those based on another.
Tim J. Cole, Tim Lobstein
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Associations between dietary carotenoid intakes and the risk of depressive symptoms
Food & Nutrition Research, 2020 Background: Dietary factors play an important role in the development of depressive symptoms. Carotenoids have effective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, but few studies have explored the associations between dietary carotenoid intake and ...
Honghan Ge +3 more
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The change in weight perception of weight status among the overweight: comparison of NHANES III (1988�1994) and 1999�2004 NHANES [PDF]
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2008 This study seeks to determine whether perception of weight status among the overweight has changed with the increasing overweight/obesity prevalence.The perception of weight status was compared between overweight participants (BMI between 25.0-29.9 kg/m2) from NHANES III (1988-1994) and overweight participants from NHANES 1999-2004.
Wendy L. Johnson-Taylor +4 more
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