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Obesity anthropometric indicators associated with cardiometabolic risk in Portuguese children and adolescents

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between cardiometabolic risk with body mass index and skinfold independently or in combination in youth. This cross-sectional study comprised a convenience sample of 450 children and adolescents (
Anelise Reis Gaya, Caroline Brand, Arieli Fernandes Dias, Adroaldo Cezar Araujo Gaya, Vanilson Batista Lemes, Jorge Mota   +5 more
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Effect of body composition methodology on heritability estimation of body fatness [PDF]

, 2012
Heritability estimates of human body fatness vary widely and the contribution of body composition methodology to this variability is unknown. The effect of body composition methodology on estimations of genetic and environmental contributions to body ...
Bouchard, Thomas J., Das, Sai Krupa, Dawson-Hughes, Bess, Elder, Sonya J., Fuss, Paul J., Greenberg, Andrew S., Heymsfield, Steven B., McCrory, Megan A., Neale, Michael C., Pittas, Anastassios G., Roberts, Susan B., Saltzman, Edward   +11 more
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Association between serum bicarbonate and low mid‐upper arm circumference in patients with non‐dialysis‐dependent chronic kidney disease: A cross‐sectional study

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Although previous experimental studies showed that metabolic acidosis promoted muscle catabolism and impaired protein synthesis, few epidemiological studies reported an independent association between serum bicarbonate levels and muscle atrophy in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Nobuhisa Morimoto, Shintaro Mandai, Tamami Fujiki, Fumiaki Ando, Takayasu Mori, Koichiro Susa, Shotaro Naito, Eisei Sohara, Tatsuhiko Anzai, Kunihiko Takahashi, Wataru Akita, Akihito Ohta, Shinichi Uchida, Soichiro Iimori   +13 more
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Tracking patterns of body mass index and triceps skinfold thickness from childhood to young adulthood: a 12-year prospective cohort study in Slovenia [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To examine tracking patterns of body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), height and weight from childhood to young adulthood in a rapidly developing society.DESIGN: Prospective 12-year cohort study of the Slovenian children ...
Gregor Starc, Janko Strel
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Angiogenesis in tissue engineering : Breathing life into constructed tissue substitutes [PDF]

, 2006
Long-term function of three-dimensional (3D) tissue constructs depends on adequate vascularization after implantation. Accordingly, research in tissue engineering has focused on the analysis of angiogenesis.
Amon, Michaela, Carvalho, Carlos, Farhadi, Jian, Germann, Gunter, Haeufel, Joerg M., Harder, Yves, Heberer, Michael, Junker, Dominic, Laschke, Matthias W., Martin, Ivan, Menger, Michael D., Ring, Andrej, Ruecker, Martin, Schramm, Rene, Torio-Padron, Nestor, Vollmar, Brigitte   +15 more
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Interrelationships among handgrip strength, body composition, physical activity, and quality of life in adults with cystic fibrosis: A cross‐sectional study

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background In individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF), lean mass and muscle strength are important predictors of clinical outcomes. This study evaluated associations among body composition, handgrip strength, muscle quality, physical activity, and health‐related quality of life in CF. Methods This observational, cross‐sectional study included 27
Benjamin H. Crain, Carly Harris, Moriah P. Bellissimo, Lucia A. Gonzalez Ramirez, Elizabeth A. Ivie, William R. Hunt, Vin Tangpricha, Thomas R. Ziegler, Ryan A. Harris, Jessica A. Alvarez   +9 more
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Incidence of Obesity Among Mentally Retarded Children [PDF]

, 1985
An international survey of professionals in the field of mental retardation was conducted to determine significant research priorities in the education of students with mild retardation.
Fox, Robert A., Hartney, Constanz W., Kurpiers, Elke M., Rotatori, Anthony F.   +3 more
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Maternal Obesity, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Offspring's Body Mass Index Trajectories From Birth to Age 6 Years: Glucose in Relation to Women and Babies' Health (GrownB) Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine whether offspring born to mothers with overweight/obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or both exhibit different body mass index (BMI) trajectories from birth to 6 years old. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting The Glucose in Relation to Women and Babies' Health (GrownB) Study at the University of California,
Cheng‐Tzu Hsieh, Xinyue Liu, Xiang Li, Rana F. Chehab, Yeyi Zhu, Liwei Chen   +5 more
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CORRELATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL FITNESS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN

Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2019
Handgrip strength and standing long jump are one of the health related fitness components that measure the musculoskeletal fitness. The more active children will perform the better the physical fitness.
Eka Roina Megawati
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Anthropometric Parameters in Celiac Disease: A Review on the Different Evaluation Methods and Disease Effects [PDF]

, 2019
Artigo completo publicado em periódicoThis review compiled anthropometric data from 29 original articles, published between 1995 and 2015, corresponding to a total sample of 6368 celiac disease subjects.
Brito, Gleisson Alisson Pereira de, Costa, Allysson   +1 more
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