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Association between the weight-adjusted waist index and age-related macular degeneration in US adults aged≥40 years: the NHANES 2005–2008

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectiveThe association between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in US adults aged 40 years and older is unknown.
Yuting Wu, Yuting Wu, Yuxin Liu, Yuxin Liu, Ziman Jiao, Ziman Jiao, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Haiyu Li, Haiyu Li, Yunhao Zhou, Guanghui Liu, Guanghui Liu   +12 more
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Weight-adjusted-waist index is associated with urinary albumin-creatinine ratio in normal body mass index adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2001–2018

Scientific Reports
Obesity promotes chronic kidney disease and albuminuria. Whether weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) is correlated with albuminuria reflected by urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) in normal body mass index (BMI) population and the effect of ...
Pengjie Gao, Danni Wang, Yan Zhuo, Kamila Kamili, Xiyang Li, Suining Xu, Gang Tian   +6 more
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PROPOSAL TO STUDY ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF REDUCING SOIL EROSION IN ALBANIA [PDF]

Soil erosion and associated nonpoint pollution are critical problems affecting the economic welfare, food security, and public health of Albania. Nearly 60 million tons of sediment are deposited by Albanian rivers into the Adriatic Sea each year.
Bockheim, James G.
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21st-century scholarship and Wikipedia [PDF]

, 2012
Wikipedia, the world’s fifth most-used Web site, is a good illustration of the growing credibility of online resources. In his article in Ariadne earlier this year, “Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Academic Acceptance”, Brian Whalley described the ...
Thomas, Amber
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Correlation between weight-adjusted-waist index and hypertension in the US population: based on data from NHANES 2005–2018

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the association between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and the prevalence of hypertension in U.S. adults.MethodsData were sourced from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning
Anwu Huang, Bin Lin, Zhuyin Jia, Xiaojun Ji, Yalong Chen   +4 more
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Mediation by the dietary inflammatory index in the association between the weight-adjusted waist index and stroke: Insights from NHANES 2003–2018

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: Obesity is a significant risk factor for stroke, and the novel index Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI) provides a more accurate representation of fat distribution, which has been linked to stroke risk.
Zhengjin Luo, Yufeng Xu
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Take Off to Superiority: The Evolution & Impact of U.S. Aircraft in War [PDF]

, 2019
Military aviation has become a staple in the way wars are fought, and ultimately, won. This research paper takes a look at the ways that aviation has evolved and impacted wars across the U.S. history timeline.
Weidner, Lane
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Longitudinal relationship between baseline Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and stroke risk over 8 years in Chinese adults aged 45 and older: a prospective cohort study

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThis study explores the longitudinal relationship between the Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI), an innovative obesity metric, and stroke incidence in aged 45 and older Chinese adults.MethodsData from 9,725 individuals aged 45 years and older ...
Xiaoqiang Li, Xiangmao Zhou, Hui Du, Hui Wang, Zhijian Tan, Yaqing Zeng, Zhibin Song, Guifeng Zhang   +7 more
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A ‘Strange Death’ Foretold (or the Not So ‘Strange Death’ of Liberal Wales): Liberal Decline, the Labour Ascendancy and Electoral Politics in South Wales, 1922-1924 [PDF]

, 2012
This essay revisits debates concerning the rapid decline of the historic and once powerful Liberal Party and its replacement by the Labour Party as the main anti-Conservative, progressive party of the state around the fulcrum of the First World War.
Meredith, Stephen Clive
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Association Between Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and Emphysema in Adults in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study Involving 44,949 Participants

Advances in Respiratory Medicine
Background: The relationship between obesity and respiratory diseases has been widely explored. In this context, the Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI) has emerged as a novel metric for assessing visceral fat.
Hui Cheng, Ziheng Yang, Jiateng Guo, Yukun Zu, Fan Li, Bo Zhao   +5 more
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