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Association of Acute Coronary Syndrome with Waist Hip Ratio in Local Population of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan

Journal of Islamic International Medical College, 2021
Objective: To determine the frequency and association of waist-hip ratio with acute coronary syndrome in local population of Islamabad, Pakistan. Study Design: Analytical cross-sectional.
Hesham Naeem , Farrah Qayyum , Hina Qayyum , Saba Murad , Zara Khalid
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Waist-to-hip ratio and mortality in heart failure [PDF]

, 2018
Aims: A higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with better survival in heart failure (HF) patients, also known as the obesity paradox. However, BMI does not account for body composition.
Assarsson, Aune, Clark, Clark, Emdin, Ferreira, Han, Kaur, Komajda, Koster, Lavie, Lavie, Li, Manolopoulos, Nymo, Olivier, Ouwerkerk, Palmer, Parissis, Paulus, Perrone-Filardi, Piepoli, Pischon, Ponikowski, Ritchie, Rose, Russo, Santema, See, Selvaraj, Shah, Sharma, Tamariz, Tsujimoto, Voors, Voors, Weschenfelder   +36 more
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The impact of confounding on the associations of different adiposity measures with the incidence of cardiovascular disease: a cohort study of 296 535 adults of white European descent [PDF]

, 2018
Aims: The data regarding the associations of body mass index (BMI) with cardiovascular (CVD) risk, especially for those at the low categories of BMI, are conflicting. The aim of our study was to examine the associations of body composition (assessed by
Anderson, Jana, Celis-Morales, Carlos A., Gill, Jason M.R., Gray, Stuart R., Iliodromiti, Stamatina, Lyall, Donald M., Mackay, Daniel F., Nelson, Scott M., Pell, Jill P., Sattar, Naveed, Welsh, Paul   +10 more
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Correlation of Blood Pressure with Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and Waist by Hip Ratio

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2019
Background: The Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and Waist by Hip ratio have linear relation with increase in blood pressure. This study will correlate blood pressure with these anthropometric measures in normal subjects to find out the subtle ...
Sonam Chaudhary, Munna Alam, Surjit Singh, Sajana Deuja, Poonam Karmacharya, Monami Mondal   +5 more
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Correlation of Body Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio with Severity and Complications of Hyperlipidemic Acute Pancreatitis in Chinese Patients

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2017
Hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HLAP) is characterized by critical condition and high recurrence rate compared with non-HLAP. We conducted this study to investigate the value of body mass index and waist-hip ratio in predicting severity and local ...
Lixin Yang, Jing Liu, Yun Xing, Lichuan Du, Jing Chen, Xin Liu, Jianyu Hao   +6 more
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Neck and Wrist Circumferences Propose a Reliable Approach to Qualify Obesity and Insulin Resistance

Medicine Science, 2014
Objective of this study is to evaluate the association of neck circumference and wrist circumference with traditional abdominal and general obesity measurement parameters, insulin resistance, insulin resistance-related factors such as blood lipids ...
Banu Taskiran Tatar, Canan Ersoy, Turgut Kacan, Emine Kirhan, Emre Sarandol, Deniz Sigirli, Selen Kacan, Celaleddin Demircan, Sazi Imamoglu   +8 more
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Outcomes and safety of concomitant topiramate or metformin for antipsychotics-induced obesity: a randomized-controlled trial

Annals of General Psychiatry, 2020
Background Although there are some existing data describing the usage of topiramate in patients with antipsychotic-induced obesity, study on its comparison with metformin is limited. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness and safety of concomitant
Congjie Wang, Wenjie Shi, Jianyang Xu, Chengbing Huang, Jiannan Zhu   +4 more
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Differences in physical activity time-use composition associated with cardiometabolic risks [PDF]

, 2019
This study investigates the association between the overall physical activity composition of the day (sedentary behavior (SB), light intensity physical activity (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)) and cardiometabolic health, and ...
Chastin, S.F.M., Dall, P.M., McGregor, D. E., Palarea-Albaladejo, J., Stamatakis, E.   +4 more
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Abdominal obesity and digestive system cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The diagnostic criteria for abdominal obesity are usually waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio. The magnitude of the risks for cancers of the digestive system and abdominal obesity is unknown. To assess whether abdominal obesity increases
Xue Li, Yajun Lian, Weiwei Ping, Kunbo Wang, Lingyan Jiang, Shaoxia Li   +5 more
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Lower body design of the ‘iCub’ a human-baby like crawling robot [PDF]

, 2006
The development of robotic cognition and a greater understanding of human cognition form two of the current greatest challenges of science. Within the RobotCub project the goal is the development of an embodied robotic child (iCub) with the physical and ...
Becchi, F, Caldwell, DG, Metta, G, Sandini, G, Sinclair, MD, Tsagarakis, NG   +5 more
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