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Sex Differences in the Association Between Measures of General and Central Adiposity and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction: Results From the UK Biobank

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
BackgroundThere are substantial differences in the distribution of adipose tissue between women and men. We assessed the sex‐specific relationships and their differences between measures of general and central adiposity and the risk of incident ...
Sanne A. E. Peters, Sophie H. Bots, Mark Woodward   +2 more
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Hubungan Antara Whr Dengan Kadar Hs-crp Serum Pada Mahasiswa Obes Dan Tidak Obes Di Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado [PDF]

, 2013
: Central obesity is recognized as a major factor that associated with increased risk for some chronic diseases. Waist to hip ratio described the increase in visceral adipose tissue and subcutaneous fat on waist circumference and hip circumference.C ...
Bolang, A. S. (Alexander), Kawengian, S. E. (Shirley), Toreh, E. (Ezra)   +2 more
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Screening, characterising and assessing malnutrition in the hospital setting: A large‐scale point prevalence survey

Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To assess the prevalence of undernutrition, overnutrition, and simultaneous malnutrition in a hospital setting, as well as undernutrition risk and dietetic intervention rates. Methods A point prevalence survey was conducted annually from 2016 to 2024 (excluding 2020–2021 due to Coronavirus Disease 2019) across three metropolitan health ...
Kate Connell, Andrea Elliott, Emma McShane, Andrea Bramley, Lauren Hanna, Kate Furness   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Periodontitis and metabolic diseases (diabetes and obesity): Tackling multimorbidity

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are multifactorial, long‐term, chronic conditions that represent a burden to health‐care systems worldwide as they can only be controlled rather than cured; hence, they require long‐term care. With the exponential increase in NCDs, the occurrence of individuals presenting with more than one chronic disease is ...
Crystal Marruganti, Jean E. Suvan, Francesco D'Aiuto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations of cannabis use, tobacco use and co‐use with brain volume: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide and is often co‐used with tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death. Although cannabis and tobacco have distinct neurobiological actions, their associations with brain volumes are unclear.
Katherine Sawyer, Tom P. Freeman, Martine Skumlien, Esther Walton, Thomas Lancaster, Jorien L. Treur, Valentina Lorenzetti, Anna K. M. Blackwell, Chloe Burke, Richie J. Carr, Constantinos Constantinides, Maisie Cox, Sarah Dance, Shadi Daryan, Sorcha Hamilton, Tom Jenkins, Gemma M. J. Taylor   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Residential proximity to major roadways and prevalent hypertension among postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative San Diego Cohort. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundLiving near major roadways has been linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events and worse prognosis. Residential proximity to major roadways may also be associated with increased risk of hypertension, but few studies have evaluated this
Adams, Marc A, Allison, Matthew A, Eaton, Charles B, Eliot, Melissa N, Kerr, Jacqueline, Kirwa, Kipruto, Morgan, Cindy G, Norman, Gregory J, Wang, Yi, Wellenius, Gregory A   +9 more
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Serum vitamin D levels, diabetes and cardio-metabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]

, 2014
Assesses levels of serum 25(OH)D in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and explores relationships between 25(OH)D and cardio-metabolic risk factors and diabetes.
Alan Cass, Andrew Ellis, Ashim Sinha, George Jerums, Graham R.D. Jones, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Kerin O', Louise J. Maple-Brown, Paul Lawton, Richard J. MacIsaac, Zhong X. Lu   +11 more
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Association of pasta consumption with body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio: results from Moli-sani and INHES studies [PDF]

, 2016
George Pounis, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Simona Costanzo, Mariarosaria Persichillo, Marialaura Bonaccio, Americo Bonanni, Chiara Cerletti, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello, on behalf of the Moli-sani and INHES investigators   +10 more
openalex   +1 more source

Multifactorial determinants of male genital measurements: Correlations of stretched penile length and anogenital distance with anthropometric parameters

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The stretched penile length is recognized as the most reliable measure of true penile size, this fact is not widely acknowledged, and societal myths often associate penile length with other anthropometric measurements. While markers of prenatal androgen exposure, such as anogenital distance and the second‐to‐fourth digit ratio (2D ...
Coşkun Kaya, Mehmet Erhan Aydın, Aykut Aykaç, Sevda Sungur, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Values of Anthropometric Measurements for Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases Among 44 048 Chinese

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background The predictive value of adiposity indices and the newly developed index for cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unclear in the Chinese population.
Jia Liu, Lap Ah Tse, Zhiguang Liu, Sumathy Rangarajan, Bo Hu, Lu Yin, Darryl P. Leong, Wei Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source