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Effect of an individually tailored one-year energy balance programme on body weight, body composition and lifestyle in recent retirees: a cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2010
Background The increased prevalence of overweight and obesity warrants preventive actions, particularly among people in transitional stages associated with lifestyle changes, such as occupational retirement.
Albertine J Schuit, Werkman Andrea, Kok, F.J., Schuit, A.J., Evert G Schouten, Hulshof Paul JM, Kremers, S.P., Kremers, S.P.J., Werkman, A.M., Hulshof, P.J.M., Andrea Werkman, Schuit Albertine J, Stafleu, A., Werkman, A, Annette Stafleu, Kremers Stef PJ, Schouten Evert G, Werkman, A., Hulshof, P.J., Stafleu Annette, Paul JM Hulshof, Schouten, E.G., Kok Frans J, Frans J Kok, Stef PJ Kremers   +24 more
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Body mass index a better predictor of insulin resistance than waist circumference in normoglycemics [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is the most common method of measuring obesity. Many studies have reported that waist circumference is a stronger predictor of insulin resistance in non-type 2 diabetes.
B.L. Preethi, K.M. Prasannakumar, Vijay Culmalgae   +2 more
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Personalised measures of obesity using waist to height ratios from an Australian health screening program

Digital Health, 2019
Objectives The aim of the current study is to generate waist circumference to height ratio cut-off values for obesity categories from a model of the relationship between body mass index and waist circumference to height ratio.
Herbert F Jelinek, Andrew Stranieri, Andrew Yatsko, Sitalakshmi Venkatraman   +3 more
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Neck Circumference May Be a Better Alternative to Standard Anthropometric Measures

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016
This paper evaluates neck circumference as a metabolic risk marker. Overweight/obese, nondiabetic Hispanics, 40–65 years old, who are free of major cardiovascular diseases, were recruited for the San Juan Overweight Adults Longitudinal Study (SOALS ...
Kaumudi Joshipura, Francisco Muñoz-Torres, José Vergara, Cristina Palacios, Cynthia M. Pérez   +4 more
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Cut-off points for anthropometric indices of adiposity: differential classification in a large population of young women

, 2009
Anthropometric indices of adiposity include BMI, waist circumference and waist:height ratio. In the recruitment phase of a prospective cohort study carried out between 1998 and 2002 we studied a population sample of 11 786 white Caucasian non-pregnant ...
Jackson, Alan A., Duggleby, Sarah L., Robinson, Siân M., Godfrey, Keith M., Inskip, Hazel M.   +4 more
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The Relationship of Waist Circumference with the Morbidity of Cardiovascular Diseases and All-Cause Mortality in Metabolically Healthy Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background: This study explores the relationship between waist circumference and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and all-cause mortality in metabolically healthy individuals.
Yue Su, Jinyu Sun, Ying Zhou, Wei Sun
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Associations of Lifestyle‐Related Factors and Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity: The Dutch South West Psoriatic Arthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to investigate lifestyle‐related factors in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and their association with disease activity measurements. Methods This multicenter cohort included 938 patients who were newly diagnosed with PsA between 2013 and 2023.
Batoul Hojeij, Ilja Tchetverikov, Marc R. Kok, Marijn Vis, Yvonne Goekoop‐Ruiterman, Jessica Bijsterbosch, Paul Baudoin, Reinhard Bos, Jos H. van der Kaap, Petra Kok, Lindy‐Anne Korswagen, Jolanda J. Luime   +11 more
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Abdominal obesity and the prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Chinese adults

, 2009
Objective: To assess the association of indicators of general and abdominal obesity with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and intermediate hyperglycaemia (IHG) in the Chinese population.
Yang, X., Feskens, E.J.M., Veer, P., van 't, He, Y., Zhai, F., Fu, P., van 't Veer, P., Zhang, J., Ma, G.   +8 more
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Considerations in establishing a post-mortem brain and tissue bank for the study of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a proposed protocol. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Our aim, having previously investigated through a qualitative study involving extensive discussions with experts and patients the issues involved in establishing and maintaining a disease specific brain and tissue bank for myalgic ...
Lacerda, Eliana M, Hall, Alison, Djordje Gveric, Dominic G O’Donovan, O'Donovan, Dominic G, Luis Nacul, Derek Pheby, Goldring, Kirstin, Nacul, Luis, Eliana M Lacerda, Gveric, Djordje, Alison Hall, Erinna Bowman, Bowman, Erinna, Kirstin Goldring, Pheby, Derek   +15 more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: A Case Cohort Analysis From ELSA‐Brasil

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada, Marcos Rafael N. Cavalcante, Itamar de Souza Santos, Márcio S. Bittencourt, Vandrize Meneghini, Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor   +7 more
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