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Anthropometric Changes Over Five Years in Older Adults and its Association with Demographic Characteristics, Muscle Strength and Comorbid Disorders: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background and purpose: Anthropometric measures are of great importance in evaluating older adult health. This study was carried out to examine five-year changes in anthropometric indices of older adults and its association with demographic ...
Simin Mouodi, Shaghayegh Khandan, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Reza Ghadimi, Ali Bijani   +4 more
doaj  

Comparison of Anthropometric Measurements that Effectively Associated with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2015
Objective: To find an anthropometric indicator that can effectively be associated with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in PSGIMSR, Coimbatore.
K. Deepalakshmi, A. Murali, Anil C Mathew, R. Nagashree   +3 more
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Association of anthropometric indices of obesity with hypertension among public employees in northern Ethiopia: findings from a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The burden of hypertension is increasing in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. Obesity is widely known to be associated with hypertension, but different anthropometric indices of obesity might differ in association with hypertension ...
Hiroshi Yatsuya, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Chifa Chiang, Atsuko Aoyama, Lemlem Weldegerima Gebremariam, Esayas Haregot Hilawe   +5 more
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Waist-hip ratio versus total fat percentage.

, 2013
Female and male survivors in the upper quadrant corner, marked by the red respectively the blue lines, are classified as non-obese by waist-hip ratio, but as obese by total fat percentage.
Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink (104112), Patric J. D. Delhanty (245090), Aart-Jan van der Lely (245129), Karin Blijdorp (311804), Sebastian J. C. M. M. Neggers (294077), Annemieke M. Boot (311805), Rob Pieters (294079)   +6 more
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Cardiometabolic Health and Risk of Breast Cancer Subtypes Among US Black Women

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the United States (US), cardiometabolic conditions and aggressive breast cancers are both more common among Black women than White women. Using data from 57,453 participants in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), we prospectively evaluated associations of body mass index (BMI), Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia with
Yifei Shan, Sarah M. Rothbard, Lynn Rosenberg, Julie R. Palmer, Mollie E. Barnard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the relationship between anthropometric indices and visceral adipose tissue: A cross-sectional study in a Qatari population

Journal of International Medical Research
Objective To evaluate how body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio reflect visceral adipose tissue as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and how these associations differ by sex and age in a Qatari ...
Rawan Ajeen, Karam I Turk-Adawi, Alice S Ammerman, John A Batsis, Shu Wen Ng, Linda S Adair   +5 more
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Pola makan, rasio lingkar pinggang pinggul (RLPP) dan tekanan darah di Puskesmas Mergangsan Yogyakarta

Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia, 2009
Background: Dietary pattern has changed in almost all over the world that nowadays people consume high fat and low fiber diet. These changes are responsible for the increased obesity problems in community.
Putu Diah Ernitasari, Bambang Djarwoto, Tri Siswati   +2 more
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Anthropometric measures and blood pressure of Greenlandic preschool children

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
The study aims to describe anthropometric data of Greenlandic preschool children, blood pressure (BP) measures and effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy in a follow-up of the ACCEPT birth cohort.
Magnus Kok Grouleff, Maria Wielsøe, Dina Berthelsen, Gert Mulvad, Silvia Isidor, Manhai Long, Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preferences for body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio do not vary with observer age

, 2008
. Several studies have suggested that mate selection strategies alter with age, but the mechanism of this shift in mate strategy is unclear. Two possibilities suggest themselves. The first is that attractiveness preferences themselves alter, compensating
Swami, V., Tovee, M.J., Viren Swami, Cornelissen, P.L., Piers L. Cornelissen, Martin, Hannah R. George, George, H.R., Martin J. Tovée, J. Tovée   +9 more
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Lifestyle Factors Associated With Colorectal Adenomas: Results From a Vietnamese Case–Control Study

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer in Vietnam, evidence on lifestyle factors associated with colorectal adenomas (CRA) remains limited. We conducted a case–control study to examine lifestyle factors associated with CRA.
Chi Thi‐Du Tran, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Mo Thi Tran, Huong Thi‐Thu Pham, Hung Nguyen Luu, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Linh Cu Le   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source