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A critical test of the waist-to-hip ratio hypothesis of women's physical attractiveness in Britain and Greece

, 2006
Body mass index (BMI) and body shape as measured by the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) have been reported to be the major cues to women's bodily attractiveness.
Swami, V., Tovee, M.J., Antonakopoulos, N., Furnham, A.   +3 more
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Efficacy of CPAP Therapy on Liver Steatosis and Insulin Resistance in Fatty Liver Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A 4‐Year Follow‐Up Cohort Study

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are comorbid conditions that synergistically increase cardiovascular risk through systemic inflammation and insulin resistance. While continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the standard treatment for OSA, its efficacy in improving hepatic ...
Hsiao‐Chin Shen, Yen‐Hsun Huang, Tzu‐Hao Li, Chih‐Hsun Wu, Yu‐Wei Lee, Hsiao‐Yun Yeh, Hung‐Cheng Tsai, Chien‐Wei Su, Kun‐Ta Chou, Ying‐Ying Yang, Ming‐Chih Hou   +10 more
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Associations of the Baseline Level and Change in Triglyceride Glucose‐Body Roundness Index With Cardiovascular Diseases: Two Large Prospective Cohorts in Europe and Asia

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the association of baseline and changes of TyG‐BRI with incident CVD based on the UK Biobank and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). A total of 418,510 and 7923 individuals from the UK Biobank and CHARLS were included in Analysis 1 (baseline TyG‐BRI with CVD risk).
Wen‐Yang Han, Yi‐Qun Li, Pin‐Ni Yang, Yi‐Ming Jia, Lu‐Lu Sun, Rui‐Rui Wang, Meng‐Yao Shi, Xiao‐Wei Zheng, Yong‐Hong Zhang, Zheng‐Bao Zhu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparision between body mass index and abdominal obesity for the screening for diabetes in healthy individuals

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
Aim: To study about the usefulness of Waist-Height Ratio as a clinical marker in patients with Metabolic Syndrome. Materials and Methods: A clinic-based study of patients attending a secondary level Diabetic Clinic and correlation of their Anthropometry ...
S Gopinath, B Amirtha Ganesh, K Manoj, Rubiya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leave-one-out plots for causality analysis of waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index on TB.

Leave-one-out plots for causality analysis of waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index on TB.
Nuannuan Cai (18283822), Weiyan Luo (18283825), Lijin Chen (8486022), Yuanjiang Huang (18283828), Lili Ding (759980)   +4 more
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Men's preferences for women's profile waist-to-hip ratio, breast size, and ethnic group in Britain and South Africa

, 2009
One particular aspect of the literature on preferences for female body shapes has focused on the purported universality of preferences for a low waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), despite substantial evidence of cross-cultural variability in such preferences.
Einon, D., Swami, V., Jones, J., Furnham, A.   +3 more
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Functional Characterization of CYP26B1 Short Isoform as a Novel Locus for Obesity in Indigenous Americans From Arizona

Obesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To identify heritable factors that affect BMI among Indigenous Americans, we previously conducted a genome‐wide association study using 7.9 million imputed genetic variants from 6789 participants. This study sought to identify a mechanistic link between variants with the strongest association with BMI and adipocyte metabolism ...
Fehmida Farid Khan, Michael Traurig, Kendrick Freeland, Robert L. Hanson, Paolo Piaggi, Leslie J. Baier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of anthropometric measures of obesity and chronic kidney disease in elderly women

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2016
Introduction and objective Growing evidence suggests that obesity is an important contributor to the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Andrzej Jaroszynski, Tadeusz Dereziński, Anna Jaroszyńska, Tomasz Zapolski, Beata Wąsikowska, Andrzej Wysokiński, Arkadiusz Jawień, Wojciech Załuska, Andrzej Horoch   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waist-to-hip ratio, attractiveness and gender discrimination

, 2011
Women with lower waist-to-hip ratio are considered more attractive to the men. It is suggested that attractiveness is related to the sexual dimorphism of body fat distribution in gluteofemoral region.
F Pazhoohi, Pazhoohi, F
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Lung Restriction From Childhood Is Associated With Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Middle‐Age

Respirology, EarlyView.
Presence of lung restriction may raise the suspicion of obstructive sleep apnoea in middle‐age, and vice versa. Investigating for one when the other is present could be beneficial to detect undiagnosed morbidity. ABSTRACT Background and Objective Whether lifetime lung function trajectories and spirometry patterns are associated with Obstructive Sleep ...
Chamara V. Senaratna, Dinh S. Bui, Jennifer L. Perret, Caroline J. Lodge, Adrian J. Lowe, Michael J. Abramson, Bircan Erbas, Paul Thomas, Robert Adams, David P. Johns, Yaoyao Qian, George Washko, E. Haydn Walters, Garun S. Hamilton, Shyamali C. Dharmage   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source