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Skin-fold thickness and race performance in male mountain ultra-marathoners
... By the time of entering the race with the inscription, subjects kept a comprehensive training diary recording their training units in running with distance (km) and duration (h) until the start of the race. In addition, ...
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Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Early Pregnancy: Is Abdominal Skin Fold Thickness 20 mm or More an Independent Risk Predictor?
... Background: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is associated with several maternal and perinatal complications. Early detection and treatment can im- prove pregnancy outcomes. Objectives: To determine the prevalence, ...
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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with triceps skin fold thickness and body fat percentage but not with body mass index or waist circumference in Han Chinese
... In the present study, we investigated the effect of the ex- ternal environment and inherent variations of VDR on obesity-related traits in humans. We found no significant link between VDR SNPs and anthropometric measures ...
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Relationship between body mass index and body fat percentage, estimated by bioelectrical impedance analysis and skin fold thickness, in a group of sri lankan adolescents: A cross sectional study
... skinfold thickness and waist circumference to assess overweight and obesity, identified a significant correlation between BMI and skin fold thickness (P < ...
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Skin-fold thickness and reproducibility of the skin-roll test: Vågå study
... The measurement error was defined as the difference between the two original tests on each side, arch area, car- ried out within one minute. A histogram of the errors is pre- sented in Fig. 2. The range of measurement ...
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Comparing the use of body mass index (BMI) and triceps skin fold thickness (SFT) in determining the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among primary school pupils in Abakaliki metropolis of Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria
... skinfold thickness equal to or less than the 3rd percentile for age and sex (Deckelbaum and Williams, 2001) was considered ...skinfold thickness between 90th to 97th percentile for age and sex (Deckelbaum ...
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Assessment of body composition in Sri Lankan children: validation of a skin fold thickness equation
... Design, setting and method A cross-sectional descriptive study was done at the University Paediatric Unit of Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo. Data were collected from 5 to 15 year old healthy children. Triceps, biceps, ...
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INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCENT BODY FAT DERIVED FROM SKIN FOLD THICKNESS & SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVEL
... Subjects: The present study was undertaken to show the relationship between skinfold thickness and serum cholesterol level in a normal person. The subject were taken from the age-group 11 to 60 of age and these ...
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Subcutaneous fat mass is associated with genetic risk scores related to proinflammatory cytokine signaling and interact with physical activity in middle-aged obese adults
... Skin-fold thickness measurement by a caliper is used for determining subcutaneous fat in biceps skinfold (front side middle upper arm), triceps skinfold (back side middle upper arm), subscapular skinfold ...
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Study of obesity and hypertension in adolescents and their relationship with anthropometric indices
... Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Medical College and Hospital, Amravati, Maharashtra, India and data was collected from ...
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RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF GARCINIA CAPLETS IN OBESE SUBJECTS
... Obesity and its concomitant health risks are among the most common conditions managed by health care practitioners. The limited long-term effectiveness of conventional weight management has led to researching alternative ...
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... skin fold thickness SKF (involving 4 measurements) reduction was significant in yoga group and in Control group there was decrease but not ...skin fold thickness values were reduced except in ...
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Assessment of Nutritional Status in Cirrhosis and Its Impact on Complications
... fat thickness, which is approximately 50% of body’s adipose ...skin fold thickness (TSFT) or sub scapular fold thickness is measured as a surrogate marker of subcutaneous fat ...
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ROLE OF ASHWAGANDHA TAIL ABHYANGA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KARSHYA .......
... In the present study objective parame- ter like Height, Weight, BMI, mid upper arm circumference, Skin fold thickness, Hip cir- cumference, Waist circumference and Waist hip ratio were used and the data ...
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Body fat indices for identifying risk of hypertension in Indian children
... Skin fold Thickness (TSFT), Wrist circumference, Waist to height ratio (WHTR) and Blood Pressure measurements, were taken and differences between observers if statistically significant ...
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Fat to fit – an Asian obesity management program and the Malaysian case study
... Abstract: Fat to Fit was a 3-month weight loss program initiated for an Asian obesity management program. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of physical activity and changes of body size and body ...
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A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Role of Santarpan Manth in Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
... Hence there is a sustained need of developing a nutritious food supplement which could provide better nutrients to eliminate or improve the malnutrition related problems, within the reach of majority even in rural area ...
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Clinical and nutritional correlations in Parkinson’s disease: Preliminary report
... skin fold thickness is a very impor- tant parameter in the analysis of ...skin fold thick- ness depends on PD duration and the grade of ...Abdominal fold thickness seems to be the best ...
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No association of skin-fold thicknesses and training with race performance in male ultra- endurance runners in a 24-hour run
... skin-fold thickness, the type and frequency of training and the number of years running were the best predictors of running performance and success in the 10 km ...
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A Canonical Biomechanical Vocal Fold Model
... Summary: The present paper aimed at constructing a canonical geometry of the human vocal fold (VF) from subject-specific image-slice data. A computer-aided-design approach automated the model construction. A ...
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