Waist Circumference and Core Muscle Function
Core muscle function in young adults aged 18 to 30
... and waist circumference. Core muscle function was assessed using length of time front bridge and side-bridge positions were ...limb muscle function was measured using long ...
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Waist circumference and pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Klein and colleagues attempted to establish a geomet- rical relationship between weight, BMI and WC (consid- ered as the circumference of a cylinder) [15]. WC mirrors body shape, while BMI provides an estimate of ...
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Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index, Hip Circumference and Waist-To-Hip Ratio
... increased waist cir- cumference, body mass index, HOMA-beta cell function and fast- ing insulin among the males when compared to the diabetic fe- males; but, body fat percent was significantly increased ...
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Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio as Indicators for Excess Adiposity in Adolescents
... “normal” BMI but high abdominal fat thus mean increased in excess adiposity as well as subjects with high BMI due to muscle growth but low in excess adiposity. High percent body fat, spe- cifically in abdominal ...
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Effect of body mass index and waist circumference on renal function in hypertensive chronic kidney disease
... There are two major types of adipose tissues namely WAT (White adipose tissue) and BAT (Brown adipose tissue). Triglyceride (TG) storage is the major function of adipocyte.TG is mainly derived from chylomicrons ...
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How can waist circumference predict the body composition?
... Furthermore, Ito et al. calculated the percentage fat mass of the whole body (% FM) as 100 × (FM)/(FM + lean mass + bone mineral content) [15]. They showed that the % FM in every generation was about 1.5-fold higher in ...
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Superior Role of Waist Circumference to Body-Mass Index
... MATTHEWS DR, HOSKER JP, RUDENSKI AS, NAYLOR BA, TREACHER DF, TURNER RC: Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and beta-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man. ...
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The impact of waist circumference on function and physical activity in older adults: longitudinal observational data from the osteoarthritis initiative
... of muscle mass by fat mass, in addition to loss of skeletal muscle mass and function in the aging process may be implicated in this functional decline needs further evalu- ...
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The relationship between thermal imaging and waist circumference in young adults
... main function is to measure the surface topography of the human body, producing a 3D image of the individual being scanned as well as an extensive list of body meas- ...
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The Effect of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference on Blood Pressure
... cardiovascular function has been attributed to the function of adipose tissue which has been shown to have important endocrine functions which may be involved in production of several active substances ...
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Waist Circumference as a Significant Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease in Females
... in muscle and reduces hepatic glucose ...in muscle and liver and impairs insulin ...in muscle and liver and the increased fat content correlates closely with insulin resistance in these ...
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Comparing Height Adjusted Waist Circumference Indices: The Fels Longitudinal Study
... 4. Discussion Just as body mass can be a misleading measure of the degree of obesity without indexing for height, waist cir- cumference should also be indexed by some function of height in order for the ...
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The relationship between the presence of lower urinary tract symptoms and waist circumference
... Our data show that the group with the highest WC showed high frequency of symptoms such as urgency and nocturia. There have been studies showing that irritative bladder symptoms are reported more frequently in the obese ...
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Relationship of thyroid function with body fat, waist circumference, sub-cutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in eu-thyroid female subjects
... TSH = 0.481 - 0.039 (subcutaneous fat) + 0.742 (visceral fat)* Inclusion of age did not show significant R2 change, and so, was not included in the final model. DISCUSSION In the present study, author have found that ...
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Association of Waist-Height-Ratio, Waist Circumference, and Body Mass Index with Serum Testosterone Level in Apparently Healthy Men
... Testosterone is a sex-steroidsynthesized in the testes and has biologic effects on numerous tissues. A physiological decrease in testosterone concentrations has been well documented after the fourth or fifth decade of ...
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Macronutrients and Waist Circumference Compared to Hip Circumference
... Waist circumference can be used as an indicator for chronic disease risk. A large WC can lead to higher diagnoses of chronic and vascular diseases. Dallongeville et al. found this to be the case among ...
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Which is a better marker for overweight: waist height ratio or waist circumference?
... proposed waist height ratio values below ...mean waist height ratio of ...that waist circumference is the best predictor of hyperglycemia with optimal cutoffs as 85 for men 82 for ...found ...
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Relationship Between Neck Circumference, Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index, Arm Circumference and Waist Hip Ratio as Predictors of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
... on waist circumference, waist hip ratio and body mass index and their correlation with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Australian suggested that given appropriate cut-off points, WHR is the ...
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Recent Trends in Waist Circumference and Waist-Height Ratio Among US Children and Adolescents
... children and adolescents in the United States. 16,17 Thus far, there is no consensus on the cutoff values of WC for identifying children with abdominal obesity. WC percentile reference data based on large population ...
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Waist circumference centiles for UK South Asian children
... 2. Lower BMI and waist circumference (WC) cut-offs for overweight and obesity are recommended for South Asian adults in recognition of this risk. 3. WC is accepted as an indicator of abdominal obesity, and ...
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