[PDF] Top 20 A Study on Body Fat Distribution and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

... assessing body fat is based on the principles of light absorption, reflectance, and near infrared ...estimate body composition, a computerized spectrophotometer that has a scan and probe are ... See full document

... total fat mass of the body, such as BAI and BMI, might play a more subordinate role in terms of mortality ...fat distribution. BAI and BMI were highly correlated measures in our study ... See full document

... and cardiovascular risk factors. In our current study and in other community- based studies, 6 10 11 men had a less pronounced hyperaemic response than women, which is probably in part ... See full document

... the study was to identify the relationship between well-defined measures of body fat distribution and lean body mass and circulating leptin concentrations in healthy postmenopausal ... See full document

... population distribution of cardiovascular risk factors and the prevalence of atherosclerotic plaque in the common carotid arteries are presented in adults living in the greater Reykjavik area ... See full document

... Cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) were widely described as related to ...the study was to compare the frequency of CRF in our population with FTD and ...independent risk factor for ... See full document

... and cardiovascular risk factors in mothers later in life among 21,368 parous women aged 20 to 85 years attending the second Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT2) in 1995 – 1997, Norway, a ... See full document

... There was no significant change in FBS, fasting insulin and insulin-resistance (HOMA-IR) after Ramadan fast- ing in the present study. Some studies showed no signifi- cant changes in the serum level of glucose ... See full document

... It becomes clearly understood that controlling and decreasing the weight gain of psychiatric patients should be a priority within their treatment program. It is argued that managing obesity in SMI patients is a chal- ... See full document

... Obesity results from an imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure, which leads to excessive accumulation of adipose tissue and lipogenesis 34 . Obesity is a complex metabolic disorder which links biologic, ... See full document

... sectional study demonstrates that woman with RA and fairly well controlled disease and good functional capacity were in general ...of fat mass from those with the highest level of total physical activity, ... See full document

... established thresholds may effectively prevent approx. half of CRF cases in men, and approx. one-third in women. The effect of excessive fat accumulation within the body on the incidence of CRFs had been a ... See full document

... nutritional factors in the aetiology of these dis- eases (29,30) ...our study population, many participants (60 %) were far from reaching the optimal intake for these foods (16) ...the study ... See full document

... CVD risk factor is low physical ...the cardiovascular system. Even though the stu- dents in the current study agreed that LTPA is one of the key risk factors for CVD, they main- tain a ... See full document

... this study was the characteristic of central body fat distribution in young Thai ...central fat patterning does not occur in prepubertal ...in fat distribution as ... See full document

... Sociodemographic variables included age, sex, race/ ethnicity (white, nonwhite), marital status (married/ cohabiting, other), socioeconomic status (assessed by occu- pational position and based on income and work status: ... See full document

... cross-sectional study was carried out with 113 adolescents (G1: 38 with normal weight, but with high body fat level, G2: 40 with normal weight and G3: 35 overweight) from public schools in Viçosa-MG, ... See full document

... increased risk of incident demen- tia, including AD ...increased risk of AD in one study, but this association lacked statistical significance ...both factors related to an increased ... See full document

... of body weight status and cardiovascular risk factors, a post-hoc analysis was conducted in which adults consuming candy more than once per day (8% of adults) were compared to all other ...on ... See full document

... affects fat absorption, fat metabolism and hepatic gene expression profiles [4, 11, ...the body to the periphery and the medium-chain fatty acids (MCT) will directly be transported as free fatty ... See full document