Recent Publications on Waist-Hip Ratio: |  |
[The association of cardiovascular risk factors with nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease in health checkup examinees.]
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of...
Direct Link | 28th November, 2008
| Graduate School of Public Health, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
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Pathways to obesity in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.
BACKGROUND: 'Environmental mismatch' may contribute to obesity in rapidly...
Direct Link | 28th November, 2008
| Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing
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Short-term fatty acid intervention elicits differential gene expression responses in adipose tissue from lean and overweight men.
The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of a short-term...
Direct Link | 27th November, 2008
| Businessunit Biosciences, TNO Quality of Life, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ,
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The value of lipoprotein (a), homocysteine, and Doppler of carotid and femoral arteries in assessment of atherosclerosis in asymptomatic cardiovascular risk patients.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of non-traditional biochemical markers,...
Direct Link | 26th November, 2008
| Department of Internal Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
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Fasting and postprandial remnant-like particle cholesterol concentrations in obese participants are associated with plasma triglycerides, insulin resistance, and body fat distribution.
Elevated plasma concentrations of remnant-like particle cholesterol...
Direct Link | 22nd November, 2008
| Department of Human Biology, School for Nutrition, Toxicology and
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Impaired body balance, fine motor function and hearing in women with Turner syndrome.
SUMMARY Objective: Fractures are related to falling. Turner syndrome (TS)...
Direct Link | 21st November, 2008
| Department of Internal Medicine, Shalgrenska University Hospital,
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Short stature of mothers from an area endemic for undernutrition is associated with obesity, hypertension and stunted children: a population-based study in the semi-arid region of Alagoas, Northeast Brazil.
The objectives of the study were to investigate whether the health...
Direct Link | 20th November, 2008
| Faculdade de Nutricao, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus A. C.
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Changes in abdominal obesity and age-related macular degeneration: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between changes in waist-hip ratio...
Direct Link | 19th November, 2008
| Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University,
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Education for patients with chronic kidney disease in Taiwan: a prospective repeated measures study.
AIM: To investigate the physical, knowledge and quality of life outcomes...
Direct Link | 18th November, 2008
| Department of Nursing & Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of
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Comparison of Body Mass Index and Waist/Height Ratio in Predicting Definite Coronary Artery Disease.
Background: Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist/hip...
Direct Link | 18th November, 2008
| Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Isfahan University of
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| Effects of aerobic and anaerobic exercise on cardiac risk variables in overweight adults.
| 15th November, 2008
| Faculdade Social da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
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Genetics of Variation in Serum Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Mexican-Americans.
Background: Elevated serum uric acid is associated with several...
Direct Link | 13th November, 2008
| Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San
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Sociodemographic risk factors of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged women: results from a population-based study of Swedish women, The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) Study.
BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a common health problem in...
Direct Link | 11th November, 2008
| Department of Clinical Science, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden.
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Body size and risk of prostate cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition.
BACKGROUND: Body size has been hypothesized to influence the risk of...
Direct Link | 8th November, 2008
| Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition
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Body size and breast cancer in a black population-The Barbados National Cancer Study.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between body size and incident...
Direct Link | 7th November, 2008
| Department of Preventive Medicine, L3 HSC Room 086, Stony Brook
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