Background: Body mass index (BMI) is the dominating weightfor-height index, but its validity as a body fat (BF) index has not been properly examined. Objectives: Our aims were to establish and validate optimal weightfor-height indexes for predicting absolute and relative (percentage) amounts of BF, to examine whether other commonly available anthropometric variables or age could add to the pred...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a well-established independent risk factor for hypertension and other cardiometabolic disorders. However, the best anthropometric index of obesity that predicts or associates strongly with hypertension and related conditions remains controversial and inconclusive. OBJECTIVE This study compared the performance of eight anthropometric indices of obesity: body mass index (B...

Background: Dysfunction of body tissues due to excessive food consumption is often referred obesity. Excess storage visceral fat can develop insulin resistance. Insulin resistance associated with cardiovascular diseases. Anthropometric measurements illustrate the early risk The aim this study identify association between anthropometric indicators and resistance.Materials Methods: participants i...

BACKGROUND The association between anthropometric parameters and atherosclerotic burden is not well established and few studies have addressed this issue. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of different anthropometric parameters with the coronary atherosclerotic burden. METHODS Adult patients undergoing coronary angiography were enrolled in the study. Sociodemographic characteristics and...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between low anthropometric indices and dental crowding in deciduous teething. METHODS We assessed 794 children from 3 to 5 years old, both boys and girls, enrolled in public preschools in the city of São Luís, state of Maranhão, Brazil. Single-stage cluster sampling was used. This is a cross-sectional study, including the administration of a question...

Malnutrition is widely prevalent among patients on hemodialysis. Malnutrition can be estimated using a fully quantitative scoring system Subjective Global Assessment-Dialysis Malnutrition Score which is simple, reliable and dynamic. The primary objective of the study was to assess the severity of malnutrition in patients with end stage renal disease and undergoing hemodialysis in a tertiary car...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global decline in public health status. This study aimed to analyze determinants of stunting under-five three municipalities Special Capital Region Jakarta, Indonesia. A cross-sectional was conducted August-December 2020 with 460 pairs mothers and children selected by simple random sampling. Stunting measured using a conventional anthropometric index (leng...

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease known by chronic hyperglycemia which results from defective insulin action and secretion. Metabolic Syndrome consists of constellation abnormalities that confer increased risk diabetes mellitus. The aim our study to find out whether non-invasive, clinically measurable surrogates could be useful in identifying body fat distribution help predic...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between anthropometric indices and the age of menarche in female students of Sabzevar, Iran. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted in Sabzevar, Iran, from April to September 2010, and involved girls of 11-18 years of age. The required sample size for analysing the relationship between menarche age and Body Mass Index was estimated to be 110 by...