We tested the hypothesis that muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) would be higher in endurance-trained (ET) compared with sedentary (Sed) men with similar levels of total body and abdominal adiposity. We further hypothesized that sympathetic baroreflex gain would be augmented in ET compared with Sed men independent of the level of adiposity. To address this, we measured MSNA (via microneur...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine how well body mass index (BMI) reflects cardiovascular risk associated with excess adiposity in a Swedish population by examining the association between body fat, BMI and cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS A total of 3,010 adults participated. Normal weight adiposity was defined as the combination of BMI < 25 kg/m2 and percentage body fat ≥35%...

Obesity is a growing problem in the United States and throughout the world. It is a risk factor for many chronic diseases. The BMI has been used to assess body fat for almost 200 years. BMI is known to be of limited accuracy, and is different for males and females with similar %body adiposity. Here, we define an alternative parameter, the body adiposity index (BAI = ((hip circumference)/((heigh...

We sought to determine whether adiposity in later midlife is an independent predictor of accelerated stiffening of the aorta. Whitehall II study participants (3789 men; 1383 women) underwent carotid-femoral applanation tonometry at the mean age of 66 and again 4 years later. General adiposity by body mass index, central adiposity by waist circumference and waist:hip ratio, and fat mass percent ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between objectively measured sitting and standing, using a postural allocation technique, with MRI-assessed body composition. DESIGN The present study was a cross-sectional pilot study. SETTING Participants were examined at one centre located in London, UK. PARTICIPANTS Normal weight Caucasian women (30.9±6.1 years; body mass index (BMI), 22.9±3.4 ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship of excess and central adiposity with pediatric psoriasis severity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Multicenter, cross-sectional study of 409 psoriatic children. Psoriasis was classified as mild (worst Physician's Global Assessment score ≤3 with body surface area ≤10%) or severe (worst Physician's Global Assessment score ≥3 with body surface area >10...

Children with brain tumors (CBT) are at high risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes compared to the general population. Recently, adiposity has been reported to be more informative for cardiometabolic risk stratification than body mass index (BMI) in the general population. The goal of this study is to describe the adiposity phenotype in CBT, and to establish adiposity determinants...

a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice'. Correction to 'Adiposity, compared to masculinity, serves as a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice' There were two minuses missing in the Results section of the original article. The correlation between circulating testosterone levels and body adiposity is negative (r 69 ¼ 20.54, p , 0.001), not positive as previous...