OBJECTIVE To assess the associations between measures of adiposity and sex hormone- binding globulin (SHBG) and to evaluate whether such associations differ by race. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Adiposity was measured by anthropometry and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry among women (146 white, 50 black, and 25 Asian) aged 18-44 years in the BioCycle study. SHBG was repeatedly measured over on...

background: nowadays obesity is considered as a worldwide issue. although genetics is one of the factors associated with obesity, but the predisposing factors are nutrition and environmental factors.  there are several studies conducted regarding the relationship between nutritional factors and general obesity and central adiposity. therefore the purpose of this study was to determine the relat...

INTRODUCTION Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the most used parameters in bariatric surgery. However, it does not discriminate the weight associated with adiposity. CUN-BAE formula is an equation that calculates Body Fat Percentage or adiposity, based on easily available values (age, sex and BMI). With this new classification many of the subjects that was considered normal weight or overweight (...

Introduction Obesity can be an important problem in companion horses and ponies and has been associated to an increased disease risk. Body condition scoring is the most common method to assess adiposity, though recently some improvements were introduced in adiposity evaluation in horses, like the neck crest adiposity rating. In horses neck crest adiposity was linked to insulin resistance and la...

A ortic stiffness is a key characteristic of arterial aging and a strong predictor of cardiovascular events. An exaggerated blood pressure response during daily activities, producing increased load on the heart and blood vessels, is among the pathogenic consequences of an inelastic aorta. 5 In view of the important pathophysiological role of aortic stiffness, the modi-fiable determinants of sti...

Previous studies have reached differing conclusions about the importance of general versus central markers of adiposity to blood pressure, leading to suggestions that population-specific adiposity thresholds may be needed. We examined the relevance of adiposity to blood pressure among 111 911 men and women who, when recruited into the Mexico City Prospective Study, were aged 35 to 89 years, had...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluating the association between body adiposity markers and high-risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Recent adiposity markers [waist-to-height ratio, conicity index (C-index) and body adiposity index] and traditional markers [BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)] were measured. The 10-...

BACKGROUND The cardiovascular risk of obesity is potentially increased by arterial stiffness. OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship of adiposity measures with arterial stiffness in Caucasian adults with intermediate cardiovascular risk. SETTING Six Spanish health centres. PARTICIPANTS We enrolled 2354 adults (age range, 35-74 years; mean age, 61.4±7.7 years, 61.9% male). METHODS This is ...