AIM To identify genetic variants underlying six anthropometric traits: body height, body weight, body mass index, brachial circumference, waist circumference, and hip circumference, using a genome-wide association study. METHODS The study was carried out in the isolated population of the island of Korcula, Croatia, with 898 adult examinees who participated in the larger DNA-based genetic epid...

Objective: To examine cholinesterase activities in children from three towns in Yucatan, Mexico and their relationship with anthropometry. Methods: Plasma and erythrocyte cholinesterase activities were measured in 104 children from Ticul, Merida and Progreso. Differences between gender, sampling sites and body mass index (BMI) group were evaluated. Weight, height, BMI, hip and waist circumferen...

Twenty eight women presenting for routine computed tomography had their waist, hip, and thigh circumferences measured. The ratio of the area of intra-abdominal fat to the area of subcutaneous fat shown in the computed tomogram taken at the umbilical level was calculated and found to correlate highly significantly with the ratio of waist to hip circumference. The correlation between these two ra...

AIM To compare the waist related anthropometric measures like waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist - hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) as predictors of coronary artery disease (CAD) in women. METHODS The study included 88 women aged 40-80 years. Waist circumference, hip circumference, height, weight, age, and other covariates were collected by questionnaire. The pr...

Nicotine increases serotonin release in the brain. Gene polymorphisms in the serotonergic system have been suggested to be associated with smoking behavior. We investigated a possible association between two polymorphisms in the serotonergic system - HTTLPR of a serotonin transporter gene and 5-HT(2A) at position T102C - with biochemical and anthropometric parameters, and with cigarette smoking...

BACKGROUND The objective of the present study was to develop predictive equations for maximum respiratory pressures in women according to anthropometric characteristics. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 156 women between ages 25 and 65 y with a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 55 kg/m2), who were evaluated for body mass, height, BMI, neck circumference, waist circumference, h...

BACKGROUND Body size has been hypothesized to influence the risk of prostate cancer; however, most epidemiologic studies have relied on body mass index (BMI) to assess adiposity, whereas only a few studies have examined whether body fat distribution predicts prostate cancer. METHODS We examined the association of height, BMI, waist and hip circumference, and waist-hip ratio with prostate canc...