OBJECTIVE A higher waist-to-hip ratio, which can be due to a higher waist circumference, a lower hip circumference, or both, is associated with higher glucose levels and incident diabetes. A lower hip circumference could reflect either lower fat mass or lower muscle mass. Muscle mass might be better reflected by thigh circumference. The aim of this study was to investigate the contributions of ...

BACKGROUND Although many adiposity indices may be used to predict obesity-related health risks, uncertainty remains over which of them performs best. OBJECTIVE This study compared the predictive capability of direct and indirect adiposity measures in identifying people at higher risk of metabolic abnormalities. METHODS This population-based cross-sectional study recruited 2780 women and 116...

Uncovering additional causal clinical traits and exposure variables is important when studying osteoporosis mechanisms for the prevention of osteoporosis. Until recently, relationship between anthropometric measurements had not been fully revealed. In present study, we utilized several state-of-the-art Mendelian randomization (MR) methods to investigate whether height, body mass index (BMI), wa...

The present study investigates the prediction of increased blood pressure by body mass index (BMI), waist (WC) and hip circumference (HC), and waist hip ratio (WHR) using a machine learning technique named classification tree. Data were collected from 400 college students (56.3% women) from 16 to 63 years old. Fifteen trees were calculated in the training group for each sex, using different num...

INTRODUCTION Growth retardation and under-nutrition are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). The aim of this study was to compare the head circumference (HC) of SCD children and non-SCD children and to determine the effect of malnutrition on head circumference of children with SCD. METHODS This was a prospective case-control study conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching...

Background and aims: Body image is defined as a complex concept involving a person’s thoughts,feelings, and attitudes about his/her body. The body image dissatisfaction may expose the individuals,specifically athletes, to eating disorders (EDs). The aim of this study is to assess the association of bodyimage score with EDs and anthropometric measures in students from universit...

Background: Yoga practices have been shown to be effective for obesity and its related anthropometric variables. Various kinds of research assessing the effectiveness yoga on are available. The present article measures effect 10 weeks practice including loosening exercises, yogasanas, pranayamas, kriyas, surya namaskar among working male professionals suffering from obesity. Materials Methods: ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of abdominal obesity is on the rise worldwide. Previous studies have indicated the higher diagnostic value of body fat distribution pattern compared with general body in abdominal obesity assessments. Several non-pharmacological methods have been suggested for obesity management, of which acupuncture has gained a great deal of research interest with promising results. ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between obesity and lipid markers. MATERIAL AND METHODS We divided 66 non-diabetic adult obese patients (mean age: 55.8±11.6 years) into 3 groups according to body mass index (BMI). All patients were measured for waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), wa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the independent association between various anthropometric indicators and standard clinical markers of cardiometabolic health risk among adults with cerebral palsy (CP). DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Clinical center for CP treatment and rehabilitation. PARTICIPANTS Adults with CP (N=43) with a mean age ± SD of 37.3±13.2 years, and Gross Motor Function Classifi...