BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The association between sleep and obesity has been described in different age groups. However, there are not sufficient data to clarify the inconsistent results reported in adolescents. Our objective was to study the associations between sleep duration and adiposity at 13 and at 17 years of age, with both cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches. METHODS: We evaluat...

BACKGROUND PYY is an appetite suppressing hormone. Low circulating PYY has been linked to greater BMI. However data is controversial and this association has not been verified in large human populations. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate if fasting serum total PYY is associated with obesity status and/or adiposity at the population level. DESIGN A total of 2094 subjects...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The association between sleep and obesity has been described in different age groups. However, there are not sufficient data to clarify the inconsistent results reported in adolescents. Our objective was to study the associations between sleep duration and adiposity at 13 and at 17 years of age, with both cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches. METHODS: We evaluat...

BACKGROUND To determine the association of the A55T and K153R polymorphisms of the Myostatin gene with obesity, abdominal obesity and lean body mass (LBM) in Asian Indians in north India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 335 subjects (238 men and 97 women) were assessed for anthropometry, % body fat (BF), LBM and biochemical parameters. Associations of Myostatin gene polymorphisms were evalua...

Purpose To examine the associations between muscular fitness (MF) and body composition.Method MF was assessed with three tests of FitnessGram test battery. Total fat percentage (BF%), abdominal (AF%) fat-free mass (FFM) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The IOTF index (BMI) cut-offs used to define healthy weight, overweight, obesity.Results inversely associated BF% AF%. c...

To retrospectively assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity and sub-optimal cardio-metabolic markers in an adult cystic fibrosis (CF) cohort. A retrospective audit annual review results adults (>18 years) attending national CF referral centre during 2021 was undertaken. Parameters including age, gender, body mass index (BMI), percentage fat (%BF) from DEXA scans, lipid profile, blood pressu...

OBJECTIVE To assess vitamin D status among Cypriot adolescents and investigate potential determinants including BMI and body fat percentage (BF%). DESIGN Participants had cross-sectional assessments of serum vitamin D, physical activity, dietary vitamin D intake and sun exposure. Linear and logistic regression models were used to explore the associations of vitamin D with potential predictors...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a world-wide epidemic whose prevalence is underestimated by BMI measurements, but CUN-BAE (Clínica Universidad de Navarra - Body Adiposity Estimator) estimates the percentage of body fat (BF) while incorporating information on sex and age, thus giving a better match. Our aim is to compare the BMI and CUN-BAE in determining the population attributable fraction (AFp) for obe...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The association between sleep and obesity has been described in different age groups. However, there are not sufficient data to clarify the inconsistent results reported in adolescents. Our objective was to study the associations between sleep duration and adiposity at 13 and at 17 years of age, with both cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches. METHODS We evaluat...

Treatment of 2-diphenylphosphino-6-methylpyridine (dpPyMe) with Cu(CH(3)CN)(4)BF(4) afforded the stable dinuclear Cu(I) complex [Cu(2)(μ-dpPyMe)(3)(CH(3)CN)](BF(4))(2). This compound is a weak emitter in solution, however a remarkably high emission quantum yield (46%) has been found in a rigid matrix at room temperature.