BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is associated with fetal growth restriction and low birth weights. Neurotrophins, which mediate neuronal growth and development, are also increased in the placenta and cord blood in preeclampsia. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine whether fetal head growth is altered in preeclampsia, adjusting for growth restriction and other confounding variables. METHODS T...

INTRODUCTION Metabolic syndrome is increasing among adolescents. We examined the utility of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference to identify metabolic syndrome in adolescent girls. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 185 predominantly African American girls who were a median age of 14 years. Participants were designated as having metabolic syndrome if they met criteria...

BACKGROUND Beyond obesity, sleep apnea syndrome is frequently associated with excess abdominal adiposity that could contribute to the deteriorated cardiometabolic risk profile of apneic patients. METHODS The present study addressed the respective contribution of the severity of sleep apnea syndrome and excess abdominal adiposity to the cardiometabolic risk profile of 38 non obese men with pol...

OBJECTIVE Waist circumference, BMI and hip circumference are differentially associated with mortality. We investigated the potential influence of selected lifestyle aspects such as smoking, alcohol intake, sports activity and education. METHOD The Danish prospective study 'Diet, Cancer and Health' recruited 27,179 men and 29,875 women from 1993 to 1997. Cox regression models were used to esti...

mortality. Methods We used a prospective population design with approximately 14 years’ follow-up and estimated the HRs of all-cause mortality for combinations of physical activity and hip circumference. 3120 men and 4068 women aged 21 to 92 years without pre-existing diagnosis of diabetes, stroke, ischaemic heart disease, or cancer in 1991e1994 and with complete information on the variables of...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To determine by confirmatory factor analysis whether a model of the metabolic syndrome including waist circumference-to-height ratio, as a measure of adiposity, has better goodness of fit than that based on waist circumference alone and, on the basis of the data of the best-fit model, to develop an index of global cardiometabolic risk in young adults. METHODS Cross...

BACKGROUND In Sasang medicine, patients are treated with herbal prescriptions based on Cold-Heat patterns induced by conditions of physiological equilibrium among internal organs, which also induce differences in body circumferences. The objective of the current study was to elucidate the relationship between Cold- and Heat-prescription types and body circumferences. METHODS Data from suitabl...

mortality. Methods We used a prospective population design with approximately 14 years’ follow-up and estimated the HRs of all-cause mortality for combinations of physical activity and hip circumference. 3120 men and 4068 women aged 21 to 92 years without pre-existing diagnosis of diabetes, stroke, ischaemic heart disease, or cancer in 1991e1994 and with complete information on the variables of...

OBJECTIVE Body mass index (BMI) is more commonly used than waist circumference as a measure of adiposity in clinical and research settings. The purpose of this study was to compare the associations of BMI and waist circumference with cardiorespiratory fitness. METHODS In a cross-sectional study of 403 healthy men and women aged 50 ± 8.8 years, BMI and waist circumference were measured. Cardio...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To analyze the association between higher body mass index and waist circumference, and the prognostic values of both indicators in total and cardiac mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS The study included 2254 patients who were followed up for 4 years. Obesity was classified as a body mass index ≥30 and overweight as a body mass index of 25.0-2...