We aimed to identify the independent associations of genomic ancestry and education level with abdominal fat distributions in the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort study, Brazil. In 2,890 participants (1,409 men and 1,481 women), genomic ancestry was assessed using genotype data on 370,539 genome-wide variants to quantify ancestral proportions in each individual. Years of completed education was used t...

OBJECTIVE Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is involved in the regulation of energy balance and adipose metabolism. Our previous genome-wide association study identified genetic variants in the FGF21 region associated with macronutrient intake preference. We investigated whether the FGF21 genotype modified effects of weight-loss diets varying in macronutrient intake on changes in adiposity in...

OBJECTIVE To compare three different body fats estimation equations using skin fold measurements with bioelectrical impedance analysis. METHODS A total of 130 subjects were included from Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Services Hospital, Lahore from 1st April 2016 to 30th Sep. 2016. The triceps, biceps, subscapular, chest, thigh, abdominal, suprailiac skinfold thickness of the sub...

BACKGROUND Although it is well established that a higher body weight is protective against osteoporosis, the effects of body fat and fat distribution on bone mineral density (BMD) after adjustment for body weight remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between body fat and fat distribution and BMD beyond its weight-bearing effect in middle-aged Chinese adults. METHOD The st...

OBJECTIVE To compare the different anatomical sites used in the measurement of waist circumference, as well as the effectiveness of these landmarks to predict the percentage of body fat by tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance analysis. METHODS We evaluated 205 children from 6 to 9 years of age of both sexes. Data on weight, height and waist circumference were collected at three different sites:...

Myostatin, a new member of the TGF-beta superfamily, is predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle cells and functions as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth in animals. Recently, we have reported three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the chicken myostatin gene. Herein, we investigate the association of those SNPs with the production traits in a F2 chicken line derived from...

Meat quality (pH, colour, drip and cooking loss, Warner-Bratzler shear force) and muscle characteristics (lipid and glycogen contents) were compared among two experimental divergent lines of broilers, selected for high abdominal fatness (HF) or low abdominal fatness (LF). By comparison to the LF line, the HF line exhibited a 2.8 fold higher abdominal fat percentage. It also exhibited a slightly...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the closed-house cage density near outlet that affected production carcass, non-carcass, and abdominal fat finisher phase broilers ascertain number could produce ideal amount low fat. experiment employed a completely randomized design with four treatments: T0 (10 birds per square meter), T1 (12 T2 (14 T3 (16 meter). It replicated five times using dif...