El desarrollo de obesidad y sobrepeso están influenciados por diversos factores. Se evalúa la relación entre exceso ponderal y algunas variables socio-económicas en trabajadores del sector salud. Se realizó un estudio diagnóstico, retrospectivo con una muestra no probabilística de 337 trabajadores...
Objective: To describe body mass index (BMI), body composition, basal metabolic rate, physical condition and the relation-ship between them in Chilean kindergarten teachers. Subjects and Methods: 46 teachers (age 39,5 ± 8,6) from the Bio Bio province(Chile) were weighed and heighted and BMI was measured...
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate whether handgrip strength normalized to body weight could be a useful clinical tool to identify dynapenia and assess functional capacity in post-menopausal women. Method A total of 136 postmenopausal women were recruited. Body composition (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiome...
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the ability of BMI, WC and WHtR to discriminate hyperglycemia in young people, and to determine whether there is an increase in the accuracy with the addition of WC and/or WHtR to BMI. Subjects and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,139 schoolchildren a...
Glucemia/análisis,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Exactitud de los Datos,
Ayuno/sangre,
Hiperglucemia/diagnóstico,
Hiperglucemia/epidemiología,
Tamizaje Masivo/normas,
Prevalencia,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Circunferencia de la Cintura,
Relación Cintura-Estatura
ABSTRACT Objectives Body mass index (BMI) is a widely used proxy of body composition (BC). Concerns exist regarding possible BMI misclassification among active populations. We compared the prevalence of obesity as categorized by BMI or by skinfold estimates of body fat percentage (BF%) in a physically ...
Tejido Adiposo/anatomía & histología,
Composición Corporal/fisiología,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Capacidad Cardiovascular/fisiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Bomberos,
Personal Militar,
Fuerza Muscular/fisiología,
Obesidad/diagnóstico,
Obesidad/fisiopatología,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad
Abstract Objective: Childhood obesity has been associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to compare plasma levels of traditional metabolic markers, adipokines and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 (sTNFR1) in overweight, obese and lean children. We also...
Adipoquinas/sangre,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Glucemia/análisis,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
LDL-Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Ayuno/sangre,
Resistencia a la Insulina,
Sobrepeso/sangre,
Obesidad Infantil/sangre,
Receptores Tipo I de Factores de Necrosis Tumoral/sangre,
Triglicéridos/sangre
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare muscle strength (i.e. lower- and upper-body strength) and function between physically inactive childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus patients (C-SLE) and healthy controls (CTRL). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and the sample consisted of 19 C-SLE (age be...
Abstract Objective: To compare the phase angle of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta treated at a tertiary university hospital with patients in a control group of healthy children, and to assess the nutritional status of these patients through the body mass index proposed by the World Health Organiza...
Avaliar o Índice de Qualidade da Dieta (IQD) de mulheres climatéricas, e sua associação com medidas antropométricas, grau de escolaridade e nível salarial. Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, com avaliação de dados secundários obtidos por questionários aplicados como rotina no atendimento de m...
