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Anthropometry (3):
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Anthropometry
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To investigate the relationship of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with positional dependency and to identify its clinical implication in an Asian population.
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PMID: 21844412
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Some questions remain regarding the anthropometric differences between the feet of young men and women, but the gap is much greater when dealing with older adults. No studies were found concerning these differences in an exclusively older adult population, which makes it difficult to manufacture shoe...
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PMID: 21828380
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Muscle force must be normalized for between-subjects comparisons of strength to be valid. The most effective method for normalizing muscle strength has not, however, been systematically evaluated.
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PMID: 21828383
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Our findings identified that female gender, current smoking, and low hip BMD are independent risk factors for osteoporotic fractures.
Copyright © 2011 The International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved....
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PMID: 21652251
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Disordered eating behaviors are prevalent in adolescence and can have harmful consequences. An important question is whether use of these behaviors in adolescence sets the pattern for continued use into young adulthood.
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PMID: 21703378
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Population-based studies have shown that vegetarians have lower body mass index than nonvegetarians, suggesting that vegetarian diet plans may be an approach for weight management. However, a perception exists that vegetarian diets are deficient in certain nutrients.
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PMID: 21616194
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Bodyweight loss during spaceflight has been observed among astronauts since the early space missions. Considerable mission data has been accumulated, including data from female astronauts, on the many Shuttle and International Space Station missions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the a...
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PMID: 21702312
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We established reference ranges for the PEFR in children 4-18 years of age.
The Mini Wright Peak Flow Meter (MWPFM) and spirometry were used in this study. All tests were conducted using a standardized method recommended by the American Thoracic Society.
From a total...
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PMID: 21980829
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Sports Biomechanics (10)2 2011
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits and limitations of using three dimensional (3D) musculoskeletal modelling (LifeModeler) in assessing the safety and efficacy of exercising on a seated biceps curl resistance training machine. Three anthropometric cases were studied, representing a 5t...
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PMID: 21834398
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Military Medicine (176)5 2011
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We conclude that the developed activity-class-specific multiple linear regressions applied to the acceleration and heart rate data allow estimation of energy expenditure in 1-minute intervals during daily military routine, with accuracy equal to indirect calorimetry....
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PMID: 21634292
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Military Medicine (176)5 2011
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is regularly monitored in military personnel, as occupational demands require a certain level of fitness. Distance run (eg, 2 mile) is typically carried out to measure aerobic fitness, but an alternative test could be the 20 meter shuttle run test (20 m SRT). The present study aimed to evaluate valid...
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PMID: 21634295
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In architectural acoustics, noise control and environmental noise, there are often steady-state signals for which it is necessary to measure the spatial average, sound pressure level inside rooms. This requires using fixed microphone positions, mechanical scanning devices, or manual scanning. In comp...
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PMID: 21568406
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Finding the control parameters of an articulatory model that result in given acoustics is an important problem in speech research. However, one should also be able to derive the same parameters from measured articulatory data. In this paper, a method to estimate the control parameters of the the mode...
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PMID: 21568426
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It has been shown that elevated levels of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases (ALT and AST) are associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, the pattern of this association in diabetic patients with negative or mild steatosis is not well understood. T...
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PMID: 21091060
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We aimed to investigate abundance and proportion of T-lymphocyte sub-populations in human adipose tissue in obesity and potential correlations with anthropometric data, insulin resistance, and systemic and adipose tissue inflammation. Therefore, we analyzed expression of marker genes specific for pa...
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PMID: 20508627
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We evaluated how body fat percentage, measured by a portable near-infrared interactance (NIR) device predicts cardiovascular (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), and ischemic stroke events in a prospective population-based survey. The study population consisted of 2,842 men and 3,196 women, who part...
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PMID: 20966903
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Objectives. The aim of this study was to provide analytical overviews of anthropometric measurements and their relationships with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors within the Inuit population, given that few studies have focused on this issue. Study design. Cross-sectional...
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PMID: 21524362
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The aim of this study was to investigate the heritability as well as genetic and environmental correlations of left ventricular (LV) structural and functional traits in complex pedigrees of a Caucasian population.
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PMID: 21398654
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With increasing survival rate of extremely premature neonates, their long-term outcomes including growth and risk factors for later disorders need to be considered. We prospectively evaluated anthropometric parameters in children born as extremely premature neonates.
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PMID: 21091582
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To document post-discharge feeding practices of preterm infants with chronic lung disease (CLD) and determine if sufficient protein and energy is consumed for optimal growth.
Protein and energy intakes of preterm infants with CLD were quantified through detailed analy...
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PMID: 21091585
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The aim of our study was to investigate and evaluate, in a multicenter study, the prevalence of malnutrition as well as the relationship between different anthropometric and biochemical markers with Mininutritional assessment (MNA) scores.
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PMID: 21528771
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Community-based growth monitoring (GM) and growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) have been implemented worldwide. The literature provides controversial messages regarding their effectiveness. Numerous countries have GM as their main community-based activity and need guidance for future programming. T...
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PMID: 21560463
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Information on adult height and associated secular trends in relation to socioeconomic characteristics based on a nationally representative sample is not available from India.
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PMID: 21560461
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We assess utility of noninvasive measures of nasal resistance during wakefulness as a predictor of directly assessed upper airway resistance on CPAP during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome....
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PMID: 21344056
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Annales d'Endocrinologie (72)1 2011
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Data on bone mineral density (BMD) in Klinefelter syndrome (KS) are scarce and contradictory. The aim of the present study was to investigate BMD in patients with KS and in healthy controls with special attention to gonadal status.
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PMID: 21126728
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The muscle-bone unit is crucial for normal bone development. As muscle mass is frequently reduced in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (pIBD), we investigated the impact of muscles on the bone development over time.
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PMID: 21224841
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Metabolic syndrome (MetS), cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancers such as colon cancer (CCa), prostate cancer (PCa) and breast cancer (BCa) have been recognized as obesity-initiated diseases. The development of obesity can cause changes in metabolic and hormonal conditions, which...
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PMID: 21392470
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The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society (163)1 2011
Low birth weight is not associated with type 2 diabetes in African American children in New Orleans.
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We sought to determine if low birth weight (LBW) occurs more frequently in African American children with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and if patients with LBW differ metabolically.
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PMID: 21675006
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We measured waist circumference, total fat mass, trunk fat mass, leg fat mass, visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue, and daily energy intake in 985 humans (493 women) at the age of 70 years. In total, 733 SNPs located in the FTO gene were genotyped in order to examine whether rs9939609 alone or...
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PMID: 21637715
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Ethnicity & Disease (21)3 2011
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To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an indigenous Brazilian population.
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PMID: 21942162
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Ethnicity & Disease (21)3 2011
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To examine the independent association of food insecurity with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and to identify the T2D risk factors related to food insecurity among Latinas.
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PMID: 21942166
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Approximately 20% of children and adolescents in Europe are overweight. Survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at increased risk of overweight and obesity. The purpose of this study was to assess leptin and leptin soluble receptor levels, as well as polymorphisms of selected ge...
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PMID: 21631924
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We aimed to determine appropriate height predictors in Iranian healthy children for further use in disabled and/or hospitalized children. A total of 730 apparently healthy children aged 7-11 years old from both sexes from Tehran, Meshed and Rasht were enrolled in a cross sectional study. Height, dem...
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PMID: 21681706
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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been recognized as an important approach to develop and execute health interventions among marginalized populations, and a key strategy to translate research into practice to help reduce health disparities. Despite growing interest in the CBPR approac...
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PMID: 21663652
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Cases had a significantly higher intake of fat (27.7±5.5%) as compared to controls (25.1±5.9%) (p...
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PMID: 21627352
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The present community based cross-sectional study was aimed to investigate whether or not increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in adult Asian Indian population are associated with increasing urbanization. The 'urban group' was comprised of 224 individuals including 122 m...
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PMID: 21905415
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Changes in selected features of a male face and assessment of their influence on facial recognition.
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The project aimed at finding the answers to the following two research questions: --To what extent does a change in size, height or width of the selected face feature influence the assessment of likeness between an original composite portrait and a modified one? --How does the sex of a person who jud...
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PMID: 21905420
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British Journal of Nutrition (105)2 2011
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These results suggest that in elderly adults, CC is more effective than BMI in predicting long-term mortality risk. Thus, more consideration to CC and MAC in designing geriatric health or nutritional measurement scales is recommended....
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PMID: 21129232
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To assess pregnancy weight gain and newborn anthropometry in mothers with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and normal controls.
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PMID: 21809709
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Physical development was assessed in 2329 Moscow schoolchildren and 1433 Kiev ones aged 8 to 11 and 15 to 17 years. The Moscow and Kiev children aged 8 to 11 years did not differ in the basic anthropometric indices of physical development and force capacities. Gracilization processes were prevalent i...
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PMID: 21510053
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Endokrynologia Polska (62)1 2011
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The aim of this study was to estimate forearm bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) using singleenergy X-ray absorptiometry (SXA) in a group of Polish women that included both pre- and post-menopausal subjects.
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PMID: 21365572
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To study prevalence, determinants, and complications at diagnosis of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycemia (IH) in Kisantu, a semirural town in Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
A large-scale analytical cross-sectional population-based survey was performed in 2007 in Kisantu. After...
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PMID: 20705425
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The purpose of this study was to describe relations among maternal demographic and lifestyle characteristics and midpregnancy levels of angiogenic markers (soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1, placental growth factor, soluble endoglin).
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PMID: 21145529
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Body dimensions and body composition of children participating in artistic activities, such as gymnastics and many types of dancing, are important factors in performance improvement. The present study aimed to determine the reliability of a series of selected anthropometric measurements in young mal...
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PMID: 21170478
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To determine the percentages of prevalence and incidence in child stunting at birth, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months of age and to investigate the association between factors and child stunting outcome
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PMID: 21344798
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OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: Previous studies have pointed out that Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, is an area of borderline iodine deficiency, later becoming a region of excessive iodination. In a reevaluation of the iodine status of the city in 2007-2008, 300 schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 years were evaluated...
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PMID: 21340174
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Concerns about limiting pandemic infectious disease transmission when vaccines are not yet available prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop guidance for marketing respirators for use in public health medical emergencies. This project describes the results of filtering facepiece f...
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PMID: 20853203
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Military Medicine (175)11 2010
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The purpose of this study was to determine awareness and compliance with recommended running shoe selection, sizing, and replacement guidelines among U.S. Army soldiers. Soldiers (n = 524) attending training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas completed self-report questionnaires and a foot assessment, which...
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PMID: 21121493
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Hand surface area is an important reference in occupational hygiene and many other applications. This study derives a formula for the palm surface area (PSA) and hand surface area (HSA) based on three-dimensional (3D) scan data. Two-hundred and seventy subjects, 135 males and 135 females, were recru...
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PMID: 20865628
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We show that the thigh is directly hit by the bumper for children above 12 years of age, whereas the head principally impacts the hood. The influence of child anthropometry on the pedestrian trajectory and the comparison with test procedures in regulation are discussed.
2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights...
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PMID: 20728646
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To investigate associations between anthropomorphic parameters and ocular dimensions in a typical rural society untouched by the effects of urbanization.
The Central India Eye and Medical Study performed in rural Central India included 4,711 participants aged 30 or more years. The participants under...
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PMID: 20652306
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British Journal of Nutrition (104)10 2010
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We evaluated the accuracy of skinfold thicknesses, BMI and waist circumference for the prediction of percentage body fat (PBF) in a representative sample of 372 Swiss children aged 6-13 years. PBF was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. On the basis of a preliminary bootstrap selection...
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PMID: 20619073
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There is a need to develop accurate devices for measuring daily energy expenditure under free-living conditions, particularly given our current obesity epidemic.
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the validity of energy expenditure estimates from two portable armband devices, the Sense...
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PMID: 20386334
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To determine the prospective associations among cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), different measures of adiposity, and all-cause mortality in women.
A total of 11,335 women completed a comprehensive baseline examination between 1970 and 2005. Clinical measures included body mass index (BMI), waist ci...
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PMID: 20351588
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It remains unclear whether habitual physical activity in sickle cell trait (SCT) carriers modulates the levels of resting and postexercise vascular adhesion and inflammatory molecules.
Plasma levels of pro-inflammatory (interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, IL-8, sCD40L, and tumor necrosis factor α) and anti-i...
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PMID: 20386338
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We conclude that undernutrition is prevalent in the first three months of life in this population and can be detected early at routine immunisation clinics shortly after birth. Maternal/perinatal history offers valuable predictors in resource-poor communities where the majority of births occur outsi...
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PMID: 20955235
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We aimed to analyse infant (birth characteristics, feeding type, faecal enzyme activities) and environmental (maternal smoking, nutrition and psychological status, mother-child bonding, family structure, support for the mother, familial atopy) risk factors for infant colic and to follow infants with...
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PMID: 20955236
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