This could be slightly misleading, especially with regard to motorcycles, where the driver might weigh 1/3 to 1/2 as much as the vehicle itself. In the sport of competitive cycling athlete's performance is increasingly being expressed in and thus as a power-to-weight ratio in W/kg. This...
is a simple calculator that can help you understand your health by using a simple metric that has been used for decades to estimate your weight/height ratio. With a BMI calculator, one can easily estimate which type of proper diet he or she requires. BMI is the first metric to use when...
Because of this, their use to aid in weight loss is not regarded as therapeutic, but rather involves a risk/benefit ratio, which makes it medically inappropriate in most cases. Individuals who cannot maintain weight loss through behavioral weight loss therapy and are at risk of medical complicati...
Markers of adiposity in HIV/AIDS patients: agreement between waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio and body mass index. PLoS One. 2018;13(3):e0194653. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194653. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Camhi SM, Bray ...
The first aim is to assess the health, mental status, functional outcome and quality of life in young adulthood of a NZ national VLBW cohort born in 1986 compared with a group of full-term children born in the same year. We hypothesise that compared to their same age full term peers, ad...
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1 Supine maternal going-to-sleep position has recently been found to confer an independent 2.6-fold (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.63; 95% CI, 1.72-4.04) increased risk of late (≥28 weeks’ gestation) stillbirth.2-6 Maternal effects of a supine position in late pregnancy include ...
Compared to the baseline, differences in visceral fat area and body fat ratio between my two groups were significant (P < 0.0001). There were no significant differences in HR, BP, GS, WC, HC, blood lipid and blood glucose, hunger, satiety, and dietary satisfaction scores between the two ...
However, the self-reported nature of the data might lead to some discrepancies with reality regarding height, weight, family structure and parents’ work status and educational level, as well as regarding the elements needed to estimate family affluence, dietary behaviour, leisure-time habits, etc....
Results. Average accelerometry counts at 1 year were 28% (95% CI: 11 to 47%) higher in intervention compared with control children after adjusting for age, sex, baseline values and school. Intervention children spent less time in sedentary activity (ratio 0.91, p = 0.007) and more time in...