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Gender-specific impacts of thigh skinfold thickness and grip strength for predicting osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes
BackgroundDiabetes with co-existing bone fragility or osteoporosis is common in elderly patients, whereas is frequently underestimated.
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Effect of Small and Large Energy Surpluses on Strength, Muscle, and Skinfold Thickness in Resistance-Trained Individuals: A Parallel Groups Design
BackgroundMany perform resistance training (RT) to increase muscle mass and strength. Energy surpluses are advised to support such gains; however, if...
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Imaging of Extravasation of Splenocytes in the Dorsal Skinfold Window Chamber
Infiltration of immune cells into the tumor is one of the major drivers of antitumor immune response, which can direct the outcome of anticancer...
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The association between skinfold thicknesses and estimated glomerular filtration rate in adolescents: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundObesity is one of the causes of glomerular hyperfiltration. Studies on the relationship between body fat content and glomerular...
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Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India
BackgroundEstimating total body fat in public hospitals using gold-standard measurements such as air displacement plethysmography (ADP), deuterium...
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Accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis and skinfold thickness in the assessment of body composition in people with chronic spinal cord injury
Study designCross-sectional study.
ObjectivesThis study: (1) investigated the accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and skinfold...
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Optimal cutoff of the abdominal skinfold thickness (AST) to predict hypertension among Chinese children and adolescents
Previous studies have shown that the correlation between the abdominal skinfold thickness (AST) and hypertension is better than that observed using...
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Infants with macrosomia and infants of diabetic mothers have increased carotid artery intima-media thickness in childhood
Incidence of diabetes during pregnancy is increasing worldwide, and intrauterine hyperglycemia exposure may have long-term adverse effects on the...
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The predictive capacity of adductor pollicis muscle thickness for physical frailty in older adults
PurposeThere is a need for an easily measurable and reliable surrogate marker for physical frailty. This study aims to investigate the predictive...
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The effect of nasal skin thickness on the outcome of rhinoplasty
BackgroundRhinoplasty is one of the most common cosmetic surgeries. Different factors affect outcome of rhinoplasty. This study aim was to...
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Triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness percentiles of a school-based sample of adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Skinfold thickness is an indicator of body fat, allowing a more detailed description of obesity. In Vietnam, there are no published percentile values...
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The predictive value of temporal muscle thickness measured by ultrasonography for detecting moderate to severe malnutrition in chronic hemodialysis patients
Introduction and aimTo determine the predictive value of temporal muscle thickness (TMT) measured by ultrasonography in the diagnosing of moderate to...
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“Secular trends (2001–2020) in physical fitness as a health component in physiotherapy students from Bydgoszcz (Poland)”
The aim of this study was to assess changes in the components of physical fitness that are conducive to the health of young people surveyed between...
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An adapted dorsal skinfold model used for 4D intravital followed by whole-mount imaging to reveal endothelial cell–pericyte association
Endothelial cells and pericytes are highly dynamic vascular cells and several subtypes, based on their spatiotemporal dynamics or molecular...
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Diaphragm thickness by ultrasound in pediatric patients with primary malnutrition
Skeletal muscle atrophy is known to be a marker for nutritional deficiency. The diaphragm is both a skeletal muscle and a respiratory muscle. There...
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A predictive model combining clinical characteristics and nutritional risk factors for overall survival after umbilical cord blood transplantation
BackgroundUmbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) is a curable therapy for hematological disease; however, the impact of nutritional status on...
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Predicting Body Fat Percentage from Anthropometric Measurements in Asian Athletes
PurposeResearchers have predicted body fat percentage (BF%), as indicated by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), from skinfold thicknesses in...
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Correlations between percent body fat measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric measurements in Thai persons with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury
Study designCross-sectional study.
ObjectivesTo determine and compare the correlations of percent body fat (%BF) evaluated by dual-energy X-ray...
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Clinical and imaging features of women with polygenic partial lipodystrophy: a case series
BackgroundFamilial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) is an inherited disorder of white adipose tissue that causes premature cardiometabolic disease. There...
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Quadriceps muscle thickness assessed by ultrasound is independently associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients
Background/ObjectivesEstimation of muscle mass is an integral part of nutritional assessment in End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) patients on chronic...
