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    Performance of different adiposity measures for predicting left ventricular remodeling in Chinese hypertensive youth

    There is no consistent conclusion on which adiposity measure is best to predict cardiovascular risk factors in youth. The present study aims to assess the performance of body mass index (BMI), waist circumfere...

    Hong Cheng, Bo **, Junting Liu, Yinkun Yan, Jie Mi in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Temporal relationship between body mass index and uric acid and their joint impact on blood pressure in children and adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study

    This study aimed to examine the temporal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and uric acid (UA), and their joint effect on blood pressure (BP) in children and adults.

    Miaoying Yun, Tao Zhang, Shengxu Li, Xuan Wang in International Journal of Obesity (2021)

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    Serum human epididymis protein 4 level as a predictor of clinical worsening in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: a pilot study

    Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) was proved to be a novel biomarker for left heart failure. The purpose of this exploratory study was to evaluate the role of HE4 in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial ...

    Qi **, Yi Tang, Zhihong Liu, Wenlin **e, Qin Luo in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2020)

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    Temporal relationship between inflammation and insulin resistance and their joint effect on hyperglycemia: the Bogalusa Heart Study

    Inflammation and insulin resistance play crucial roles in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We aim to examine the temporal relationship between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and...

    Yinkun Yan, Shengxu Li, Yang Liu, Lydia Bazzano, Jiang He in Cardiovascular Diabetology (2019)

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    Body fat indicators perform better than body mass index in identifying abnormal lipid profiles in boys but not in girls

    BMI as a body weight indicator, may inadequately represent the biological effect of body fat on lipid profiles. This study aims to assess whether body fat indicators were superior to BMI for recognizing childr...

    Haibo Li, Tao Huang, Junting Liu, Yinkun Yan, **aoyuan Zhao, Pei **ao in Pediatric Research (2019)

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    Childhood obesity affects adult metabolic syndrome and diabetes

    We seek to observe the association between childhood obesity by different measures and adult obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS), and diabetes. Thousand two hundred and nine subjects from “Bei**g Blood Pressur...

    Yajun Liang, Dongqing Hou, **aoyuan Zhao, Liang Wang, Yuehua Hu, Junting Liu in Endocrine (2015)