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10 Must-Do Health Checks For Women Over 50
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

From Leptin, DEXA, and Beyond
Kahn and Bullard “recommend that waist circumference be added to BMI [body mass index] as a primary tool for assessing adiposity.”1 Suggesting “a need for alternative approaches to anthropometry”1 is necessary because BMI incorrectly classifies obesity by 39%.2 Many adults are obese by American Society of Ba riatric Physicians criteria of body fat: ≥25% for men and ≥30% for women.3 Normal-weight obese adults have increased mortality risk from diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, cancer, dyslipidemia, liver and gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and respiratory problems, and osteoarthritis.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - July 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Eric R. Braverman Tags: AJM online Source Type: research

Association of Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) Measured on Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) with Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Events in Older Men
Purposes/Aims: To estimate the associations of DXA-VAT and the proportion of central vs peripheral adipose tissue (measured as Android-Gynoid fat mass ratio on DXA) with incident ASCVD (myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease death, or fatal or non-fatal stroke) among older men.
Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - January 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: John T. Schousboe, Allyson Kats, Lisa Langsetmo, Brent Taylor, Tien Vo, Kristine Ensrud Source Type: research

The Relationship Between Bone Mineral Density and Cardiovascular Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
In this study, we explored the relationship between BMD and cardiovascular health, and observed no association between BMD and LVEF. The primary results were in the opposite direction than the hypothesized direction, with the model beta coefficient for BMD indicating a negative relationship with LVEF; however, the size of the effect BMD had on LVEF was very small and not statistically significant. The secondary linear regression analyses provided consistent results with the primary linear regression, indicating that the primary results are sensitive to a variety of slightly modified conditions. It is possible that the nul...
Source: PLOS Currents Muscular Dystrophy - March 22, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Tara Anne Kervin Source Type: research

Association between regional body fat and cardiovascular disease risk among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index
ConclusionAmong postmenopausal women with normal BMI, both elevated trunk fat and reduced leg fat are associated with increased risk of CVD.
Source: European Heart Journal - June 30, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Sensors, Vol. 22, Pages 4310: Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis from DXA Scan and Retinal Images Using Deep Learning
In this study, we aimed at diagnosing CVD using a novel approach integrating information from retinal images and DXA data. We considered an adult Qatari cohort of 500 participants from Qatar Biobank (QBB) with an equal number of participants from the CVD and the control groups. We designed a case-control study with a novel multi-modal (combining data from multiple modalities—DXA and retinal images)—to propose a deep learning (DL)-based technique to distinguish the CVD group from the control group. Uni-modal models based on retinal images and DXA data achieved 75.6% and 77.4% accuracy, respective...
Source: Sensors - June 7, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Hamada R. H. Al-Absi Mohammad Tariqul Islam Mahmoud Ahmed Refaee Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury Tanvir Alam Tags: Article Source Type: research