Sentences with phrase «independent of adiposity»

Additionally, a relatively low testosterone, independent of adiposity, is a risk factor for insulin resistance and type II diabetes and vice versa (insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus II are risk factors for low testosterone).

Superior Glucose Tolerance and Metabolomic Profiles, Independent of Adiposity, in HIV - Infected Women Compared With Men on Antiretroviral Therapy.

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«We found that fitness is inversely associated with both abdominal adiposity and low - grade inflammation independent of BMI,» says Wedell - Neergaard.

The presence of MetS and visceral adiposity predicted development of CVD largely independent of diabetes in men but primarily via IGM in women (272).

Other indicators of adiposity, such as body fat, also have been examined for mortality associations.26, 27 However, the independent association between body fat and mortality in the older population has not been adequately demonstrated.14, 27 Researchers speculate that the controversial association between adiposity and mortality in older individuals may be attributable to selective survival, cohort effects, or unadjusted confounding.41 We found that BMI or waist circumference, but not percent body fat, predicted overall mortality in adults at least 60 years old.

Context Although levels of physical activity and aerobic capacity decline with age and the prevalence of obesity tends to increase with age, the independent and joint associations among fitness, adiposity, and mortality in older adults have not been adequately examined.

These findings highlight the negative relationship of the sedentary behaviour of television viewing time and glycaemic measures, independent of physical activity time and adiposity status.

In prospective analyses, men in the highest tertile of sugar intake from sweet food / beverages had a 23 % increased odds of incident CMD after 5 years (95 % CI: 1.02, 1.48) independent of health behaviours, socio - demographic and diet - related factors, adiposity and other diseases.

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27