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Secular trends of physical growth and abdominal adiposity of school children and adolescents living at a moderate altitude in Peru
(2017)
Objective: Identify changes in physical growth and abdominal adiposity at an interval of 14 yearsin children and adolescents living at a moderate altitude in Peru.Materials and Methods: The data comes from two cross-sectional ...
Hand grip strength and maximum peak expiratory flow: determinants of bone mineral density of adolescent students
(2018)
Background: Maintaining and building healthy bones during the lifetime requires a complicated interaction between a number of physiological and lifestyle factors. Our goal of this study was to analyze the association between ...
Normative data for handgrip strength in children and adolescents in the Maule Region, Chile: Evaluation based on chronological and biological age
(2018)
Background: Hand grip strength (HGS) is associated with a number of causes resulting in cardiovascular death, in addition to bone fragility, and the presence of sarcopenia. The goal of our study was to analyze HGS of ...
Reference norms for evaluating maximum expiratory flow of children and adolescents of the Maule Region in Chile
(2018)
Background: The norms for evaluating the maximum expiratory flow (MEF) usually are developed according to chronological age and height. However, to date, little research has been conducted using reference values that take ...
Changes in abdominal obesity in Chilean university students stratified by body mass index
(2016)
Background: Studies based on Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are generally used to examine the prevalence and tendency of overweight and obesity. These studies help determine the socioeconomic development ...
Hemoglobin concentration and resilience of professional soccer players residing at sea level and moderate altitude regions
(2015)
This study compared the hemoglobin (Hb) concentration and resilience of professional soccer players residing at sea level and moderate altitude regions. Subjects included 42 players (22 of the region at sea level and 20 ...
Proposed equations and reference values for calculating bone health in children and adolescent based on age and sex
(2017)
Background: The Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is the gold standard for measuring BMD and bone mineral content (BMC). In general, DXA is ideal for pediatric use. However, the development of specific standards for ...
Physical growth, biological age, and nutritional transitions of adolescents living at moderate altitudes in Peru
(2015)
Background: Peru is experiencing a stage of nutritional transition where the principal characteristics are typical of countries undergoing development. Objectives: The objectives of this study were the following: (a) compare ...
Waist circumferences of chilean students: Comparison of the CDC-2012 standard and proposed percentile curves
(2015)
The measurement of waist circumference (WC) is considered to be an important means to control overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The objectives of the study were to (a) compare the WC measurements of Chilean ...
Physical growth and biological maturation of children and adolescents: Proposed reference curves
(2017)
The study of physical growth variables in terms of chronological age and biological maturation may provide a common reference point to reflect on the occurrence of body dimensions in and between individuals. The objectives ...