scholarly journals CAN STATURE, ABDOMINAL PERIMETER AND BMI INDEX PREDICT POSSIBLE CARDIOMETABOLIC RISKS IN FUTURE OBESITY?

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Wallace das Chagas LUCAS ◽  
Paulo Afonso Nunes NASSIF ◽  
Fernando Issamu TABUSHI ◽  
Denise Serpa Bopp NASSIF ◽  
Bruno Luiz ARIEDE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Abdominal Circumference ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Height Measurement ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Abdominal Perimeter ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risks ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACT Background: Obesity changes the anatomy of the patient. In addition to the aesthetic change, the high percentage of fat determines evident functional changes. Anthropometric normality in measuring abdominal circumference and height can serve as a basis for measuring cardiometabolic risks of obesity. Aim: To verify if it is possible to determine parameters of normality between waist and height in people with normal BMI and fat percentages, to serve as a basis for assessing risks for obesity comorbidities. Methods: A sample of 454 individuals with BMI and percentages of fat considered within the normal range was extracted. It was divided into age groups for both men and women between 18 and 25; 26 to 35; 36 to 45; 46 to 55; 56 to 65. A total of 249 men and 205 women were included. Results: Regarding the percentage of height as a measure of the abdominal perimeter, the total female sample had an average of 44.2±1.1% and the male 45.3%+1.5. For women, this percentage determined the equation of the waist-height ratio represented by X=(age+217) / 5.875, and for men X=(age+190.89) / 5.2222. “X” represents the percentage of the height measurement so that the individual falls into the category of adequate percentage of fat and BMI. Conclusion: Between the stature of adult men and women with normal fat percentage and BMI, there is a common numerical relationship, with is on average 44% for women and 45% for men.

scholarly journals AGE AND SEXUAL CHANGES STRUCTURE OF GENES CYTOKINES NETWORKS IN RUSSIAN POPULATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Konenkov ◽  
V. F. Prokof'ev ◽  
A. V. Shevchenko ◽  
A. M. Chernyavskii ◽  
A. M. Karas'kov
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Growth Factor Gene ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

Objective: to study frequencies of occurrence of the combined genetic attributes including different variants of cytokines genotypes (TNFA, IL1B, IL4, IL6, IL10, VEGF), in different on sexual  and age groups in population of Siberia Caucasoid. Material and methods. Frequencies of distribution of variants of structure genes cytokines networks  among 500 representatives of Siberia  Caucasian population, men and women  of  two age groups - more younger than 35 years ("young") and 55 and more years ("elderly") are  investigated. In structure of  investigated genes cytokines net  has come 10 variants of polymorphic sites of cytokines genes and  vascular endothelial growth factor gene: TNFА-863 C→A, TNFА-308 G→A, TNFА-238 G→A, IL1B-31 С→T, IL4-590 С→T, IL6-174 G→C, IL10-1082 G → A, IL10-592 А→С, VEGF-2578 C→A and VEGF+936 С→T. Genotyping are carried out by  restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Processing of results carried out on the basis of the original methodological approach including the complex connected computer analysis of genic circuits of various dimension. Results and conclusions. It is shown, that the significant part of variants genes cytokines networks, which   widely distributed among young people is completely absent in the "elderly" age group. Such variants disappearing with age separately for men and women are established. At the program mathematical analysis it is established, that parameters of the odds ratio  achieve two-place sizes (OR =27, p =0,0004), that testifies to high specificity of complex genetic attributes. Presence in genome such variants of genes cytokines networks  , found out in the childhood or young age, as supposed, is unfavorable personalized prognostic factors of life span of the individual. 

scholarly journals Electricity use is associated with residents’ vital data and lifestyles: observational study using an IT health support system in Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiji Yasukawa ◽  
Yukio Ishihara ◽  
Fumi Hirayama ◽  
Megumi Nakanishi ◽  
Hideo Utsumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Support System ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Abdominal Circumference ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
Health Support

Abstract Motivated by developments in information technology, recording personal parameters with health devices is effective in health promotion. Today’s indoor individual lifestyles often involve using electrical appliances. We developed a health support system combined with wireless electricity monitoring and investigated whether electricity use is associated with residents’ vital data and lifestyles. We recruited 116 participants in February 2013. Their vital and electricity use data were collected daily. They completed a self-administered questionnaire. Among participants living alone, electricity from 20 February to 11 March 2013 was negatively associated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (P = 0.008) and positively associated with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (P = 0.007) and neutral fat (P = 0.020) levels. Among all participants, electricity use was negatively associated with vegetable intake (P = 0.044) and step count (P = 0.040). Temperature sensitivity in winter was negatively associated with the LDL/HDL ratio for both men and women. For men, temperature sensitivity in winter was negatively related with alcohol intake; for women, it was positively related to body fat percentage and abdominal circumference and negatively correlated to vegetable intake. Temperature sensitivity in summer was positively associated with vegetable intake for men and women. In conclusion, electricity use was related to vital data and lifestyles and influenced by temperature.

scholarly journals Особливості розробки індивідуального стилю для жінок старшої вікової групи

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Л. П. Дихнич ◽  
А. В. Харченко
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Art Research ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Fashion Designers

The aim of the article is to study trends in clothing design for women of elder age group, to present the results of practical application of the styles synthesis in the individual image design. The integrated approach that combines sociological, psychological, art research methods have been used in the article. Method of interview, analytical, comparative, design-graphic, image-stylistic, image-associative methods have been applied. Women`s age groups determination approaches in the scientific literature have been analysed; the importance of aesthetic and psychological cues in the development of individual style for elder women is examined; the basic stylistic decisions on the example of the studied age group female images have been offered. The scientific novelty is in the determination of relationship between the aesthetic and psychological aspects and women`s clothing modern styles structure adaptation to the female consumer audience over the age of 45 needs. Practical significance is in the application of styles synthesis methods in the individual images development for different purposes for the studied age category. The obtained results can be used in the practical activities of stylists and fashion designers, in teaching practice in "Design" course.

scholarly journals SOME ASPECTS OF DEPENDENCE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL CONDITION PATIENTS AGAINST MANY TYPES OF MALOCCLUSION AND CONDITIONS INDIVIDUAL TEETH

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 329-332
Author(s):  
N. E Mitin ◽  
V. E Tikhonov ◽  
Maksim Igorevich Grishin
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Orthodontic Appliances ◽  
Aesthetic Appearance ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual

The aesthetic problems associated with defects in appearance and wearing orthodontic appliances in the malocclusion, the negative impact on the psyche of the patient in all age groups. Malocclusion disturb the aesthetic appearance of the patient, causing functional disorders and pathological changes. The problem ofprevention and treatment ofdentoalveolar anomalies has not only medical, but also a social value. Many patients understand the needfor timely treatment to the dentist. Beautiful and straight teeth have become part of modern life, his well-being, health and social status. Any abnormalities always affect the psyche. Patients with dental system pathology suffer from changes in appearance, violations of phonetics, chewing function and this formed the difficulties in communication. Mental and emotional state plays an important role in human life, which affects the predictions of success and the development of treatments. Do not unimportant role in the treatment plays a dentist, his mood affects the man, and he has concluded on the basis of suggestion or self-hypnosis. The mood doctor can specifically change the whole picture of the disease, and set up a patient in a positive way. Therefore, the physician should become familiar with the individual characteristics of the patient and adjust it to the correct understanding of the disease that would yield results.

scholarly journals Characteristics of finger indices of hand 1D:3D and 2D:4D in dependence on gender and type of the constitution

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.23) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Andrei I. Perepelkin ◽  
Victor B. Mandrikov ◽  
Alexander I. Krayushkin ◽  
Andrei B. Doronin ◽  
Oksana V. Matveeva
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Flatbed Scanner ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Somatic Diseases ◽  
The Relationship

1D:3D and 2D:4D finger ratios of a hand are widely used for research in the field of predisposition of the individual to certain somatic diseases. 299 young people were surveyed in total with the calculation of the Pignet index, using a flatbed scanner and the author's program HandScaner. As part of the study, it was identified that the finger indices of 1D:3D in young men is significantly greater than that of girls in the hypersthenic group by 2% (p<0.05). Finger index of 1D:3D is more by 1% in young men in the normosthenic group, in the asthenic group, the finger index of 1D:3D is more in girls by 1% (p>0.05). When studying the index 2D:4D, there were no statistically significant differences between the left and right hands in young men and women (p>0.05), as well as the relationship with the type of body build. Despite this, many foreign authors note the presence of this connection in males and females in other age groups. In addition, according to foreign authors, this index, as well as in our study, is more in girls in comparison with young men.  

Mary Wollstonecraft and Freedom as Independence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Halldenius
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Mary Wollstonecraft ◽  
Social Standing ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Moral Subject ◽  
The Individual

This chapter demonstrates how Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97) uses feminist principles to modify and adapt the republican ideal of freedom as the absence of domination or dependence. It shows that, according to Wollstonecraft, freedom consists in the secure entitlement to act in accordance with the dictates of reason—a freedom that depends upon the possession of a certain social standing and the absence of a dominating master. Crucially, according to this chapter, freedom from domination is relational: it bestows a special status on the moral subject in relation to others. Freedom from subjugation thus gives the individual a certain empowerment, or certain entitlement, with respect to other members of society. The chapter ends by showing how Wollstonecraft takes this idea to its logical feminist conclusion: a call for the equal rights of men and women in civil society.

scholarly journals Validity of the Gender Dysphoria diagnosis and incidence trends in Sweden: a nationwide register study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Indremo ◽  
Richard White ◽  
Thomas Frisell ◽  
Sven Cnattingius ◽  
Alkistis Skalkidou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Dysphoria ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Incidence Trends ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Nationwide Register Study

AbstractThe aim of this study was to examine the validity of the Gender Dysphoria (GD) diagnoses in the Swedish National Patient Register (NPR), to discuss different register-based definitions of GD and to investigate incidence trends. We collected data on all individuals with registered GD diagnoses between 2001 and 2016 as well as data on the coverage in the NPR. We regarded gender confirming medical intervention (GCMI) as one proxy for a clinically valid diagnosis and calculated the positive predictive value (PPV) for receiving GCMI for increasing number of registered GD diagnoses. We assessed crude and coverage-adjusted time trends of GD during 2004–2015 with a Poisson regression, using assigned sex and age as interaction terms. The PPV for receiving GCMI was 68% for ≥ 1 and 79% for ≥ 4 GD-diagnoses. The incidence of GD was on average 35% higher with the definition of ≥ 1 compared to the definition of ≥ 4 diagnoses. The incidence of GD, defined as ≥ 4 diagnoses increased significantly during the study period and mostly in the age categories 10–17 and 18–30 years, even after adjusting for register coverage. We concluded that the validity of a single ICD code denoting clinical GD in the Swedish NPR can be questioned. For future research, we propose to carefully weight the advantages and disadvantages of different register-based definitions according to the individual study’s needs, the time periods involved and the age-groups under study.

scholarly journals Evolution of the prevalence of obesity in the adult population in France, 2013–2016: the Constances study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Czernichow ◽  
Adeline Renuy ◽  
Claire Rives-Lange ◽  
Claire Carette ◽  
Guillaume Airagnes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Linear Trend ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
French Population ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
Point Change ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
Age And Sex

AbstractThis study provides trends in obesity prevalence in adults from 2013 to 2016 in France. 63,582 men and women from independent samples upon inclusion from the Constances cohort were included. Anthropometrics were measured at Health Screening Centers and obesity defined as a Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2; obesity classes according to BMI are as follows: class 1 [30–34.9]; class 2 [35–39.9]; class 3 [≥ 40 kg/m2]. Linear trends across obesity classes by sex and age groups were examined in regression models and percentage point change from 2013 to 2016 for each age category calculated. All analyses accounted for sample weights for non-response, age and sex-calibrated to the French population. Prevalence of obesity ranged from 14.2 to 15.2% and from 14 to 15.3% in women and men respectively from 2013 to 2016. Class 1 obesity category prevalence was the only one to increase significantly across survey years in both men and women (p for linear trend = 0.04 and 0.01 in women and men respectively). The only significant increase for obesity was observed in the age group 18–29 y in both women and men (+ 2.71% and + 3.26% point increase respectively, equivalent to an approximate rise of 50% in women and 93% in men, p = 0.03 and 0.02 respectively). After adjustment for survey non-response and for age and sex distribution, the results show that class 1 obesity prevalence has significantly increased in both women and men from 2013 to 2016, and only in young adults in a representative sample of the French population aged 18–69 years old.

Abdominal Wall Thickness is a Predictor for Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Operations

2020 ◽  
pp. 000313482095693
Author(s):  
Yu-Wei W. Chang ◽  
Kyle Murphy ◽  
Daniel Yackzan ◽  
Sarah Thomas ◽  
Danielle Kay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Abdominal Wall ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Wound Dehiscence ◽  
Abdominal Circumference ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
University Of Kentucky ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Acs Nsqip Database

Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are an established complication following colorectal operations, with rates up to 30% reported in the literature. Obesity is a known risk factor for SSI; however, body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, waist-hip ratio, or abdominal circumference are imperfect measures. The purpose of our study was to determine whether abdominal wall thickness (AWT) is predictive of SSI. Methods We queried our American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (ACS-NSQIP) database for patients (age ≥18 years) undergoing a colectomy at the University of Kentucky (UK) from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2018. The exclusion criteria included patients with open abdomens or the lack of preoperative computed tomography (CT) within 3 months of their operation. AWT was measured at the level of the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) on abdominal CT. SSI was defined by superficial SSI, deep SSI, and wound dehiscence. Results Of 1261 patients enrolled, 52.2% were female, with an average age of 57.4 years. More patients had laparoscopic operations (51%), and the median length of stay was 7 days. Our study demonstrated an SSI rate of 9.4% and a 30-day readmission rate of 11%. The overall mean AWT was 2.6 cm (range .1-13.1), and patients with the highest AWT quintile were more likely to develop an SSI than the lowest quintile (12% vs. 5%). After controlling for risk factors and confounders, the odds of an SSI were 3.6 times higher for patients with the highest AWT than patients with the lowest AWT. Conclusions Among colorectal surgery patients, AWT is an independent risk factor predictive for SSI.

Partner Selection Across the Life-Course: Age Variation in Partner Preferences in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
pp. 136078042199237
Author(s):  
Jana Klímová Chaloupková ◽  
Renáta Topinková ◽  
Markéta Šetinová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Partner Preferences ◽  
Age Variation ◽  
The Life Course

The proportion of people seeking a partner later in life has increased in recent decades. However, studies exploring age variation in partner preferences are quite rare. We aim to fill this gap by examining the partner preferences for household care skills, financial resources, and education of unpartnered individuals aged 19–65 years ( n = 1145) who participated in speed-dating events in the Czech Republic. We hypothesized that the importance of these characteristics varies with age, and that this variance may differ for men and women. The results show that gender differences concerning these characteristics are mostly stable across age groups. The exception is the importance of household care skills, which increases for older men and decreases for older women. We found that older adults value financial resources more than younger adults, and that this increase is true for women and men. Finally, we did not find evidence that the importance of education differs with age.

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