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Rosmond R, Björntorp P (February 2000). "The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity as a predictor of cardiovascular ... It is based on calculations from waist-to-height ratio and triglycerides-to-HDL cholesterol ratio. CMI can also be used for ... urinary albumin excretion ratio ≥ 20 µg/min or albumin:creatinine ratio ≥ 30 mg/g The European Group for the Study of Insulin ... Kogiso T, Moriyoshi Y, Shimizu S, Nagahara H, Shiratori K (2009). "High-sensitivity C-reactive protein as a serum predictor of ...

Wang X (Mar 2014). "Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in relation to risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events among ... The first study to demonstrate that pretherapuetic NLR can be used as a predictor of chemotherapy sensitivity to thoracic ... In a 2017 study, 95% of healthy adult subjects had a ratio between 0.78 and 3.53. Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio was first ... Recently Lymphocyte Monocyte ratio (LMR) has also been studied as a marker of inflammation including tuberculosis and various ...

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A 2011 study that followed 60,000 participants for up to 13 years found that waist-hip ratio was a better predictor of ... Stokes A, Preston SH (December 2015). "Smoking and reverse causation create an obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease". ... The modern term "body mass index" (BMI) for the ratio of human body weight to squared height was coined in a paper published in ... Lean male athletes often have a high muscle-to-fat ratio and therefore a BMI that is misleadingly high relative to their body- ...

Gynoid fat bodily distribution is measured as the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), whereby if a woman has a lower waist-to-hip ratio ... Gynoid fat is a lower risk factor for cardiovascular disease than android fat. However excess body fat is the main source of ... The proportion of gynoid fat is a good predictor of female reproductive capability, such as conception probability and ... The ratio of a woman's gynoid to android fat is used to measure her WHR, whereby the lower the WHR, the higher gynoid to ...

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In the example of the obesity-cardiovascular disease relationship, the obesity is the collider, the outcome is cardiovascular ... Indeed, unintentional weight loss is an extremely significant predictor of mortality. Terminally ill individuals often undergo ... inadequate adjustment for smoking would lead to underestimations of the risk ratios associated with the overweight and obese ... In fact, the obese have shorter lifespans because they get cardiovascular disease at an early age and have to live a longer ...

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For instance in Mali the ratio of girls to boys is 72:1, while in countries such as the United States the ratio is 8:1. ... The risk of cardiovascular disease amongst those with diabetes and amongst smokers is also higher in women than in men. Many ... Non-reproductive health remains an important predictor of maternal health. In the United States, the leading causes of maternal ... Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death (30%) amongst women in the United States, and the leading cause of chronic ...

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In addition to proximity being a predictor of prenatal care access, Materia and colleagues found similar results for proximity ... Worldwide, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), which is defined as deaths per 100,000 live births per time-period, has ... and cardiovascular diseases). During pregnancy, women of an average pre-pregnancy weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) should expect to gain ... The pregnancy related mortality ratio (PRMR) represents the number of deaths per 100,000 live births resulting from pregnancy ...

It is well established that ApoB100 levels are associated with coronary heart disease, they are a far better predictor of it ... The INTERHEART study found that the ApoB100 / ApoA1 ratio is more effective at predicting heart attack risk, in patients who ... Apolipoprotein A1 ACAT2 Cardiovascular disease Lipid metabolism GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000084674 - Ensembl, May 2017 ... It is commonly used to detect risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Apolipoprotein B is the primary apolipoprotein of ...

The volume of the heart's left atrium (left atrial volume) is an important biomarker for cardiovascular physiology and clinical ... A Powerful Predictor of Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction". Circulation. 107 (17): 2207-2212. doi:10.1161/01.CIR. ... with significantly higher hazard ratio of mortality. LAVI predicts survival after acute myocardial infarction, postoperative ... Articles with short description, Short description is different from Wikidata, Cardiovascular physiology). ...

Genetic predisposition is an important predictor of which people are vulnerable to SWSD. Shift work sleep disorder affects many ... Decreased sleep quality and duration have also been associated with other chronic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease. ... nurse staffing ratio and workflow interruptions. Brain arousal is stimulated by the circadian system during the day and sleep ... Mullington, Janet M.; Haack, Monika; Toth, Maria; Serrador, Jorge; Meier-Ewert, Hans (2009). "Cardiovascular, Inflammatory and ...

Shao J, Yu L, Shen X, Li D, Wang K (November 2010). "Waist-to-height ratio, an optimal predictor for obesity and metabolic ... Joshi PP (March 2008). "Is waist to height ratio a better and more practical measure of obesity to assess cardiovascular or ... waist-hip ratio and cardiovascular risk factors in urban subejcts [sic]". The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India ... waist-to-height ratio, WHtR), where a ratio of >=0.5 (i.e. a waist circumference at least half of the individual's height) is ...

"Blood Pressure Measurement and Cardiovascular Risk Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Clinical Ambulatory Monitoring Unique ... Dipping patterns are classified by the percent of drop in pressure, and based on the resulting ratios a person may be ... By comparing the early morning pressures with average daytime pressures, a ratio can be calculated which is of value in ... because non-dipping blood pressure is associated with a higher risk of left ventricle hypertrophy and cardiovascular mortality ...