Comparisons of tri-ponderal mass index and body mass index in discriminating hypertension at three separate visits in adolescents: A retrospective cohort study

J Hu, Y Zhong, WX Ge, H Lv, Z Ding, D Han… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective To estimate whether the new obesity indicator tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) has a
better capacity to predict adolescent hypertension (HTN) and HTN subtypes at three …

Tri-Ponderal Mass Index vs body Mass Index in discriminating central obesity and hypertension in adolescents with overweight

AE Malavazos, G Capitanio, V Milani, F Ambrogi… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims Recently, it has been hypothesized that Tri-Ponderal Mass Index
(TMI) may be a valid alternative to Body Mass Index (BMI) when measuring body fat in …

Associations between tri-ponderal mass index, body mass index, and high blood pressure among children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

R Kuciene, V Dulskiene - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
High blood pressure (HBP) and obesity are major public health issues globally. The aim of
the study was to evaluate the associations between tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) and body …

Tri-ponderal mass index as a screening tool for identifying body fat and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: a systematic review

J Sun, R Yang, M Zhao, P Bovet, B Xi - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Because of the limitation of body mass index (BMI) in distinguishing adipose mass from
muscle, the tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) has been proposed as a new indicator for better …

Waist-to-height-ratio is associated with sustained hypertension in children and adolescents with high office blood pressure

N Nimkarn, A Sewarit, K Pirojsakul, W Paksi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR) has been proposed as another indicator for
cardiometabolic risk factors including hypertension. Normally, hypertension can be …

A new index to simplify the screening of hypertension in overweight or obese youth

P Di Bonito, G Valerio, L Pacifico, C Chiesa… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and aims Hypertension (HTH) is a frequent complication in pediatric obesity. To
simplify the screening of HTH in overweight/obese (Ow/Ob) youth, we compared the …

Temporal associations between Tri-ponderal Mass Index and Blood pressure in Chinese children: a Cross-lag Analysis

Y Cui, F Zhang, H Wang, L Zhao, R Song, M Han… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: No longitudinal studies have explored the relationship between tri-ponderal
mass index (TMI) and blood pressure (BP) in children. This study is aimed to investigate the …

Are body composition parameters better than conventional anthropometric measures in predicting pediatric hypertension?

CY Hsu, RH Lin, YC Lin, JY Chen, WC Li… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Body composition (BC) parameters are associated with cardiometabolic diseases in
children; however, the importance of BC parameters for predicting pediatric hypertension is …

[HTML][HTML] Reference values for the tri-ponderal mass index and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian adolescents aged 12 to 17 years

R de Oliveira Alvim, JH Siqueira, D Zaniqueli, NS Paiva… - Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives The aims of this study was to determine the cutoff values for tri-ponderal mass
index (TMI) and investigate the association between overweight/obesity as classified by TMI …

Accuracy and capability of tri-ponderal mass index in assessing cardio-metabolic risk factors in Chinese children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years, compared with …

R Chen, L Ji, L Ma, Y Chen, J Duan, M Ma… - Chinese Medical …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) has been reported to be a more accurate
estimate of body fat than body mass index (BMI). This study aims to compare the …