Background Until recently, undernourished children were usually assessed using simple
anthropometric measurements, which provide global assessments of nutritional status …

Studies performed on Indian children to assess vitamin-D status have been on small sample
sizes, limited to specific geographical locations and used non-standard methods to measure …

Objective: To determine the association between excess body fat, assessed by skinfold
thickness, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (HT) …

Diabetes is a chronic disease that can cause serious illness. Women are four times more
likely to develop heart problems caused by diabetes. Women are also more prone to …

Objectives Malnutrition is common in developing countries and is not restricted to young
children. It has been suggested that measuring mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is an …

Body composition (BC) parameters are associated with cardiometabolic diseases in
children; however, the importance of BC parameters for predicting pediatric hypertension is …

The assessment of skinfold thickness is an objective measure of adiposity. The aims of this
study were to establish Colombian smoothed centile charts and LMS L (Box–Cox …

Objectives To evaluate carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in children with Human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and in controls. Also, to …

Objectives Ecoregion comprises all the environmental factors such as climate, vegetation,
geomorphology, and soil taken together. The objectives of this study were to (1) assess …

Objective To describe the prevalence and determinants of occurrence of dyslipidemia in
children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Methods A cross-sectional …