EDITORIAL: Obesity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Björntorp, Per

doi:10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb08840.x

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“…An association between noise and cardiovascular disease is biologically plausible and believed to be stress-mediated (Babisch 1998;Bjorntorp 1997). This association has been reported previously for this cohort (Davies et al 2005) and in other occupationally exposed populations (Ising et al 1997).…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Other exposure metrics have been recently suggested for examining noise-induced hearing loss, including measures of variability and ''peakiness'' (Seixas et al 2005). These alternative metrics may also be important in studying noise-attributable heart disease, which is hypothesized to be stress-mediated (Bjorntorp 1997), but are unlikely to be easily estimated by experts.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Impact of expert versus measurement-based occupational noise exposure estimates on exposure-response relationships

Friesen

Davies

Ostry

et al. 2007

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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The measurement-based approach was more precise, as expected, but experts were reasonably able to rank occupational noise exposures. The experts' assessment was, however, unable to account for HPD use, which made a substantial contribution to exposure misclassification in this study. The experts' noise estimates would be more useful for risk assessment if they were calibrated against units of noise exposure.

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confidence: 82%

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confidence: 99%

Impact of expert versus measurement-based occupational noise exposure estimates on exposure-response relationships

Friesen

Davies

Ostry

et al. 2007

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS), which is a disorder including glucose intolerance, hypertension and dyslipidemia, is regarded as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and other atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (Larsson et al 1984;Bjorntorp 1985;Peiris et al 1989;DeFronzo et al 1991). Since abdominal visceral fat plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of MetS (Fujioka et al 1987;Funahashi et al 1999), accurate assessment of visceral fat accumulation is important for assessing the risk for cardiovascular disease.…”

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confidence: 99%

Abdominal Visceral Fat Thickness Measured by Ultrasonography Predicts the Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease

Hamagawa

Matsumura

Kubo

et al. 2010

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

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“…The measurements of these parameters were used to calculate: -Proper body mass index (BMI), according to the formula [36]: body mass in kilograms / body height in square metres; -WHR indicator -waist circumference in centimetres / hip circumference in centimetres [37], which determines the distribution of adipose tissue. Values above 0.8 in women and 1.0 in men are manifestations of central adiposity (visceral fat); -WHtR indicator -waist circumference in centimetres / body height in centimetres, which is the second most important indicator of body fat distribution [38].…”

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Health-related fitness in adults aged 20–59 years

Jopkiewicz¹,

Gawron²

2013

Kinesiology

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SUMMARYAim of the study. Evaluation of differences in health-related fitness (H-RF) among adults residing in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship due to age and with regard to socioeconomic factors such as: level of education, place of residence and financial situation.Material and methods. The study was performed using the method of observation of 1,032 people aged 20-59 years, including 517 women and 515 men. Morphological, muscular, motor and cardio-respiratory components were taken into account in the assessment of physical fitness focused on health (H-RF). The examined group comprised people representing various stratification systems in terms of gender, age, education, place of residence and financial situation.Results. It has been found that health-related fitness (H-RF) is significantly differentiated in society. Age is the factor most strongly differentiating various components of adult physical fitness. On the one hand, this reflected strong regressive and involutional changes that occur over the course of time, yet on the other it confirmed intergenerational changes. In addition, factors which significantly differentiate various components of adult physical fitness include place of residence, level of education, and financial situation.Conclusions. Higher levels of education, better financial situations and living in a city are associated with more desirable levels of various components of adult physical fitness and are indications of optimum health levels. Th e social differences in physical fitness among men are more evident than among women, which is probably connected with men's higher eco-sensitivity.

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EDITORIAL: Obesity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Cited by 20 publications

References 4 publications

Impact of expert versus measurement-based occupational noise exposure estimates on exposure-response relationships

Impact of expert versus measurement-based occupational noise exposure estimates on exposure-response relationships

Abdominal Visceral Fat Thickness Measured by Ultrasonography Predicts the Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease

Health-related fitness in adults aged 20–59 years

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