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Handbook of Anthropometry

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Calculating Sample Size in Anthropometry
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    Chapter 2 Use of Percentiles and Z-Scores in Anthropometry
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    Chapter 3 Use of Bioelectrical Impedance: General Principles and Overview
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    Chapter 4 An Anthropometric Analysis of Seated and Standing People
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    Chapter 5 Optical and Electromagnetic Shape-Capturing Systems for Limb Anthropometrics
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    Chapter 6 The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF): An Alternative Indicator for Malnutrition in Young Children
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    Chapter 7 The Human Body Shape Index (HBSI): An Anthropometric Measure Based on an Age-Related Model of Human Growth
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    Chapter 8 Reproducibility of DXA Measurements of Bone Mineral and Body Composition: Application to Routine Clinical Measurements
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    Chapter 9 Self-Reported Anthropometry: Body Mass Index and Body Composition
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    Chapter 10 Body Composition Analysis Using Radionuclides
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    Chapter 11 Three-Dimensional (3-D) Photonic Scanning: A New Approach to Anthropometry
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    Chapter 12 3D Craniofacial Anthropometry, Simplified and Accelerated by Semi-Automatic Calliper
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    Chapter 13 Issues in Measurement of Pubertal Development
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    Chapter 14 New Anthropometric History: An Analysis of the Secular Trend in Height
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    Chapter 15 Total Body Water in Health and Disease: A Look at End-Stage Renal Disease
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    Chapter 16 Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis for Assessment of Hydration in Physiological States and Clinical Conditions
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    Chapter 17 The Uses and Misuses of Body Surface Area in Medicine
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    Chapter 18 Anthropometry of Human Muscle Using Segmentation Techniques and 3D Modelling: Applications to Lower Motor Neuron Denervated Muscle in Spinal Cord Injury
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    Chapter 19 Upper Limb Muscle Volumes in Adults
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    Chapter 20 Bioelectrical Impedance to Predict Muscle Mass in the Elderly
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    Chapter 21 Anthropometry of Body Fat: How Anthropometric Measures Predict Mortality and Especially Cardiovascular Mortality
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    Chapter 22 Body Fat Measurement by Air Displacement Plethysmography: Theory, Practice, Procedures, and Applications
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    Chapter 23 Selected Applications of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: Body Fluids, Blood Volume, Body Cell Mass and Fat Mass
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    Chapter 24 Physiological Basis of Regression Relationship Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Body Fat Fraction
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    Chapter 25 Relationship Between Physical Measures of Anthropometry and Bioimpedance Measures
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    Chapter 26 Fetal Head Circumference as an Anthropometric Index
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    Chapter 27 Anthropometry of the Intracranial Volume
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    Chapter 28 Anthropometry and Numerical Simulations of a Child Head Model
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    Chapter 29 The Farkas System of Craniofacial Anthropometry: Methodology and Normative Databases
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    Chapter 30 Anthropometry of Soft Facial Tissues
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    Chapter 31 Anthropometry of Facial Beauty
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    Chapter 32 Three-Dimensional Facial Morphometry: From Anthropometry to Digital Morphology
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    Chapter 33 The Concept of Anthropometric Facial Asymmetry
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    Chapter 34 Periorbital Anthropometric Measurements
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    Chapter 35 Anthropometry of Eyelids
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    Chapter 36 Neck Circumference: Its Usage in Medicine and Biology
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    Chapter 37 Prediction of Upper and Lower Extremity Tissue Masses Using Surface Anthropometric Measures and DXA
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    Chapter 38 Demographic Trends in Mid-Arm Circumference in Children and Adults over a 35-Year Period
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    Chapter 39 Anthropometric Wrist and Arm Circumference and Their Derivations: Application to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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    Chapter 40 Mid-Upper Arm Anthropometric Measurements as a Mortality Predictor for Community-Dwelling Dependent Elderly
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    Chapter 41 The Arm Span to Height Relationship and Its Health Implications
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    Chapter 42 Proximal Femoral Anthropometry by Computed Tomography
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    Chapter 43 Handbook of Anthropometry
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    Chapter 44 Measures and Application of Lower Leg Length: Fracture Risk Assessment
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    Chapter 45 Anthropometry and the Knee Joint
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    Chapter 46 Knee Anthropometry and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Relationship Between Anthropometry, Surgical Difficulty, and Outcomes
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    Chapter 47 Standardization of Sizes of Knee–Ankle–Foot Orthoses (KAFO) Through Anthropometry
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    Chapter 48 Sex Differences and Age Changes in Digit Ratios: Implications for the Use of Digit Ratios in Medicine and Biology
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    Chapter 49 Correlations Between Digit Ratio and Foetal Origins of Adult Diseases in a Chinese Population: A Focus on Coronary Heart Disease and Breast Cancer
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    Chapter 50 Anthropometry of Abdominal Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Tissue with Computed Tomography
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    Chapter 51 Measures of Waist Circumference
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    Chapter 52 Trunk:Periphery Fat Ratio
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    Chapter 53 Anthropometry of Normal Human Auricle
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    Chapter 54 Anthropometric Analysis of the Nose
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    Chapter 55 Three-Dimensional Computerized Anthropometry of the Nose
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    Chapter 56 Imaging Techniques for the Measurement of Liver Volume
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    Chapter 57 Epicardial Adipose Tissue Measured by Multidetector Computed Tomography: Practical Tips and Clinical Implications
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    Chapter 58 Breast Volume Determination in Breast Hypertrophy
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    Chapter 59 Numerical Modelling of Human Breast Deformation
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    Chapter 60 Reference Charts for Anthropometric Changes During Pregnancy
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    Chapter 61 Prenatal Famine Exposure and Long-Term Consequences for Anthropometry and Adult Health
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    Chapter 62 Parental Determinants of Neonatal Anthropometry
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    Chapter 63 Use of Computerized Anthropometry and Morphometrics to Identify Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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    Chapter 64 Correlating Maternal and Infant Anthropometric Variables and Micronutrients at Birth in the Pakistani Population
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    Chapter 65 Neonatal Anthropometry: A Tool to Evaluate the Nutritional Status and Predict Early and Late Risks
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    Chapter 66 Anthropometric Measurements in Sudanese Newborns: Value in Measuring Weight at Birth and Its Relationship with Maternal Characteristics
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    Chapter 67 Total Body Water in Newborns
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    Chapter 68 Failure to Thrive in Infancy: Anthropometric Definitions
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    Chapter 69 Estimation of Children’s Weight in Medical Emergencies
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    Chapter 70 Anthropometry and HIV-Infected Children in Africa
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    Chapter 71 Waist Circumference Measures and Application to Thai Children and Adolescents
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    Chapter 72 Secular Changes in Craniofacial Dimensions of Indigenous Children in Southern Mexico
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    Chapter 73 Anthropometric Indexes of Low-Income Brazilian Children
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    Chapter 74 Adipokines and Anthropometry: Childhood and Adolescent Obesity or Adipocytokines and Anthropometry in Childhood and Adolescence
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    Chapter 75 Anthropometric Measures in Children with Renal Failure
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    Chapter 76 Measures of Body Surface Area in Children
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    Chapter 77 Skinfold Thickness in Sri Lankan Children
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    Chapter 78 Use of Segmental Lengths for the Assessment of Growth in Children with Cerebral Palsy
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    Chapter 79 Anthropometric Indices and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children and Adolescents: CASPIAN Study
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    Chapter 80 Secular Trends in the Anthropometry of Adolescents and College Students: Polish Perspective
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    Chapter 81 Vitamin D, Exercise, and Body Composition in Young Children and Adolescents
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    Chapter 82 Anthropometry of Adolescents: Brazilian Perspectives
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    Chapter 83 Anthropometric Indices for Obesity and Hypertension in Indian Affluent Adolescents
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    Chapter 84 Anthropometry in Relation to Sexual Maturation
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    Chapter 85 Reference Curves of Waist Circumference in Children and Adolescents
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    Chapter 86 Anthropometric Aspects and Common Health Problems in Older Adults
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    Chapter 87 Anthropometrical Changes in Older Taiwanese and Diet and Exercise
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    Chapter 88 Anthropometry and Mortality in Older Women: Potential Survival Benefit of Overweight and Obesity
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    Chapter 89 Postmenopausal Anthropometric Relationship Between Arm Span and Height in Osteoporosis
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    Chapter 90 Relationship Between Plasma Hormones and Anthropometric Measures of Muscle Mass in Postmenopausal Women
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    Chapter 91 Anthropometric Measurements in Adults and Elderly: Cuban Perspectives
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    Chapter 92 Anthropometric Indices and Nutritional Assessments in the Elderly: Brazilian Perspectives
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    Chapter 93 Assessment of Sarcopenia
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    Chapter 94 Body Mass Index and Cardiac Events in Elderly Patients
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    Chapter 95 Anthropometry of Twins
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    Chapter 96 Anthropometry in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
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    Chapter 97 Facial Anthropometry in Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia (HED)
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    Chapter 98 Anthropometric Indices of Facial Features in Down’s Syndrome Subjects
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    Chapter 99 Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy and Anthropometry
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    Chapter 100 Anthropometric Indices in Turner Syndrome
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    Chapter 101 Polymorphisms in the Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)) Type 2A Receptor (5-HTR2A) Gene, Other Related Genes and Anthropometry
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    Chapter 102 Anthropometry and Thyroid Cancer Risk
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    Chapter 103 Anthropometry and Ovarian Cancer: The Inflammation Connection
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    Chapter 104 Anthropometry and Breast Cancer Risk
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    Chapter 105 Anthropometric Parameters in Hospitalized Elderly Patients with Cancer
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    Chapter 106 Body Weight and Body Surface Area in Chemotherapy
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    Chapter 107 The Meaning of Muscle Mass for Health, Disease, and Strength Exercises
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    Chapter 108 Exercise, Nutrition, and Anthropometry of Bone Development in Term and Preterm Infants
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    Chapter 109 Anthropometry and Race Performance in Endurance Athletes
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    Chapter 110 Anthropometry and the Response to Dietary Supplementation in Exercise
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    Chapter 111 Anthropometry in Premenarcheal Female Esthetic Sports Athletes and Ballerinas
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    Chapter 112 Fitness and Anthropometric Testing in Basketball Players
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    Chapter 113 Anthropometric Digit Ratio 2D:4D and Athletic Performance
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    Chapter 114 Anthropometric Variables and Its Usage to Characterise Elite Youth Athletes
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    Chapter 115 Anthropometry in Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury
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    Chapter 116 Anthropometry in 55–75-Year Olds in Response to Exercise
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    Chapter 117 Anthropometry and Exercise in Obesity
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    Chapter 118 Anthropometry and Exercise in Down Syndrome
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    Chapter 119 Value of Waist Circumference in Metabolic Diseases
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    Chapter 120 Waist Circumference for the Clinical Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in the Japanese Population: Optimal Cut-Point to Predict Early Arteriosclerosis
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    Chapter 121 BMI, Waist Circumference, and Metabolic Syndrome: Lessons from Japanese Perspectives
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    Chapter 122 Anthropometry of Local Fat Reduction
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    Chapter 123 Waist-to-Height Ratio and Obesity in Chinese
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    Chapter 124 Diagnosis of Obesity Using Anthropometric Indices in Urban Populations: Brazilian Perspectives
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    Chapter 125 Presurgical Assessment of Intra-abdominal Visceral Fat in Obese Patients
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    Chapter 126 Maternal Anthropometric Indices and Gestational Diabetes
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    Chapter 127 Body Size at Birth and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Adult Life
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    Chapter 128 Waist-Circumference Phenotype and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
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    Chapter 129 The Use of Skinfolds in Anthropometric Measures and Their Applications to Diabetes
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    Chapter 130 Altered Bone Geometry of the Radius and Tibia Among Stroke Survivors
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    Chapter 131 Waist Circumference and Cardiovascular Risk
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    Chapter 132 Anthropometry, Body Surface Area and Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Determining the Pump Flow Rate of the Heart–Lung Machine Using Body Size
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    Chapter 133 Anthropometric Measurements, Adipokines and Abdominal Aortic Calcification
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    Chapter 134 Body Composition in Liver Cirrhosis
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    Chapter 135 Liver Damage Severity Evaluated by Liver Function Tests and the Nutritional Status Estimated by Anthropometric Indicators
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    Chapter 136 Waist Circumference Correlates and Hepatic Fat Accumulation
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    Chapter 137 Ultrasonographic Anthropometry: An Application to the Measurement of Liver and Abdominal Fat
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    Chapter 138 Dissecting the Architecture of Bone Strength-Related Phenotypes for Studying Osteoporosis
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    Chapter 139 Body Composition and Lung Function
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    Chapter 140 Psychosocial Correlates in the Context of Body Mass Index and Overweight
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    Chapter 141 Body Composition Studies in Critical Illness
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    Chapter 142 Anthropometry and Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
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    Chapter 143 Body Composition in Spinal Cord Injured–Paraplegic Men
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    Chapter 144 Anthropometry of Head Circumference, Limb Length and Dementia
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    Chapter 145 Anthropometry in Special and Selective Conditions and Circumstances: Anthropometry as Measure of Risk in COPD Patients
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    Chapter 146 Anthropometry in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
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    Chapter 147 Changes in Anthropometric Measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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    Chapter 148 Anthropometric Measurement-Based Estimates of Body Water in Children on Peritoneal Dialysis
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    Chapter 149 Anthropometry and Body Composition in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients not on Dialysis
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    Chapter 150 Obesity, Leptins, Hypogonadism and Waist–Hip Ratio in men: An Interplay
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    Chapter 151 Usage of Anthropometry to Determine Etiological and Risk Factors in Deep-Tissue Injury
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    Chapter 152 Anthropometry in the Assessment of HIV-Related Lipodystrophy
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    Chapter 153 Use of Anthropometry in Monitoring the Nutritional and Health Status of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
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    Chapter 154 Antropometry in HIV Patients: Effects of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone
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    Chapter 155 Digital Three-Dimensional Photogrammetry: Craniofacial Applications to Facial Growth, Orthognathic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Morphometrics
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    Chapter 156 Anthropometry in Ethnic Groups and Cultural and Geographical Diversity
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    Chapter 157 Ethnicity and Facial Anthropometry
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    Chapter 158 Anthropometry in the Circumpolar Inuit
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    Chapter 159 Anthropometric Measures of Birth and Stature: Perspectives on Russian Mothers and Newborns
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    Chapter 160 Body Composition in a Multiethnic Community in New Zealand
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    Chapter 161 Anthropometric Measurements in Australian Aborigines
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    Chapter 162 Secular Changes in Anthropometric Indices of Children and Adolescents: Studies from Korea
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    Chapter 163 Determinants of Central Adiposity: An Iranian Perspective
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    Chapter 164 Anthropometry and the Prevalence of Child Obesity in China and Japan
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    Chapter 165 Optimal Waist Circumference Cutoffs for Abdominal Obesity in Chinese
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    Chapter 166 Usefulness of Skinfold Thickness Measurements for Determining Body Fat Distribution and Disease Risk for Japanese Men and Women
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    Chapter 167 Socioeconomic Status, Anthropometric Status and Developmental Outcomes of East-African Children
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    Chapter 168 Body Mass Index and Mortality in India
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    Chapter 169 Anthropometric Measurements and Nutritional Status in the Healthy Elderly Population
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    Chapter 170 Anthropometry of Leg Lean Volume: Application to Nutrition in Systemic Disorders
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    Chapter 171 Nutritional Anthropometry for Amputees: Challenges for Clinicians
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    Chapter 172 Anthropometry of Malnutrition in End Stage Liver Disease
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    Chapter 173 Anthropometry in Anorexia Nervosa
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    Chapter 174 Clinical Practice of Body Composition Assessment in Female Subjects with Anorexia Nervosa
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    Chapter 175 Perceived Body Image and Actual Anthropometric Indices in Eating Disorders
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    Chapter 176 Anthropometry and Nutritional Rehabilitation in Underweight Eating Disorders
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    Chapter 177 Anthropometric Nutritional Assessment in Children with Severe Neurological Impairment and Intellectual Disability
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    Chapter 178 Eating Frequency and Anthropometry
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    Chapter 179 Relationship Between Calcium Intake and Anthropometric Indices
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    Chapter 180 Dietary Protein Intake and Anthropometric Indices of Muscle Mass in Elderly
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    Chapter 181 Anthropometry and the Prevalence of Child Protein–Energy Malnutrition in China and Japan
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    Chapter 182 Anthropometry in Bipedal Locomotion: The Link Between Anatomy and Gait
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    Chapter 183 Use of Anthropometry for the Measurement of Lower Extremity Alignment
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    Chapter 184 Anatomical Reference Frames for Long Bones: Biomechanical Applications
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    Chapter 185 Using Three-Dimensional (3D) Anthropometric Data in Design
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    Chapter 186 Use of Anthropometric Measures and Digital Human Modelling Tools for Product and Workplace Design
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    Chapter 187 Anthropometric Indices in the Philippines for Manufacturing Workers
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    Chapter 188 Erratum To: Body Fat Measurement by Air Displacement Plethysmography: Theory, Practice, Procedures, and Applications
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Chapter title
Demographic Trends in Mid-Arm Circumference in Children and Adults over a 35-Year Period
Chapter number 38
Book title
Handbook of Anthropometry
Published by
Springer, New York, NY, January 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1788-1_38
Book ISBNs
978-1-4419-1787-4, 978-1-4419-1788-1
Authors

R. J. Prineas, Y. Ostchega, D. S. Reed-Gillette

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