Example sentences for: tsf

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  • BMI, body mass index; TSF, triceps skinfold thickness

  • These racial differences in both weight and height resulted in very similar BMI levels among white and black girls, but the mean TSF was thicker among white girls.

  • To assess whether childhood differences in the anthropometric dimensions could account for the association between menarcheal age and adult obesity, regression-estimated differences in adult levels of BMI and TSF between early (menarche <12 y) and late (≥ 13.

  • However, adjustment for pre-menarcheal differences in levels of BMI and TSF reduced these adult differences by 60%-75%, to 0.8 kg/m 2(blacks) and 1.4 kg/m 2(whites).

  • Other results indicate that leptin may play a role in the initiation of puberty [ 25 ] , and each 1 ng/mL increase in serum leptin has been associated with a 1-month decrease in menarcheal age [ 24 ] . The apparent effect of early menarche on adult obesity may therefore result from the influence of childhood obesity on both the timing of menarche and the risk for adult obesity [ 16 ] . It should be realized, however, that although controlling for childhood BMI and TSF greatly reduced the inverse relation of menarcheal age to adult obesity, a relatively small, independent association remained.


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