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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Limb Fat"”.
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Associations of the Limb Fat to Trunk Fat Ratio With Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Elderly Men and Women
… It has been reported that the ratio of limb fat to trunk fat (LF/TF) is associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women. However, it is unknown if LF/TF is associated with cardiometabolic risk beyond that explained by LF and TF independently. Objective: To …
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Toxicities associated with antiretroviral treatment of HIV-1
… The second identified baseline predictors of limb fat recovery. A final study identified specific HLA genotypes associated with body composition changes. The final chapters of the thesis examined ART toxicities in HIV participants failing their first-line therapy in the SECONDLINE study. …
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Metabolic complications resulting from the use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients
… is characterised by an increase in trunk fat (lipohypertrophy) and/or a decrease in limb fat (lipoatrophy). This thesis investigates the metabolic complications associated with ART, and develops simple anthropometric cut-points for identifying those with lipodystrophy. Data for this thesis …
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Mechanism of lipid disorder in HIV infection: apolipoprotein-B kinetics, fat distribution, insulin resistance and adipocytokines in patients taking protease inhibitors or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
… antiretroviral treatment of HIV infection, body fat distribution, insulin resistance (HOMA), adipocytokine and apolipoprotein-B (apoB) kinetics was investigated in 12 HIV negative controls and 55 HIV-infected patients including antiretroviral treatment-naïve patients (n=15) and patients taking …