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S M Bailey

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PubMed1985

Different opinions.

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Embryo, Mammalian↗
PubMed1985

Safeguarding data.

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PubMed1985

Subcutaneous fat remodelling in Southeast Asian infants and children.

Longitudinal data on 1,048 Thai children were evaluated for evidence of subcutaneous fat remodelling. Fat distribution, as defined by 100 (triceps/[triceps + subscapular]), was more pronounced in the limbs during infancy but shifted toward the trunk thereafter. Subsequent stepwise regression analysis indicated that biological age--as measured by Gruelich-Pyle bone age--and weight together explained between 0.8% and 14.5% of variance in fat distribution, with generally larger R2 values over age and for males. Relationships were curvilinear, with sex differences in slope. Path analysis supported the model that weight was a major causal agent primarily after infancy, whereas biological age had a small influence both in infancy and in late childhood. These findings indicate that trunk fat deposition is a normal feature of childhood. They also suggest that hypotheses which associate elevated trunk fatness with disorders of glucose metabolism are invalid for younger children.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1982

Taxonomic identification of human fat patterns.

The utility of taxonomic approaches in identification of fat patterning was evaluated using hierarchical cluster analysis on a sample of 64 female and 31 male subjects from 18 to 29 years of age. Four clusters, each composed of subjects with similar distributions of 17 skinfold thicknesses corrected for sex, size and total body fat, showed mean pattern profiles that variously contrasted fatness of the trunk and extremities. Average anthropometric differences between clusters corroborated differences in pattern profile. For comparison, principal-components analysis was carried out on these same data. The results suggest that a taxonomic approach offers advantages in initial interpretation and in design flexibility.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1981

Effect of remaining family members on fatness prediction.

As shown first by stepwise multiple correlations and then by family "sets" the probability that a parent or a child will be obese is a direct function of the fatness level of remaining family members. For a four-member nuclear family the probability that one member will be obese is well below chance expectancy (i.e., 12.6%) if the remaining three members are all lean and far higher (i.e., 40.7%) if the remaining family members are all obese. While mothers follow family line fatness expectancy, there is an excess of obese mothers in lean nuclear families, consistent with the inverse relationship between adult female fatness and socioeconomic status.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Sarcoid heart disease.

Myocardial sarcoidosis is not a rare disease in the UK and it is still probably under-diagnosed. A high index of suspicion in necessary for diagnosis of myocardial sarcoidosis, which should be thought of in any unusual form of heart disease for which there is no adequate explanation, particularly if there are serious rhythm changes or unexplained heart failure. Mitral systolic murmurs occur frequently. Histological proof of the aetiology should be sought. The heart is frequently massively involved when other organs have little involvement. Most of these patients present with cardiac symptoms or signs and the high incidence of sudden death is disturbing. The high rate of occurrence in East Anglia is noted, and merits further study. Treatment should be energetic where indicated--but its effects are difficult to assess. This study, representing the largest single source of information on this topic, continues in the hope of shedding more light on a sinister disease.

Adult↗