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| W M ChumleaSummaryAffiliation: Wright State University Country: USA Publications
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Relations between frame size and body composition and bone mineral statusWilliam Cameron Chumlea
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:1012-6. 2002..Frame size is a description of the supportive structure of the skeleton that is used to adjust for skeletal mass and size in measures of body composition and weight...
Body mass and bone mineral qualityW C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Curr Opin Rheumatol 11:307-11. 1999..Physically active persons have increased levels of muscle and bone density. Age, sex, race, and lifestyle affect the level of, and changes in, body mass and bone mineral density...
Left ventricular mass, abdominal circumference and age: the Fels longitudinal studyW C Chumlea
Departments of Community Health and Pediatrics, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, 937 775 1428, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 13:821-5. 2009..To determine the relationship of abdominal circumference with increased left ventricular mass (LVM) from young adulthood into old age...
The first seriatim study into old age for weight, stature and BMI: the Fels Longitudinal StudyWm C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 13:3-5. 2009..To document the serial status of measures of weight, stature and BMI from birth into old age...
A review of body water status and the effects of age and body fatness in children and adultsWm C Chumlea
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health, Research Center, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, 937 775 1428, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 11:111-8. 2007..Body composition models based on past findings and assumptions could produce inaccurate estimates when the majority of the population is overweight to obese...
Is the MNA valid in different populations and across practice settings?W C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 10:524-7; discussion 527-33. 2006..The development of the CNS maintained the underlying assumptions and concept of the MNA but modified them for a country with diverse food and cultural habits and health care settings...
Sarcopenia: designing phase IIB trialsWm C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 15:450-5. 2011..A tool set that would allow clinical, basic and epidemiological research on sarcopenia to advance rapidly toward diagnosis and treatment phases should be those reflecting function and strength...
Total body water volume for white children and adolescents and anthropometric prediction equations: the Fels Longitudinal StudyWilliam C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Kidney Int 68:2317-22. 2005..There are few studies of total body water (TBW) volume in children. Such studies are needed, as are new prediction equations for the clinical management of children with renal insufficiency and those receiving dialysis...
Anthropometric and body composition assessment in dialysis patientsWilliam C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Semin Dial 17:466-70. 2004..Watson's data are not representative of the TBW of U.S. men and women. The greater TBW in non-Hispanic black men and women and Mexican American women reflects the greater levels of obesity in the U.S. population...
The availability of body composition reference data for the elderlyW M C Chumlea
WSU School of Medicine, Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, 3171 Research Blvd, Kettering, OH 45420 4014, USA
J Nutr Health Aging 8:76-82. 2004....
Total body water reference values and prediction equations for adultsW C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Kidney Int 59:2250-8. 2001..This article presents new reference values and prediction equations for TBW from anthropometry for white and black adults...
Assessment and prevalence of obesity: application of new methods to a major problemW M Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
Endocrine 13:135-42. 2000..There is a clear need for the continued development and validation of new and existing techniques to determine levels of fat...
Total body water data for white adults 18 to 64 years of age: the Fels Longitudinal StudyW C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA
Kidney Int 56:244-52. 1999..Proper interpretation of clinical levels of TBW and trends with age necessitates the availability of current longitudinal data from healthy individuals...
Age at menarche and racial comparisons in US girlsWilliam Cameron Chumlea
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 111:110-3. 2003..Previous reports have been sparse and interpretation has been limited because of the racial composition and ages of the samples...
Nutritional status assessed from anthropometric measures in the HEMO studyWm Cameron Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University, S O M, Lifespan Health Research Center, Kettering, OH 45420, USA
J Ren Nutr 13:31-8. 2003..This report presents cross-sectional baseline data on anthropometric indicators of nutritional status from a group of hemodialysis patients in a multicenter clinical trial, the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study...
Bayesian longitudinal plateau model of adult grip strengthRamzi W Nahhas
Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45420, USA
Am J Hum Biol 22:648-56. 2010..This article illustrates the use of applied Bayesian statistical methods in modeling the trajectory of adult grip strength and in evaluating potential risk factors that may influence that trajectory...
A genome-wide linkage scan for quantitative trait loci influencing the craniofacial complex in humans (Homo sapiens sapiens)Richard J Sherwood
Lifespan Health Research Center, Dept of Community Health, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3171 Research Blvd, Kettering, OH 45420, USA
Anat Rec (Hoboken) 294:664-75. 2011..These QTL were found on chromosomes 3, 6, 11, 12, and 14. This study of the genetic architecture of the craniofacial complex elucidates fundamental information of the genetic architecture of the craniofacial complex in humans...
Quantitative genetics of cortical bone mass in healthy 10-year-old children from the Fels Longitudinal StudyDana L Duren
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 3171 Research Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Bone 40:464-70. 2007..Results of this investigation provide evidence of significant genetic control over bone mass largely independent of maturation while bones are actively growing and before rapid accrual of bone that typically occurs during puberty...
A genomewide linkage scan for quantitative trait loci influencing the craniofacial complex in baboons (Papio hamadryas spp.)Richard J Sherwood
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45420, USA
Genetics 180:619-28. 2008..This study of the genetic architecture of the craniofacial complex in baboons provides the groundwork needed to establish the baboon as an animal model for the study of genetic and nongenetic influences on craniofacial variation...
Quantitative genetics of modern human cranial variationRichard J Sherwood
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, 3171 Research Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
J Hum Evol 54:909-14. 2008
Mandibular symphysis of large-bodied hominoidsRichard J Sherwood
Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University, Kettering, OH 45420, USA
Hum Biol 77:735-59. 2005....
Genetic architecture of knee radiographic joint space in healthy young adultsDana L Duren
Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3171 Research Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45420 4014, USA
Hum Biol 80:1-9. 2008..Genetic correlation analyses indicate complete pleiotropy between MJS and LJS but genetic independence of joint space and JW...
Presentation, heritability, and genome-wide linkage analysis of the midchildhood growth spurt in healthy children from the Fels Longitudinal StudyBradford Towne
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Hum Biol 80:623-36. 2008..Two quantitative trait loci with suggestive LOD scores were found: one at 12 cM on chromosome 17p13.2 (LOD = 2.13) between markers D17S831 and D17S938 and one at 85 cM on chromosome 12q14 (LOD = 2.06) between markers D12S83 and D12S326...
Radiographic joint space of the knee in healthy young adultsDana L Duren
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, 3171 Research Blvd, Kettering, OH 45420-4014, USA
Hum Biol 78:353-64. 2006..At this young age body size accounts for a modest proportion of the variation observed in knee cartilage thickness...
Heritability of brachydactyly type A3 in children, adolescents, and young adults from an endogamous population in eastern NepalKIMBERLY D WILLIAMS
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420 4014, USA
Hum Biol 79:609-22. 2007..87 +/- 0.16, p < 0.0001). This study is the first to estimate the prevalence and heritability of BDA3 in a large South Asian family-based sample...
Predicting overweight and obesity in adulthood from body mass index values in childhood and adolescenceShumei Sun Guo
Department of Community Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:653-8. 2002..The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced the clinical use of the body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) in growth charts for young males and females...
Concordant and discordant sexual maturation among U.S. children in relation to body weight and BMIChristine M Schubert
Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:356-62. 2005..Discordant children with large differences in weight and BMI may require additional monitoring of their growth during adolescence...
Is sexual maturity occurring earlier among U.S. children?Shumei S Sun
The Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:345-55. 2005..To compare the onset and completion of sexual maturation among U.S. children between 1966 and 1994...
National estimates of the timing of sexual maturation and racial differences among US childrenShumei S Sun
The Lifespan Health Research Center Departments of Community Health, Pediatrics, and Mathematics and Statistics, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45420, USA
Pediatrics 110:911-9. 2002....
Puberty and body compositionRoger M Siervogel
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Horm Res 60:36-45. 2003....
Research Grants
- Updating Skeletal Maturity Methods for US ChildrenDana L Duren; Fiscal Year: 2010..S. children. This need can be achieved by updating the FELS skeletal age method using recent available data from non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic and Asian American children. ..
