Quadriceps weakness is an important complication of advanced chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) but few data exist concerning muscle bulk in early disease. We …

Objective Prediabetes is a high-risk state for developing diabetes and associated
complications. The purpose of this paper was to report trends in prevalence of prediabetes for …

Introduction Muscle strength may play a role in cardiometabolic disease. We examined the
relationship between hand grip strength and diabetes and hypertension in a sample of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by high morbidity and
mortality. It remains unknown which aspect of lung function carries the most prognostic …

Background: The increasing prevalence of diabetes is a major health problem. The detection
and treatment of prediabetes can delay the onset of diabetes and presents an important …

Purpose: Detection and treatment of prediabetes is an effective strategy in diabetes prevention.
However, most patients with prediabetes are not identified. Our objective was to evaluate …

Quadriceps muscle phenotype varies widely between patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) and cannot be determined without muscle biopsy. We hypothesised …

PURPOSE Trends in sedentary lifestyle may have influenced adult body composition and
metabolic health among individuals at presumably healthy weights. This study examines the …

A substantial proportion of adults at healthy body mass index (BMI) are potentially at high
risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective of this study is to determine if sedentary …

Background Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is an important treatment for patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but it is not established whether any baseline …