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Ulf Ekelund

Researcher at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Publications -  661
Citations -  88198

Ulf Ekelund is an academic researcher from Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 611 publications receiving 70618 citations. Previous affiliations of Ulf Ekelund include Norwegian Institute of Public Health & Lund University.

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Genetic susceptibility to obesity and related traits in childhood and adolescence; influence of loci identified by genome-wide association studies

Marcel den Hoed, +8 more
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
TL;DR: Most obesity susceptibility loci identified by GWA studies in adults are already associated with anthropometric traits in children/adolescents, and whereas the association of some variants may differ with age, the cumulative effect size is similar.
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Comparison between neural networks and multiple logistic regression to predict acute coronary syndrome in the emergency room

Michael Green, +5 more
- 01 Nov 2006 - 
TL;DR: Clinically, a prediction model of the present type, combined with the judgment of trained emergency department personnel, could be useful for the early discharge of chest pain patients in populations with a low prevalence of ACS.
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A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

Luís B. Sardinha, +7 more
- 22 Feb 2016 - 
TL;DR: The magnitude of associations for BMI, WC, and WHtR are similar in relation to clustered cardiometabolic risk factors, and perform better at higher levels of BMI, however, the precision of these anthropometric variables to classify increased risk is low.
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Objectively measured physical activity and obesity prevention in children, adolescents and adults: a systematic review of prospective studies.

Désirée C Wilks, +3 more
- 01 May 2011 - 
TL;DR: Despite the well‐established health benefits of PA, it may not be a key determinant of excessive gain in adiposity, and intervention studies show generally no effect on either PA or adiposity.
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Physical activity, obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in 9- to 10-year-old UK children of white European, South Asian and black African-Caribbean origin: the Child Heart And health Study in England (CHASE)

Christopher G. Owen, +6 more
- 09 May 2010 - 
TL;DR: Objectively measured physical activity correlates at least as well with obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in South Asian and African-Caribbean children as in white European children, suggesting that efforts to increase activity levels in such groups would have equally beneficial effects.