Do physical activity and energy intake selectively predict the waist-to-hip ratio in men but not in women?
Because the WHR is an important predictor of several cardiovascular and other chronic diseases, documentation of a strong effect of physical activity on the WHR selectively in men may provide a partial explanation of how the effect of physical activity is mediated and why physical activity is more effective in men than in women in reducing disease risk.
The altered pathways and several key genes identified by this method were predicted to play important roles in HCV-cirrhosis with HCC and might be potentially novel predictive and prognostic markers for HCV-cirrhosis with HCC.