Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study by Andre F S Amaral, Andrzej Pająk, Thorarinn Gislason, Syed Masud Ahmed, Rain Jogi, Abdul Rashid, Christine Jenkins, Fiona McLean, James Potts, Tobias Welte, Dali Wang, Eric Bateman, Wen Wang, Zafar Fatmi, Kevin Mortimer, Christer Janson, Nanshan Zhong, João Cardoso, Parvaiz A Koul, Rune Nielsen, Nazrul Islam, Graham Devereux, Andrei Malinovschi, Sanjay Juvekar, Talant Sooronbaev, Berik Emilov, Bertrand Mbatchou, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Kate Hardaker, EFM Wouters, Imed Harrabi, Amund Gulsvik, Sundeep Salvi, Muhammad Irfan, Bill Brashier, Inga Sif Ólafsdóttir, Zouhair Tabka, Peter G J Burney, Jaymini Patel, Filip Mejza, David M Mannino, Meriam Denguezli, Michael Studnicka, Althea Aquart-Stewart, Parvaiz Koul, Herve Lawin, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Olayemi Awopeju, Gregory E Erhabor, Louisa Gnatiuc, Ali Kocabas, Cristina Barbara, Hasan Hafizi, Anila Aliko, Donika Bardhi, Holta Tafa, Natasha Thanasi, Arian Mezini, Alma Teferici, Dafina Todri, Jolanda Nikolla, Rezarta Kazasi, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Amira Bengrait, Tabarek Haddad, Ibtissem Zgaoula, Maamar Ghit, Abdelhamid Roubhia, Soumaya Boudra, Feryal Atoui, Randa Yakoubi, Rachid Benali, Abdelghani Bencheikh, Nadia Ait-Khaled, Guy Marks, Tessa Bird, Paola Espinel, Brett Toelle, Torkil Dawes, Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirhofer, Akramul Islam, Shayla Islam, Qazi Shafayetul Islam, Mesbah Ul-Haque, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Sukantha Kumar Chatterjee, Dulal Mia, Shyamal Chandra Das, Mizanur Rahman, Shahaz Uddin, Nurul Islam, Luiza Khatun, Monira Parvin, Abdul Awal Khan, Maidul Islam, Arsene Kpangon, Karl Kpossou, Gildas Agodokpessi, Paul Ayelo, Benjamin Fayomi, Atongno Humphrey Ashu, Wan C Tan, Shengming Liu, Jiachun Lu, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou, Hendrik Laja, Katrin Ulst, Vappu Zobel, Toomas-Julius Lill, Isabelle Bodemann, Henning Geldmacher, Bryndis Benedikdtsdottir, Kristin Jörundsdottir, Lovisa Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Mahesh Rao, Sajjad Malik, Nissar A Hakim, Umar Hafiz Khan, Rohini Chowgule, Vasant Shetye, Jonelle Raphael, Rosel Almeda, Mahesh Tawde, Rafiq Tadvi, Sunil Katkar, Milind Kadam, Rupesh Dhanawade, Umesh Ghurup, Siddhi Hirve, Somnath Sambhudas, Bharat Chaidhary, Meera Tambe, Savita Pingale, Arati Umap, Archana Umap, Nitin Shelar, Sampada Devchakke, Sharda Chaudhary, Suvarna Bondre, Savita Walke, Ashleshsa Gawhane, Anil Sapkal, Rupali Argade, Vijay Gaikwad, Jyoti Londhe, Sapna Madas, Akosua Francia Aikman, Meerim Akmatalieva, Saadat Usenbaeva, Jypara Kydyrova, Eliza Bostonova, Ulan Sheraliev, Nuridin Marajapov, Nurgul Toktogulova, Toktogul Azilova, Gulnara Beishekeeva, Nasyikat Dononbaeva, Aijamal Tabyshova, Wezzie Nyapigoti, Ernest Mwangoka, Mayamiko Kambwili, Martha Chipeta, Gloria Banda, Suzgo Mkandawire, Justice Banda, Li-Cher Loh, Siti Sholehah, Mohamed C Benjelloun, Chakib Nejjari, Mohamed Elbiaze, Karima El Rhazi, Daniel Obaseki, Gregory Erhabor, Olufemi Adewole, Tina Endresen, Lene Svendsen, Asaad A Nafees, Aysha Zahidie, Natasha Shaukat, Meesha Iqbal, Luisito F Idolor, Norberto A Francisco, Camilo C Roa, Fernando G Ayuyao, Cecil Z Tady, Daniel T Tan, Sylvia Banal-Yang, Vincent M Balanag, Renato B Dantes, Lourdes Amarillo, Lakan U Berratio, Lenora C Fernandez, Gerard S Garcia, Teresita S de Guia, Thessa Reyes, Leander P Simpao, Jakub Frey, Rafal Harat, Pawel Nastalek, Wojciech Skucha, Andrzej Szczeklik, Magda Twardowska, Fátima Rodrigues, Hermínia Dias, João Almeida, Maria João Matos, Paula Simão, Moutinho Santos, Reis Ferreira, H Alorainy, E El-Hamad, A Hashi, R Dela, R Fanuncio, E Doloriel, I Marciano, Anamika Jithoo, Desiree Adams, Edward Barnes, Jasper Freeman, Anton Hayes, Sipho Hlengwa, Christine Johannisen, Mariana Koopman, Innocentia Louw, Ina Ludick, Alta Olckers, Johanna Ryck, Janita Storbeck, Kirthi Gunasekera, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Asma Elsony, Hana A Elsadig, Nada Bakery Osman, Bandar Salah Noory, Monjda Awad Mohamed, Suhaiba Khalifa, Mahmoud Elhadi, Mohand Hassan, Dalia Abdelmonam, Katarina Nisser, Gunilla Hägg, Terence Seemungal, Fallon Lutchmansingh, Liane Conyette, Myriam Denguezli, Hager Daldoul, Zaki Boukheroufa, Firas Chouikha, Wahbi Belhaj Khalifa, Attila Hancioglu, Ismail Hanta, Sedat Kuleci, Ahmet Sinan Turkyilmaz, Sema Umut, Turgay Unalan, Peter GJ Burney, Hadia Azar, Caron Amor, Michael Tumilty, Risha Dudhaiya, A Sonia Buist, Mary Ann McBurnie, William M Vollmer, Suzanne Gillespie, Sean Sullivan, Todd A Lee, Kevin B Weiss, Robert L Jensen, Robert Crapo, Paul Enright, John Cain, Rebecca Copeland, Dana Hazen, Jennifer Methvin, Rana Ahmed, Ewa Niżankowska-mogilnicka, Sullian S Naval, Jin-Ping Zheng, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Ben Knox-Brown, Dhiraj Agarwal, M Al Hajjaj, L Safia, Namarig Mohamed Elhassan, Marwa Mohamed Mohamaden, Sanjay K Juvekar, Stefanni Nonna M Paraguas, Anders Ørskov Rotevatn, Alexandra SchwedaLinow, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Bermet M. Estebesova, GJ Wesseling, MariaTeresita N Reyes, Flordeliza Sanchez, MAl Ghobain, Hasab Alrasoul Akasha Ahmed Osman, Abdel Mu’is El Zain, Ulrike SpetzNystrom, GunMarie Lund

“…Models were adjusted for sex, age, smoking, body mass index and educational level.Results Participants with greater per cent predicted FVC were less likely to have new-onset diabetes (OR per 10%=0.91, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.99), heart disease (OR per 10%=0.86, 95% CI 0.80 to 0.92) and stroke (OR per 10%=0.81, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.89) during the follow-up period (mean±SD 9.5±3.6 years). …”
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among Chinese adults with diabetes: a nationwide population-based cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Weiping Jia, Rong Yu, Limin Wang, Dalong Zhu, Lixin Guo, Jianping Weng, Hong Li, Mei Zhang, Xiaoqi Ye, Zhiguang Zhou, Dajin Zou, Qiuhe Ji, Xiaohui Guo, Yinan Zhang, Dong Lang, Jiarui Wu, Jing Wu, Xuhong Hou, Xiaohui Guo, Kai Wu, Liming Chen, Demin Liu, Guangyao Song, Linyi Shu, Jing Yang, Yan Wang, Dongmei Li, Qiansha Guo, Ling Li, Na Wu, Yadong Sun, Huifang Cheng, Hongyu Kuang, Huijuan Zhang, Weiping Jia, Xuhong Hou, Dalong Zhu, Jian Zhu, Hong Li, Fenping Zheng, Qiu Zhang, Honglin Hu, Gang Chen, Xingquan Yang, Xiaoyang Lai, Jianping Liu, Li Chen, Ming Dong, Zhigang Zhao, Jian Liu, Guangda Xiang, Junxia Zhang, Zhiguang Zhou, Jian Peng, Jianping Weng, Longyi Zeng, Yuzhen Liang, Guoqiao Li, Kaining Chen, Leweihua Lin, Qifu Li, Qingfeng Cheng, Xingwu Ran, Dawei Chen, Hong Li, Xin Nian, Lihui Yang, Shuyou Meng, Jing Xu, Junhong Long, Jing Liu, Qi Zhang, Qingxiang Dai, Xiaomin Xie, Guirong Bai, Jun Li, Tao Li, Zhong Dong, Tao Zhang, Sijia Liu, Yong Yang, Kun Geng, Wenlong Zheng, Zhihong Li, Hui Wang, Zuojun Wu, Miao Wang, Jixin Sun, Jianwei Zhou, Jun An, Huaqing Shen, Yanfang Li, Zeping Ren, Xiuli Xue, Shaohui Jia, Yongping Zheng, Jiaoxia Li, Yonggang Qian, Ping Ma, Yan Su, Liang Cao, Xuyi Yang, Guowei Pan, Guangzhi Pan, Ling Jin, Quanfu Yu, Yunfei Liu, Yingli Zhu, Zhifang Cheng, Jun Yang, Chundi Jia, Qing Wang, Shichun Yan, Jingyang Huang, Yumei Chi, Li Zhang, Ruifa Pang, Yan Shi, Yan Lu, Yiling Wu, Jie Yu, Chunxiang Wu, Jinyi Zhou, Yunxia Wu, Ning Zhang, Jing Sun, Xiumei Tian, Jieming Zhong, Jingying Chen, Kaixu Xie, Lingjuan Fu, Xiaohua Wang, Yeji Chen, Ling Zeng, Zhenqian Cao, Maomin Yang, Biao Hu, Wenling Zhong, Qingyan Liu, Zhiding Huang, Qingbin Lai, Yuyu Zhang, Liping Zhu, Yujing Zhao, Wuming Tao, Yonghai Tu, Lin Zhou, Xiaolei Guo, Benzheng Chai, Liping Ding, Yuewei Zou, Dongzhi Li, Li Hua, Shixian Feng, Jianli Guo, Wanguang Liu, Qingxiang Li, Yunzhi Zheng, Minli Xu, Lan Zhang, Chunbo Li, Yingchao Wan, Chi Hu, Shengping Xu, Biyun Chen, Huilin Liu, Xiaojia Bian, Wenwei Chen, Honghua Li, Yanjun Xu, Fan Weng, Hong Wu, Weijin Zhang, Liankai Zhu, Jun Meng, Jin Yang, Yongsong Zeng, Gaoke Zhai, Lingfeng Qin, Yi Lu, Zhenwang Fu, Shukuan Wu, Caigang Li, Na Wang, Lianfen Chen, Xianbin Ding, Qi Zhou, Yiling Xie, Rui Chen, Dongsheng Yang, Ying Deng, Youping Hu, Bo Huang, Ping Wang, Peng Cai, Changyan Peng, Xiaofang Chen, Ling Li, Liang Xiao, Chenglin Wang, Chaogang Tan, Daobin Chen, Min Chen, Mingfang Qin, Zhaomin Lei, Jianzhi Qiu, Wei Yu, Yunfei Li, Guoxia Bai, Ying Wang, Lin Qiu, Ning Wang, Xudong Zhao, Ani Yan, Jianfei Liu, Tingcai Wang, Kaihua Hao, Zaihong Zhang, Zhanqi Xian, Tenghuan Ma, Zhihua Xu, Yi Yang, Hongli Wang, Rong Li, Zhonggang Zhao, Caixia Fan, Purhati, Hongjun Xu, Liping Gao

“…CVH was evaluated using the “life's essential 8” (LE8) score, which ranged from 0 to 100 and included 8 components: diet, sleep duration, physical activity, nicotine exposure, hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and body mass index. The total LE8 scores were categorized into low (0–49), middle (50–79), and high (80–100) according to the American Heart Association. …”
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Cohort profile: the BangladEsh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) cohort study by Anisur Rahman, Stephen Sutton, Mahbubur Rahman, Jason Crawte, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Saimul Islam, Aliya Naheed, Adam S Butterworth, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Matthew Walker, John Danesh, Angela Wood, Sarah Hawkes, Sadika Akhter, Catherine Perry, Aytalina Azarova, Ruchira T Naved, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Nusrat Khan, Rajiv Chowdhury, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Nusrat Jahan, Stephen Kaptoge, Md Zahidul Islam, Kaniz Fatema, Kim Robin van Daalen, Shammi Luhar, Roderic L Jones, Abbas Bhuiya, Md Khalequzzaman, Syed Shariful Islam, Henry Taylor, Shamima Akter, Simon Griffin, Khairul Islam, Salma Akter, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Abdul Malik, Rubhana Raqib, Animesh Talukder, Richard Houghton, Tahmina Shirin, Lawrence King, Kamrun Nahar, Samantha Farrow, Giulia Loffreda, Samsad Rabbani Khan, Valerie Rhenius, Nahida Akter, Md Mostafa Monower, Sabina Akter, Mantaka Rahman, Lisa Pennells, Maria L C Iurilli, Md Taslim Uddin Miah, Khan Mohammad Thouhidur Rahman, Sharraf Samin, Kazi Nazmus Saqeeb, Ishrat Tasmin, Eleanor Farrow, Ank Michielsen, Sarah Spackman, Charlotte van Coeverden, James Ajioka, Khondker Abdul Abdul Awal, Evangelia Chatzidiakou, Jörg Feldmann, Richard Fenner, Tuhin Haque, Sirajul Islam, Kamrul Hasan Khan, Fazila-Tun-Nesa Malik, Olalekan Popoola, Nicholas Mascie Taylor, Md Alfazal Khan, Israt Akter, Laboni Akter, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Monalisa Moni, A H M Rezwan, K M Thouhidur Rahman, Monjeline Sultana, Jesmin Akhter, Ayasha Akter, Bakul Akter, Jharna Akter, Jesmin Akter, Juba Akter, Khadiza Akter, Khadija Akter, Lipi Akter, Maksuda Akter, Mousumi Akter, Mst Lovely Akter, Nasima Akter, Samima Akter, Sema Akter, Shahida Akter, Shahnaj Akter, Taslima Akter, A T M Zorjis Alam, Mahmuda Atique, Lutfa Begum, Mst Nazma Begum, Farjana Choudhury, Mitali Paul Chowdhury, Robin Reza Chowdhury, Mukul Rani Debnath, Nahid Ferdash, Naima Ferdous, Md Rakib Al Hasan, Khandaker Hashanuzzaman, Shamima Haq, Md Riazul Haque, Alamgir Hossain, Md Ibrahim, Shahi Israt Jahan, Israt Jahan Jarin, Zohora Pradhan Jonaki, Asik Kabir, Tonema Kader, Md Mostafa Kamal, Sayed Kamruzzaman, Sadik Fatima Kanon, Nazmul Karim, Shamsul Karim, Tanuja Khanom, Shamim Ara Khatun, Badrun Nahar Lorin, Mst Sirajum Manira, Farhana Jahan Mary, Kazi Dilruba Mita, Lipi Mitra, Basudeb Mollik, Sudipta Nargis, Nusrat Alam Nawmee, Esrat Zahan Nesa, Mahmuda Akter Nipa, Mehenaz Parvin, Sanjida Parvin, Shahnaj Parvin, Suraiya Parvin, Nayan Rabidash, Rulia Rahman, Madhabi Rani, Shahjalal Sarker, Smriti Sarker, Razia Sultana Shathi, Fatema Shelly, Ireen Sultana, Rovaiya Sultana, Israt Jahan Sumi, Sharmin Tamanna, Khadija Akter Topy, Umme Habiba Urmee, Suraya Yesmin, Julianne Halley, Charlotte van Coeverden, Mahmuda Akther Akhi, Asia Akter, Labony Akter, Ms Mili Akter, Mst Shamima Akter, Setu Akter, Tahmina Akter, Md Sabdar Ali, Mst Jesmin Ara, Edyta Bujnik, Apu Chandra Das, Many Das, Nurjahan Fatema, Md Riyad Hasan, Soniya Jannat, Mst Amena Khatun, Most Nurnahar Khatun, William Mossman, Robyn Murdoch, Zannaton Naeem, Evrikleia Ntasi, Silvia Alonso Rodriguez, Tripty Roy, Most Abida Sultana, Laryssa Amado, Tanya Braune, Eilidh Cowan, Steve Ellis, Ellie Farrow, Hannah Lombardi, Niko Ovenden, Tamara Sabri, Md Khalid Sultan, Jim Ajioka, Khondker Abdul Awal, Arul Baradi, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Camilla Faidutti, Joerg Feldmann, Louise Hair, Sharifuddin Hasnat, Shahid Akhter Hossain, Md Mominul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Joe Lavallée, Fazila Tun-Nesa Malik, Nick Mascie-Taylor, Md Sirajul Islam, Laurie Savage, Sara Shazad, Lalitha Sundaram, Aloka Tulukdar, Kim Van Daalen, Tanvir Chowdhury, Nurul Huda, Samia Naz Isha, Riaz Hossain Khan, Aliva Salmeen, Zeeba Zahra Sultana

“…Overall, the mean (SD) body mass index (BMI) was 25 (5) kg/m2, with 10 442 (16%) participants aged 20–79, classified as obese (ie, BMI≥30 kg/m2). …”
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An Anthropometric Risk Index Based on Combining Height, Weight, Waist, and Hip Measurements by Nir Y. Krakauer, Jesse C. Krakauer

“…Body mass index (BMI) can be considered an application of a power law model to express body weight independently of height. …”
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Patient Attitudes toward Gestational Weight Gain and Exercise during Pregnancy by M. L. Lott, M. L. Power, E. G. Reed, J. Schulkin, A. D. Mackeen

“…Body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) are important factors for neonatal and maternal health. …”
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