Gestational weight gain patterns as predictors of cesarean deliveries in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus by Tzu-Ling Chen, Su-Fen Cheng, Chien-Lin Kuo, Chu-Yu Huang, Chia-Hsun Wu

“…GDM was diagnosed by oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) during 24–28 weeks of gestation. Body mass index cut-offs were based on Asian-specific guidelines. …”
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Investigating Postoperative Urinary Retention: Risk Factors and Postsurgical Outcomes in Total Joint Arthroplasty by Madeleine J.F. Powers, MSIII, Zachary T. Grace, MD, Barrett B. Torre, MD, Dorothy B. Wakefield, MS, Laura Sanzari, MS, BSN, RN, Matthew J. Grosso, MD

“…Variables analyzed included age, sex, alpha-blocker prescription, operative joint, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, Charlson Comorbidity Index classification, and anesthesia type. …”
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Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics by Torie L. Grant, MD, MHS, Laken C. Roberts Lavigne, PhD, MPH, Craig Evan Pollack, MD, MHS, Pete Cimbolic, BA, Susan Balcer-Whaley, MPH, Roger D. Peng, PhD, Elizabeth C. Matsui, MD, MHS, Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD

“…These improvements in asthma outcomes are seen regardless of baseline sex, age, body mass index, allergic sensitization, asthma severity, and premove stress.…”
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Exercise and Caloric Restriction Alter the Immune System of Mice Submitted to a High-Fat Diet by Frederick Wasinski, Reury F. P. Bacurau, Milton R. Moraes, Anderson S. Haro, Pedro M. M. Moraes-Vieira, Gabriel R. Estrela, Edgar J. Paredes-Gamero, Carlos C. Barros, Sandro S. Almeida, Niels O. S. Câmara, Ronaldo C. Araujo

“…These strategies were able to reduce body mass and resulted in changes in the number of resident immune cells in the adipose tissue and levels of cytokines/chemokines in serum. …”
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Anti-obesity effects of Erythrina abyssinica stem bark extract in flies exposed to a high fat diet by Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Eddie, Wampande, John, Rubaihayo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Hellen, Wambui Kinyi

“…E. abyssinica stem bark extract reduced body mass, triglyceride levels (TG/TP), sterol levels, and modulated catalase activity at 7.5 g/ml extract concentration. …”
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The Problem of Confounding in Studies of the Effect of Maternal Drug Use on Pregnancy Outcome by Bengt Källén

“…Such confounders can be found in maternal characteristics like age, parity, smoking, use of alcohol, and body mass index, subfertility, and previous pregnancies including previous birth of a malformed child, socioeconomy, race/ethnicity, or country of birth. …”
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KL-optimal experimental design for discriminating between two growth models applied to a beef farm by Santiago Campos-Barreiro, Jesús López-Fidalgo

“…The body mass growth of organisms is usually represented in terms of what is known as ontogenetic growth models, which represent the relation of dependence between the mass of the body and time. …”
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When Should the Treatment of Obesity in Thyroid Disease Begin? by Edyta Sutkowska, Michał Kisiel, Agnieszka Zubkiewicz-Kucharska

“…While hypothyroidism can contribute to excess fat tissue, the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and thyroid function hormones is bidirectional. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Clinical Approach and Review by Maitreyi Raman, Johane Allard

“…Risk factors for NAFLD include body mass index of 25 kg/m2 or greater, central obesity and diabetes mellitus. …”
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Development of a novel predictive model for a successful stone removal after flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy based on ipsilateral renal function: a single-centre, retrospective... by Hong Li, Liang Zhou, Xi Jin, Yucheng Ma, Zhongyu Jian, Liyuan Xiang, Deyi Luo, Kun-Jie Wang

“…A novel nomogram for predicting SFR that uses stone volume, lower calyx stones, age, body mass index and estimated glomerular filtration rate was developed, but remains to be externally validated.…”
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Early and Late Complications Associated with Penile Cancer Surgery and the Impact of Human Papillomavirus Status: Findings from a Retrospective Norwegian Cohort Study by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Ida M. Nordanger, Christian Beisland, Tor K. Thorkelsen, Alfred Honoré, Christian A. Moen

“…There was a 1% admission rate to the intensive care unit, but no deaths were recorded within 30 d. Body mass index (BMI)was a significant predictor of early complications (p = 0.01). …”
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Feasibility and Safety of the Distal Transradial Artery for Coronary Diagnostic or Interventional Catheterization by Yaowang Lin, Xin Sun, Ruimian Chen, Huadong Liu, Xinli Pang, Jie Chen, Shaohong Dong

“…Clinicians should use the dTRA with caution in patients with low body mass index.…”
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Incidence Rate of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 170,139 Women by Zhuyu Li, Yunjiu Cheng, Dongyu Wang, Haitian Chen, Hanqing Chen, Wai-kit Ming, Zilian Wang

“…Women from Asia and those with older age and higher body mass index seem to experience higher risk of developing T2DM. …”
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The effect of L-carnitine supplementation on anthropometric and malnutrition status in acute ischemic stroke patients: a triple-blinded randomized clinical trial by Samaneh Hajjarzadeh, Mehdi Zarei, Shahram Rafie, Davood Shalilahmadi, Majid Karandish

“…Results Patients receiving L-carnitine had significantly lower changes in terms of weight, body mass index, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-arm circumference, mid-arm muscle circumference, and calf circumference than did those in the placebo group. …”
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Maternal health risk factors dataset: Clinical parameters and insights from rural BangladeshMendeley Data by Mayen Uddin Mojumdar, Dhiman Sarker, Md Assaduzzaman, Hasin Arman Shifa, Md. Anisul Haque Sajeeb, Oahidul Islam, Md Shadikul Bari, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Narayan Ranjan Chakraborty

“…This test showed a significant difference in BMI (body mass index), with a p-value of 2.23e-24, indicating that preexisting diabetes impacts BMI. …”
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Explorating the Involvement of Plasma Sestrin2 in Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Rong Jiang, Qiru Wang, Huifen Zhai, Xiaohua Du, Shibo Sun, Haoyan Wang

“…OSA and healthy control subjects were recruited and matched with age, gender, and body mass index (BMI). Plasma Sestrin2 levels were measured and compared. …”
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Levels in Early and Late Onset Preeclampsia by Onur Guralp, Nevin Tuten, Mahmut Oncul, Serdar A Acikgoz, Hakan Ekmekci, Abdullah Tuten

“…The correlation analysis showed that neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin was not affected by age or body mass index. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin had a positive correlation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the umbilical-artery PI and RI. …”
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Exploring the Association Between Triglyceride-Glucose Indices and Their Derivatives With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve... by Zhou Y, Xue F

“…The fully adjusted Model 3 analysis (Note: Body Mass Index was not adjusted for TyG-BMI) of continuous variables showed a positive correlation between OSA and all four indices. …”
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Overweight and obesity among adolescents: health-conscious behaviours, acceptance, and the health behaviours of their parents by Anna Lewandowska, Grzegorz Rudzki, Tomasz Lewandowski, Anna Bartosiewicz, Michał Próchnicki, Aleksandra Stryjkowska-Góra, Barbara Laskowska, Małgorzata Sierpińska, Sławomir Rudzki, Sergii Pavlov

“…The study used a questionnaire, body mass index assessment, physical activity assessment, and a health behaviour inventory. …”
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Experiences and overall impact reported by people living with obesity: results from a multinational study by Esther Artime, Swarna Khare, Sarah Zimner-Rapuch, Josefine Redig, Caragh Flannery, Victoria Higgins, Andrea Leith, Ashley Mortimer, Bruno Halpern, Nasreen Alfaris

“…Objectives: To explore the impact of obesity on clinical outcomes, health-related quality of life, emotional well-being, and work productivity in people/patients with obesity across six countries by body mass index and the presence of complications. …”
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