A Six-Month Randomized Controlled Trial of Whole Soy and Isoflavones Daidzein on Body Composition in Equol-Producing Postmenopausal Women with Prehypertension by Zhao-min Liu, Suzanne C. Ho, Yu-ming Chen, Jean Woo

“…Whole soy and purified daidzein had no significant effect on body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences, waist to hip ratio (WHR), body fat percentage, fat mass, and free fat mass. …”
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Patterns of orthopaedic injury among hospitalised personal mobility device users and bicycle riders: a comparative study by Don Thong Siang Koh, Yew Lok Woo, Ting Hway Wong, Mann Hong Tan

“…Parameters studied included patients’ demographics (e.g. age, gender and body mass index), type of PMD, nature of injury, surgical intervention required, duration of hospitalisation and time off work. …”
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Association between Obesity, Serum Lipids, and Colorectal Polyps in Old Chinese People by Wen Yang, Yan Chang, Haiyan Huang, Yuzhu Wang, Xiaohong Yu

“…The aim of our study was to examine the association of body mass index (BMI) and serum lipids with the colorectal polyps in old Chinese people. …”
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Short-term Effectiveness of High-intensity Laser Therapy in De Quervain Tenosynovitis: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study by Emine DUNDAR AHI, Hulya SIRZAI2

“…Results: The demographic results (age, gender, duration of complaint, body mass index, occupational group) of both groups were similar (p>0.05). …”
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Effect of Metformin on Anthropometric Measurements and Hormonal and Biochemical Profile in Patients with Prediabetes by Mustafa Safiah, Dana Hyassat, Yousef Khader, Oraib Farahid, Anwar Batieha, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Kamel Ajlouni

“…A prepoststudy was conducted among 52 patients with prediabetes or insulin resistance who met the inclusion criteria. Weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference were measured before and 12 months after metformin treatment. …”
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STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF COPD PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TOGENDER: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Gökhan Perincek

“…The association of height, body mass index (BMI), and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) with gender is found statistically significant (p<0.001). …”
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Pegilated interferon α2а in treatment of chronic hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, S. V. Koblov, A. O. Buyeverov, M. V. Matsiyevich, O. S. Kuzmina, N. A. Barsukova, N. V. Dubinina

“…Statistically significant differences by gender, body mass index, virus genotype were revealed between groups which have achieved and not achieved SVRs. …”
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Maternal Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Risk of Obesity among Offspring: A Systematic Review by Erica Y. Lau, Junxiu Liu, Edward Archer, Samantha M. McDonald, Jihong Liu

“…Included studies (n=23) were English articles that examined the independent associations of GWG with body mass index (BMI) and/or overweight status in the offspring aged 2 to 18.9 years. …”
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Cardiovascular Reactivity: its Association with Physical Activity, and Some Hemodynamic and Anthropometric Variables by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Rosmari Álvarez Hernández, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Cynthia Olivia Morales Pérez, Rachel Yanes Seijo, José Omar de Armas García

“…The variables were considered: sex, skin colour, age, height, weight, index of body mass, abdominal waist, blood pressures: systolic, diastolic, average and differential (basal and sustained weight test) and physical activity. …”
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Relationships between multivitamins, blood biochemistry markers, and BMC and BMD based on RF: A cross-sectional and population-based study of NHANES, 2017-2018. by Lijuan Xu, Mengqi Wu, Ying Zhang, Hongsheng Kun, Jiangbao Xu

“…<h4>Results</h4>Under the dimension reduction and comparison selection of RF model, we identified ALP, CPK, and creatinine serum concentrations as the most important factors associated with BMC and BMD in multiple skeletal sites, and the gender, age, height, weight, and body mass index which were found to be related to BMC and BMD in different skeletal sites. …”
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Beliefs about medicines’ association with endocrine therapy adherence in early breast cancer survivors in Croatia by Okroša Ana Dugonjić, Silovski Tajana, Plavetić Natalija Dedić, Silovski Hrvoje, Kovačić Ana, Mucalo Iva

“…Significantly higher concern beliefs were found among patients that were younger (p < 0.001), employed (p < 0.001), intentionally non-adherent to AET (p = 0.006), had a lower body-mass index (p = 0.005) and a higher level of education (p < 0.001), were premenopausal at the time of diagnosis (p < 0.001), taking tamoxifen treatment (p = 0.05) and receiving ovarian suppression (p < 0.001). …”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Healthcare Resource Utilization among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Concomitant Hypertension and Obesity: A Prospective Survey by Andrew J. Green, Debbra D. Bazata, Kathleen M. Fox, Susan Grandy

“…Respondents reporting T2DM and HTN and obesity (body mass index, BMI, ≥30 kg/m2) were compared with a T2DM-alone group. …”
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Impact of Dienogest Alone or in Combination with Ethinylestradiol on the Quality of Life of Women with Endometriosis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Mujde Canday, Suleyman Salman

“…RESULTS: There was no significant difference between drug groups in terms of education status, body mass index, family history, smoking, alcohol consumption, age, age at menarche, menstruation pattern, duration of menstruation, infertility, gestational status, job loss due to pain complaints, operation, and MRI findings (p>0.05). …”
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The process of obtaining information about COVID-19 among students of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department by Duygu Ilgin Gunduz, Erhan Secer, Melda Baser Secer

“…Students’ sociodemographic data (age, biological sex, body mass index) and the main topics they researched about COVID-19, information sources, and factors influencing their choice of sources were recorded. …”
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Physical Activity May Be Associated with Conditioned Pain Modulation in Women but Not Men among Healthy Individuals by Yukiko Shiro, Tatsunori Ikemoto, Yuta Terasawa, Young-Chang P. Arai, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Takahiro Ushida, Takako Matsubara

“…Participants were assessed on the basis of their mechanical pressure pain threshold (PPT), CPM response, body mass index (BMI), basal metabolic rate (BMR), and duration of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) over a week, using a motion counter. …”
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Interleukin 28B polymorphism impact on early HCV kinetics in HCV-infected liver transplant recipients undergoing antiviral therapy by V. E. Syutkin, V. P. Chulanov, I. V. Karandashova, V. A. Dolgin, A. O. Chugunov

“…Genotype C/C (rs12979860) was present in 6 (40%) patients with complete EVR and in none of slow-responders (one-sided p=0.041).The groups of recipients with and without complete EVR were comparable with sex, age, pre-treatment viral load, immunosuppression (cyclosporine vs. tacrolimus), weight and body mass index, and mean ribavirin dose. The only pre-treatment factors which have impact on complete EVR were genotype (1 vs. non-1) and IL28B polymorphisms.Conclusion. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical and Anthropometric Profile in Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians by Jacksaint Saintila, Tabita E. Lozano López, Percy G. Ruiz Mamani, Michael White, Salomón Huancahuire-Vega

“…Vegetarians presented better Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), as well as higher LDL levels. …”
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The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Paul A. McAuley, Nancy S. Smith, Brian T. Emerson, Jonathan N. Myers

“…Subjects were grouped for analysis by METs: unfit (lowest third) and fit (upper two-thirds); and by body mass index (kg/m2): nonobese (18.5−29.9) and obese (≥30.0). …”
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Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial by Jessica L. Thomson, Lisa M. Tussing-Humphreys, Melissa H. Goodman, Sarah E. Olender

“…Weight gain was classified as under, within, or exceeding the Institute of Medicine recommendations based on prepregnancy body mass index. Chi-square tests and generalized linear mixed models were used to test for significant differences in percentages of participants within recommended weight gain ranges. …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…The results were adjusted for age, body mass index (BMI), poverty index, education, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, and physical activity. …”
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