Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition of Adult Premenopausal Women with Three Levels of Physical Activity by Fernando D. Saraví, Fabiana Sayegh

“…The groups did not differ in age, height, weight, or body mass index. Bone mineral content and non-fat soft tissue mass were higher and fat mass was lower in the Sport Team group than in the other groups. …”
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Is There An Association Between Kisspeptin Levels And Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? by Emine Arslan, Umit Gorkem, Cihan Togrul

“…Results: In both groups, there were no difference in terms of age and gestational age (p=0.058 and p=0.820, respectively). The median of body mass indices of both groups at 24 to 28 weeks of gestation were statistically similar (p=0.062). …”
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Obesity and Prognostic Variables in Colombian Breast Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Javier Cuello-López, Ana Fidalgo-Zapata, Elsa Vásquez-Trespalacios

“…A cross-sectional study including 849 women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2009 and 2014. Based on body mass index, prevalence of overweight (BMI ≥ 25 < 30) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30) and associations of BMI with clinical and tumor histopathological features were analyzed. …”
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Physical Activity among Veterans and Nonveterans with Diabetes by Erin D. Bouldin, Gayle E. Reiber

“…After adjusting for sex, race and ethnicity, household income, education level, body mass index (BMI), and recent health checkup, veteran status was associated with a small but significantly larger amount of average weekly moderate PA (2.2 minutes, P=0.0058) but not average weekly vigorous PA (−0.02 minutes, P=0.98). …”
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Anthropometric, Morphometric and Posture Evaluation of The Tallest Living Person In The World: A Case Report by Erhan Kara

“…This study aims to identify the anthropometric and morphometric characteristics and reveal the postural disorder of the male case called S.K who was diagnosed with Gigantism (pituitary gigantism) caused by hypersecretion of pituitary tumor related growth hormone and entitled as the tallest person alive in the world with a height of 2.51 cm in the Guinness World Records in 2009. Height, weight, body mass index, upper extremity lengths, lower extremity lengths, skinfold thickness, upper and lower extremity diameters, upper and lower extremity perimeters, chest depth and hand grip strength were measured for anthropometric measurement. 8 different body segments were calculated and analyzed using The Posture Screen Mobile® application for posture evaluation. …”
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Differential Role of Adipose Tissues in Obesity and Related Metabolic and Vascular Complications by Almudena Gómez-Hernández, Nuria Beneit, Sabela Díaz-Castroverde, Óscar Escribano

“…Furthermore, an inverse relationship between body mass index and brown adipose tissue activity has been described. …”
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Changes in Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, White Blood Cell Count, Liver Enzymes, and Magnesium after Gastric Bypass Surgery by Hans-Erik Johansson, Arvo Haenni, Björn Zethelius

“…Methods. 21 morbidly obese nondiabetic patients who underwent RYGBP surgery were evaluated preoperatively (baseline), then 1 year (1st followup) and 3.5 years (2nd followup) after RYGBP and compared to an untreated control group. Results. Body mass index, ESR, WBC, ALT, and GGT were all significantly reduced at 1 year in the RYGBP group (30%, 35%, 20%, 45%, and 57%, resp.) while Mg increased by 6%, compared to control group (P=0.001−0.009). …”
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Punicalagin attenuated allergic airway inflammation via regulating IL4/IL-4Rα/STAT6 and Notch- GATA3 pathways by Yu Li, Li Jianying

“…Treatment group animals received punicalagin (12.5, 25 or 50 mg kg−1 body mass) per day for 21 days from day 1 of OVA injection. …”
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Influence of Helicobacter pylori Infection on Metabolic Syndrome in Old Chinese People by Wen Yang, Cunfu Xuan

“…The aim of our study was to assess the effects of H. pylori infection on serum lipids, body mass index (BMI), and metabolic syndrome in old Chinese people. …”
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The Effect of Epidural Analgesia on the Delivery Outcome of Induced Labour: A Retrospective Case Series by Angeliki Antonakou, Dimitrios Papoutsis

“…This was a retrospective case series of primigravidae women being induced at term for all indications with a normal body mass index (BMI) at booking and under the age of 40 years. …”
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Maternal mental disorders, psychotropic drugs, socioeconomic status, and offspring congenital anomalies by Satu-Maarit Björkstedt, Hannu Koponen, Hannu Kautiainen, Mika Gissler M, P. Pennanen, Johan G Eriksson, Merja K Laine

“…Pregnant women purchasing psychotropic drugs more often lived alone and smoked, had higher body mass index, and had lower annual income and educational attainment than women not purchasing psychotropic drugs. …”
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Investigating The Relationship Between Motor Skills and Physical Activity Levels of The Children at 8-10 Years of Age by Zait Burak Aktuğ, Rüçhan İri

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the physical activity level (PAL) and motor skill (MS) of children aged 8-10 years and investigate the relationship between MS, PAL and Body Mass Index (BMI). 126 female and 119 male voluntary children aged 8-10 years participated in the study. …”
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Effect of acute detraining following two types of resistance training on strength performance and body composition in trained athletes by Dariush Vatanı, Masoumeh Azizi, Uones Bakhtıary, Vahid Tadıbı

“…Results demonstrated that after six weeks of resistance training enhanced significantly maximal strength while Body Mass Index (BMI) and percent of body significantly decreased in both groups. …”
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Obesidad by Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

“…A classification is established according to body mass index (BMI) and the distribution, abundance and size of adipocytes. …”
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Acute effects of bout duration in small-sided games on physiological and kinematic responses by Osman Yılmaz

“…Twenty-four amateur soccer players (age = 16.83 ± 0.381 years; height= 175.83 ± 6.75; weight: 66.21 ± 7.19; body mass index; 21.36 ± 1.36) participated in the study voluntarily. …”
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Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis by Zishuo Li, Hongli Li, Qin Xu, Yanli Long

“…Subgroup analyses showed that the association between skipping breakfast and hypertension in adults was consistent in the general population and in patients with type 2 diabetes, in studies from different countries, in cohort and cross-sectional studies, in breakfast skippers defined as taking breakfast ≤3 days/week and as self-reported habitual breakfast skipping, and in studies with and without adjustment of body mass index (Pfor subgroup difference, all P>0.10). …”
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Effects of Whole Body Vibration and Resistance Training on Bone Mineral Density and Anthropometry in Obese Postmenopausal Women by Moushira Erfan Zaki

“…Eighty Egyptian obese postmenopausal women were enrolled in this study; their age ranged from 50 to 68 years. Their body mass index ranged (30–36 kg/m2). The exercise prescription consisted of whole body vibration (WBV) and resistance training. …”
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Serum IL-18 Is Increased at Early Postburn Period in Moderately Burned Patients by Y. Kenan Coban, Murat Aral

“…Total mean burned surface area (TBSA) was 24.6±5.7% and mean BMI (body mass index) was 24.5±3.4. The patients' age ranged from 17 to 38 (mean 26.3±7.4) years. …”
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Relationship between Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Forced Oscillometric Technique in the Assessment of Asthma by Amjed H. Abbas, Ahmed Hussein Jasim, Kareem Nasir Hussien Alesawi, Samir Sawadi Hammoud

“…Results: There were no significant differences between the patient and control group regarding age, gender, and body mass index. The study showed a significant relationship between expiratory flow rate and FeNO (P = 0.000). …”
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Comparison of Physical Fitness and Respiratory Parameters of Elite Wrestlers and Judokas by Ahmet Koyunlu, Önder Dağlıoğlu, Mustafa Özdal

“…Physical fitness parameters for subjects; age, body weight, height, body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), hand grip strength, 20 m sprint tests, maxVO2, vertical jump, as respiratory parameters, forced expiratory volume (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiration ratio (FEV1/FVC), maximum voluntary volume (MVV) and vital capacity (VC) test measurements were performed. …”
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