High Doses of Caffeine during the Peripubertal Period in the Rat Impair the Growth and Function of the Testis by Minji Park, Yuri Choi, Hyeonhae Choi, Ju-Yearn Yim, Jaesook Roh

“…Caffeine caused a significant decrease in body weight gain, accompanied by proportional decreases in lean body mass and body fat. The caffeine-fed animals had smaller and lighter testes than those of the control that were accompanied by negative influences on the histologic parameters of the testes. …”
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A Combination of Serum Biomarkers in Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Lin Ying, Qin Zhang, Yun-mei Yang, Jian-ying Zhou

“…According to the criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS), subjects were divided into the sarcopenia group and nonsarcopenic group. We compared age, body mass index (BMI), biochemical indexes, smoking status, underlying disease, muscle mass, handgrip strength (HS), gait speed (GS), skinfold thickness, muscle thickness, and IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, and TNF-α levels between these groups. …”
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Ultrasound Assessment of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Comparison between Diabetes and Nondiabetes Subjects, and Correlation with Serum Vitamin D by Sameeah Abdulrahman Rashid

“…This multicenter cross-sectional study was performed on two groups of adults (nondiabetes and type 2 diabetes) of various ages, sexes, and body mass index (BMI). CIMT for each side was measured at three segments using high-resolution ultrasound, and the mean of both sides was determined. …”
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Correlation between traumatic brain injury, obesity and insulin-resistance – a case report by Laura De Wilde, Charlotte De Ruysscher, Kristine Oostra

“…Subsequently, she was transferred to the rehabilitation department, where she faced significant challenges, including mood fluctuations, cognitive impairments and substantial weight gain. Her body mass index (BMI) increased from 23 kg/m2 pre-accident to a maximum of 36 kg/m2, despite interventions like medications and lifestyle changes. …”
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Metastasis to Sartorius Muscle from a Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Ioannis Katafigiotis, Antonios Athanasiou, Panagiotis K. Levis, Evangelos Fragkiadis, Stavros Sfoungaristos, Achilles Ploumidis, Adamantios Michalinos, Christos Alamanis, Evangelos Felekouras, Constantinos A. Constantinides

“…Muscles constitute a rare site of metastases from distant primary lesions even though they represent 50% of total body mass and receive a large blood flow. Skeletal muscles from urothelial carcinoma are very rare and up to date only few cases have been reported in the literature. …”
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Blood Pressure Pattern and Prevalence of Hypertension amongst Apparently Healthy Primary School Pupils in Abuja, Nigeria by Nubwa Yusufu Papka, Iretiola Bosede Babaniyi, Henry A. Aikhionbare, John Toluwani Oladele, Josephat Maduabuchi Chinawa

“…Age was the only predictor of SBP (β = –0.629, 95% confidence interval [CI] –1.115, –0.142), while age, height and body mass index (BMI) were the predictors of DBP (β = –0.686, 95% CI of –1.152, –0.221; β = 0.490, 95% CI of 0.172, 0.809; β = 1.753, 95% CI of 0.374, 3.160) for age, height and BMI, respectively, at P < 0.05. …”
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Patient adherence, satisfaction and changes in anthropometric parameters with e-health versus in-person monitoring in metabolic bariatric surgery patients: A study protocol for a s... by Maíra Ribas Goulart, Karine Elisa Schwarzer Schmidt, Gustavo Waclawovsky, Izabele Vian

“…The primary outcomes will be changes in body mass index (BMI), body weight (kg) and body fat percentage (BF%) and patient adherence and satisfaction. …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Settings and Design: In this cross-sectional observational study recently diagnosed, PCOS subjects were compared with age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls. Materials and Methods: All the included subjects underwent detailed clinical, biochemical and hormonal evaluation, including lipid profile, 75 g oral glucose tolerance test, fasting serum insulin, fasting serum adiponectin, oxLDL, total testosterone and anti-Mullerian hormone. …”
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A Prospective Study of Azilsartan Medoxomil in the Treatment of Patients with Essential Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes in Asia by Chaicharn Deerochanawong, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Yu Cho Woo, Wen-Ter Lai, Aurauma Chutinet

“…The efficacy of AZL-M over 12 weeks was also seen in different age and body mass index groups. The incidence of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) was 12.9% before 6 weeks and 16.1% after 6 weeks, and they were mostly mild in severity. …”
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Contributing Factors to Operating Room Delays Identified from an Electronic Health Record: A Retrospective Study by Scott M. Pappada, Thomas J. Papadimos, Sadik Khuder, Sean T. Mack, Peyton Z. Beachy, Andrew B. Casabianca

“…Statistical analysis of the extracted EHR data revealed factors that were associated with OR delays including, surgical specialty, preoperative assessment testing, patient body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification, daily procedure count, and calendar year. …”
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Benefits of Dance Therapy in Overweight and Obese Women by Katia Rodríguez Palacios, Isaac Rodríguez Palacios, Lázaro Dionisio Rojas Matsuda, Yarisel López Pérez, Ismaray Sacerio González, Ivis Triana Oquendo

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the values of the body mass index, weight in Kg, skin folds and the measurements of the abdomen and waist diameter decreased, which reflects the weight loss and body fat. …”
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Exclusive Enteral Nutrition versus Infliximab in Inducing Therapy of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease by Youyou Luo, Jindan Yu, Jingan Lou, Youhong Fang, Jie Chen

“…Clinical response (PCDAI) reduction ≥ 15 or final PCDAI ≤ 10 was achieved by 83.3% in the EEN group and 90.9% in the IFX group. Body mass index for age (BMIFA) z-scores were significantly increased in both groups (P<0.05). …”
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Healthy lifestyle and its change attenuated the risk of hypertension among rural population: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Tingyun Ren, Yinghao Yuchi, Wei Liao, Ning Kang, Ruiying Li, Chongjian Wang

“…The healthy lifestyles score (HLS) was concluded by smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diet status and body mass index. Associations of HLS and lifestyle change with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were analyzed by generalized linear models, and with hypertension were analyzed by logistic regression model and restricted cubic spline plots.ResultsThe results from the generalized linear models showed SBP and DBP levels decreased with the HLS increasing (Ptrend &lt; 0.01). …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Obesity Among Children and Adolescents Living With Disability in Yaoundé, Cameroon by Enjeh Jabbossung Fombo, Nchinjoh Sangwe Clovis, Michael Ngenge Budzi, Marvel Changoh Changoh, Leslie Tasha Mbapah, Hawi Kidanu Kebede, Adam J. Rose

“…The children’s and adolescent’s weight (in Kg) and height (in m) were measured, and Body Mass Index (BMI) status calculated. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to examine the associations between these independent variables and obesity. …”
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Excess Weight and Body Fat Percentage Associated with Waist Circumference as a Cardiometabolic Risk Factor in University Students by Roberto E. Nuñez-Leyva, Tabita E. Lozano-López, Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla, Sergio E. Calizaya-Milla, Jacksaint Saintila

“…The objective of the study was to evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (%BF) with waist circumference (WC) as a cardiometabolic risk factor (CMR) among university students. …”
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Obesity and the Incidence of Bladder Injury and Urinary Retention Following Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedure: Retrospective Cohort Study by Vladimir Revicky, Sambit Mukhopadhyay, Frances de Boer, Edward P. Morris

“…Rate of urinary retention was 9% (31/342). Body mass index (BMI), age, type of analgesia, concomitant prolapse repair, and previous surgery were factors studied. …”
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Single Leg Bridge Test is Not a Valid Clinical Tool to Assess Maximum Hamstring Strength by Gabriela Bissani Gasparin, João Breno Araujo Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“…., number of repetitions until failure) and concentric and eccentric knee flexor peak torques (normalized per body mass) were considered for analysis. For both SLBT and isokinetic dynamometry, between-limb asymmetry was calculated as the percentage difference between the left limb and the right limb. …”
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Obesity Increases Prevalence of Colonic Adenomas at Screening Colonoscopy: A Canadian Community-Based Study by Theodore F. Shapero, Grant I. Chen, Tim Devlin, Alison Gibbs, Iain C. Murray, Stanley Tran, Corey Weigensberg

“…We evaluated 2020 subjects undergoing first screening colonoscopy. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated at enrolment. …”
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Cardiovascular reactivity and prediction of the high blood pressure in the community. by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Liliana J Espinosa Chang, Juan José Apollinaire Pennini, Milagros L León Regal, María Felicia Casanova González

“…Variables such as cardiovascular hyperreactivity high blood pressure, obesity, family history of high blood pressure, body mass index rate, smoking habit, salt consumption and alcohol consumption. …”
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Effects of Silybum marianum Extract on High-Fat Diet Induced Metabolic Disorders in Rats by Sayin Fatma Kubra, Buyukbas Sadik, Basarali M. Kemal, Alp Harun, Toy Hatice, Ugurcu Veli

“…The results showed significant increase in plasma transaminases, total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), leptin, high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), glucose and insulin along with significant increase in body mass index (BMI) and liver weights in rats fed the HFD diet compared to rats fed with standard rat diet. …”
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