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 Experience of Embodiment Scale: An examination of its psychometric properties in women from the Republic of Cyprus. by Viren Swami, Christophe Maïano, Marios Argyrides, Elly Anastasiades

“…The bifactor-ESEM model had the best fit of all the models tested, and was invariant across ethnicity (Greeks and Greek-Cypriots) and was unaffected by differential item functioning based on age and body mass index. Additionally, construct validity of the final, optimal model was adequate, especially for its G-factor, as indicated by significant associations with additional constructs in expected directions. …”
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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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Assessment of the Scholastic Performance and Cognitive Functions in Malnourished Children of Primary and Secondary Class Students by J. U. Senthamizhan, P. G. Rajakumar, Rathinasamy Muthusamy

“…The nutritional status was assessed using the World Health Organization growth charts and classified based on their weight, height, and body mass index with malnutrition considered with values <−2 standard deviation for the age group. …”
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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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Green banana flour does not alter lipid and inflammatory profile of women overweight by Sandra Tavares da Silva, Carolina Araújo dos Santos, Júlia Cristina Cardoso Carraro, José Luiz Marques Rocha, Josefina Bressan

“…The mean age of participants was 34 years, with Body Mass Index of 27.7 kg/m². The consumption of FBV did not alter weight, body composition, lipid profile and inflammatory parameters. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension among the Urban Population in Southeast Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, Zulkefley Mohammad, Kavita Jetly, Mohamad Aznuddin Abd Razak, Nur Suhada Ramli, Wan Abdul Hannan Wan Ibadullah, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…The common risk factors that we found were male, ethnicity, education and socioeconomic level, body mass index, waist circumference, smoking, and dyslipidaemia. …”
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Correlation of Anti-Müllerian Hormone with Polycystic Ovarian Disease and its Relation with Age by Sara Omer Muhammed, Chro Najmaddin Fattah

“…The patients’ ages, body mass index (BMI) and level of AMH were recorded.  …”
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The Investigation of the Effect of Static and Dynamic Core Training on Performance on Football Players by Akan Bayrakdar, Hilal Kılınç Boz, Ömer Işıldar

“…There is no significant difference in the height, body weight, body mass index parameters of 30 subjects (10 control, 10 static core, 10 dynamic core) belonging to the 3 groups participating in the study. …”
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Indicators of physical and sexual development of adolescent boys, depending on the functional state of the thyroid gland by K. G. Kamalov, S. A. Abusuyev, G. A. Gazimagomedov

“…The anthropometric studies of height, weight were conducted, body mass index BMI was calculated, the degree of sexual development: R - pubic body hair, G-degree sexual development, testicular volume by Prader and the size of the penis, index of virilization, level tireotroponogo hormone (TSH) were assessed.Results showed that physical development of boys already in the early stages of dysfunction of the thyroid gland tends to lag behind. …”
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Affordability of family foods is associated with Nutritional Status of women with pre-school children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Semira Abdelmenan, Alemayehu Worku, Hanna Y. Berhane, Yemane Berhane, Eva-Charlotte Ekström

“…Using repeated cross-sectional surveys, body mass index was calculated, and women’s nutritional status was categorized. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Yusef Moulla, Orestis Lyros, Matthias Blüher, Philipp Simon, Arne Dietrich

“…., 2016) at least one of the following risk factors was met: age ≥ 70 years, body mass index (BMI) > 70 kg/m2, liver cirrhosis, end-organ failure, or immunosuppression by status after organ transplantation along with (Birkmeyer et al., 2010) at least two comorbidities associated with obesity. …”
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Higher Levels of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Is Positively Associated with the Incidence of Hyperuricemia in Chinese Population: A Report from the China Health and Retireme... by Hui-Xu Dai, Zhi-Ying Zhao, Yang Xia, Qi-Jun Wu, Yu-Hong Zhao

“…Furthermore, we conducted subgroup analyses to explore this association according to age, sex, and body mass index. Methods. A total of 5,419 healthy participants were enrolled in the final cohort analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the Association between Obesity Markers and Type 2 Diabetes: A Cohort Study Based on a Physical Examination Population by Tengfei Yang, Bo Zhao, Dongmei Pei

“…Cox proportional risk models were used to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of different obesity markers, including the lipid accumulation index (LAP), body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), visceral adiposity index (VAI), and body roundness index (BRI) on the development of type 2 diabetes. …”
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The Effect of Cord Blood Bile Acid Levels on the Meconium Passage in Utero in Normal Pregnancies by Saynur Sarıcı Yılmaz, Deniz Hızlı, Yaprak Engin Üstün, Engin Yılmaz, Elif Gül Yapar Eyi, Leyla Mollamahmutoğlu

“…RESULTS: There were no significant differences in maternal age, gestational age, parity and body mass index. We found no differences in the serum bilirubin levels and liver function tests. …”
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Associations of Sun Exposure with 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in a Cohort of Hypertensive Patients: The Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension (GECOH) Study by Stefan Pilz, Katharina Kienreich, Daniel Stückler, Andreas Meinitzer, Andreas Tomaschitz

“…Multiple linear regression analyses including age, sex, and body mass index showed that sun exposure score was significantly associated with 25(OH)D (beta coefficient=0.27; P=0.004) and by trend with PTH (beta coefficient=−0.16; P=0.09). …”
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