Disentangling the genetic overlap between ischemic stroke and obesity by Ren Yang, Tangfeng Zhang, Feng Han

“…Methods We utilized linkage disequilibrium score regression, high-definition likelihood, and local analysis of variant associations to assess the genetic correlation between body mass index (BMI) and IS. Bidirectional Mendelian randomization was employed to infer causality. …”
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Metabolic Activity in Human Intermuscular Adipose Tissue Directs the Response of Resident PPARγ⁺ Macrophages to Fatty Acids by Xiaoying Chen, Sebastian Ludger Schubert, Aline Müller, Miguel Pishnamaz, Frank Hildebrand, Mahtab Nourbakhsh

“…Elevated fatty acid levels lead to significant increases in PPARγ⁺ populations, which are correlated with the donor’s body mass index (BMI). <b>Conclusions</b>: PPARγ⁺ macrophages represent a distinctly specialized population of regulatory cells that reside within human IMATs in accordance with their metabolic status. …”
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Predictive performance of oximetry in detecting sleep apnea in surgical patients with cardiovascular risk factors. by Rida Waseem, Matthew T V Chan, Chew Yin Wang, Edwin Seet, Frances Chung

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of 1,218 patients, the mean age was 67.2 ± 9.2 years and body mass index (BMI) was 27.0 ± 5.3 kg/m2. The optimal cut-off for predicting moderate-to-severe and severe OSA was ODI ≥15 events/hour. …”
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Quantifying the Impact of Obesity Category on Major Chronic Diseases in Canada by Ying Jiang, Yue Chen, Douglas Manuel, Howard Morrison, Yang Mao, Obesity Working Group

“…We grouped overweight/obese participants aged 18 years and over into four levels based on body mass index (BMI, kg/m2): overweight (25.0– 29.9), class I obesity (30.0–34.9), class II obesity (35–39.9), and class III obesity (extreme/clinical obesity, BMI ≥ 40.0). …”
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Sex-specific associations of prenatal Chinese famine exposure with cataract risk at age sixty: a cross-sectional study by Yuanyou Xia, Xiaoyang Xu, Siyao Wang

“…After adjusting for diabetes history, body mass index (BMI), fasting blood glucose (FBG) level, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) level using multivariate logistic regression analysis, the risk of ARC remained significantly higher in the famine-exposed group (OR:1.63; 95%CI:1.31–2.03). …”
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Global research trends on biomarkers for cancer immunotherapy: Visualization and bibliometric analysis by Yuan Qiao, Dong Xie, Zhengxiang Li, Shaohua Cao, Dong Zhao

“…The research on biomarkers mainly concentrated upon the following aspects: PD-1/PD-L1, CTLA-4, gene expression, adverse events, total mutational burden (TMB), body mass index (BMI), gut microbiota, cd8(+)/cd4(+) t-cells, and blood-related biomarkers such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR), cytokines. …”
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No Obesity Paradox—BMI Incapable of Adequately Capturing the Relation of Obesity with All-Cause Mortality: An Inception Diabetes Cohort Study by Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Banafsheh Arshi, Farhad Sheikholeslami, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh

“…In the mortality analysis, anthropometric measures—body mass index (BMI), waist, and hip circumference—were assessed using Cox models incorporating cubic spline functions. …”
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The association between life’s essential 8 and gallstones: A cross-sectional study by Yang Zhao, Xuesong Liu, Jingru Han, Bin Feng, Chowtin Yan, Jianfu Zhao

“…LE8 scores, representing four health behaviors (sleep, tobacco/nicotine exposure, physical activity, and diet) and four health factors (body mass index, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure), were categorized into low, moderate, and high CVH groups. …”
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Scar Healing after Breast Reconstruction: A 5-year Follow-up in Asian Patients by Risa Murakami, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Mikiko Imamura, Akihiko Takushima, Hirotaka Suga

“…There was no significant association between abnormal scars and age or body mass index. Conclusions: Even in Asian patients with persistent hypervascularity of breast scars, most cases improve within 5 years after reconstruction. …”
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Alcohol Consumption Is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease in Chinese Patients with T2DM by Shanshan Yang, Shuang Wang, Bo Yang, Jinliang Zheng, Yuping Cai, Zhengguo Yang

“…Additionally, after adjusting for age, gender, region, occupation, smoking status, body mass index, weight change, and duration of diabetes, the OR of peripheral artery disease after >20 years of alcohol consumption was 3.48 (95% CI: 1.09–11.15). …”
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An analysis of the global burden of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer attributable to high BMI in 204 countries and territories: 1990–2021 by Zhuowen Hu, Xue Wang, Xin Zhang, Wuping Sun, Jun Mao

“…BackgroundGallbladder and biliary tract cancers (GBTCs) are aggressive with poor prognosis, often undetected until advanced stages. High Body Mass Index (BMI) is a significant risk factor, contributing substantially to GBTC mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). …”
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The Relation between Obesity and Survival after Surgical Resection of Hepatitis C Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hiroki Nishikawa, Akira Arimoto, Tomoko Wakasa, Ryuichi Kita, Toru Kimura, Yukio Osaki

“…They included 60 patients (25.8%) with a body mass index (BMI) of > 25 kg/m2 (obesity group) and 173 patients with a BMI of < 25 kg/m2 (control group). …”
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Role of epigenetics in aetiology and therapies for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A narrative review by Yahaya O Tajudeen, Ufuoma B Shemishere

“…Other covariates assessed included body image, body mass index, and socioeconomic status. To assess the multivariate association between social media (main predictor or exposure variable), and disordered eating as measured by three levels of the 26-item Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) (dependent variable), stepwise backward ordinal regression models were fit to the data. …”
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The relationships between distances covered above generic and relative speed thresholds by male soccer players in English Premier League matches across two competitive seasons. The... by Ronan Kavanagh, Rocco Di Michele, Rafael Oliveira, Kevin McDaid, David Rhodes, Ryland Morgans

“…Sixteen elite male soccer players (seven defenders, six midfielders and three forwards) participated in this study (age 27.8 ± 3.5 years, height 183.7 ± 5.4 cm, body mass 83.9 ± 7.1 kg). An Optical Tracking System was used to collect the following variables: total distance covered; high-speed running distance (HSRD) (> 5.5 m/s); high-intensity running distance (HIRD) (5.5–7 m/s); sprint distance (> 7 m/s); total distance covered above Maximal Aerobic Speed (MAS); distance covered > 85% peak speed (PS); and distance > 30% Anaerobic Speed Reserve (ASR). …”
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Liver fibrosis and markers of endothelial function at metabolic syndrome and early disorders of carbohydrate metabolism by L. V. Chesnokova, I. M. Petrov, Ye. A. Sidorova, I. A. Troshina, Yu. A. Petrova

“…Overall 67 patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) in combination to early carbohydrate metabolism disorders (71,6% women), mean age was 47,5 (42–49 years), body mass index — 34,6 kg/m2 (32,4–38,4 kg/m2) were investigated. …”
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Correlation between microRNA-21 expression and overweight/obesity by Shashwat Sinha, Babu Rajendran, Shomnath Vasagam, Jeyakumar Balakrishnan

“…Aim: To determine if there is a link between microRNA-21 expression and body mass index (BMI) in an Indian adult population. …”
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Morphometric Changes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease who Died Related to Diabetes Mellitus, Arterial Hypertension and Obesity by Ivette Gómez Fernández, Adys Castro Barberena, Greta Margarita Arrechea García, Georgina Jiménez Estrada, Javier Martínez Navarro, Domingo Fuentes Febles

“…The variables studied were: age, sex, weight and height for the calculation of the body mass index, personal pathological history, the clinical stage of chronic kidney disease and renal morphometry to each organ separately, the measurements made were: weight, longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter, thickness or thickness of the renal cortex. …”
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Measures of Adiposity and Risk of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the UK Biobank Study by Rebecca A. G. Christensen, Shelby L. Sturrock, Jasleen Arneja, Jennifer D. Brooks

“…Objective. To assess if body mass index (BMI) and high waist circumference (HWC) are associated with testing positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). …”
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Acute Exercise and Appetite-Regulating Hormones in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Meta-Analysis by Jessica Anne Douglas, Kevin Deighton, Jan Maria Atkinson, Vahid Sari-Sarraf, David John Stensel, Greg Atkinson

“…In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we quantified the effects that acute exercise has on AG and total PYY and GLP-1 in overweight/obese individuals. The potential for body mass index (BMI) to act as a moderator for AG was also explored. …”
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Utilizing the renal and vertebral contours as landmarks for right adrenal vein localization in primary aldosteronism: a retrospective analysis of 310 cases by Wei Sha, Yun Du, Shunkang Rong, Yuanqing Yao, Bo Xiong, Han Liu, Jun Qian

“…Patients were divided into Normal, Overweight, and Obese group based on their body mass index (BMI). A novel Renal-Vertebral-Angle (R-V-A) model was employed to delineate the distribution of the RAV orifice. …”
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