Methodological insights into intervention and outcomes in randomised controlled trials of herbal medicine for obesity: a scoping review by Janice Sue Wen Chan, Mei Siu Lau, Siti Hajar Muhamad Rosli, Siti Khadijah Mustapha Kamal, Wan Nurul Nadia Wan Seman, Nurul Hidayah Ali, Terence Yew Chin Tan, Ida Farah Ahmad, Puspawathy Krishnan, Marisa Khatijah Borhan, Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed, Xin Yi Lim

“…Results: We included 99 RCTs that showed participant sample sizes ranging from 8 to 182, ages 18 to 80 years and body mass indexes (BMIs) between 25 and 49.9 kg/m 2 . …”
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Machine Learning Does Not Improve Humeral Torsion Prediction Compared to Regression in Baseball Pitchers by Garrett S Bullock, Charles A Thigpen, Gary S Collins, Nigel K Arden, Thomas K Noonan, Michael J Kissenberth, Ellen Shanley

“… # Results Four hundred and seven pitchers (Age: 23.2 +/-2.4 years, body mass index: 25.1 +/-2.3 km/m^2^, Left-Handed: 17%) participated. …”
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Early results of laparoscopic single‑anastomosis duodeno‑ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: a case series from a single Polish bariatric center by Mateusz Wityk, Maciej Bobowicz, Mateusz Pryt, Natalia Dowgiałło-Gornowicz

“…The mean (SD) preoperative body mass index was 42 (5.5) kg/m2 in the primary SADI-S group and 42.4 (9.3) kg/m2 in the revisional SADI group, and the mean (SD) follow-up was 10.1 (3.4) months. …”
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Risk factors of functional dyspepsia, gastrointestinal reflux disease and non-erosive reflux disease by Malik Ayesha, Din Rafi Ud, Asif Mahrosh, Naeem Iqra, Habib Aamir, Khan Asma Arshad

“…Subgroups included symptomatic and asymptomatic erosive oesophagitis, epigastric pain syndrome, postprandial distress syndrome and overlap syndrome. Older age, higher body mass index (BMI), male gender, low vegetable and yogurt intake, smoking, frequent red meat, high tea/caffeine intake, no postprandial exercise and a short dinner sleep interval were risk factors for GERD and symptomatic erosive esophagitis. …”
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Assessing a clinical vital sign in severe mental illness: validation study of the 5 sit-to-stand test for monitoring muscle strength – The PsychiActive Project by Alvaro Lopez-Moral, Diego Munguia-Izquierdo, Javier Bueno-Antequera

“…Aims This study aimed to analyse the criterion validity of the 5-STS test in SMI, considering potential age, gender and body mass index influences. Method In a cross-sectional study following the ‘STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology’ (STROBE) guidelines, 82 adults with SMI (aged 18–65, 24 women) were assessed. …”
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Association between physical activity, cardiometabolic risk factors and vitamin D in children and adolescents: a systematic review by Patricia Ribeiro Paes Corazza, Maiara Cristina Tadiotto, Derick Andrade Michel, Jorge Mota, Neiva Leite

“…In addition, nine out of eleven studies that tested the association between 25 (OH) D and body mass index reported an inverse and significant relationship between 25 (OH) D and obesity. …”
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Relationship between BDNF content in cord blood and early neurobehavior in newborns with subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy: a preliminary study by Hui Xu, Ya-Nan Du, Shuai Yang, Yu-Wen Guo

“…The study collected general information for all subjects, including body mass index, parity, thyroid function assessed during early to late pregnancy, and neonatal birth weight. …”
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Generalizability of Randomized Clinical Trial Outcomes for Diabetes Control Resulting From Bariatric Surgery by Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF, Hila Zelicha, RD, PhD, Erik P. Dutson, MD, Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD, Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, Yijun Chen, MD

“…Only 65 (17%) of 387 patients with diabetes fulfilled the eligibility criteria for STAMPEDE, and 29 (7.5%) fulfilled the criteria for DSS due to being older, having higher body mass index, and lower HbA1c. UCLA patients experienced slightly less weight loss than patients in the RCTs but had similar diabetes control. …”
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Non-pharmacological Methods Used in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by a Selected Group of People with T2DM in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: A Mixed-Method Study by Lakshani Herath, Manisha Kamalsiri, Perananthan Inthuja, Gayani P Gamage, Dinithi Vidanage

“…Although males spent more time on exercise compared to females (male vs. female; 36.1 vs. 15.3min, P = 0.025), both groups demonstrated poor glycemic levels (male vs. female; 141.3 ± 52 vs. 136.5 ± 42.2 mg/dl) and higher body mass index (male vs. female; 24.7 ± 4.7 vs. 25.8 ± 4.5 kg/m2). …”
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Factors associated with early-onset androgenetic alopecia: A scoping review. by Li-Ping Liu, Mary Adumo Wariboko, Xiao Hu, Zi-Han Wang, Qian Wu, Yu-Mei Li

“…Reported risk factors for early-onset AGA included a family history of AGA, cigarette smoking, unhealthy dietary habits, and a high body mass index. Early-onset AGA may also be associated with hormonal profiles, 5α-reductase enzyme activity, androgen receptor genes, and some susceptibility loci. …”
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Exceeding the limits of paediatric heat stress tolerance: the risk of losing a generation to climate inaction by Sulani Nyimbili, Anna Bershteyn, Alexander Azan, Oyinkansola O Babayode

“…Children, especially young children, are uniquely vulnerable to extreme heat-related morbidity and mortality due to factors including low body mass, high metabolism, suboptimal thermoregulatory mechanisms and behavioural vulnerabilities. …”
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Serum Thyrotropin Is Positively Correlated with the Metabolic Syndrome Components of Obesity and Dyslipidemia in Chinese Adolescents by Jingfan Zhang, Ranhua Jiang, Ling Li, Ping Li, Xue Li, Zinan Wang, Liang Li, Weiping Teng

“…Waist circumference (76.4 ± 10.7 versus 70.0 ± 10.6 cm, P = 0.006) and body mass index (23.90 ± 4.20 versus 21.51 ± 4.16 kg/m2, P = 0.011) were significantly greater among adolescents with subclinical hypothyroidism compared with euthyroid subjects. …”
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Influence of maternal level of education and socioeconomic status on maternal knowledge of nutrition, physical activity and children’s bodyweight of Nigerian school pupils by Adebisi I. Hammed, Suleiman O. Usman, Onyemechi Ezekiel, Joy C. Duru, Oluwaseun J. Oladimeji, Ogolo Jirho

“…The children were then categorized into different classes of body mass index based on the recommendation of Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (2015), which is age and sex-specific for children and teens from two years old through 20 years. …”
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Is the Pressure from Blue Dye Cervical Injection Associated with Sentinel Lymph Node Detection in Laparoscopic Surgery for Endometrial Cancer? by Marcelo Simonsen, Marina Bandeira de Mello Amaral, Najla Mohamed Tayfour, Eric Vieira Luna Mayerhoff, Igor Marcondes de Andrade, Lais Moreira Silva, Marcelo Antonini, Andressa Melina Severino Teixeira

“…Various studies have correlated the body mass index (BMI) impact as well as menopausal status and staging with the rate of lymph node detection, but few studies have evaluated if the high density of the cervix decreases detection.…”
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Pathway Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome Using a Genome-Wide Association Study of Korea Associated Resource (KARE) Cohorts by Unjin Shim, Han-Na Kim, Yeon-Ah Sung, Hyung-Lae Kim

“…Cohort data from the Korea Associated Resource (KARE) was used for analysis, which include 8,842 individuals (age, 52.2 ± 8.9 years; body mass index, 24.6 ± 3.2 kg/m2). A total of 312,121 autosomal SNPs were obtained after quality control. …”
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Influence of the Model of Care on the Outcomes of Diabetes Self-Management Education Program: A Scoping Review by Emmanuel Kumah, Emmanuel K. Afriyie, Aaron A. Abuosi, Samuel E. Ankomah, Adam Fusheini, Godfred Otchere

“…The main outcome measures assessed were glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), diet, and physical activity. …”
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Adiponectin Gene Polymorphisms and Possible Susceptibility to Metabolic Syndrome among the Sudanese Population: A Case-Control Study by Altaf S. Mosad, Ghada A. Elfadil, Alsadig Gassoum, Khanssa M. Elamin, Nazik Elmalaika Obaid Seid Ahmed Husain

“…This study aimed to determine the allelic genotypes and haplotypes distribution of the ADIPQ gene polymorphisms and its association with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and lipid profile in MetS adult Sudanese patients. …”
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Analysis of artery injury types and clinical characteristics of patients with transcatheter angioembolization after percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Xianghu Meng, Rong Cong, Yibo Hua, Zengjun Wang, Ninghong Song, Wei Yang, Rijin Song

“…Clinical data on the TAE patients, such as gender, age, body mass index, TAE interval, hemoglobin (Hb) decrease, operation time, stone size, the number and size of tracts, and clinical bleeding type, were summarized. …”
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Trace elements in children with pre-dialysis and end-stage renal disease by Alsalam Asmaa Abd, Ali Ruaa H., Hussain Haider K., Mahdi Montadher Ali

“…Anthropometric data, such as age, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure, were also collected. …”
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease with pleural involvement in an 80-year-old female patient: A case report and literature review by Liying Zhang, Li Mo

“…Methods: We report a case of IgG4-RD involving the pleura in an 80-year-old woman with a weight of 62 kg and a body mass index (BMI) of 23.2 kg/m2. Additionally, we reviewed pleural biopsy-confirmed IgG4-RD cases in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and Science Direct databases. …”
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