Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Marina Njelekela, Alfa Muhihi, Akum Aveika, Donna Spiegelman, Claudia Hawkins, Catharina Armstrong, Enju Liu, James Okuma, Guerino Chalamila, Sylvia Kaaya, Ferdinand Mugusi, Wafaie Fawzi

“…Overweight and obesity were defined as body mass index (BMI) between 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 and ≥30 kg/m2, respectively. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia by Abuobaida Yassin, Heba M. Shalaby

“…Most participants had a normal body mass index (77.2%), whereas a smaller percentage were underweight (17.5%) or overweight (5.3%). …”
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Effect of Computer-Assisted Cognitive Training on Visual Perception in Children with Intellectual Development Disorders by LI Zhaoying, DENG Haiyin, HUANG Zhenming, HE Youze, TU Jingnan, CAO Lei, HUANG Jia, WU Jingsong

“…Then, the mixed linear model analysis was used to explore the group effect, time effect and interaction effect of intervention with the chronological age and body mass index of the subjects as covariates.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference found in the scores of each index at baseline between the two groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Comorbidity in the Canadian Community Health Survey 20022003 by Frank Mo, Lisa M. Pogany, Felix C.K. Li, Howard Morrison

“…It also estimated the strength of association between diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and other factors such as age, gender, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, education status, body mass index (BMI), and other socioeconomic factors. …”
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Sleep-Aiding Effect of Casein-Derived Peptide TPTLN and Its Underlying Mechanism by DENG Shijie, LIU Ling, HUANG Ju, FENG Fengqin, ZHAO Minjie, DU Juan

“…Methods: Thirty mice were divided equally into three groups, an experimental, a positive control and a blank control group, which were gavaged with TPTLN at a dose of 5 mg/kg mb, intraperitoneally injected with diazepam at a dose of 1 mg/kg mb, and gavaged with sterilized water at a dose of 5 mg/kg mb, respectively. The body mass of all the mice was recorded every day. After 7 days of continuous administration, a sodium pentobarbital-induced sleep test was carried out to evaluate sleep quality. …”
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The association between frailty and falls among individuals aged 60 years and older residing in community settings and experiencing hip fractures in China: a cross-sectional study by Lan Jiang, Shulong Ding, Juxia Wang

“…Appropriate adjustments were made for confounding factors, such as age, gender, marital status, education level, smoking, drinking, body mass index (BMI), hearing and vision impairment, hypertension, diabetes, medication history, exercise, and hip fracture.Results After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 5224 subjects from CHARLS (male: 52.2%, female: 47.8%) and 174 patients from the trauma and orthopedic ward (male: 36.2%, female: 63.8%) were included. …”
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Circulating Levels of Betatrophin and Irisin Are Not Associated with Pancreatic β-Cell Function in Previously Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients by Lingshu Wang, Jun Song, Chuan Wang, Peng Lin, Kai Liang, Yu Sun, Tianyi He, Wenjuan Li, Ruxing Zhao, Jun Qin, Yiran Lu, Jinbo Liu, Fuqiang Liu, Xinguo Hou, Li Chen

“…In total, 20 age-, sex-, and body mass index- (BMI-) matched normal glucose tolerance (NGT) subjects and 120 previously diagnosed T2DM patients were included in this study. …”
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Maximal strength, sprint and jump performance in elite kumite karatekas by Fahri Safa Cinarli, Onur Aydogdu, Yalcin Aydin, Gürkan Tokgöz, Abdulselam Kahraman, Ayşegül Beykumül, Caner Aygoren, Nurkan Yılmaz, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo

“…Additionally, BLC strength correlated with jump height (moderate, r = 0.550, p < 0.05), peak anaerobic power (moderate, r = 0.672, p < 0.01) and power to body mass ratio (moderate, r = 0.545, p < 0.05). BLC strength and sprint variables showed an r 2 = 0.52–0.86 (p < 0.01), while BLC strength and jump variables showed an r 2 = 0.29–0.45 (p < 0.05). …”
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Effects of Acute Long- versus Short-Interval High-Intensity Interval Training on Attention and Psychological States in a Sample of Male and Female Adolescents: A Pilot Study by Maamer Slimani, Mahdi Issaoui, Hela Znazen, Amri Hammami, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

“…Fifteen secondary school students (nine males and six females: mean age = 16.2 ± 0.4 years, mean Body Mass Index = 21.2 ± 1.5 kg/m², and maximum oxygen uptake = 42.2 ± 5.9 mL/kg/min) participated in the current study. …”
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Comparison of surgical wound infection and dehiscence following the use of two methods of nylon sutures and skin staples in staples in diabetic mellitus patients undergoing total k... by Haadiyeh Rahbari, Mohammadamin Ahmadi, Mina Amiri Doreh, Samira Mahmoudi, Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Armin Fereidouni

“…However, surgical wound dehiscence revealed a significant correlation with body mass index (BMI) (P-value = 0.044), Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (P-Value = 0.001), and fasting blood glucose (FBS) (P-Value = 0.012) in diabetic mellitus patients. …”
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Dyslipidemia Impacts Cardiometabolic Health and CVD Risk in a Relatively Young Otherwise Healthy Population by Jillian M. Lang, Elena S. Shostak, William K. Quinn, Valerie D. Chervinskaya, Elisa Fioraso, Everett Smith, Christopher J. Kotarsky, Justin A. DeBlauw, Jennifer L. Lloyd, Stephen J. Ives

“…There were significant differences between groups for body weight and composition (total mass, muscle mass, visceral fat, bone mass, and body mass index, all, p < 0.027, Cohen's d > 0.605) with the dyslipidemia group being higher. …”
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Gut Microbiota, Microinflammation, Metabolic Profile, and Zonulin Concentration in Obese and Normal Weight Subjects by Agnieszka Żak-Gołąb, Piotr Kocełak, Małgorzata Aptekorz, Maria Zientara, Łukasz Juszczyk, Gayane Martirosian, Jerzy Chudek, Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz

“…Plasma zonulin level correlated positively with age (r=0.43, P<0.001), body mass (r=0.30, P<0.01), BMI (r=0.33, P<0.01), fat mass and fat percentage (r=0.31, P<0.01 and r=0.23, P<0.05, resp.). …”
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Association of triglyceride-glucose related indices with mortality among individuals with MASLD combined with prediabetes or diabetes by Yiheng Zhang, Juanli Wu, Tao Li, Yundong Qu, Yan Wang

“…TyG and its related parameters [TyG-waist circumference (TyG-WC), TyG-waist-to-height ratio (TyG-WHtR), TyG-weight-adjusted waist index (TyG-WWI), and TyG-body mass index (TyG-BMI), ] were calculated. To examine the association between TyG-related indices and mortality risk, Cox regression models were utilized. …”
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High-Fiber Extruded Purple Sweet Potato ( Ipomoea batatas ) and Kidney Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) Extends the Feeling of Fullness by Eny Palupi, Naufal Muharam Nurdin, Ghina Mufida, Fadhilah Nur Valentine, Ricter Pangestika, Rimbawan Rimbawan, Ahmad Sulaeman, Dodik Briawan, Fitry Filianty

“…The satiety index determination involved 16 subjects with body mass index in optimal range, and data from the visual analogue scale (VAS) questionnaire were used at 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 min after consumption of the test food. …”
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Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and liver fibrosis in adults with metabolism-related fatty liver disease in the United States: a cross-sectional study of NHANES... by Yuou Ying, Yuan Ji, Ruyi Ju, Jinhan Chen, Mingxian Chen

“…Subgroup analyses stratified by sex, age, and body mass index (BMI) revealed differences after adjusting for confounders. …”
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HyProCure for Flatfoot Deformity: A Clinical Characteristics Analysis in China by Shaoling Fu, Chenglin Wu, Cheng Wang, Jiazheng Wang, Zhongmin Shi

“…General data was collected, including patient sex, age, side, body mass index (BMI), surgery date, HyproCure size, and surgical data, and trends were analyzed. …”
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Impact of Obesity on Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Disease Prognosis in Pre- and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Institutional Study by Nehad M. Ayoub, Rami J. Yaghan, Nour M. Abdo, Ismail I. Matalka, Laila M. Akhu-Zaheya, Alia H. Al-Mohtaseb

“…Analyses were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and age at diagnosis, tumor clinicopathologic characteristics, and molecular subtypes. …”
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Global trends in the burden of ischemic heart disease based on the global burden of disease study 2021: the role of metabolic risk factors by Yifei Wang, Qing Li, Lei Bi, Bin Wang, Tingting Lv, Ping Zhang

“…Key metabolic risk factors evaluated included high systolic blood pressure (SBP), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and body mass index (BMI). Temporal trends were assessed using estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs), with further analysis by age, sex and socio-demographic index (SDI). …”
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Prediction of the risk of 3-year chronic kidney disease among elderly people: a community-based cohort study by Tao Wang, Zhitong Zhou, Longbing Ren, Zhiping Shen, Jue Li, Lijuan Zhang

“…Nine variables (age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, exercise, previous hypertension, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin and serum creatinine) were included in the prediction model. …”
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Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in Elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province by Mohsen Nematy, Ali Sakhdari, Parnian Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Maliheh Aliabadi, M. Kimiagar, A. A. Ilaty, M. Azimi-Nezhad, M. T. Shakeri, M. Ghayour-Mobarhan, A. Sahebkar, G. Ferns

“…Overweight and obesity were evaluated using body mass index (BMI) and subjects were categorized as thin (BMI <18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (?…”
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