Blood Pressure Variability as a Predictor of Left Atrial Dilatation in Hypertensive Patients: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study by Amr Setouhi, Mohammad-Alaa S. Taha, Alaa M. Ibrahim, Hazem M. A. Farrag

“…After adjusting for confounding factors such as age, body mass index, and duration of hypertension, BPV remained an independent predictor of LA dysfunction (P < 0.01). …”
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Understanding displacement of onboard contingents in Navy amphibious ships. by Heitor Martinez-Grueira, Rafael Asorey-Cacheda, Antonio-Javier Garcia-Sanchez, Joan Garcia-Haro

“…This study validated the soundness of the safety protocols implemented on navy vessels and highlighted the impact of certain characteristics of the embarked military contingent, such as body mass index, age, and seniority. It also found that such characteristics could act as distinctive factors among the embarked contingents in the evacuation of a military vessel. …”
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Investigating the role of age, admission systolic blood pressure, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting left ventricular hypertrophy among patients with primary hyperten... by Xiaoyong Hu, Djandan Tadum Arthur Vithran, Zhaoying Yang, Ting Zou, Rui Tang, Hongjian Li

“…Results Univariate analysis revealed significant differences between the LVH and non-LVH groups in age, sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure (SBP), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), body mass index, serum creatinine (SCr), lymphocyte count, and hypertension duration. …”
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Ultrasonic Assessment of Females with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Proved by Nerve Conduction Study by Ihsan M. Ajeena, Raed H. Al-Saad, Ahmed Al-Mudhafar, Najah R. Hadi, Sawsan H. Al-Aridhy

“…Furthermore, 40 healthy volunteers (80 wrists) underwent the same tests as the patients and have been chosen to match the patients in gender, age, and body mass index (BMI). The cross section area (CSA) of the median nerve (MN) was obtained using HRUS at the carpal tunnel inlet by direct tracing method. …”
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Sleep and cardiorespiratory function assessed by a smart bed over 10 weeks post COVID-19 infection by Gary Garcia-Molina, Dmytro Guzenko, Susan DeFranco, Mark S. Aloia, Rajasi Mills, Faisal Mushtaq, Virend K. Somers, Eve Van Cauter

“…Mean age was 47.5 years (standard deviation [SD] 9.5), mean body mass index was 30.1 kg/m2 (SD 7.1), and 46% were men. …”
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Prevalence of Asymptomatic Uterine Leiomyoma in Western Turkey and Factors Affecting Myoma Presence by Fatma Nurgul Tasgoz, Nergis Kender Erturk

“…In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, high body mass index, younger age at menarche, and not using oral contraceptives were associated with the presence of fibroids. …”
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Association between the body roundness index and female infertility: a cross-sectional study from NHANES by Ming Liu, Yifang Zhang, Jian Liu

“…The body roundness index (BRI) is a more accurate assessment of visceral fat content than the body mass index (BMI). However, current evidence on the association between visceral fat accumulation and infertility remains insufficient and controversial. …”
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Behaviour of Clinical, Anthropometric and Laboratory Variables in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome by Madelaine Hernández Tamayo, Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca, Mildre María Marrero Hidalgo, Luz María Pérez López, Idania Peña Pérez, Mayelín Rivas Estévez

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> Patients with metabolic syndrome (n = 103: 63.97%) presented values over average weight, height, waist circumference, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, plasma cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and glucose. …”
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COMPARATIVE INDICATORS OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS IN REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN IN THE VARIOUS ECO-GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES by K. G. Kamalov, E. M-R. Soltakhanov, S. A. Abusuev, G. A. Gazimagomedov

“…We compared the following anthropometric indicators: height, weight, body mass index.Results and conclusions. The analysing of the physical parameters of development in different areas of extragenital diseases RD identifies the following pattern: the lowest height and weight were boys living in the foothills of the taxiway. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on Tuberculosis Incidence and Predictors of Tuberculosis among Adult Patients Enrolled on ART in Nekemte Town, Western Et... by Gemechu Tiruneh, Alemayehu Getahun, Emiru Adeba

“…CD4 cell count, clinical staging, body mass index (BMI), not using cotrimoxazole, body weight, and functional status were significant predictors of tuberculosis risk. …”
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Weight variation gain and chemotherapy in women having breast cancer treated in the public health system by Samira Obeid Georges, Cinthya Costa Braga, Karine Anusca Martins

“…For the 30 study participants body mass index (BMI) was similar before chemotherapy (27.45 ± 5.42 kg/m2) and after (27.53 ± 5.71 kg/m2) and placed the sample in the overweight category (BMI: 25.00 to 29.99 kg/m2). …”
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Anthropometric indicators in identification of insulin resistance in elderly men by Pamella Cristine Anunciação, Rita de Cássia Lanes Ribeiro

“…We evaluated waist circumference (WC), sagit- tal abdominal diameter (SAD), body mass index (BMI), sagittal index (SI), conicity index (CI), body fat percentage (BF%), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist-to-thigh ratio (WTR). …”
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Australian Pregnant Women’s Awareness of Gestational Weight Gain and Dietary Guidelines: Opportunity for Action by Khlood Bookari, Heather Yeatman, Moira Williamson

“…English-speaking pregnant women were recruited from five hospitals in New South Wales (Australia) and an online link. Prepregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated from self-reported height and prepregnancy weight. …”
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Child Nutritional Status: A Representative Survey in a Metropolitan School by Paolo Rosati, Stefania Triunfo, Giovanni Scambia

“…Five hundred ninety-five children (289 males and 306 females) were enrolled, aged between 6 and 19 years old, in Italian school in Rome. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated according to International Obesity Task Force (IOFT) cut-off points. …”
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Impact of Regular Exercise and Attempted Weight Loss on Quality of Life among Adults with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Andrew J. Green, Kathleen M. Fox, Susan Grandy

“…Differences between T2DM respondents (n=2419) and respondents with no diabetes (n=6750) were tested using t-tests and linear regression models adjusting for demographics, body mass index (BMI), and diabetes status. Results. After adjustment, exercising regularly was significantly associated with higher subsequent physical and mental component scores (P<.001). …”
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Evaluation of functional capacity and level of physical activity in adolescent and adult patients with cystic fibrosis by Inaê Cherobin, Paulo Dalcin, Bruna Ziegler

“…Patients with CF had significantly lower values of body mass index (BMI), pulmonary function parameters, physical activity level, six-minute walking distance (6MWD) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2). …”
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Evaluation of Daily Physical Activity Levels with Metabolic Holter in Adolescents by Abdullah Güllü

“…The physical activity levels of the children's were measured by SenseWear Armband (SWA) for 3 consecutive days (72 hours), in the absence of physical education class days. Height, weight, body mass index, daily total energy consumption, physical activity level, daily average number of steps (STEP), daily average length of stay and daily average sleep time were measured. …”
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Fulminant Hepatic Failure in the Course of an Outpatient Anesthetic Procedure: Sevoflurane among Other High-Risk Factors by Céline Cheron, Perrine Hoet, Nathalie Renard, Geoffroy Vanderweerden, Cristina Miscu, Mina Komuta, Pierre-François Laterre, Philippe Hantson

“…He presented an overweight with a body mass index (BMI) of 31.4 kg/m2 and had an episode of “binge” drinking a few days before anesthesia. …”
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Performance on a Motor Control Test in an Asymptomatic Adolescent Population by Kari Lindegren, Kristin Bastian, Christopher Kovacs, Robyn McHugh, Catherine Quatman-Yates, Mark Paterno

“… # Purpose To examine performance on the SDLLT in healthy adolescents ages 13 to 18 years and describe influences of gender, age, body mass index, and participation in sport. # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Four licensed physical therapists administered the SDLLT with a Stabilizer pressure biofeedback cuff and inclinometer in 90 adolescents without low back pain (females = 41, males = 49) from three schools in a mid-western metropolitan area. …”
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The Effects of Resistance Training Applied to Elite Field Hockey Players on Some Strength Parameters by Kazım Koca, Serkan Revan

“…After the 8-week training program, body weight, while body mass index and body fat percentage values decreased in both female and male field hockey players (p lt;0.05), 1RM values in bench press, leg extension, leg curl and push down applications and 30 sec sit-up and 30 sec push-up values increased significantly compared to the pre-training program (p lt;0.05). …”
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