Industry of employment and occupational class in relation to cardiovascular health by race/ethnicity, sex/gender, age and income among adults in the USA: a cross-sectional study by Symielle A Gaston, Chandra L Jackson, Jamie A Murkey, Dana M Alhasan, W Braxton Jackson

“…Yet, few studies have included racially/ethnically diverse samples.Methods Using 2004–2018 National Health Interview Survey cross-sectional data, we investigated standardised occupational classifications in relation to ‘ideal’ CVH using a modified ‘ideal’ CVH (mICVH) metric among US adults (n=230 196) by race/ethnicity, sex/gender, age, and income. mICVH was defined as a report of ‘yes’ to the following: never smoked/former smoker; body mass index (≥18.5–25 kg/m2); physical activity (≥150–300 min/week moderate or ≥75–150 min/week vigorous); sleep duration (7–9 hours/night); and no prior diagnosis of dyslipidaemia, hypertension, or diabetes/pre-diabetes. …”
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Serum adropin levels as a potential biomarker for predicting diabetic kidney disease progression by I-Wen Chen, I-Wen Chen, Cheng-Wei Lin, Cheng-Wei Lin, Cheng-Wei Lin, Chia-Ni Lin, Chia-Ni Lin, Szu-Tah Chen, Szu-Tah Chen, Szu-Tah Chen

“…The association with CKD progression was still significant after adjusting for age, gender and body mass index (adjusted odds ratio = 27.188, 95% confidence interval 1.415-522.527, P =0.029).ConclusionsThe above findings suggest that serum adropin could be applied as a potential biomarker for predicting CKD progression in subjects with T2D. …”
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Risk of Dysglycemia in Pregnancy amongst Kenyan Women with HIV Infection: A Nested Case-Control Analysis from the STRiDE Study by Sonak D. Pastakia, Wycliffe K. Kosgei, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Benson Kiragu, John N. Hector, Gertrude Anusu, Ponnusamy Saravanan

“…Pregnant women with HIV within the larger STRiDE cohort were matched to non-HIV-infected women within the STRiDE cohort at a 1 : 3 ratio based on body mass index, parity, family history of GDM, gestational age, and family history of hypertension. …”
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Impact of Handgrip Strength on Survival in Hemodialysis Patients by Kyungho Park, Seongyeop Jeong, Hyerim Park, Eu Jin Lee, Young Rok Ham, Ki Ryang Na, Dae Eun Choi

“…<b>Results</b>: Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed that lean tissue index (LTI) (HR 3.30, 95% CI 1.75–6.19), body mass index (BMI) (HR 2.65, 95% CI 1.17–6.01), and handgrip strength (HGS) (HR 4.22, 95% CI 2.05–8.70) were significant predictors of survival in the overall dialysis patient cohort. …”
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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 rs671 Polymorphism is Associated with Susceptibility of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients with Hypertension by Hou H, Huang S, Huang W, Huang L, Zhang Z, Liang L

“…Logistic analysis showed that body mass index (BMI) ≥ 24.0 kg/m2 (odds ratio (OR): 1.670, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.185– 2.352, p=0.003), history of smoking (OR: 2.024, 95% CI: 1.263– 3.243, p=0.003), ALDH2 rs671 G/A genotype (OR: 1.821, 95% CI: 1.280– 2.589, p=0.001), high TC (OR: 1.592, 95% CI: 1.021– 2.485, p=0.040), high SII (OR: 2.290, 95% CI: 1.386– 3.784, p=0.001), and high SIRI (OR: 1.727, 95% CI: 1.126– 2.650, p=0.012) were associated with coronary atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension.Conclusion: Overweight (BMI ≥ 24.0 kg/m2), history of smoking, ALDH2 rs671 G/A genotype, high TC, SII, and SIRI levels were associated risk factors for coronary atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension.Keywords: coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, ALDH2, systemic immune inflammation index, system inflammation response index…”
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Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Saeid Safiri, Jessica A. Grieger, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Asra Fazlollahi, Mark J. M. Sullman, Nahid Karamzad, Fikrettin Sahin, Kuljit Singh, Gary S. Collins, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

“…For adults, EBW was defined as a body mass index (BMI) exceeding 25 kg/m2, while for children aged 1 to 19 years, EBW was determined according to the standards set by the International Obesity Taskforce. …”
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Correlation between liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance indicators: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017–2020 by Bo Yang, Mingsu Gong, Xiaojie Zhu, Yang Luo, Ruiqiu Li, Hai Meng, Yuhan Wang

“…Compared to non-LF patients, LF patients had significantly higher body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), HbA1c, and fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels (all p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Thyroid Function in Korean Adolescents with Obesity: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015) by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyo-Kyoung Nam, Jae Hyun Kim, Young-Jun Rhie, Sochung Chung, Kee-Hyoung Lee, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…Study participants were classified into normal weight [body mass index (BMI) below 85th percentile, 80.7%], overweight (85th ≤ BMI< 95th percentile, 8.7%), and obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile, 10.6%). …”
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Impact of interpregnancy weight change on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus during a second pregnancy in Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study by Ying Wang, Juan Yang, Chang Xu, Yuzhen Liu, Ao Yang, Shilin Zhong

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate the impact of interpregnancy weight changes (IPWC) on the gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the second pregnancy.Design A single-centre retrospective cohort study was conducted in China.Setting Data were collected in Peking University Shenzhen Hospital from 2013 January to 2021 February.Participants Participants include women who had two consecutive singleton deliveries after 28 gestational weeks (n=2372).Outcomes The GDM in the second pregnancy (s-GDM) was set as the outcome.Methods IPWC was defined as the change in body mass index between the first trimester of the second pregnancy and that of the first pregnancy, categorised into four groups with −1 kg/m² to &lt;1 kg/m² as the reference. …”
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Predicting abatacept retention using machine learning by Rieke Alten, Claire Behar, Pierre Merckaert, Ebenezer Afari, Virginie Vannier-Moreau, Anael Ohayon, Sean E. Connolly, Aurélie Najm, Pierre-Antoine Juge, Gengyuan Liu, Angshu Rai, Yedid Elbez, Karissa Lozenski

“…Using this model, the five most important variables predicting 12-month abatacept retention were low body mass index (BMI), low American College of Rheumatology functional status class, anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity, low Patient Global Assessment, and younger age. …”
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A novel nomogram to predict all‐cause readmission or death risk in Chinese elderly patients with heart failure by Mengxi Yang, Liyuan Tao, Hui An, Gang Liu, Qiang Tu, Hu Zhang, Li Qin, Zhu Xiao, Yu Wang, Jiaxai Fan, Dongping Feng, Yan Liang, Jingyi Ren

“…The independent risk factors associated with both 30 day and 1 year readmission or death were older age, stroke, diastolic blood pressure < 60 mmHg, body mass index ≤ 18.5 kg/m2, lower estimated glomerular filtration rate, and BNP > 400 pg/mL (all P < 0.05). …”
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Nissen-Sleeve procedure versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with morbid obesity and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: protocol for a non-inferiority randomise... by Jan A Apers, Martin Dunkelgrun, Ivonne Leeuwenburgh, Judith W H 't Hart, Bo J Noordman, Laser U Biter

“…Exclusion criteria are achalasia, neoplastic abnormalities diagnosed during endoscopy, super obesity (body mass index ≥50 kg/m2), Crohn’s disease and medical history of major abdominal surgery. …”
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Effects of blood flow restriction training on cardiometabolic health and body composition in adults with overweight and obesity: a meta-analysis by Hao Kong, Yilin Zhang, Mingyue Yin, Kai Xu, QingGuo Sun, Yun Xie, Olivier Girard

“…Regarding body composition, BFR training significantly reduced body fat percentage (g = 0.30 [0.01, 0.58]; p = 0.04), while no significant differences (p &gt; 0.05) were observed in body weight (g = 0.14 [-0.14, 0.42]), body mass index (g = 0.08 [-0.21, 0.38]), waist circumference (g = 0.13 [-0.28, 0.53]), or waist-to-hip ratio (g = 0.48 [-0.19, 1.15]). …”
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The relationship between walking speed and changes in cardiovascular risk factors during a 12-day walking tour to Santiago de Compostela: a cohort study by Frank L J Visseren, Yolanda van der Graaf, Wilko Spiering, Remy H H Bemelmans, Paulus P Blommaert, Annemarie M J Wassink, Blai Coll

“…A 1 km/h higher walking speed was related to an increase in HDL-c (0.24; 95% CI 0.12 to 0.30 mmol/l), LDL-c (0.18; 95% CI −0.16 to 0.42 mmol/l) and total cholesterol (0.36; 95% CI 0.12 to 0.60 mmol/l), adjusted for age, gender, smoking, body mass index and heart rate, during the whole walking tour.Conclusions Walking the same distance faster improves HDL-c more, while LDL-c and total cholesterol decrease more with lower walking speed independent of changes in body weight in healthy middle-aged subjects.…”
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Real-world effectiveness of Semaglutide treatment on weight loss maintenance after weight loss in patients with obesity or overweight and diabetes by Michela Del Prete, Lidia Gavazzi, Olga Eugenia Disoteo, Federico Vignati, Gianleone Di Sacco, Fabrizio Muratori

“…At baseline, mean weight (mW) was 101.8 ± 24.6 kg and 95.2 ± 15.0 kg; mean body mass index (mBMI) was 36.7 ± 8.7 kg/m2 and 34.3 ± 5.3 kg/m2. …”
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Interplay between BMI, neutrophil, triglyceride and uric acid: a case-control study and bidirectional multivariate mendelian randomization analysis by Haoyuan Lyu, Na Fan, Hao Wen, Xin Zhang, Herong Mao, Qinglai Bian, Jiaxu Chen

“…Abstract Background This study aims to explore the interplay between body mass index (BMI), neutrophils, triglyceride levels, and uric acid (UA). …”
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Association of insulin resistance surrogates with live birth outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization by Shenghao Wu, Yanhong Wu, Lizi Fang, Xiaosheng Lu

“…The association of IR surrogates [triglyceride-glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI), triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR)] with IVF outcomes was evaluated by regression model analysis. …”
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Consistency analysis of two US techniques for evaluating hepatic steatosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Fei Chen, Jingjing An, Long Deng, Jing Wang, Ruiling He

“…Results A total of 62 patients were enrolled, including 44 males (71.0%) with an age of (41 ± 13) years and a body mass index of (27.0 ± 3.5) kg/m2. In the hyperlipidemia group, the B-mode Ratio and ATI were significantly higher than those in the non-hyperlipidemia group, with values of 1.68 ± 0.39 vs. 1.28 ± 0.35 (p = 0.001) and 0.74 ± 0.12 dB/cm/MH vs. 0.64 ± 0.11 dB/cm/MH (p = 0.005), respectively. …”
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Risk Factors and Pharmacological Interventions Impacting Cerebrovascular Ischemic Events in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Narrative Review by Muhammad Osama Siddiqui, Mohammad Ali Syed, Ayaan Ahmed Qureshi, Mustafa Hussain Imam, Jatin Motwani, Verkha Kumari, Arooba Siddiqui, Noor Ul Ain, Mohammed Hammad Jaber

“…Results Findings indicate that age, male gender, hypertension, and smoking significantly increase the risk of GCA‐related CIE, while factors such as anemia, higher body mass index (BMI), and elevated inflammatory markers (C‐reactive protein [CRP] and erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR]) appear to have protective effects. …”
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Association of triglyceride glucose-related obesity indices with sarcopenia among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Runtao Zhao, Xinqiang Ji, Fan Wang

“…TyG index and TyG index-related obesity indices, including triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI), triglyceride glucose-waist circumference (TyG-WC), and triglyceride glucose-waist-to-height ratio (TyG-WHtR) were determined using standard formulas. …”
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