Level of body mass index, functional fitness, quality of life, and satisfaction with life among women aged 60+ years participating in an organised pro-health training programme by Maria Krystyna Gacek, Agnieszka Wojtowicz, Grażyna Kosiba, Magdalena Majer, Joanna Gradek, Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig

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Maternal Body Mass Index Does Not Affect Neonatal Umbilical Artery Blood Gas Parameters by Salam E. Chalouhi, Caroline Salafia, Magdy Mikhail, Robert Hecht

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E-health-based nutrition education effect for improving result measurement of hedonic hunger, dietary energy density, and body mass index in overweight and obese adult women by Rusyantia Anggun, Meliyanti Kusharto Clara, Pratomo Hadi

“…This study aims to analyse the effect of E-health-based nutrition education on improving result measurement of hedonic hunger, dietary energy density, and Body Mass Index (BMI) in overweight and obese adult women. …”
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Obesity Index That Better Predict Metabolic Syndrome: Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist Hip Ratio, or Waist Height Ratio by Abdulbari Bener, Mohammad T. Yousafzai, Sarah Darwish, Abdulla O. A. A. Al-Hamaq, Eman A. Nasralla, Mohammad Abdul-Ghani

“…The aim was to compare body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist hip ratio (WHR), and waist height ratio (WHtR) to identify the best predictor of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Qatari adult population. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age in the province of Essaouira, Morocco by Abdelmounaim Manoussi, Nezha Nacer, Imane Kajjoune, Abdellatif Baali, Hakima Amor, Nadia Ouzennou

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Obesity Cut-Off Points Using Prepregnancy Body Mass Index according to Cardiometabolic Conditions in Pregnancy by Renata O. Neves, Alexandre da S. Rocha, Bruna O. de Vargas, Daniela C. Kretzer, Salete de Matos, Marcelo Z. Goldani, Lisia von Diemen, José A. de A. Magalhães, Juliana R. Bernardi

“…To suggest cut-off points for body mass index (BMI) using gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as cardiometabolic conditions in pregnancy. …”
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Body mass index trajectories and mortality in community-dwelling older adults: population-based cohort study by Martin C Gulliford, Hari Pai

“…Objective Both low and high body mass index (BMI) have been associated with greater mortality in older adults. …”
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Effect of retirement on the body mass index in China: a nationwide study based on the regression discontinuity design by Jiarun Mi, Xueyan Han, Hanchao Cheng, Zhaoyang Pan, Jian Guo, Hailu Zhu, Qi Wang, Yicong Wang, Yuanli Liu, Congyi Zheng, Xin Wang, Xue Cao, Zhen Hu, Yixin Tian, Zengwu Wang, Tianjia Guan

“…This study aimed to estimate the impact of retirement on the body mass index (BMI) and BMI-defined overweight and obesity. …”
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Body mass index is similar to alternative anthropometric indices in evaluating plasma lipids as proxy for cardiovascular disease in women with previous hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A cross-sectional study by Kristina Klepp, Anne Cathrine Staff, Meryam Sugulle, Kjartan Moe

“…Anthropometric indices such as waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, estimated total body fat, a body shape index, waist-to-hip-to-height ratio, and index of central obesity improve estimation of cardiovascular death risk in the general population as compared to body mass index (BMI). …”
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Cross‐sectional association of irregular dietary habits with glycemic control and body mass index among people with diabetes by Mika Shimizu, Junko Oya, Yuichiro Kondo, Aki Katamine, Yukiko Hasegawa, Tomoko Nakagami

“…ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction To determine the association of irregular dietary habits with HbA1c and body mass index (BMI) in people with diabetes. Materials and Methods We included 4,421 people with diabetes aged 20–74 years (type 1 diabetes (T1D), 19.1%) who answered a questionnaire at mealtime. …”
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Menopause and obstructive sleep apnea: revealing an independent mediating role of visceral fat beyond body mass index by Yuhan Wang, Hailing Liu, Beini Zhou, Wuriliga Yue, Mengcan Wang, Ke Hu

“…After adjusting for body mass index (BMI) and other potential confounders, menopausal status was correlated with a higher prevalence of OSA symptoms (OR = 1.57; 95% CI: 1.16,2.13), and increased visceral fat mass (β = 0.12; 95% CI: 0.07, 0.17). …”
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Prospective Associations of the Short Form Health Survey Vitality Scale and Changes in Body Mass Index and Obesity Status by Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Emilie Rune Hegelund, Anna Paldam Folker, Emilie Just-Østergaard, Merete Osler, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Trine Flensborg-Madsen

“…Associations of vitality with body mass index and obesity were investigated separately for men and women in linear and logistic regression models adjusting for age, baseline body mass index, education, physical activity, smoking, and obesity-related diseases. …”
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Risk Values of Weight and Body Mass Index for Chest Wall Thickness in Patients Requiring Needle Thoracostomy Decompression by Chia-Hung Hsu, Tzu-Yin Lin, Ju-Chi Ou, Jiann Ruey Ong, Hon-Ping Ma

“…CWT values at four ICSs as well as four variables, namely, age, weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) for both men and women were compared using a nonparametric method, namely, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. …”
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Food Addiction, Saturated Fat Intake, and Body Mass Index in Peruvian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Dulce E. Lopez-Lopez, Ivett K. Saavedra-Roman, Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla, Jacksaint Saintila

“…The objective of the study was to determine food addiction, saturated fat intake, and body mass index (BMI) in Peruvian adults. Materials and Methods. …”
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The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Aged Population: A Cohort Study by M. L. Tang, Y. Q. Zhou, A. Q. Song, J. L. Wang, Y. P. Wan, R. Y. Xu

“…However, there is an ongoing debate about what is the optimal range of body mass index (BMI) for the aged population. We aimed to evaluate the value of BMI for the prediction of incident diabetes mellitus (DM) in the Chinese elderly population. …”
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Metabolites and lipid species mediate the associations of adiposity in childhood and early adulthood with mammographic breast density in premenopausal women by Kayla R. Getz, Myung Sik Jeon, Lili Liu, Lei Liu, Haixiang Zhang, Chongliang Luo, Jingqin Luo, Adetunji T. Toriola

“…Abstract Background Mammographic breast density (MBD), a strong predictor of breast cancer, is highly influenced by body mass index (BMI) in childhood and early adulthood, but the mechanisms underlying these associations are not fully understood. …”
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Association Between Allometric Body Shape Indices and Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional Study from NHANES by Zhao S, Pan X

“…Songfeng Zhao,1,2 Xin Pan1,2 1Department of Endocrinology, The First People’s Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology, Xiaoshan Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xin Pan, Department of Endocrinology, The First People’s Hospital of Xiaoshan District, No. 199 South Shixin Road, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-0571-83807971, Email 344132702@qq.comBackground: Osteoporosis is a common health concern in postmenopausal women. Obesity, commonly assessed using body mass index (BMI), may have a protective effect on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. …”
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The Effect of Prebiotics, Alone or as Part of Synbiotics, on Cardiometabolic Parameters in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized... by Elham Razmpoosh, Mala S. Sivanandy, Alan M. Ehrlich

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Health Care Consumption during Pregnancy in relation to Maternal Body Mass Index: A Swedish Population Based Observational Study by Elisabeth S. Lindholm, Daniel Altman, Margareta Norman, Marie Blomberg

“…To assess whether antenatal health care consumption is associated with maternal body mass index (BMI). Design. A register based observational study. …”
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Measuring Distributional Inequality: Relative Body Mass Index Distributions by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Education, United States (1999–2006) by Brian C. Houle

“…This study uses relative distribution methods to explore inequalities in body mass index (BMI; kg/m2). Data from 1999–2006 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to compare BMI distributions by gender, Black/White race, and education subgroups in the United States. …”
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