Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Large Population of Women Living in Spain: Implications for Preventative Strategies by Ana M. Ramos-Leví, Natalia Pérez-Ferre, M. Dolores Fernández, Laura del Valle, Elena Bordiu, Ana Rosa Bedia, Miguel A. Herraiz, M. José Torrejón, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…A total of 213 (9.7%) women were diagnosed as having GDM. Age, pregestational body weight (BW) and body mass index (BMI), and number of events of medical, obstetric and family history were significantly associated with GDM. …”
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Prevalence and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms and the Quality of Life in Middle-aged Women: A Study from Sri Lanka by Nirmala Rathnayake, Janaka Lenora, Gayani Alwis, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…Further, sociodemographic status, gynaecologic factors, physical activity pattern (walking, moderate, and vigorous), body mass index, and waist to hip ratio were also evaluated. …”
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Higher Life’s Crucial 9 protects against infertility among U.S. women aged 18–45 years by Shaoqun Huang, Shuqin Duan, Seok Choi, Hongyang Gong

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Folic acid supplementation in European women of reproductive age and during pregnancy with excessive weight: a systematic review by Federica Loperfido, Francesca Sottotetti, Irene Bianco, Dana El Masri, Beatrice Maccarini, Chiara Ferrara, Antonio Limitone, Hellas Cena, Rachele De Giuseppe

“…Findings have described a positive association between elevated Body Mass Index (BMI) and birth defect risk; data on plasma folate levels in pregnant women with obesity have shown values lower than recommended because of a state of chronic low-grade inflammation, resulting in increased metabolic demands. …”
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Bio-impedancemetry an essential tool in the obesity screening of patients with chronic renal failure [La bio-impédancemétrie un outil indispensable dans le dépistage de l’obésité c... by Samia BOUDANI, Faiza ZERDOUMI, Naouel FZ. BOUMANSOUR, Abbou KADDOUS, Bachir M. GUELLIL

“…To establish the prevalence of obesity in patients with CKD, before starting extra-renal purification, based on two anthropometric methods: body mass index (BMI) and bioelectrical impedance. …”
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Effect of Obesity-Linked FTO rs9939609 Variant on Physical Activity and Dietary Patterns in Physically Active Men and Women by Nathan R. West, James Dorling, Alice E. Thackray, Nicola C. Hanson, Samantha E. Decombel, David J. Stensel, Stuart J. Grice

“…Sex, age, and anthropometric measurements (stature, body mass, and waist circumference) were self-reported using an online questionnaire, and body mass index and waist-to-height ratio were calculated. …”
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Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

“…Objective Obesity can contribute to infertility, but the exact relationship between infertility risk and obesity-related measurements like waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body roundness index (BRI), conicity index (CoI), and A body shape index (ABSI) in women is uncertain. …”
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Physical Activity Is Associated with Weight Loss and Increased Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Severely Obese Men and Women Undergoing Lifestyle Treatment by Eivind Aadland, Lesley Robertson

“…Thirty-five subjects (10 men, body mass index 43.2±5.1 kg/m2) who participated in a 10-month lifestyle treatment programme were included. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women in northern Vietnam: a cross-sectional study by Hieu Minh Le, Thi Ai Nguyen, Dang Kien Nguyen, Ditte Søndergaard Linde, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Jens Søndergaard, Thanh Duc Nguyen, Bay Quang Nguyen, Ngoc-Anh Thi Dang, Xuan Bai Nguyen, Dan W. Meyrowitsch, Christina A. Vinter, Tine M. Gammeltoft, Vibeke Rasch

“…Conclusions More than one-fourth of pregnant women in Thai Binh, Vietnam, may have GDM. Advanced maternal age, high pregestational body mass index, family history of diabetes, and previous GDM were associated with increased risk of GDM. …”
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Long-Term Prospective Study of the Influence of Estrone Levels on Events in Postmenopausal Women with or at High Risk for Coronary Artery Disease by Antonio de Padua Mansur, Tereza Cristina B. F. Silva, Julio Yoshio Takada, Solange Desirée Avakian, Célia Maria C. Strunz, Luiz Antonio Machado César, José Mendes Aldrighi, José Antonio F. Ramires

“…The Kaplan-Meier survival curve showed a significant trend (P=0.039) of greater all-cause mortality in women with low estrone levels (<15 pg/mL). Cox multivariate regression analysis model adjusted for body mass index, diabetes, dyslipidemia, family history, and estrone showed estrone (OR=0.45; P=0.038) as the only independent variable for all-cause mortality. …”
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Hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension-altered abdominal girdle phenotypes and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in women seen at the Provincial Climacteric Consult... by Elodia María Rivas Álpizar, Karen Lizeth García, Annia Quintana Marrero

“…The analyzed variables were: age, skin color, smoking, arterial hypertension, obesity, physical activity, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, abdominal circumference, total cholesterol, uric acid, and triglycerides. …”
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Vitamin D Intake among Premenopausal Women Living in Jeddah: Food Sources and Relationship to Demographic Factors and Bone Health by Tahani A. Zareef, Robert T. Jackson, Abdulkareem A. Alkahtani

“…There was a significant positive association between calcium intake and BMD at the lumbar spine p=0.043 after controlling for body mass index and energy intake. Vitamin D intake was not significantly different between women with low and normal bone mass. …”
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Association between Prenatal One-Hour Glucose Challenge Test Values and Delivery Mode in Nondiabetic, Pregnant Black Women by Jerel M. Ezell, Rosalind M. Peters, Jessica E. Shill, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow

“…After stratifying by parity and adjusting for maternal age, previous C-section, and prepregnancy body mass index, 1-hour GCT value was significantly associated with increased risk of C-section among parous women (OR per 1 mg/dL increase in GCT value = 1.05; 95% CI OR: 1.00, 1.05; P=0.045). …”
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Identifying high-risk population segments for underweight, overweight, and obesity among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa by Amare Abera Tareke, Amare Abera Tareke, Anissa Mohammed, Amare Muche, Yeshimebet Ali

“…Nutritional status was assessed using body mass index (BMI). We computed the pooled prevalence of different forms of malnutrition using the random effects inverse variance method. …”
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Pentraxin 3 Levels in Young Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in relation to the Nutritional Status and Systemic Inflammation by Katarzyna Wyskida, Grzegorz Franik, Piotr Choręza, Natalia Pohl, Leszek Markuszewski, Aleksander Owczarek, Paweł Madej, Jerzy Chudek, Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz

“…The study enrolled 99 stable body mass PCOS women (17 normal weight, 21 overweight, and 61 obese) and 61 non-PCOS women (24 normal weight, 19 overweight, and 18 obese). …”
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The obesity paradox in osteoporosis risk among older adults is mostly driven by women: a population-based prospective study by Qingfeng Luo, Shiyong Zhang, Zixin Liang, Danni Wang, Yanlin Zhong, Bin Xia, Peng Xie, Can Wang, Jinqiu Yuan, Ziji Zhang, Xingsheng Li

“…Methods A cross-sectional and prospective study was conducted using data from 177,734 participants in the UK Biobank. The association of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and fat percentage with BMD was examined using Spearman correlation analysis with baseline BMD data. …”
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Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes of Women with and Without Hypertension at the Latent Phase of Labor Who Were Under Medical Care for Preeclampsia by Resul Karakus, Cetin Kilicci, Enis Ozkaya, Ezgi Darici, Onder Tosun, Sultan Seren Karakus, Ali Aras

“…RESULTS: Mean age and body mass index were similar between the two groups (p>0.05). …”
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Association between the aromatase (CYP19A1) gene variant rs10046 and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women by Betânia Rodrigues dos Santos, Gislaine Casanova, Thais Rasia da Silva, Karen Oppermann, Poli Mara Spritzer

“…Results: The participants had a mean age of 56.07 ± 5.58 years and a mean body mass index (BMI) of 27.73 ± 5.41 kg/m². The 10-year ASCVD risk was estimated to be low, borderline, intermediate, and high in 64.7%, 12.8%, 19.8%, and 2.7% of the participants, respectively. …”
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Mental health status and the quality of life of infertile women receiving fertility treatment in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. by A B M Nahid Hasan, Azaz Bin Sharif, Ishrat Jahan, Mosammat Rashida Begum

“…In contrast, age, occupation, and Body Mass Index (BMI) were the significant predictors for the Physical Component Summary (PCS-12). …”
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Distribution and Related Influencing Factors of AMH Level in Family-Planning Women of Childbearing Age: A Cross-Sectional Study from Beijing, China by Song J, Gao S, Zhao L, Tong X

“…Collected data included age, education level, ethnicity, height, weight, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. We calculated the body mass index (BMI) of each participant. The collected blood test results included AMH, fasting blood glucose (FBG), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), creatinine (Cr), and alanine aminotransferase, and hemoglobin levels and platelet count. …”
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