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Body Mass Index and Mortality

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2017
Although the prevalence of obesity, a well-known risk factor for various chronic diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia, is rapidly increasing worldwide, the association of obesity with all-cause mortality remains controversial ...
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Body mass index in dementia [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2014
This review comprehensively examines the current knowledge on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dementia. The association between BMI and cognition is complex: in younger adults, higher BMIs are associated with impaired cognition. Overweight and obesity in middle age are linked to increased future dementia risk in old age.
S, García-Ptacek, G, Faxén-Irving, P, Cermáková, M, Eriksdotter, D, Religa   +4 more
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Income and body mass index in Europe [PDF]

Economics & Human Biology, 2006
The problem of obesity is alarming public health authorities around the world. Therefore, it is important to study its determinants. In this paper, we explore the empirical relationship between household income and body mass index (BMI) in nine European Union countries.
Jaume Garcia Villar, Climent Quintana-Domeque   +1 more
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Body mass index and carpal tunnel syndrome [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2000
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) has been correlated to body mass index (BMI) increase. The present study was done in a Brazilian population to compare BMI values in the following groups: first, CTS vs. controls subjects, and, second CTS groups of increasing
JOAO ARIS KOUYOUMDJIAN, MARIA DA PENHA ANANIAS MORITA, PAULO RICARDO FERNANDO ROCHA, RAFAEL CARLOS MIRANDA, GUSTAVO MACIEL GOUVEIA   +4 more
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Body mass index: a measure of fatness or leanness?

, 1995
The relationship between body fat and stature-adjusted weight indices was explored. Assuming the term height’ is a valid indicator of a subject’s lean body mass, heighplweight was shown to be an accurate measure of percentage lean body mass and, as such,
Holder, Roger L., Nevill, Alan M.
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Relationships Between Body Mass Index with Cholelithiasis

Qanun Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya, 2020
Gallstones formed due to imbalance of bile components, excessive/ high level of cholesterol, nor bilirubin. Obesity was a condition where body mass index (BMI) was excess, which can cause health problems such as an increase of cholesterol, triglycerides,
Husin Thamrin, Nadieda Ayu Marthalitasari, Subur Prajitno   +2 more
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Beyond body mass index

Obesity Reviews, 2001
SummaryBody mass index (BMI) is the cornerstone of the current classification system for obesity and its advantages are widely exploited across disciplines ranging from international surveillance to individual patient assessment. However, like all anthropometric measurements, it is only a surrogate measure of body fatness.
Prentice, A, Jebb, SA
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Correlation between Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage

Althea Medical Journal, 2015
Background: Body mass index (BMI) has been used to determine the nutritional status which is classified into low, normal, overweight or obese. The BMI only shows a comparison of height and weight instead of body composition which consists of fat mass and
Muhammad Ilman, Yenni Zuhairini, Amillia Siddiq   +2 more
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Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Body Image in Adolescents

Children, 2022
Body image dissatisfaction is a concern for adolescents’ mental and physical well-being, and the role of body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) in it is still unclear.
Marja H. Leppänen, Aku-Ville Lehtimäki, Eva Roos, Heli Viljakainen   +3 more
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Genetic variation at CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 interacts with smoking status to influence body mass index [PDF]

, 2011
Cigarette smoking is associated with lower body mass index (BMI), and a commonly cited reason for unwillingness to quit smoking is a concern about weight gain.
Paternoster, Lavinia, Freathy, R.M., Jefferis, B. J., Johnson, P.C.D., Watt, G., Munafò, M, Ebrahim, S, Tozzi, F., Lawlor, D. A., Johnson, PC, Tozzi, Federica, Watt, Graham, Ebrahim, Shah, Ring, SM, Kring, S., Jefferis, BJ, C. Holst, Mooser, V, Tozzi, F, Hattersley, Andrew T, V. Mooser, Sorensen, T.I.A., A. T. Hattersley, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Vollenweider, Peter, Ring, S.M., Kazeem, Gbenga R, Freathy, RM, Freathy, Rachel M, Hattersley, AT, Johnson, Paul CD, S. M. Ring, Whincup, PH, Whincup, P.H., Preisig, M, Sattar, N., Munafò, Marcus, Johnson, Paul C D, Lawlor, Debbie A, A. Hill, Hingorani, A.D., Jefferis, B.J., Vollenweider, P., S. I. I. Kring, Davey Smith, George, F. Tozzi, Ebrahim, S., Mooser, V., G. Waeber, Whincup, P. H., Hill, A, Jefferis, Barbara J, Morris, R. W., Mooser, Vincent, Whincup, Peter H, P. C. D. Johnson, Frayling, T. M., Sattar, Naveed, B. J. Jefferis, Kazeem, GR, Holst, Claus, Preisig, Martin, Kring, SI, Freathy, R. M., Sorensen, T. I. A., Watt, G, Hill, A., Ring, S. M., Padmanabhan, S, Davey Smith, G., Frayling, TM, G. Davey Smith, Upton, Mark N, Paternoster, L., Morris, Richard W, Waeber, Gerard, S. Ebrahim, Kring, S.I., Kring, Sofia I I, Sattar, N, Kring, Sofia II, L. Paternoster, Sørensen, TI, Hingorani, AD, Upton, M.N., D. A. Lawlor, T. M. Frayling, Hattersley, A.T., Hingorani, A. D., Preisig, M., Hattersley, A. T., Padmanabhan, S., Sorensen, Thorkild, T. I. A. Sorensen, Holst, C., Lawlor, DA, Holst, C, Waeber, G, Hingorani, Aroon D, Frayling, T.M., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Waeber, G., Lawlor, D.A., A. D. Hingorani, Morris, RW, Sørensen, T.I., P. Vollenweider, G. R. Kazeem, Kazeem, G. R., Johnson, P.C., S. Padmanabhan, Upton, M. N., P. H. Whincup, R. W. Morris, Upton, MN, N. Sattar, Vollenweider, P, Ring, Susan M, Davey Smith, G, R. M. Freathy, M. Munafo, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Munafo, M., Johnson, P. C. D., G. Watt, M. Preisig, Kazeem, G.R., Kring, S. I. I., Hill, Anita, Frayling, Timothy M, M. N. Upton, Paternoster, L, Kazeem, G.B., Morris, R.W.   +133 more
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