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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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Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To determine cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents, based on body mass index at age 18 years.DESIGN: International survey of six large nationally representative cross sectional studies on growth.
Jackson, Alan A., Flegal, KM, Flegal, Katherine M., Nicholls, D, Cole, Tim J., Nicholls, Dasha, Jackson, AA, Cole, TJ   +7 more
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Beyond Body Mass Index: Body Roundness Index, Inflammation, and Death

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The body mass index (BMI) is widely used to assess obesity but fails to reflect fat distribution. The body roundness index (BRI) has been proposed as a better surrogate for central obesity, yet direct comparisons of their predictive power ...
Donna Shu‐Han Lin, Su‐Kiat Chua, Jen‐Kuang Lee   +2 more
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Do Body Mass, Body Mass Index and Body Fat Ratio have an Effect on Proprioception?

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014
Objectives: Proprioceptive sense plays important role of the protective reflex response against the harmful forces on the joint takes part in protection against the injuries.
Esra Ateş Numanoğlu, Filiz Can, Zafer Erden   +2 more
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Relationship between perceived body weight and body mass index based on self- reported height and weight among university students: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries [PDF]

, 2010
Mikolajczyk RT, Maxwell AE, El Ansari W, Stock C, Petkeviciene J, Guillen-Grima F. Relationship between perceived body weight and body mass index based on self- reported height and weight among university students: a cross-sectional study in seven ...
El Ansari, Walid, Christiane Stock, Stock, C. (Christiane), Petkeviciene, Janina, Maxwell, Annette E., Petkeviciene, J. (Janina), Mikolajczyk, Rafael T, Ansari, W.E. (Walid El), Maxwell, Annette E, Janina Petkeviciene, Mikolajczyk Rafael T, Stock, Christiane, Maxwell, A.E. (Annette E.), El Ansari Walid, Walid El Ansari, Maxwell, Annette, Maxwell Annette E, Guillen-Grima, Francisco, Petkeviciene Janina, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Guillen-Grima Francisco, Annette E Maxwell, Mikolajczyk, Rafael T., Stock Christiane, Mikolajczyk, Rafael, Mikolajczyk, R.T. (Rafael T.), Rafael T Mikolajczyk   +26 more
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Body Mass Index and Employment-Based Health Insurance

BMC Health Services Research, 2008
Background Obese workers incur greater health care costs than normal weight workers. Possibly viewed by employers as an increased financial risk, they may be at a disadvantage in procuring employment that provides health insurance.
Franks Peter, Fong Ronald L
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Body Mass Index at a Medium Secure Unit: A Four-Year Service Evaluation [PDF]

, 2011
This study investigated changes in body mass index (BMI) in male patients at a medium secure unit (MSU) and the subsequent effects of several healthy initiatives over a period of four years.
Bloye, Darran, Matta, Simon, Bowley, Stephanie, Abbasi, Yasir   +3 more
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Body mass index percentiles versus body composition assessments: Challenges for disease risk classifications in children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundIdentifying at-risk children with optimal specificity and sensitivity to allow for the appropriate intervention strategies to be implemented is crucial to improving the health and well-being of children. We determined relationships of body mass
Jody L. Clasey, Jody L. Clasey, Elizabeth A. Easley, Elizabeth A. Easley, Margaret O. Murphy, Stefan G. Kiessling, Arnold Stromberg, Aric Schadler, Hong Huang, John A. Bauer   +9 more
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The relation of body mass index, demographic and health-related variables to length of stay for patients at an acute rehabilitation hospital after total hip arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2010
Obesity is a growing public health concern world-wide. At the same time, knee and hip replacements are becoming an increasingly regular treatment for osteoarthritis.
Thilo Kroll, null Greenberg, Greenberg, K., Kroll, T.   +3 more
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Trends in BMI Percentile and Body Fat Percentage in Children 12 to 17 Years of Age

Children, 2022
This study evaluates the cross-sectional trends in body fat percentage (BF%) and body mass index (BMI) percentile rank, and the relationship between the two in 332 (177 boys, 155 girls) 12- to 17-year-old children.
Pat R. Vehrs, Gilbert W. Fellingham, Angela McAferty, Laurel Kelsey   +3 more
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