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Body mass index and lifetime healthcare utilization
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Overweight and obesity is a major global public health challenge, and understanding the implications for healthcare systems is essential for policy planning.
Christina Hansen Edwards +2 more
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Body adiposity index utilization in a Spanish Mediterranean population: comparison with the body mass index. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Body fat content and fat distribution or adiposity are indicators of health risk. Several techniques have been developed and used for assessing and/or determining body fat or adiposity. Recently, the Body Adiposity Index (BAI), which is based
Angel A López +6 more
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Associations of state body images, physical self-descriptions, and body mass index
Formazione & Insegnamento, 2021 Objectives: To find any possible relationships between dimensions of state body image (SBI), physical self-description (PSD) and body mass index (BMI).
Stefano Scarpa
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida +6 more
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Patients’ characteristics divided by Body-Mass-Index.
, 2018 Patients’ characteristics divided by Body-Mass-Index.
Rainer Huegel (5807369) +16 more
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Gestational weight gain and body mass index in children: results from three german cohort studies. [PDF]
, 2012 Previous studies suggested potential priming effects of gestational weight gain (GWG) on offspring's body composition in later life. However, consistency of these effects in normal weight, overweight and obese mothers is less clear.
Manfred J Müller +43 more
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Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundThe association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is particularly strong and direct when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). One conceivable explanation for this association is that WC adjusted for BMI is a better predictor of the ...
Tina Landsvig Berentzen +13 more
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Body Mass Index, a Body Shape Index, and Waist-to-Height Ratio in Predicting Elevated Blood Pressure
Althea Medical Journal, 2022 Background: One of the complications of obesity is an elevation in blood pressure which can increase the risk of hypertension. This study aimed to explore body mass index (BMI), a body shape index (ABSI), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in predicting ...
Bryan Junius Winata +4 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono +7 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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