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Impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Echocardiography

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2007
Background: To determine the demographic characteristics of patients in various BMI groups and the impact of individual BMI group on the utility of transthoracic echocardiography .
Kaleem Ullah Toori
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Relationship Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Kidney Stones in Children [PDF]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal
Introduction: A widespread and significant problem in pediatric medicine, kidney and urinary tract stones are becoming more common as a result of sedentary lifestyles, poor diets, wrong fluid intake patterns, and improper medication use.
Leyla Katebi, Nahideh Ekhlasi, Aynaz Parhizghar, Firouz Amani   +3 more
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Body mass index a better predictor of insulin resistance than waist circumference in normoglycemics [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is the most common method of measuring obesity. Many studies have reported that waist circumference is a stronger predictor of insulin resistance in non-type 2 diabetes.
B.L. Preethi, K.M. Prasannakumar, Vijay Culmalgae   +2 more
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12-INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX ON THE INCIDENCE OF PRETERM LABOUR [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2009
Nutritional status of the women has been considered as an important prognostic indicator of pregnancy outcome and risk of preterm birth. Few studies have evaluated the patterns of body mass index in developing regions where malnutrition and poor weight ...
Khilud Salim Al-Salami, Zaineb T Alyasin, Ragad Nasir HussainSAINN   +2 more
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Precedence of Bone Loss Accompanied with Changes in Body Composition and Body Fat Distribution in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2023
Background and Objective. Diabetes and osteoporosis are common diseases in elderly people, which are often accompanied by changes in body weight during treatment.
Biao Zheng, Yuxin Zheng, Yongze Zhang, Lingning Huang, Ximei Shen, Fengying Zhao, Sunjie Yan   +6 more
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Comparison of obesity and metabolic syndrome prevalence using fat mass index, body mass index and percentage body fat.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundAccurate obesity classification is important so that appropriate intervention can be instituted to modify metabolic risk factors. Commonly utilized body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (PBF) are influenced by lean mass whereas fat mass
Joseph C Wong, Sheila O'Neill, Belinda R Beck, Mark R Forwood, Soo Keat Khoo   +4 more
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Do the body weight perception and body mass index affect the participation of exercise?

Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2022
Study aim: In this study, it is aimed to find out the exercise preferences based on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and Body Weight Perception (BWP), and to determine the consistency between BMI and BWP calculated via the self-reporting method.
Can Sema, Demirkan Erkan, Çeviker Abdulkerim   +2 more
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Hubungan antara Indeks Massa Tubuh dan Jumlah CD4 pada Penderita HIV yang Mendapat Pengobatan ARV

Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2015
The adverse consequence of overweight and obese condition in major population related to it’s mortality and morbidity of specific diseases like coronary heart disease has been well known.
Miftahurachman, Rudi Wisaksana
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Prediagnostic adult body mass index change and esophageal adenocarcinoma survival

Cancer Medicine, 2020
Background We examined whether body mass index (BMI) changes in adulthood, prior to disease onset, are associated with overall survival among esophageal adenocarcinoma patients.
Elizabeth A. Loehrer, Edward L. Giovannucci, Rebecca A. Betensky, Andrea Shafer, David C. Christiani   +4 more
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Prevalence of obesity and overweight and their related factors among the adults of Mazandaran Province, Iran, in 2010

Electronic Physician, 2014
Background: Obesity is an unpleasant outcome of changes in the behavior and lifestyle, and it leads to premature inability and loss of job in most cases.
Mohammad Ahmadi, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Hossein Molavi-e Vardanjani, Azizallah Dehghan   +3 more
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