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Investigation of Frequency and Risk Factors of Macrosomia in Infants of Asali Hospital of Khoramabad City

مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2013
Background & Objectives: Macrosomia is a term applied to newborns with a birth weight more than of 4000 gr which cause different maternal and neonatal complications. Several risk factors has been known for macrosomia.
M Mardani, KH Kazemi, A Mohsenzadeh, F Ebrahimzade   +3 more
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Weight categories according to Body Mass Index (BMI) [15].

, 2017
Weight categories according to Body Mass Index (BMI) [15].
Samuel Yaw Aboagye (3238881), Grace Kpeli (3801070), Eric Koka (567714), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (120059), Gerd Pluschke (7855), Naa Okaikor Addison (3801073), Stefanie Pfau (3801067), Thomas Junghanss (46932)   +7 more
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Acute Endocrine Alterations After Traumatic Brain Injury and 6‐Month Functional Outcome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Acute multi‐axis endocrine alterations after traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain incompletely characterized. This study aimed to examine their temporal patterns and explore their associations with 6‐month functional outcome and early inflammatory markers.
Biao Xu, Peng Guo, Rui Pan, Zhenghao Wang, Jingchao Zhou, Pengcheng Zhang, Xingzhe Zhang, Qinghua Zhang, Haibin Ma, Zhanfeng Niu   +9 more
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BMI: Body Mass Index, error bars represent the standard error.

, 2013
BMI: Body Mass Index, error bars represent the standard error.
Karleen M. Schulze (281603), Sonia S. Anand (113667), Salim Yusuf (84083), Mark A. Tarnopolsky (73446), Andrew Mente (347050), Sandy Rao (347052), Hertzel C. Gerstein (347055), Shirya Rashid (347046), Arya M. Sharma (347057), Dipika Desai (347048)   +9 more
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Income and body mass index in Europe [PDF]

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 ...
Climent Quintana-Domeque, Jaume Garcia Villar   +1 more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: A Case Cohort Analysis From ELSA‐Brasil

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada, Marcos Rafael N. Cavalcante, Itamar de Souza Santos, Márcio S. Bittencourt, Vandrize Meneghini, Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor   +7 more
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Associations between body mass index and body composition among Pacific adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand

Scientific Reports
BMI and BMI z-scores are widely used to classify adolescent overweight and obesity (OWOB), but they do not distinguish fat from fat-free mass and may misclassify adiposity.
Yajun Dai, Anna S Howe, Leon Iusitini, El-Shadan Tautolo, Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs, Jalal Mohammed, Philip J. Schlüter   +6 more
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BMI or not to BMI? debating the value of body mass index as a measure of health in adults

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Abstract Body mass index (BMI) is used across public health to calculate height to weight ratio and translate into weight status. Whether BMI is appropriate as an individual- or population-level health measure for adults is debated. BMI is a cost-effective and feasible metric to establish health risk.
Carmen Byker Shanks, Meg Bruening, Amy L. Yaroch   +2 more
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Comparison of long-term changes in teenage body mass index between urban and other areas in Japan from 1986 to 2003 [PDF]

Japanese prefecture level panel data for the period 1986–2003 was used to analyze and compare the determinants of teenage body mass index (BMI) by sex and geographical area.
Yamamura, Eiji
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Frailty Predicts Incident Osteoporotic Fractures in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of frailty and osteoporosis, but the relationship between frailty and incident osteoporotic fractures in RA is underexplored. Methods Data were from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry. Frailty was measured using the VA Frailty Index (VAFI).
Katherine D. Wysham, Hannah F. Brubeck, Aaron Baraff, Punyasha Roul, Namrata Singh, James S. Andrews, Grant W. Cannon, Gary A. Kunkel, Ted R. Mikuls, Bryant R. England, Dolores M. Shoback, Patricia P. Katz, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Joshua F. Baker   +14 more
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