A consistent log-linear relationship between tuberculosis incidence and body mass index
International Journal of Epidemiology, 10/12/2009
linear relationship between TB incidence and BMI across a variety of settings with different levels of TB burden. More research is required to test the relationship at very low and very high BMI levels, to establish the biological mechanism linking BMI with risk of TB and to establish the potential ... into body mass index (BMI). Exponential trend lines were fitted to each data set. Results - Six studies were included.
- In all of them, there was a log–linear inverse relationship between TB incidence and BMI, within the BMI range 18.5–30 kg/m
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Early Postnatal BMI Adaptation Is Regulated During a Fixed Time Period and Mainly Depends on Maternal BMI
Obesity, 10/20/2009
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Brune BC et al. – Mothers of overweight 6–year–old children are overweight, whereas mothers of underweight 6–year–old children have a below–normal BMI. All other ... investigated factors only had a minor influence on postnatal BMI development. The authors conclude that postnatal BMI development follows a fixed genetic program and is mainly programmed by maternal metabolism.
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Relationship Between Prostate-specific Antigen and Hematocrit: Does Hemodilution Lead to Lower PSA Concentrations in Men With a Higher Body Mass Index
Urology, 10/28/2009
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et al. – In healthy men with a BMI of 18.5–30 kg/m2, a lower hematocrit was significantly associated with a lower PSA. Hemodilution may explain the lower PSA levels observed in men with a higher BMI, resulting in an inverse relationship between BMI and PSA.
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The measurement of maternal adiposity
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 10/27/2009
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diagnosis of obesity is based on body mass index (BMI) that is, weight in kg/height in m2. While epidemiological associations have been shown between different BMI categories and adverse clinical outcomes, there is also a growing realisation that BMI has significant limitations.
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Total Body Mass Is Better Than Body Mass Index As a Prognostic Parameter for Bone Mineral Density in Dialyzed Patients
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis, 10/28/2009
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evaluating the better predictor of BMD: TBM or body weight normalized to height minus BMI. According to the results of the study, dialyzed patients with a higher BMI have a greater BMD, but TBM, and not BMI, is the most important parameter for predicting BMD, at least in the FN.
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Total body water changes after an exercise intervention tracked using bioimpedance spectroscopy: A deuterium oxide comparison
Clinical Nutrition, 10/15/2009
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tool for tracking changes in TBW regardless of variations in BMI, FM, FFM, or age in both overfat and obese men and women (BMI>24). Employing a BIS TBW equation is suggested over the development of resistivity coefficients based on BMI, FM, FFM or age.
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Self-reported weight status rather than BMI may be closely related to psychopathological symptoms among Mainland Chinese adolescents
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 10/05/2009
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Huang L et al. – There was no relationship between BMI weight status and psychopathological symptoms after adjusting for weight perception and other factors ... was related to higher behavioral symptoms and social adaptation problems. Psychological well–being of adolescents is more related to weight perception than BMI is.
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The daily walking distance of young doctors and their body mass index
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 10/01/2009
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by the body mass index (BMI) even within the normal range, it is hypothesized that the daily walking distance of young doctors in training at a teaching hospital is inversely correlated with the BMI. The results of this pilot study indicate that NEAT is related to the BMI in the non–obese
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Television Viewing Is Not Predictive of BMI in Black and Hispanic Young Adult Females
Obesity, 11/05/2009
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Richmond TK et al. – In models stratified by race/ethnicity, increased TV viewing was associated with increased BMI only among white females; TV viewing was not predictive of higher BMI in black or Hispanic young
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Relationships of Obesity and Fat Distribution With Atherothrombotic Risk Factors: Baseline Results From the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) Trial
Obesity, 11/03/2009
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Albu JB et al. – In partial correlation analyses BMI was independently associated with BP and inflammatory/procoagulation factors, waist circumference with lipids, and both BMI and waist circumference with insulin. Both BMI and waist circumference, independently, are associated with
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