Top bmi Articles in Oncology

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 [more...]

Early Postnatal BMI Adaptation Is Regulated During a Fixed Time Period and Mainly Depends on Maternal BMI
Obesity, 10/20/2009

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. [more...]

Relationships of BMI to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Differ by Ethnicity
Obesity, 11/20/2009

Taylor Jr HA et al. – The prevalence of all risk factors except high triglycerides and low high–density lipoprotein (HDL) was substantially higher in Jackson Heart Study (JHS) and BMI was associated with increasing ... steeper relationships to BMI were observed in FHS than in JHS. There were larger proportional increases in risk factor prevalence with increasing BMI in whites than in African Americans. The higher prevalence rates of cardiometabolic risk factors at nearly all levels of BMI in African Americans [more...]

Accuracy and Usefulness of BMI Measures based on Self-Reported Weight and Height: Findings from the NHANES & NHIS 2001-2006
BMC Public Health, 11/20/2009

Stommel M et al. – BMI values based on self–reported height and weight, if corrected for biases associated with socio–demographic characteristics of the ... used to estimate health risks associated with variations in BMI, particularly when using parametric prediction models. [more...]

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

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. [more...]

The measurement of maternal adiposity
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 10/27/2009

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. [more...]

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

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. [more...]

Total body water changes after an exercise intervention tracked using bioimpedance spectroscopy: A deuterium oxide comparison
Clinical Nutrition, 10/15/2009

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. [more...]

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

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. [more...]

The daily walking distance of young doctors and their body mass index
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 10/01/2009

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 [more...]