Noun1.body mass index- a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30 ...
Related to body mass index:Ideal Weight Index A book containing references, alphabetically arranged, to the contents of a series or collection of documents or volumes; or a section (normally at the end) of a single volume or set of volumes containing such references to its contents. ...
Interaction of rs7566605 with age may offer an explanation. SNP–age and SNP–SNP interaction models were tested on independent individuals from three population-based longitudinal cohorts, restricting the analysis to an observed age of 25–74 years. KORA S3/F3, KORA S4/F4 (Augsburg, Germany, ...
Body composition refers to the measurement of muscle and fat mass within the human body. Scientists use several different methods to measure body composition, including the ratio known as body mass index. Answer and Explanation: Learn more about this topic: ...
The widely reported associations between body mass index (BMI) and various chronic diseases, such as hypertension and asthma, have garnered significant attention. Nonetheless, there remains a dearth of research dedicated to understanding the health impacts of medical school on the students, who experie...
[138]also showed that patients with mCRC in the BMI range of 28–30 kg/m2had a better prognosis than normal individuals.A possible explanation is that patients with overweight have greater lean muscle mass than normal one, which helps improve the condition. In summary, the obesity paradox of...
between genetic interactions and clinical factors (age, sex, hypertension, and body mass index) with AF at 16 established AF susceptibility loci from prior genome-wide association studies (Supplemental Table 2; significance threshold = 6.25 × 10−4, see methods for explanation). We...
A possible explanation is that Danish obesity problems are not yet as severe as those in the USA.Charlotte Ebsen PaaskesenDepartment of UrologyMichael BorreDepartment of UrologyScandinavian Journal of Urology and NephrologyPaaskesen, C. E. & Borre, M. Body mass index and prognostic markers at ...
It remains to be seen whether the increasing occurrence of obesity in the Western world may contribute to an explanation for the recently reported subnormal sperm counts registered in some of the same countries where obesity has increased. If so, some cases of subfertility may be preventable....
To clarify the association between obesity and rheumatoid arthritis, we conducted a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis to assess the relationship between body mass index and rheumatoid arthritis risk. Methods A systematic literature search of PubMed and Embase (up to 12 July 2014) ...