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. ...
A Possible Explanation for the "Parallel Tracks" Phenomenon in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries An explanation is proposed for the fact that in LMXBs the correlation betweenmost observable X-ray spectral and timing parameters (such as kHz QPOfrequency... dKM Van - 《Astrophysical Journal》 被引量: 13...
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: Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now...
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...
data analysis, methodological biases, body mass index, temporal variation, accuracy, health status, anthropometric measurements, mortality, experimental design, smoking (habit), Chinese people, age, womenBACKGROUND: Inadequate control for potential methodological biases has been suggested as an explanation ...
There is as yet no generally accepted explanation for the common finding that low body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. We investigated this association in a Canadian population-based case–control study (1996–2002) with a particular view to assessing the ...
N.B.For an explanation of Body Mass Index and a discussion about its limitations and alternative weight measurement calculations see the section below the action plans. If you are here to ask “am I overweight?”, please take your height and weight measurements and use the calculator or chart...
[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...
As BMI increased, mortality among women without increased and that among women with decreased.: We found the "paradox" among women with and without incident in the same population. Selection bias may be a simple explanation for this "paradox.". 展开 ...