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Related Articles [Body Mass Index in pregnant teenagers] Akush Ginekol (Sofiia). 2007;46(8):8-10 Authors: Markova D, Batashki I, Milchev N, Terzhumanov R, Gŭrova A The frequency of obesity is increasing worldwide. Among the group of teenagers who are pregnant there is a tendency of increasing of BMI. We present BMI at the beginning and at the end of pregnancy at pregnant teenagers, according to the scheme of Institute of Medicine. The optimal weight gain during teenage pregnancy would minimize the risk of overweight and obesity postpartum and during subsequent pregnancy as well the associated complications. PMID: 18642551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...

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Related Articles The association between Body Mass Index and the severity of cholecystitis. Am J Surg. 2008 Aug 28; Authors: Lee HK, Han HS, Min SK BACKGROUND: Severe cholecystitis occurs more frequently in males, and the cause of this discrepancy is unknown. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed on 910 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystitis. The patients were classified according to Body Mass Index (BMI) as obese (n = 354, BMI >/=25 kg/m(2)) and nonobese (n = 556; BMI <25). RESULTS: In males, there was a significant negative correlation between the BMI and the severity of cholecystitis; the proportion of complicated acute cholecystitis was higher in the nonobese patients (21.5%) compared with the obese patients (8.1%) (P = .007) but not for the females (P = .80). A BMI <25 (odds ratio [OR] = 1.92, P = .01), advanced age (OR = 2.52, P < .001), male sex (OR = 1.74, P = .022), and leukocytosis (OR = 1.92, P = .024) were independent predictors for the development of complicated acute cholecystitis. CONCLUSION: There is a negative association between BMI and the inflammation severity of cholecystitis in males, which resulted in a higher incidence of severe cholecystitis in the nonobese male patients. PMID: 18760398 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] ...

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Related Articles Wheeze and asthma in children: associations with Body Mass Index, sports, television viewing, and diet. Epidemiology. 2008 Sep;19(5):747-55 Authors: Corbo GM, Forastiere F, De Sario M, Brunetti L, Bonci E, Bugiani M, Chellini E, La Grutta S, Migliore E, Pistelli R, Rusconi F, Russo A, Simoni M, Talassi F, Galassi C, BACKGROUND: Obesity, physical activity, and dietary habits are distinct but strongly interrelated lifestyle factors that may be relevant to the prevalence of wheeze and asthma in children. Our goal was to analyze the relationship of Body Mass Index (BMI), regular sports participation, TV viewing, and diet with current wheezing and asthma. METHODS: We investigated 20,016 children, aged 6-7 years, who were enrolled in a population-based study. Parents completed standardized questionnaires. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), while adjusting for several confounders and simultaneously considering BMI, regular sports activity, TV viewing and selected dietary items. RESULTS: A total of 1575 children (7.9%) reported current wheezing and 1343 (6.7%) reported current asthma. In a multivariate model, an elevated BMI was associated with wheeze and current asthma: children from the highest quintile (compared with the lowest quintile) had an increased risk of wheeze (OR = 1.47; CI = 1.20-1.82) or current asthma (1.61; 1.28-2.01). Wheeze or asthma was not associat ...

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Related Articles Body Mass Index and cardiovascular risk factors and biomarkers in hemodialysis patients. J Nephrol. 2008 Mar-Apr;21(2):197-204 Authors: Bossola M, Giungi S, Panocchia N, Vulpio C, Luciani G, Tazza L BACKGROUND: Being overweight and obesity are associated with improved survival in hemodialysis (HD) patients, based on mechanisms that are presently uncertain. We compared traditional and uremia-related cardiovascular risk factors in HD patients stratified according to their Body Mass Index (BMI). METHODS: One hundred sixteen HD patients were stratified into 4 groups according to the BMI: underweight (<18.5), normal weight (18.5-24.9), overweight (25.0-29.9) and obese (> or =30). Blood samples were obtained before the HD session to measure serum albumin, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, ferritin, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein B-100, apolipoprotein B (apoB) to apolipoprotein A (apoA) ratio and Lp(a) lipoprotein. RESULTS: There were 3 underweight (excluded from the analysis), 58 normal weight, 35 overweight and 20 obese patients. Their mean age was 62.1 +/- 14.1 years. There were 68 men and 45 women. Mean dialytic age was 5.32 +/- 3.2 years. The mean BMI of the study population was 25.2 +/- 4.1. The prevalence of smoking habit was similar in the 3 groups (17.2%, 8.5% and 25%, respectively; p=0.28). The prevalence of hypertension was higher in overwei ...

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Related Articles Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents. J Pediatr. 2008 Jul 31; Authors: Messiah SE, Arheart KL, Lipshultz SE, Miller TL OBJECTIVE: To determine optimal threshold values for Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) for detecting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk (as defined with >/=3 CVD risk factors [RFs]) in adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: The 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) cross-sectional data for 12- to 19-year-old adolescents (n = 2581) was analyzed. Main outcome measures were >/=3 age-adjusted CVD RFs (high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, triglyceride level, glucose level, insulin level, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure). The presence of >/=3 RFs was predicted from age- and sex-adjusted BMI and WC values with receiver operating characteristics analyses. RESULTS: The proportion of adolescents at risk for >/=3 RFs ranged from 17% to 19%. Both BMI and WC had good diagnostic accuracy, ranging from 0.73 to 0.83, and good sensitivity and specificity, ranging from 0.68 to 0.77. The BMI cutoff points ranged from 19.5 to 25.0 kg/m(2) for boys and from 19.4 to 27.0 kg/m(2) for girls, and WC cutoff points ranged from 66.8 to 87.5 cm for boys and from 71.5 to 87.2 cm for girls. CONCLUSIONS: Age-, sex-, and ethnicity/race-specific threshold values for BMI and WC may have significant clinical usefulness in identifyi ...

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Related Articles Impact of Body Mass Index on Cost and Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy. Urology. 2008 Aug 19; Authors: Bagrodia A, Gupta A, Raman JD, Bensalah K, Pearle MS, Lotan Y OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on clinical outcomes and costs associated with percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL). METHODS: We reviewed charts of 200 consecutive patients who underwent PCNL between September 2005 and May 2007. We recorded patient and stone characteristics and perioperative outcomes. BMI was available for 150 patients (75%), who comprised our study group. We obtained direct and subcomponent costs (room and board, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, operating room, surgical supplies, anesthesia, and recovery room). We divided patients into four BMI categories: normal weight (BMI < 25), overweight (25 </= BMI < 30), obese (30 </= BMI < 40), and morbidly obese (BMI >/= 40). We compared groups with regard to baseline characteristics, intraoperative parameters, stone-free and complication rates, and hospital length of stay. RESULTS: Mean stone size and proportion of patients with staghorn, multiple, and bilateral calculi were similar among groups. The normal weight cohort had proportionately fewer recurrent stone formers and patients with a history of stone surgery, compared with the other groups (P = .005 and P = .03, respectively). We found no significant differences among groups with regard t ...

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Related Articles Effect of supplementing pregnant and lactating mothers with n-3 very-long-chain fatty acids on children's IQ and Body Mass Index at 7 years of age. Pediatrics. 2008 Aug;122(2):e472-9 Authors: Helland IB, Smith L, Blomén B, Saarem K, Saugstad OD, Drevon CA OBJECTIVES: Arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) are essential for brain growth and cognitive development. We have reported that supplementing pregnant and lactating women with n-3 very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids promotes higher IQ scores at 4 years of age as compared with maternal supplementation with n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. In our present study, the children were examined at 7 years of age with the same cognitive tests as at 4 years of age. We also examined the relation between plasma fatty acid pattern and BMI in children, because an association between arachidonic acid and adipose tissue size has been suggested. METHODS: The study was randomized and double-blinded. The mothers took 10 mL of cod liver oil or corn oil from week 18 of pregnancy until 3 months after delivery. Their children were tested with the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children at 7 years of age, and their height and weight were measured. RESULTS: We did not find any significant differences in scores on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children test at 7 years of age between children whose mothers had taken cod liver oil (n = 82) or corn oil (n = 6 ...

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Related Articles Influence of Body Mass Index on prescribing costs and potential cost savings of a weight management programme in primary care. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2008 Jul;13(3):158-66 Authors: OBJECTIVES: Prescribed medications represent a high and increasing proportion of UK health care funds. Our aim was to quantify the influence of Body Mass Index (BMI) on prescribing costs, and then the potential savings attached to implementing a weight management intervention. METHODS: Paper and computer-based medical records were reviewed for all drug prescriptions over an 18-month period for 3400 randomly selected adult patients (18-75 years) stratified by BMI, from 23 primary care practices in seven UK regions. Drug costs from the British National Formulary at the time of the review were used. Multivariate regression analysis was applied to estimate the cost for all drugs and the 'top ten' drugs at each BMI point. This allowed the total and attributable prescribing costs to be estimated at any BMI. Weight loss outcomes achieved in a weight management programme (Counterweight) were used to model potential effects of weight change on drug costs. Anticipated savings were then compared with the cost programme delivery. Analysis was carried out on patients with follow-up data at 12 and 24 months as well as on an intention-to-treat basis. Outcomes from Counterweight were based on the observed lost to follow-up rate of 50%, and the assumptio ...

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A recent study investigating the relationship between complications of Body contouring surgery and Body Mass Index has confirmed an increase in the occurrence of such complications with worsening degree of obesity. Findings from the study are published in the July/August 2008 issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the peer-reviewed publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). ...

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This Best Evidence Review weighs in on a study from the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine on the effects of TV on obesity in children. Medscape Family Medicine ...

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Page: 235 DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318166d351 Authors: Greco, Joseph A. III MD *; Castaldo, Eric T. MD +; Nanney, Lillian B. PhD *; Wendel, J Jason MD *; Summitt, J Blair MD *; Kelly, Kevin J. MD *; Braun, Stephane A. MD *; Hagan, Kevin F. MD *; Shack, R Bruce MD * ...

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[Click to view] McCain and Obama compared to presidents by Body Mass Index A few days ago the Wall Street Journal caused a little ripple in the Force by publishing a tongue-in-cheek (maybe) piece entitled, “Too Fit to Be President?” by somebody named Amy Chozick. The story explored the idea that, in a nation of fatties, [...] ...

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merlyn: "My Body Mass Index is so high -- it's in scientific notation." Fetched from Twitter / Randal L. Schwartz 13 hours, 46 minutes ago. ...

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Body Mass Index (BMI) atau dalam bahasa Indonesia disebut Index Masa Tubuh (IMT) adalah sebuah ukuran “berat terhadap tinggi” badan yang umum digunakan untuk menggolongkan orang dewasa ke dalam kategori Underweight (kekurangan berat badan), Overweight (kelebihan berat badan) dan Obesitas (kegemukan). Rumus atau cara menghitung BMI sangat mudah, yaitu dengan membagi berat badan dalam kilogram [...] ...

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A higher Body Mass Index (BMI) is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. BMI is the ratio of weight to height, which is often used to see if a patient’s weight is outside normal parameters. “We have found strong evidence that high BMI [...] ...

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I came across an interesting article in the New York Times titled better to be fat and fit than skinny and unfit. Throwing obese (B.M.I. > 35) individuals out the window, The Journal of the American Medical Association’s study shows that death rates of ‘overweight’ (30 > B.M.I. > 25) 60 year olds were slightly [...] ...