 Body Mass Index
"Body Mass Index" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An indicator of body density as determined by the relationship of BODY WEIGHT to BODY HEIGHT. BMI=weight (kg)/height squared (m2). BMI correlates with body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE). Their relationship varies with age and gender. For adults, BMI falls into these categories: below 18.5 (underweight); 18.5-24.9 (normal); 25.0-29.9 (overweight); 30.0 and above (obese). (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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D015992
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.125 E05.041.124.125 G07.100.100.125 N06.850.505.200.100.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Mass Index- Body Mass Index
- Index, Body Mass
- Quetelet Index
- Index, Quetelet
- Quetelet's Index
- Quetelets Index
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2001 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 2003 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2004 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2005 | 2 | 18 | 20 | | 2006 | 5 | 19 | 24 | | 2007 | 3 | 16 | 19 | | 2008 | 3 | 20 | 23 | | 2009 | 5 | 24 | 29 | | 2010 | 6 | 16 | 22 | | 2011 | 2 | 31 | 33 | | 2012 | 7 | 25 | 32 | | 2013 | 8 | 35 | 43 | | 2014 | 7 | 32 | 39 | | 2015 | 7 | 29 | 36 | | 2016 | 3 | 24 | 27 | | 2017 | 5 | 23 | 28 | | 2018 | 5 | 22 | 27 | | 2019 | 9 | 16 | 25 | | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Shashikumar SA, Huang K, Konetzka RT, Joynt Maddox KE. Claims-based Frailty Indices: A Systematic Review. Med Care. 2020 09; 58(9):815-825.
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Bedi M, Ethun CG, Charlson J, Tran TB, Poultsides G, Grignol V, Howard JH, Tseng J, Roggin KK, Chouliaras K, Votanopoulos K, Cullinan D, Fields RC, Cardona K, King DM. Is a Nomogram Able to Predict Postoperative Wound Complications in Localized Soft-tissue Sarcomas of the Extremity? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2020 03; 478(3):550-559.
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Lopes Perdigao J, Hirshberg A, Koelper N, Srinivas SK, Sammel MD, Levine LD. Postpartum blood pressure trends are impacted by race and BMI. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2020 Apr; 20:14-18.
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Madariaga MLL, Troschel FM, Best TD, Knoll SJ, Gaissert HA, Fintelmann FJ. Low Thoracic Skeletal Muscle Area Predicts Morbidity After Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 03; 109(3):907-913.
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Labadie BW, Liu P, Bao R, Crist M, Fernandes R, Ferreira L, Graupner S, Poklepovic AS, Duran I, Maleki Vareki S, Balar AV, Luke JJ. BMI, irAE, and gene expression signatures associate with resistance to immune-checkpoint inhibition and outcomes in renal cell carcinoma. J Transl Med. 2019 11 25; 17(1):386.
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Pereira S, Katzmarzyk PT, Hedeker D, Maia J. Change and Stability in Sibling Resemblance in Obesity Markers: The Portuguese Sibling Study on Growth, Fitness, Lifestyle, and Health. J Obes. 2019; 2019:2432131.
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Kar SP, Brenner H, Giles GG, Huo D, Milne RL, Rennert G, Simard J, Zheng W, Burgess S, Pharoah PDP. Body mass index and the association between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol as predicted by HMGCR genetic variants and breast cancer risk. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 10 01; 48(5):1727-1730.
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Vincent KR, Vasilopoulos T, Montero C, Vincent HK. Eccentric and Concentric Resistance Exercise Comparison for Knee Osteoarthritis. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 10; 51(10):1977-1986.
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Turner M, Vigneswaran Y, Dewey E, Wolfe BM, Stroud AM, Spight D, Flum DR, Courcoulas A, Mitchell JE, Pories WJ, Pomp A, Husain FA. Weight loss and co-morbidity resolution between different races and ethnicities after gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Nov; 15(11):1943-1948.
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Ugai T, Ito H, Oze I, Saito E, Rahman MS, Boffetta P, Gupta PC, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Shu XO, Koh WP, Gao YT, Sadakane A, Tsuji I, Park SK, Nagata C, You SL, Pednekar MS, Tsugane S, Cai H, Yuan JM, Xiang YB, Ozasa K, Tomata Y, Kanemura S, Sugawara Y, Wada K, Chen CJ, Yoo KY, Chia KS, Ahsan H, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D, Potter J, Matsuo K. Association of BMI, Smoking, and Alcohol with Multiple Myeloma Mortality in Asians: A Pooled Analysis of More than 800,000 Participants in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 11; 28(11):1861-1867.
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