 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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| 1992 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1995 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 1996 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 1997 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 1998 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 1999 | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 2000 | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 2001 | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 2002 | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 2003 | 3 | 28 | 31 | | 2004 | 3 | 34 | 37 | | 2005 | 4 | 38 | 42 | | 2006 | 4 | 35 | 39 | | 2007 | 8 | 39 | 47 | | 2008 | 16 | 45 | 61 | | 2009 | 9 | 54 | 63 | | 2010 | 9 | 59 | 68 | | 2011 | 7 | 61 | 68 | | 2012 | 10 | 57 | 67 | | 2013 | 14 | 73 | 87 | | 2014 | 22 | 65 | 87 | | 2015 | 12 | 89 | 101 | | 2016 | 20 | 53 | 73 | | 2017 | 25 | 80 | 105 | | 2018 | 24 | 54 | 78 | | 2019 | 14 | 71 | 85 | | 2020 | 15 | 40 | 55 | | 2021 | 5 | 28 | 33 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Flanagan EW, Most J, Altazan AD, Boyle KE, Redman LM. A role for the early pregnancy maternal milieu in the intergenerational transmission of obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 11; 29(11):1780-1786.
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Goldberg RB, Tripputi MT, Boyko EJ, Budoff M, Chen ZZ, Clark JM, Dabelea DM, Edelstein SL, Gerszten RE, Horton E, Mather KJ, Perreault L, Temprosa M, Wallia A, Watson K, Irfan Z. Hepatic Fat in Participants With and Without Incident Diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcome Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 10 21; 106(11):e4746-e4765.
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Bunik M, Shek L, Valenzuela M, Munson AL, Federspiel D, Helmkamp L, Haemer M, Dickinson LM. Bikes for Life: Measuring the effects of a bicycle distribution program on 6 to 12-year-old children's BMI and health behaviors. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2021 Sep-Oct; 15(5):491-498.
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D'Alessandro A, Thomas T, Akpan IJ, Reisz JA, Cendali FI, Gamboni F, Nemkov T, Thangaraju K, Katneni U, Tanaka K, Kahn S, Wei AZ, Valk JE, Hudson KE, Roh D, Moriconi C, Zimring JC, Hod EA, Spitalnik SL, Buehler PW, Francis RO. Biological and Clinical Factors Contributing to the Metabolic Heterogeneity of Hospitalized Patients with and without COVID-19. Cells. 2021 09 02; 10(9).
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Utzschneider KM, Younes N, Rasouli N, Barzilay JI, Banerji MA, Cohen RM, Gonzalez EV, Ismail-Beigi F, Mather KJ, Raskin P, Wexler DJ, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Shape of the OGTT glucose response curve: relationship with ß-cell function and differences by sex, race, and BMI in adults with early type 2 diabetes treated with metformin. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2021 09; 9(1).
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Dahle JH, Ostendorf DM, Pan Z, MacLean PS, Bessesen DH, Heymsfield SB, Melanson EL, Catenacci VA. Weight and body composition changes affect resting energy expenditure predictive equations during a 12-month weight-loss intervention. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 10; 29(10):1596-1605.
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Weber KA, Abbott R, Bojilov V, Smith AC, Wasielewski M, Hastie TJ, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Elliott JM. Multi-muscle deep learning segmentation to automate the quantification of muscle fat infiltration in cervical spine conditions. Sci Rep. 2021 08 16; 11(1):16567.
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Suurna MV, Steffen A, Boon M, Chio E, Copper M, Patil RD, Green K, Hanson R, Heiser C, Huntley C, Kent D, Larsen C, Manchanda S, Maurer JT, Soose R, de Vries N, Walia HK, Thaler E. Impact of Body Mass Index and Discomfort on Upper Airway Stimulation: ADHERE Registry 2020 Update. Laryngoscope. 2021 11; 131(11):2616-2624.
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Barham T, Champion B, Foster AD, Hamadani JD, Jochem WC, Kagy G, Kuhn R, Menken J, Razzaque A, Root ED, Turner PS. Thirty-five years later: Long-term effects of the Matlab maternal and child health/family planning program on older women's well-being. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 07 13; 118(28).
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Pratt KJ, Hill EB, Kiser HM, VanFossen CE, Braun A, Taylor CA, Spees C. Changes in Parent and Child Skin Carotenoids, Weight, and Dietary Behaviors over Parental Weight Management. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 29; 13(7).
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