 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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| 1991 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 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 | 10 | 12 | | 2000 | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 2001 | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 2002 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2003 | 3 | 27 | 30 | | 2004 | 3 | 33 | 36 | | 2005 | 5 | 38 | 43 | | 2006 | 4 | 35 | 39 | | 2007 | 9 | 41 | 50 | | 2008 | 16 | 44 | 60 | | 2009 | 9 | 53 | 62 | | 2010 | 9 | 59 | 68 | | 2011 | 7 | 62 | 69 | | 2012 | 10 | 60 | 70 | | 2013 | 14 | 72 | 86 | | 2014 | 21 | 65 | 86 | | 2015 | 12 | 90 | 102 | | 2016 | 19 | 54 | 73 | | 2017 | 26 | 79 | 105 | | 2018 | 24 | 56 | 80 | | 2019 | 13 | 67 | 80 | | 2020 | 13 | 27 | 40 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Kemper KE, Yengo L, Zheng Z, Abdellaoui A, Keller MC, Goddard ME, Wray NR, Yang J, Visscher PM. Phenotypic covariance across the entire spectrum of relatedness for 86 billion pairs of individuals. Nat Commun. 2021 02 16; 12(1):1050.
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Martoccio TL, Senehi N, Brophy-Herb HE, Miller AL, Contreras DA, Horodynski MA, Peterson KE, Lumeng JC. Temperament, socioeconomic adversity, and perinatal risk as related to preschoolers' BMI. Health Psychol. 2021 Feb; 40(2):135-144.
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Broadhurst R, Peterson R, Wisnivesky JP, Federman A, Zimmer SM, Sharma S, Wechsler M, Holguin F. Asthma in COVID-19 Hospitalizations: An Overestimated Risk Factor? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 12; 17(12):1645-1648.
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Chu SH, Cui J, Sparks JA, Lu B, Tedeschi SK, Speyer CB, Moss L, Feser ML, Kelmenson LB, Mewshaw EA, Edison JD, Deane KD, Clish C, Lasky-Su J, Karlson EW, Costenbader KH. Circulating plasma metabolites and risk of rheumatoid arthritis in the Nurses' Health Study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 11 01; 59(11):3369-3379.
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Jaswa EG, Rios JS, Cedars MI, Santoro NF, Pavone MEG, Legro RS, Huddleston HG. Increased Body Mass Index Is Associated With A Nondilutional Reduction in Antimüllerian Hormone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 10 01; 105(10).
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Simon SL, Ferris KA, Durkin K, Riekert K, Duncan C. Accuracy of Body Size Estimation in Youth with Cystic Fibrosis and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2020 09; 27(3):459-466.
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Hu T, Jacobs DR, Sinaiko AR, Bazzano LA, Burns TL, Daniels SR, Dwyer T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Murdy KA, Prineas RJ, Raitakari OT, Urbina EM, Venn A, Woo JG, Steinberger J. Childhood BMI and Fasting Glucose and Insulin Predict Adult Type 2 Diabetes: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium. Diabetes Care. 2020 11; 43(11):2821-2829.
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Vigneshwar NG, Kohtz PD, Lucas MT, Bronsert M, J Weyant M, F Masood M, Itoh A, Rove JY, Reece TB, Cleveland JC, Pal JD, Fullerton DA, Aftab M. Clinical predictors of in-hospital mortality in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Card Surg. 2020 Oct; 35(10):2512-2521.
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Moore BF, Harrall KK, Sauder KA, Glueck DH, Dabelea D. Neonatal Adiposity and Childhood Obesity. Pediatrics. 2020 09; 146(3).
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Umbleja T, Brown TT, Overton ET, Ribaudo HJ, Schrack JA, Fitch KV, Douglas PS, Grinspoon SK, Henn S, Arduino RC, Rodriguez B, Benson CA, Erlandson KM. Physical Function Impairment and Frailty in Middle-Aged People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the REPRIEVE Trial Ancillary Study PREPARE. J Infect Dis. 2020 07 09; 222(Suppl 1):S52-S62.
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