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Original Source: Does maternal body mass index during pregnancy influence risk of schizophrenia in the adult offspring?
Maternal obesity in pregnancy has been linked with several adverse outcomes in offspring including schizophrenia. The rising prevalence of obesity may contribute to an increase in the number of schizophrenia cases in the near future; therefore, it warrants further exploration. We reviewed current evidence regarding maternal body mass index (BMI) in pregnancy and risk of schizophrenia in adult offspring. We searched PubMed and Embase databases and included studies that were based on large and representative...
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Incorrect Body Mass Index Range: In the Editorial entitled “Does Body Mass Index Adequately Convey a Patient's Mortality Risk?” published in the January 2, 2013, issue of JAMA (2013;309[1]:87-88),...
BMI - Is The Body Mass Index Formula Flawed?
BMI (Body Mass Index) has been used for over 100 years in population studies, by doctors, personal trainers, and other health care professionals, when deciding whether their patients are overweight. H...
BMI and lean body mass decline after allogeneic HSCT
(HealthDay)—In survivors of childhood hematologic malignancies who have received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT), body mass index (BMI) decreases significantly, mainly...
New genes discovered for body mass levels
A large international study has identified three new gene variants associated with body mass index (BMI) levels in adults. The [...]
Objectives To describe the association and its magnitude between body mass index category, sex, and cardiovascular disease risk parameters in school aged children in highly developed countries.......
Coronary heart disease increases with body mass index, as well as with age: study
Coronary heart disease (CHD) increases with body mass index (BMI), as well as with age, new research finds. The research from the Million Women Study indicates that increased weight increases risk of...
New Measure For Obesity: A Body Shape Index Strongly Correlated To Premature Death
Researchers have developed a new metric to measure obesity, called A Body Shape Index, or ABSI, that combines the existing metrics of Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference and shows a better c...
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Infectious diseases in children and body mass index in young adults.
In a cohort of 1,863 Filipinos, diarrhea, fever, and unsanitary conditions in infancy were associated with a decreased body mass index in adulthood; upper respiratory tract infection was associated wi...
Body composition in coronary heart disease: how does body mass index correlate with body fatness?
Despite its many known shortcomings, body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used measure of obesity, in part because of its practicality. Other more physiologic measurements of obesity have been pro...
Body adiposity index, body mass index, and body fat in white and black adults.
Objective: To assess risk factors for cardiovascular disease at different body mass index values in persons with wheelchair-dependent paraplegia after spinal cord injuries. Design: Cross-sectional stu...
