Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent Body Fat, and Leptin

Narrative Review: The Role of Leptin in Human Physiology: Emerging Clinical Applications

(2013) Theodore Kelesidis   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Role of Baseline Leptin and Ghrelin Levels on Body Weight and Fat Mass Changes after an Energy-Restricted Diet Intervention in Obese Women: Effects on Energy Metabolism

(2011) Idoia Labayen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies

(2011) The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration   LANCET

National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2·7 million participants

(2011) Goodarz Danaei et al.   LANCET

Body Adiposity and Type 2 Diabetes: Increased Risk With a High Body Fat Percentage Even Having a Normal BMI

(2011) Javier Gómez-Ambrosi et al.   Obesity

Comparison of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometric and Anthropometric Measures of Adiposity in Relation to Adiposity-Related Biologic Factors

(2010) Qi Sun et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Trends in Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Contributed by Smoking and Obesity

(2010) Haomiao Jia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Ghrelin, leptin, adiponectin, and resistin levels in sleep apnea syndrome: Role of obesity

(2010) Ahmet Ursavas et al.   Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with osteoporosis in 313 older women following a hip fracture

(2010) Marco Di Monaco et al.   ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

Commentary: The quest for weight standards

(2010) K. M. Flegal   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) D O Okorodudu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008

(2010) Katherine M. Flegal   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Weight Regain after a Diet-Induced Loss Is Predicted by Higher Baseline Leptin and Lower Ghrelin Plasma Levels

(2010) Ana B. Crujeiras et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

(2010) Amy Berrington de Gonzalez et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

High Leptin/Adiponectin Ratio and Serum Triglycerides Are Associated With an “At-Risk” Phenotype in Young Severely Obese Patients

(2010) Giuseppe Labruna et al.   Obesity

Accuracy of Current Body Mass Index Obesity Classification for White, Black, and Hispanic Reproductive-Age Women

(2010) Mahbubur Rahman et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Normal weight obesity: a risk factor for cardiometabolic dysregulation and cardiovascular mortality

(2009) Abel Romero-Corral et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults

(2008) Katherine M Flegal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Leptin and Cardiovascular Disease

(2008) Kwang Kon Koh et al.   CIRCULATION

Sarcopenic obesity: definition, cause and consequences

(2008) Sari Stenholm et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLIC CARE

Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population

(2008) A Romero-Corral et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Leptin Resistance

(2008) Seth S. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Prevalence and clinical implications of sarcopenic obesity in patients with solid tumours of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts: a population-based study

(2008) Carla MM Prado et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY