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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mads Moller Pedersen, Claus Thorn Ekstrom, Thorkild I. A. Sorensen
Summary: Through studying the body mass index of Danish school children and young men, it is found that the obesity epidemic emerged several decades before the presumed obesogenic transformation of society, and the higher the obesity level, the steeper the rise in percentiles.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
A. Krsman, D. Stajic, B. Baturan, M. Stankovic, A. Kupusinac, U. Kadic, M. Pantelic, L. Gvozdenovic, S. pop Trajkovic, D. Simic, A. Zivadinovic, L. Zivadinovic
Summary: This study investigated the effect of maternal body mass index (BMI) on pregnancy outcomes and found that high BMI is associated with various pregnancy complications. Therefore, weight control before and during pregnancy and proper antenatal and intranatal care are necessary to achieve a favorable pregnancy outcome.
EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Orthopedics
Charles A. Johnson, Charles C. White, Bryce F. Kunkle, Josef K. Eichinger, Richard J. Friedman
Summary: Throughout the obesity epidemic, patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have become younger and more obese, with a significant increase in the proportion of obese patients and a decrease in average age.
JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Maoxiang Zhao, Lulu Song, Qianqian Zhao, Yating Chen, Bin Li, Zhonghui Xie, Zihao Fu, Nan Zhang, Xiaowei Cheng, Xiaoqian Li, Miao Wang, Shouling Wu, Hao Xue, Yang Li
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of obesity and variability of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) on the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). The results showed that elevated levels of BMI and WC were associated with an increased risk of AF, while variability in BMI and WC were not. Therefore, controlling BMI and WC levels may be beneficial for AF prevention.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Benedetta Pongiglione, George B. Ploubidis, Jennifer B. Dowd
Summary: There are significant differences in health between older adults in the United States and England, including higher prevalence of diabetes, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high inflammation in the United States. Although extreme obesity is more common in the United States, differences in body mass index (BMI) cannot fully explain the cross-country differences in measured biological risk.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Julia Kim, George Patounakis, Caroline Juneau, Scott Morin, Shelby Neal, Paul Bergh, Emre Seli, Richard Scott
Summary: Maternal obesity was found to have some impact on IVF outcomes, with increased risk of very low birth weight infants, but most embryology and pregnancy outcomes were equivalent to normal weight patients. Paternal obesity did not appear to affect IVF, pregnancy, or delivery outcomes.
FERTILITY AND STERILITY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Matan Elkan, Natalia Kofman, Sa'ar Minha, Nadav Rappoport, Ronit Zaidenstein, Ronit Koren
Summary: Obesity is independently associated with decreased short- and long-term mortality, leading to the obesity paradox where higher body mass index (BMI) has a protective effect on mortality in acute infectious disease patients. Further exploration of this counterintuitive phenomenon is warranted.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kacper Nijakowski, Anna Lehmann, Rafal Rutkowski, Katarzyna Korybalska, Janusz Witowski, Anna Surdacka
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in saliva. By analyzing saliva samples from healthy adults, it was found that BMI and stimulated saliva flow rate were the main predictors of MPO levels in saliva.
FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE-LANDMARK
(2023)
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Infectious Diseases
G. Butler-Laporte, A. Harroud, V Forgetta, J. B. Richards
Summary: Elevated BMI is associated with increased risk of both infectious disease admissions and mortality, particularly for skin and soft tissue infections and pneumonia. The impact on sepsis mortality is less clear and warrants further investigation.
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Xuelun Zou, Leiyun Wang, Linxiao Xiao, Zihao Xu, Tianxing Yao, Minxue Shen, Yi Zeng, Le Zhang
Summary: The study revealed a significant positive association between obesity class I and II and ischemic stroke, while obesity class III was not related. Obesity was strongly associated with large artery stroke and cardioembolic stroke among all ischemic stroke subtypes in the obese population.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhaoqing Du, Wenxuan Zhu, Yuqi Zhao, Shenghang Liu, Hao Chu, Zhonghe Sun, Meng Chu
Summary: Over the past three decades, the mortality rate of high BMI-attributed stroke has decreased among females and increased among males, with projections showing these trends continuing in the future. Furthermore, the proportion of elderly individuals with high BMI-attributed stroke mortality is expected to gradually increase in both men and women. More health-promoting efforts are needed, especially for the elderly and males.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yan Cheng, Huilan Xu, Chris Rissel, Philayrath Phongsavan, Limin Buchanan, Sarah Taki, Alison Hayes, Louise A. Baur, Li Ming Wen
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using correction modeling to improve the accuracy of mother-reported child height and weight at 2 years. Correction modeling for BMI was conducted, and the indirect correction method showed better prediction of overweight status and agreement with measured values compared to the mother-reported measures.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Ulku Gul Siraz, Nihal Hatipoglu, M. Mumtaz Mazicioglu, Ahmet Ozturk, Betul Cicek, Selim Kurtoglu
Summary: According to this study, triponderal mass index (TMI) is as effective as body mass index (BMI) in determining obesity and body adiposity. The study developed TMI reference values for Turkish children and adolescents and compared TMI with BMI in terms of body adiposity and obesity indices, finding similar predictive power for both measurements.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Siok Siong Ching, Phong Ching Lee, Chin Hong Lim, Andrew Siang Yih Wong, Annalisa Ya-Lyn Ng, Jinlin Lin, June Lee
Summary: This study aimed to validate the recently introduced metric %AWL for comparing outcomes after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). The weight data of patients who had undergone LSG and LRYGB were analyzed, and %EWL, %TWL, and %AWL metrics were used for comparing their weight loss. The findings suggest that %AWL is the best metric for medium-term comparison after LRYGB, while an intermediary metric based on BMI 8 kg/m(2) provides the best fit for LSG.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Maria Mantzorou, Dimitrios Papandreou, Georgios K. Vasios, Eleni Pavlidou, Georgios Antasouras, Evmorfia Psara, Zainab Taha, Efthymios Poulios, Constantinos Giaginis
Summary: Breastfeeding plays an important role in preventing obesity and reducing long-term negative health outcomes for both mothers and children.