"Body Mass Index" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 1995 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2003 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2004 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2005 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 2006 | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| 2007 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 2008 | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| 2009 | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| 2010 | 5 | 36 | 41 |
| 2011 | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| 2012 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2013 | 5 | 32 | 37 |
| 2014 | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| 2015 | 11 | 35 | 46 |
| 2016 | 4 | 32 | 36 |
| 2017 | 8 | 36 | 44 |
| 2018 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 2019 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 2020 | 4 | 22 | 26 |
| 2021 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Are the different cut-off points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults? A population based study in Latin America. BMC Public Health. 2023 01 16; 23(1):110.
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European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Mar; 57(5):299-310.
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Prenatal weight and regional body composition trajectories and neonatal body composition: The NICHD Foetal Growth Studies. Pediatr Obes. 2023 03; 18(3):e12994.
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Burden of illness associated with overweight and obesity in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States: analysis of the premier healthcare database from April 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020. J Med Econ. 2023 Jan-Dec; 26(1):376-385.
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Inflammatory potential of diet and risk of mortality in normal-weight adults with central obesity. Clin Nutr. 2023 02; 42(2):208-215.
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Integrating age, BMI, and serum N-glycans detected by MALDI mass spectrometry to classify suspicious mammogram findings as benign lesions or breast cancer. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 02; 12(1):20801.
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Characterising the prevalence of overweight and obese status among adults with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2023 03; 200(5):633-642.
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Dapagliflozin for heart failure according to body mass index: the DELIVER trial. Eur Heart J. 2022 11 01; 43(41):4406-4417.
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Active vs Traditional Methods of Recruiting Children for a Clinical Trial in Rural Primary Care Clinics: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 11 01; 5(11):e2244040.
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Association between breastfeeding, parents' body mass index and birth weight with obesity indicators in children. BMC Pediatr. 2022 10 18; 22(1):604.