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Volume 1 (2005), Issue 4 (December)

1. Accuracy of methods for calculating postnatal growth velocity for extremely low birth weight infants.
   Pediatrics, 116(6): 1466-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Weight-for-height values and limb anthropometric composition of tube-fed children with quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
   Pediatrics, 116(6): e839-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Use of technology to track program outcomes in a diabetes self-management program.
   J Am Diet Assoc, 105(12): 1933-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Increasing prepregnancy body mass index: analysis of trends and contributing variables.
   Am J Obstet Gynecol, 193(6): 1994-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Body size and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
   Int J Cancer, 118(3): 728-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Magnetic resonance imaging and head circumference study of brain size in autism: birth through age 2 years.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(12): 1366-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Craniofacial morphology in Chinese female twins: a semi-longitudinal cephalometric study.
   Eur J Orthod, 27(6): 556-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Determining lifestyle correlates of body mass index using multilevel analyses: the Tromsø Study, 1979-2001.
   Am J Epidemiol, 162(12): 1179-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Inflammation and triglycerides partially mediate the effect of prepregnancy body mass index on the risk of preeclampsia.
   Am J Epidemiol, 162(12): 1198-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Ghrelin, adiponectin, and leptin do not predict long-term changes in weight and body mass index in older adults: longitudinal analysis of the Rancho Bernardo cohort.
    Am J Epidemiol, 162(12): 1189-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Urinary estrogen metabolites, prostate specific antigen, and body mass index among African-American men in South Carolina.
    Cancer Detect Prev, 29(6): 494-500. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The 'accelerator hypothesis': relationship between weight, height, body mass index and age at diagnosis in a large cohort of 9,248 German and Austrian children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
    Diabetologia, 48(12): 2501-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Relationship between adiposity and body size reveals limitations of BMI.
    Am J Phys Anthropol, 129(1): 151-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Body mass index and lipid levels in children from Ankara, Turkey versus Bogalusa, Louisiana.
    Prev Med, 41(5): 843-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The impact of childhood body mass index on timing of puberty, adult stature and obesity: a follow-up study based on adolescent anthropometry recorded at Christ's Hospital (1936-1964).
    Int J Obes (Lond), 30(1): 14-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Serum TSH is positively associated with BMI.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 30(1): 100-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Dietary pattern as a predictor of change in BMI z-score among girls.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 30(1): 176-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. A comparison of craniofacial morphology in patients with and without facial asymmetry--a three-dimensional analysis with computed tomography.
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 35(1): 43-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. L-asparaginase as a marker of chemotherapy dose modification in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    Cancer, 104(12): 2858-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Three-dimensional cephalometric evaluation of maxillary growth following in utero repair of cleft lip and alveolar-like defects in the mid-gestational sheep model.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 21(1): 105-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Relationship of dyspnea to respiratory drive and pulmonary function tests in obese patients before and after weight loss.
    Chest, 128(6): 3870-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. A multidimensional grading system (BODE index) as predictor of hospitalization for COPD.
    Chest, 128(6): 3810-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The relationship between BMI, plasma leptin, insulin and proinsulin before and after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
    Obes Surg, 15(10): 1456-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Analysis of factors affecting birthweight, birth length and head circumference: study of Japanese triplets.
    Twin Res Hum Genet, 8(6): 657-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Sex differences in the association between sleep and body mass index in adolescents.
    J Pediatr, 147(6): 830-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Accuracy of linear temporomandibular joint measurements with cone beam computed tomography and digital cephalometric radiography.
    Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop, 128(6): 803-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Impact of body mass index on outcome in patients undergoing carotid stenting.
    Am J Cardiol, 96(12): 1743-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Genetic determination and correlation of body mass index and bone mineral density at the spine and hip in Chinese Han ethnicity.
    Osteoporos Int, 17(1): 119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Related factors in bone mineral density of lumbal and femur in natural postmenopausal women.
    Arch Gynecol Obstet, 273(2): 86-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Body mass index and colon cancer risk in Chinese people: menopause as an effect modifier.
    Eur J Cancer, 42(1): 84-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Body mass, fat-free body mass, and prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a random population sample: findings from the Copenhagen City Heart Study.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 173(1): 79-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Choice of artificial chordae length according to echocardiographic criteria.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 81(1): 375-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Novel measurement of relative aortic size predicts rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysms.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 81(1): 169-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Impact of body mass index on outcomes after primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.
    Am Heart J, 151(1): 168-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Impact of body mass index on outcomes of enhanced external counterpulsation therapy.
    Am Heart J, 151(1): 139. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Association of body mass index with suicide mortality: a prospective cohort study of more than one million men.
    Am J Epidemiol, 163(1): 1-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Policemen and firefighters have increased risk for type-2 diabetes mellitus probably due to their large body mass index: a follow-up study in Japanese men.
    Am J Ind Med, 49(1): 30-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. A semiparametric analysis of the relationship of body mass index to mortality.
    Am J Public Health, 96(1): 173-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Association of increased body mass index and impaired endothelial function among Hispanic women.
    Am J Cardiol, 97(1): 68-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Season of birth is associated with anthropometric and neurocognitive outcomes during infancy and childhood in a general population birth cohort.
    Schizophr Res, 81(1): 91-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Walking for exercise--does three times per week influence risk factors in type 2 diabetes?
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 71(1): 21-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Time discounting and the body mass index. Evidence from the Netherlands.
    Econ Hum Biol, 4(1): 39-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Growth of Estonian seventeen-year-old boys during the last two centuries.
    Econ Hum Biol, 4(1): 89-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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