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Volume 3 (2007), Issue 4 (April)

1. Natural history of pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal women.
   Obstet Gynecol, 109(4): 848-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Impact of body mass index on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
   Am J Cardiol, 99(7): 906-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Cardiothoracic ratio within the "normal" range independently predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
   Heart, 93(4): 491-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Metabolic syndrome in connection with BMI in young Finnish male adults.
   Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 76(3): 404-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Carotid atherosclerosis associated to metabolic syndrome but not BMI in healthy menopausal women.
   Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 76(3): 378-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Relative body weight and psychological distress in late life: observations of gender and race comparisons.
   J Aging Health, 19(2): 286-312. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Sagittal abdominal diameter as a marker of inflammation and insulin resistance among immigrant women from the Middle East and native Swedish women: a cross-sectional study.
   Cardiovasc Diabetol, 6: 10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Association of anthropometric indices with cardiovascular disease risk factors among children and adolescents: CASPIAN Study.
   Int J Cardiol, 117(3): 340-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Association between body mass index and recovery from whiplash injuries: a cohort study.
   Am J Epidemiol, 165(9): 1063-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Tutorial in biostatistics: competing risks and multi-state models.
    Stat Med, 26(11): 2389-430. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Dynamic texture recognition using local binary patterns with an application to facial expressions.
    IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell, 29(6): 915-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Post-bariatric panniculectomy: pre-panniculectomy body mass index impacts the complication profile.
    Am J Surg, 193(5): 567-70; discussion 570. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Focused life history data and linear enamel hypoplasia to help explain intergenerational variation in relative leg length within Taiwanese families.
    Am J Hum Biol, 19(3): 358-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Secular trends in anthropometric characteristics, physical fitness, physical activity, and biological maturation in Flemish adolescents between 1969 and 2005.
    Am J Hum Biol, 19(3): 345-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Genetics of anthropometric asymmetry in an Indian endogamous population-Vaidyas.
    Am J Hum Biol, 19(3): 399-408. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Socio-economic status and body mass index in low-income Mexican adults.
    Soc Sci Med, 64(10): 2030-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Accuracy of weight estimation methods for children.
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 23(4): 227-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Correlation of ureteric length with anthropometric variables of surface body habitus.
    BJU Int, 99(5): 1119-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Reliability and determinants of anogenital distance and penis dimensions in male newborns from Chiapas, Mexico.
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 21(3): 219-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Higher prevalence of smoking and lower BMI, waist circumference, cholesterol and triacylglyceride levels in Prague's homeless compared to a majority of the Czech population.
    BMC Public Health, 7: 51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. High body mass index increases the risk for osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(12): 1498-504. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Identifying osteoporosis in a primary care setting with quantitative ultrasound: relationship to anthropometric and lifestyle factors.
    J Bone Miner Metab, 25(3): 184-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A common interleukin 18 haplotype is associated with higher body mass index in subjects with diabetes and coronary heart disease.
    Metabolism, 56(5): 662-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Practical approach for estimation of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue.
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging, 27(3): 148-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Associations between body composition, anthropometry, and mortality in women aged 65 years and older.
    Am J Public Health, 97(5): 913-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Body mass index does not predict prostate-specific antigen or percent free prostate-specific antigen in men undergoing prostate cancer screening.
    Eur J Cancer, 43(7): 1180-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Weight estimation in resuscitation: is the current formula still valid?
    Arch Dis Child, 92(5): 412-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Errors in the estimation of hydration status from changes in body mass.
    J Sports Sci, 25(7): 797-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Longitudinal relationship of parental hypertension with body mass index, blood pressure, and cardiovascular reactivity in children.
    J Pediatr, 150(5): 498-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Defining obesity cut points in a multiethnic population.
    Circulation, 115(16): 2111-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. An epidemiological appraisal instrument - a tool for evaluation of epidemiological studies.
    Ergonomics, 50(6): 920-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Determining contrast medium dose and rate on basis of lean body weight: does this strategy improve patient-to-patient uniformity of hepatic enhancement during multi-detector row CT?
    Radiology, 243(2): 431-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Body mass index and intake of selected foods in African American men.
    Public Health Nurs, 24(3): 217-29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Early sexual maturation, central adiposity and subsequent overweight in late adolescence. a four-year follow-up of 1605 adolescent Norwegian boys and girls: the Young HUNT study.
    BMC Public Health, 7: 54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Can the Broselow tape be used to estimate weight and endotracheal tube size in Korean children?
    Acad Emerg Med, 14(5): 489-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Failed validation of the Argall weight formula for estimating children's weight in an Australian emergency department.
    Acad Emerg Med, 14(5): 486-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Body mass index is associated with reduced exhaled nitric oxide and higher exhaled 8-isoprostanes in asthmatics.
    Respir Res, 8: 32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Health-related-quality-of-life in obese adolescents is decreased and inversely related to BMI.
    Acta Paediatr, 96(5): 710-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Changes in type of foodservice and dining room environment preferentially benefit institutionalized seniors with low body mass indexes.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(5): 808-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. An alternative to dietary data exclusions.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 107(5): 792-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. The association of a SNP upstream of INSIG2 with body mass index is reproduced in several but not all cohorts.
    PLoS Genet, 3(4): e61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Laminectomies and achondroplasia: does body mass index influence surgical outcomes?
    Am J Med Genet A, 143(10): 1032-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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