Su1445 – Is Chronic Pancreatitis with High Bmi Different from Those with Normal Or Low Bmi?

Low fitness is associated with abdominal adiposity and low-grade inflammation independent of BMI

OBJECTIVE Up to 30% of obese individuals are metabolically healthy. Metabolically healthy obese (MHO) individuals are characterized by having low abdominal adiposity, low inflammation level and low risk of developing metabolic comorbidity. In this study, we hypothesize that cardiorespiratory fitness (fitness) is a determinant factor for the MHO individuals and aim to investigate the association...

Low numeracy skills are associated with higher BMI.

Low numeracy skills and obesity are both common. Numeracy skills are used in healthy weight management to monitor caloric intake. The relationship between obesity and numeracy skills in adult primary care patients is unknown. A cross-sectional study enrolled adult, English-speaking primary care patients. BMI was assessed by self-report; numeracy and literacy skills were measured with the Wide R...

What use is the BMI?

BMI is Associated with Serum Leptin and Lipid Profile

Aim: To find a possible association of serum leptin and lipid profile with obesity Place of study: The subjects were selected from Outpatient Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Hospital and British Sliming Center. Methods: The consent from the patients was taken before their participation in this study. The subjects were classified into two categories; obese (BMI>30) and Non-Obese (BMI<25). ...

Overweight or obese BMI is associated with earlier, but not later survival after common acute illnesses

BACKGROUND Obesity has been associated with improved short-term mortality following common acute illness, but its relationship with longer-term mortality is unknown. METHODS Observational study of U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) participants with federal health insurance (fee-for-service Medicare) coverage, hospitalized with congestive heart failure (N = 4287), pneumonia (N = 4182), or...