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Underweight and mortality.
OBJECTIVE According to most prospective studies, being underweight (BMI<18·5 kg/m2) is associated with significantly higher mortality than being of normal weight, especially among smokers. We aimed to explore in a generally lean population whether being underweight is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Korea Medical Insuranc...
متن کاملPerinatal Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Underweight before Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study.
AIMS To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of being underweight before pregnancy. METHODS Cohort study of a large population-based dataset of singleton births was used to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes of pre-gravid underweight body mass index (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) women with pre-gravid normal weight controls (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2). RESULTS A total of 10,995 pre-gravid underweight...
متن کاملEnergy and Protein Supplementation Does Not Affect Protein and Amino Acid Kinetics or Pregnancy Outcomes in Underweight Indian Women.
BACKGROUND In India, the prevalence of low birth weight is high in women with a low body mass index (BMI), suggesting that underweight women are not capable of providing adequate energy and protein for fetal growth. Furthermore, as pregnancy progresses, there is increased need to provide methyl groups for methylation reactions associated with the synthesis of new proteins and, unlike normal-BMI...
متن کاملJejunal biopsy in infants and underweight children.
Peroral biopsy of the small bowel mucosa in infants and small children has recently come under serious criticism, and has been adjudged a difficult and hazardous procedure unwarranted in the routine investigation of childhood coeliac disease (Sheldon and Tempany, 1966). The main reasons for this were (1) a failure rate of 35% and (2) a significant risk of perforation or haemorrhage. The perfora...
متن کاملObesity, overweight, and underweight among urban Nigerians.
BACKGROUND Disease burden from communicable and noncommunicable diseases is a significant health challenge facing many developing nations. Among the noncommunicable diseases, is obesity, which has become a global epidemic associated with urbanization. OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate the prevalence of weight abnormalities, their pattern of distribution and regional differences among apparent...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1470-0328
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14129