background and objective: in the present study, the diagnostic agreement between surgical and pathological findings of appendicitis in children was tested. the aim was to assess the association between patient body mass index (bmi) and this diagnostic agreement. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 121 consecutive children aged less than 15 years suspected to acute appendiciti...

osteoporosis is a common health concern in both developed and developing countries. in this study the association between anthropometric measures and osteoporosis was investigated in 3630 males and females visiting bmd clinic of shariati hospital, tehran, iran, a teaching hospital and referral center for osteoporosis affiliated to the tehran university of medical sciences. anthropometric measur...

to investigate the association of sub-fertility/ infertility with increased bmi in overweight and obese men and in control group in karnataka, south india. in this pilot study 20 overweight and obese men, aged 25-45, and 10 normal-weighed men with proven fertility were included. both groups were married. all cases and controls were evaluated for different semen parameters according to world hea...

For decades we are used to judge our body composition by using the body mass index (BMI). Since the BMI denominator can be considered as a substitute for body surface area (BSA), the body mass/body surface ratio (BM/BSA) can be calculated. For a distribution of BM/BSA values comparable to the distribution of normal BMI values, the range 35.5-39.9 kg/m2 is chosen as normal, although it covers BM...

Despite the existence of a large body literature on business model innovation (BMI), comprehensive empirical reviews antecedents and outcomes BMI are limited. This study develops theoretical framework carries out meta-analysis studies to investigate relationships among BMI, its antecedents, firm performance. The results validate significant positive association between external internal BMI. Li...