Body Mass Index

Donor BMI appears to influence 1-year survival in lung transplant recipients, researchers reported at the virtual CHEST Annual Meeting.

Female sex, younger age, obesity and low socioeconomic status may be risk factors for preoperative opioid use in patients undergoing primary anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty, according to published results.

Low BMI and contaminated wounds are risk factors that may predict unplanned reoperation and readmission after total elbow arthroplasty, according to published results.

Women with breast cancer and overweight or obesity had shorter DFS and OS than their lean counterparts after treatment with a docetaxel-based chemotherapy regimen, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Data presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting showed lateral joint space and preoperative nonarthritic hip score were prognosticators of improved 2- and 5-year hip arthroscopy outcomes.

Patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who had overweight or obesity showed a trend toward slightly improved progression-free survival and overall survival compared with patients at lower BMI, according to an exploratory FDA analysis presented at ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program.

A study of more than 300,000 kidney transplant recipients shows that BMI, often used by transplant programs to help determine eligibility, may have limited impact on outcomes.

Less than 7% of U.S. adults engaged in all five healthy behaviors recommended by public health institutions, researchers reported. These behaviors included exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and normal BMI.

Predictors for conversion to total hip arthroplasty and revision hip arthroscopy procedures include age, BMI and workers’ compensation, according to published results.

A larger thigh circumference may be associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk for developing cardiovascular disease among people with overweight or obesity, according to findings published in Endocrine Connections.