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HONOLULU — Tezepelumab improved outcomes among patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma regardless of BMI, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Higher initial glucose levels and increasing BMI over time could serve as predictors of progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes for children and adolescents, according to findings published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Tree nuts, despite being consumed by a relatively small percentage of Americans, were linked to a decreased risk for CVD and cardiometabolic risk factors, a study in Current Developments in Nutrition showed.

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A metric that combines measurements of central obesity and muscle mass — called the waist-calf circumference ratio, or WCR — predicted older adults’ risk for mortality from all causes, CVD and other specific causes, a study showed.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Data presented here showed younger age, rheumatoid arthritis and comorbidities, including diabetes and higher BMI, were the most reported patient-related risk factors for poorer outcomes after total ankle arthroplasty.

Published results showed most morbidly obese patients being evaluated for total knee arthroplasty were not able to achieve a BMI loss of 5 kg/m2 to 10 kg/m2 without a formal weight optimization program.

PHILADELPHIA — A hypertension diagnosis in those who suffered a concussion was linked to longer recovery periods compared to those without, and was associated with likelihood of post-concussion syndrome, according to a poster presentation.

After pooling individual-level data from 112 cohort studies, researchers determined that more than 50% of cases of CVD can be attributed to five modifiable risk factors — BMI, systolic BP, non-HDL, current smoking and diabetes.

Last year, the CDC updated its 22-year-old pediatric BMI-for-age growth charts to add BMIs above the 97th percentile for the first time in order to track severe obesity in children aged 2 to 19 years.