Men and women in the lowest BMI category had comparable titers. However, in all other BMI categories, the titers were lower for men than women, the maximum difference being seen with increasing BMI.

Higher BMI cutoffs are needed to diagnose overweight and obesity in male athletes, researchers reported in a study published in Nutrients. Using a BMI cutoff of 25 kg/m2 to diagnose overweight and ...

The cross-sectional study involved 622 males (average age of 25.7 years, BMI ≥ 20 kg/m 2) who had been referred to the Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, of the ...

Even for men who had been in the 22.5–25 BMI range in adolescence—that is, within the normal weight range—an elevated risk of needing hospital care for COVID-19 was found.

Men with obesity had increased odds of subfertility compared with men with normal weight (OR = 1.69; 95% CI, 1.24-2.31).

The primary outcome of the study was COVID-19 hospitalization. Statistical adjustments were made for differences in age, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), immunosuppression, and comorbidities.

A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity-related cancers in men than Body Mass Index (BMI).

Men with a high body mass index (BMI) in their upper teens had an elevated risk of severe COVID-19, requiring hospitalization, later in life, a new study from Sweden finds.