body mass index

Preferred Label : body mass index;

MeSH definition : An indicator of body density as determined by the relationship of BODY WEIGHT to BODY HEIGHT. BMI weight (kg)/height squared (m2). BMI correlates with body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE). Their relationship varies with age and gender. For adults, BMI falls into these categories: below 18.5 (underweight); 18.5-24.9 (normal); 25.0-29.9 (overweight); 30.0 and above (obese). (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention);

MeSH synonym : index, quetelet; quetelet index; index, body mass; quetelet's index; quetelets index;

CISMeF acronym : BMI;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body mass index;

Details

Origin ID

D015992;

UMLS CUI

C1305855;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Area striata structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- BMI [PSIP Taxonomy Term]
- BODY MASS INDEX [ICD-9 code]
- Blue line on gingivae (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Body Mass Index Finding [NCIt concept]
- Body mass index high [MedDRA LLT]
- Body mass index increased [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Body mass index low [MedDRA LLT]
- Children's home (environment) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Client's room (environment) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Corneal iron line anterior to filtering bleb (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Corneal iron line anterior to pterygium (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Crohn's [MedDRA LLT]
- Disease Crohns [MedDRA LLT]
- Entire Broca's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Field's stain (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fish shop (environment) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gougerot-Mulock-Houwer syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- McBurney's sign (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Mee's line (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Physiologic corneal iron line between upper two-thirds and lower third of cornea (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- S Ag [LOINC component]
- Siemens [NCIt concept]
- Sjogren's [MedDRA LLT]
- Structure of Broca's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of Little's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of Wernicke's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of linea alba (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of linea semilunaris (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Upper case Roman letter S (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- VEB's [MedDRA LLT]
- body weight [MedlinePlus Topic]
- broca's area [SNOMED Notion]
- children's page [MedlinePlus Topic]
- mee's line [SNOMED Notion]
- per second (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- weight control [MedlinePlus Topic]
False automatic mappings
- Hepatic function panel (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- body mass index [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Body-Weight Trajectory [MeSH Descriptor]
- body weight [MeSH Descriptor]
- skinfold thickness [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Clinical Attribute [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Body Mass Index [NCIt concept]
- Body mass index (BMI) [LOINC component]
- Body mass index (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- body mass index, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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