Table 6 The most frequent exposures extracted from the obesity epidemiological literature
From: Mining characteristics of epidemiological studies from Medline: a case study in obesity
Exposures | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Obesity | 2,450 | 10.4 |
Body mass index | 1,351 | 5.7 |
Overweight | 531 | 2.2 |
Age | 394 | 1.6 |
Waist circumference | 291 | 1.2 |
Physical activity | 289 | 1.2 |
Hypertension | 256 | 1.0 |
Metabolic syndrome | 240 | 1.0 |
Body weight | 218 | 0.9 |
Type 2 diabetes | 206 | 0.8 |
Gender | 193 | 0.8 |
Smoking | 186 | 0.7 |
Abdominal obesity | 135 | 0.5 |
Insulin resistance | 128 | 0.5 |
Mortality | 117 | 0.4 |
Adiposity | 116 | 0.4 |
Weight gain | 108 | 0.4 |
Diet | 98 | 0.4 |
Childhood obesity | 92 | 0.3 |
Weight loss | 89 | 0.3 |
Waist to hip ratio | 82 | 0.3 |
Education | 79 | 0.3 |
Childhood | 79 | 0.3 |
Socioeconomic status | 75 | 0.3 |
Ethnicity | 75 | 0.3 |
Depression | 70 | 0.2 |
Central obesity | 69 | 0.2 |
Pregnancy | 67 | 0.2 |
Race | 66 | 0.2 |
Blood pressure | 66 | 0.2 |
Overweight/obesity | 59 | 0.2 |
CVD risk factors | 59 | 0.2 |
Height | 55 | 0.2 |
Morbidity | 54 | 0.2 |
Leptin | 52 | 0.2 |
Birth weight | 49 | 0.1 |
Asthma | 49 | 0.1 |
Bariatric surgery | 48 | 0.1 |
Physical inactivity | 47 | 0.1 |
Family history | 45 | 0.1 |