André Luís Sllva Brochieri

Normalization at Unity: The Mathematics of the Triple Ontology of Human Anatomy

AbstractThe human body has a triple anatomical characteristic: three-dimensional polymetry,heterogeneity, and analogicity. This is its ontology. BMI (Body Mass Index), which treats thebody as a homogeneous plane (kg/m²), ignores this problem. This article presentsNormalization at...

BMI-C as a predictor of hepatic steatosis: validation in the NHANES 2017–2023 cohort with liver elastography

AbstractIntroduction: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects30–40% of adults globally. BMI, the primary anthropometric screening tool, does notdistinguish fat mass from lean mass and fails to detect steatosis in individuals with normalBMI (lean N...