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. 2015 Apr 27;10(4):e0123537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123537

Table 5. Growth of frequently used keywords (second column of table 1).

ID Keyword 1993–1997 (%) 1998–2002 (%) 2003–2007 (%) 2008–2012 (%) Relative growth (%) Significance(z-score)
1 Body mass index 4.79 8.56 9.88 9.44 89.64 0.33
2 Insulin resistance 6.19 5.75 6.40 5.11 -15.95 0.95
3 Diabetes 4.40 5.43 5.52 5.34 21.77 0.76
4 Metabolic syndrome 0.27 1.16 5.35 5.96 701.42 0.00
5 Children 2.31 3.74 4.10 5.02 93.85 0.31
6 Hypertension 5.14 5.05 3.93 3.23 -41.63 0.76
7 Type 2 diabetes 4.25 4.13 3.82 3.54 -17.72 0.94
8 Morbid obesity 4.01 4.80 6.16 2.23 -15.75 0.96
9 Weight loss 5.19 4.83 3.97 3.10 -46.58 0.73
10 Leptin 2.56 7.11 3.87 2.42 95.14 0.31
11 Bariatric surgery 0.69 2.39 4.35 3.45 308.58 0.00
12 Adolescents 1.30 1.97 3.22 3.85 134.29 0.16
13 Risk factors 3.56 3.57 3.38 3.02 -15.93 0.95
14 Physical activity 1.45 2.13 2.90 3.10 90.01 0.33
15 Adipose tissue 2.85 3.02 2.32 2.43 -12.42 0.98
16 Insulin 6.98 4.52 2.20 1.39 -123.22 0.27
17 Body composition 4.15 3.35 2.50 1.72 -75.90 0.52
18 Epidemiology 1.97 1.97 2.19 2.19 11.33 0.83
19 Exercise 2.51 2.46 1.93 2.00 -19.89 0.93
20 Inflammation 0.00 0.37 1.66 2.63 406.42 0.00