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

Table 6. Top-20 keyword pairs that show highest growth over time.

ID Keyword-1 Keyword-2 1993–1997 (%) 1998–2002 (%) 2003–2007 (%) 2008–2012 (%) Relative growth (%) Significance (z-score)
1 Bariatric surgery Laparoscopy 0.02 0.53 0.65 0.16 20.02 0.00
2 Bariatric surgery Gastric banding 0.02 0.34 0.48 0.15 12.06 0.00
3 Childhood obesity Nutrition 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.07 10.96 0.00
4 Gastric banding Sleeve gastrectomy 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.06 10.00 0.00
5 Body mass index Adipokines 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.05 8.56 0.00
6 Metabolic syndrome Cohort study 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 7.61 0.00
7 Leptin Body fat 0.02 0.22 0.03 0.02 7.50 0.00
8 Type 2 diabetes Gastric bypass 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.10 7.37 0.00
9 Leptin TNF-alpha 0.02 0.21 0.09 0.07 7.19 0.00
10 Body mass index Waist circumference 0.05 0.38 0.62 0.80 7.18 0.00
11 Complications Sleeve gastrectomy 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 7.13 0.00
12 Body mass index Children 0.10 0.80 0.77 0.71 7.04 0.00
13 Body mass index Leptin 0.05 0.41 0.20 0.13 6.81 0.00
14 Children Prevalence 0.02 0.16 0.05 0.10 6.74 0.00
15 Body mass index Cohort study 0.02 0.20 0.26 0.17 6.67 0.00
16 Diet Pregnancy 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.04 6.65 0.00
17 Leptin Body composition 0.02 0.20 0.06 0.04 6.61 0.00
18 Adolescents Waist circumference 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.12 5.70 0.00
19 Leptin Glucose 0.02 0.16 0.03 0.02 5.31 0.00
20 Type 2 diabetes Roux-en-Y gastric bypass 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 5.22 0.00