BACKGROUND This prospective study evaluated the effect of weight reduction on anthropometric indices and ovarian morphology in anovulatory overweight patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS Thirty-three anovulatory overweight patients with PCOS were enrolled in the study. All had patent Fallopian tubes and chronic anovulation: 27 of them were oligo-amenorrhoeic. The partners w...

The aims of this study were to evaluate the short-term effects of laparoscopic restrictive bariatric surgery (LRBS) on plasma levels of vaspin and the potential associations of changes in vaspin levels with changes in anthropometric indices, insulin-resistance and dietary intake. Thirty, severely obese subjects (21 female; mean age, 32.5 years) with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 44.1 ± 4.9 kg...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to investigate the effect of metformin and flutamide alone or in combination with anthropometric indices and laboratory tests of obese/overweight PCOS women under hypocaloric diet. METHODS This single blind clinical trial was performed on 120 PCOS women. At the beginning, hypocaloric diet was recommended for the patients. After one month while they were on t...

Background The developmental delays of children, is one of the most important sources of information to detect the developmental delays of children. The aim of this study was to investigate the developmental delays and its relationship with anthropometric indices in Urmia city, Iran. Materials and Methods This is a descriptive analytical study that conducted on 422 children who had 6-12 months ...

assessment (HOMA) was computed by using the formula fasting glucose (mmol/ l) fasting insulin ( U/ml)/22.5. This study was approved by the local ethics committee. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant or his/her parents. Partial correlations (r) between cardiovascular risk factors and anthropometric indices were calculated after adjusting for age, sex, and ethnicity. We ob...