objectives: tissue homeostasis is the result of strict regulatory mechanisms, which control self-renewal, differentiation, prevention of premature senescence and apoptosis of stem cells. bmi-1, a polycomb group repressor protein, represses genes that induce cellular senescence and cell death, and can contribute to cancer when improperly expressed. material and methods: bladder tumoral and nont...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on PSA in northeast Mexican patients included in prostate cancer (Pca) early detection screening campaigns offered by our institution. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred and ninety seven patients came voluntarily to our Pca early detection screening campaigns. EXCLUSION CRITERIA PSA >10 ng/dl, patients on 5-α Reductase inhibitors or ho...

INTRODUCTION: It is well known that obesity is a risk factor for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). However, whether SDB predicts increase in BMI is not well defined. Data from the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) were analyzed to determine whether SDB predicts longitudinal increase in BMI, adjusted for confounding factors. METHODS: A full-montage unattended home polysomnogram (PSG) and body ant...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between 10 psychotropic agents and worsening BMI from overweight to obesity among inpatients with schizophrenia. A total of 138 patients with schizophrenia were recruited in this retrospective study. We included 23 patients with worsening BMI, from overweight (24≤BMI<27 kg/m²) to obesity (BMI≥27 kg/m²), as the case group and 115 p...

OBJECTIVE To determine correlation of serum total testosterone with body mass index (BMI) and waist hip ratio (WHR) in healthy adult males. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted on 200 nonsmoker healthy males (aged 30-50 years) university employees. They were selected by convenience sampling technique after a detailed medical history and clinical examination including BMI and Waist Hi...

This study has two objectives. First, to analyse the respective roles of parental BMI and the wider environment on children's BMI across childhood, using a counterfactual analysis. Second, to determine if the correlations between parents and offspring BMI are partly environmental. We used data on 4437 girls and 4337 boys born in 2000-2001 in the UK and included in the Millennium Cohort Study. C...

b a ckground:  to compare the oxidative stress (os) factors in obese and non- obese subjects with type 2 diabetes (t2d) and to evaluate the interaction between the apolipoprotein a-ii (apo a-ii) - 265t > c polymorphism and body mass index (bmi) on os factors. m ethods : in this comparative cross-sectional study, 21 diabetes centers in tehran, iran were studied. 180 patients with t2d were divide...

abstract background beta-thalassemia is a common hereditary hemoglobinopathy, which is a reason of microcytic hypochromic anemia. patients with major thalassemia require multiple blood transfusions. this study evaluated growth in thalassemic patient and relationship with ferritin level. materials and methods this is a cross sectional study on seventy patients (36 boys, 34girls) with transfusion...

BACKGROUND Anthropometric measurements can easily reflect any changes in the lipid concentration in the human body. OBJECTIVES The present work is aimed at studying lipid profile and its relation to anthropometric measurements in college males from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This study was conducted from September 2006 to December 2008. 333 students aged 18-35 years of Riyad...