dxl of calcaneus is a portable method for bmd. this study determined a cut off point for dxl in osteoporosis diagnosis. in 510 healthy postmenopausal women, bmd of axial regions with dxa (dpx-md, ge,lunar corp, madison, wi) and heel with dxl (demeteck- sweden), measured. the agreement of two methods and cut off point for dxl in defining osteoporosis, obtained. dxa found osteoporosis in 34.3% an...

background a strong association between obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) has been reported. objectives this study was conducted to evaluate if new obesity indices, including a body shape index (absi) and body roundness index (bri), have stronger associations with nafld than waist-to-hip ratio (whr) and waist-to-height ratio (whtr). methods in this cross-sectional study, we ...

background: to determine a cut-off point of tpsa and psad to prevent unnecessary invasive cancer-diagnosing tests in the community. methods: this study was performed on 688 consecutive patients referred to our center due to prostatism, suspicious lesions on digital rectal examination and/or elevated serum psa levels. all patients underwent transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies and obtained psa...

we introduce a new one-step iteration process to approximate common fixed points of twononexpansive mappings in banach spaces and prove weak convergence of the iterative sequence using (i)opial’s condition and (ii) kadec-klee property. strong convergence theorems are also established in banachspaces and uniformly convex banach spaces under the so-called condition ( a ), which is weaker thancom...