background increased body mass index (bmi) increase the incidence of seroma formation and wound infection rates and subsequently increases wound dehiscence and ugly scar formation following abdomenoplasty and body contour surgery and also many other aesthetic and plastic surgery. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of bmi on the outcome of abdominoplasty operation. methods we carr...

background & aim: the risks of maternal mortality and morbidity associated with cesarean delivery are three and two times higher than vaginal delivery, respectively. the majority of cesarean sections are due to failure to progress in labor. one of the common risk factors for failure to progress is small maternal body size. cormic index is an indicator of body composition assessment, which estim...

introduction: adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequent surgical operations on children, which may result in weight gain in a number ways, for instance, by increasing igf-1 or decreasing respiratory hyperactivity. materials and methods: this was an intervention study with a control group, conducted on fifty 3-10-year-old children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy and on fifty children a...

background although current data shows a positive association between obesity and development of coronary heart disease (chd) in general population, there is limited data on the important protective role of central or general obesity in patients with prevalent chd or the “obesity paradox”, from this region. conclusions results of this study demonstrated an apparently protective effect for overw...

conclusions our study showed that arm is a useful approach in determining which combinations of variables or predictors occur together frequently, in people who will develop diabetes. the arm focuses on joint exposure to different combinations of risk factors, and not the predictors alone. background type 2 diabetes, common and serious global health concern, had an estimated worldwide prevalenc...

background menarche is considered as a milestone in the women’s reproductive life. most existing studies on factors influencing menarcheal age had cross-sectional designs and their finding were controversial. objectives we aimed to determine some factors affecting the age at menarche in a cohort study with an average of ten-year follow-up; the study was conducted within the framework of tehran ...

abstract background: pregnancy is associated with many physiological changes, which in some cases may cause serious risks such as preeclampsia, and fetal and maternal health threats. recent research has focused on the relationship between metabolic syndrome and preeclampsia. by identifying appropriate indicators for early diagnosis, maternal–fetal complications can be prevented. the present stu...

purpose: to determine the correlation between body mass index (bmi) and exudative age-related macular degeneration (armd). methods: this case-control study was conducted on 60 patients with exudative armd and 60 controls, both aged over 50. age, sex, cigarette smoking and blood pressure were evaluated beside bmi. data analysis was performed by spss software, version 9.0 using pearson chi square...

background: obesity is a very common disorder resulting from an imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure, and it has a substantial impact on the development of chronic diseases.  the aim of this study was to examine the association of insig2 (rs7566605) gene polymorphism with obesity and obesity associated phenotypes in north indian subjects. methods: the variants were investigated ...

background: this study aimed to investigate the relationship between health related quality of life (hrqol), motor ability and weight status in children. methods: two hundred forty children ages 9-11 yr who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the shahre qods at tehran, iran in 2007. hrqol was assessed by the pediatric quality of life inventory (pedsql)....