ôbjective: to assess the prevalence of opioid abuse in a sample of male population in shiraz, ïran. methods: â representative sample of 1219 subjects (aged 16 years or older) who were referred for urine opioid screen (üôs) as a mandatory test before marriage in shiraz in 2005 were enrolled in this study. results: mean age of the participants was 26.17 years (sd=6.12), ranging from 16 to 75 year...

BACKGROUND Offspring born following maternal gestational diabetes are at risk of excessive childhood weight gain and Type 2 diabetes in childhood, which in turn is associated with an increased rate of hypertension. We aimed to determine the systolic and diastolic blood pressure at two years of age in a cohort of children exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus using data from the MiG trial of ...

BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery particularly benefits patients with obesity-related comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea. We aimed to examine whether the variables that influence treatment choice differ between morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery and those opting for conservative treatments. METHODS A total of 505 consecutive morbidly obese patients ...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to find out the age when tibiofemoral angle starts to be in valgus and reaches maximum angle. The differences of the angles between genders were also studied. METHODOLOGY This cross sectional study on tibiofemoral angle was conducted among 160 normal healthy children using clinical measurement method. The children between 2 18 months to 6 years old were ass...

Introduction: Studies of vocational ballet students are sparce. In particular, there is a lack gender comparisons. The aim the present study, therefore, was to give musculoskeletal and sociodemographic description typical student in comparison. Methods: this n = 414 female 192 male John Cranko School (JCS), aged between 5 22 years (Mean ± SD: 13.9 3.5), were examined by an experienced orthopedi...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the time to onset and the predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF) during long term follow up of patients with typical atrial flutter (AFL) treated with transisthmic ablation. DESIGN Prospective multicentre study. METHODS AND RESULTS 383 patients (75.4% men, mean (SD) age 61.7 (11.1) years) who underwent transisthmic ablation for typical AFL were investigated. In 239 pa...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the adult urban population in Mumbai, western India and to estimate the prevalence and severity of thinness and overweight in this population. To describe the association of BMI with education, age, and tobacco habits in an urban Indian population. DESIGN Cross sectional representative survey of 99 598 adults (40 071 men...

BACKGROUND Menarcheal age is a sensitive indicator of environmental conditions during childhood. The aim of study is to determine the age at menarche and growth status in adolescents in a rural area of Tarka, Wannune, Nigeria. METHODS Data on 722 female students (aged 12-18 years) were collected in February 2009. Height and weight were measured. Body mass index (BMI; kg m-2) was used as an in...