BACKGROUND Factors determining human sexual behaviour are not completely understood, but are important in the context of sexually transmitted disease epidemiology and prevention. Being obese is commonly associated with a reduced physical attractiveness but the associations between body mass index, sexual behaviour and the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections has never been studied....

Upper body obesity is associated with insulin resistance, hypertension, and endothelial dysfunction. We examined forearm vascular function in response to vasodilator (endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent) and vasoconstrictor stimuli in 8 normotensive, upper body/viscerally obese men with a positive family history of hypertension and 8 age-matched nonobese men. We also measured body...

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...

To investigate effects of long-term testosterone (T) therapy in obese men with T deficiency (TD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), data were collected from two observational, prospective, and cumulative registry studies of 561 men with TD receiving T therapy for up to 6 years. A subgroup of obese hypogonadal men with T2DM was analyzed. Weight, height, waist circumference (WC), fasting blood ...

Distinct bemodynamic and volume characteristics have been suggested for established hypertension in severe obesity, namely, a high cardiac output, an expanded blood volume, and a normal peripheral resistance. To evaluate whether hypertension in moderately obese patients represents a separate entity that can be defined by hemodynamic and volume profiles, we studied these in 50 such patients and ...

BACKGROUND In a longitudinal population-based study of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood and marital status at 40 years of age, obese men were half as likely to be married compared with men of normal weight. Significant associations between obesity and marital status among men in a longitudinal setting are novel findings. METHODS The study cohort comprised Swed...

OBJECTIVE To test the association between obesity and specific types and anatomical sites of unintentional injuries in older adults. METHODS Participants consisted of 52,857 men and women aged ≥65 years from the 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Weight, height, and details on injuries occurring in the past year were obtained by survey. RESULTS Obese individuals had a higher ri...

BACKGROUND A hematocrit (HCT)-based and a body surface area (BSA)-based equations were applied for plasma volume (PV) estimation, respectively, to confirm and quantify the hemodilution effect in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening among obese men. The agreement between the equations was additionally investigated. METHODS A total of 1,444 men were retrospectively collected, with ages 40 ...

Distinct hemodynamic and volume characteristics have been suggested for established hypertension in severe obesity, namely, a high cardiac output, and expanded blood volume, and a normal peripheral resistance. To evaluate whether hypertension in moderately obese patients represents a separate entity that can be defined by hemodynamic and volume profiles, we studied these in 50 such patients and...