BACKGROUND Obesity in pregnancy is associated with systemic inflammation, immunological changes and adverse maternal-fetal outcomes. Information on the association between maternal obesity and breast milk composition is scarce. This study describes changes and relationships between biochemical and immunological parameters of colostrum and serum of overweight and obese women. METHODS Colostrum...

To assess a possible relationship between hematocrit level and intraocular pressure (IOP) in both men and women.Data were collected from medical records of individuals examined at a screening center in Israel between the years 2000 and 2013. Hematocrit levels were categorized as low, normal, and high and by sex; IOP values were categorized as < 18 mmHg and ≥18 mmHg.Cross-sectional analysis was ...

purpose: obesity is one of the most common problems in the world. imbalance between energy consumption and expenditure is a main factor in weight disorder. exercise helps losing weight by increasing energy expenditure and modulation of the energy intake. the present study examined protective effects of daily moderate aerobic exercise on preventing weight gain in high fat diet rats. materials an...

Aim To evaluate the distribution of intramyocellular lipids (IMCLs) and extramyocellular (EMCLs) as well total fat content in abdominal skeletal muscle by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a dedicated segmentation algorithm subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D), prediabetes normoglycaemic controls. Materials Methods Subjects from population-based cohort were classified T2D, or Total myosteat...

PURPOSE To assess the quality of life in patients with Graves ophthalmopathy by means of a prospective questionnaire with validation. METHODS A questionnaire containing 105 items was sent to 325 patients seen in our university-based oculoplastic clinic. Two hundred three questionnaires were returned and were suitable for analysis. Fifty-three consecutive patients with Graves disease who prese...

The biologic processes of apoptosis and angiogenesis are linked in endothelial biology because some endothelial cell growth factors also exert anti-apoptotic effects. We studied whether apoptosis is occurring in circulating endothelial cells (CEC) that have lost the survival signals derived from anchorage to extracellular matrix. Consistent with this expectation, 64% 6 16% of CEC from normal do...

Perioperatively, insulin to treat hyperglycemia is administered judiciously to minimize the risk of hypoglycemia. In patients with diabetes in whom preoperative blood glucose levels are on the low end of normal, hypoglycemia risk may be underestimated. This retrospective study enrolled subjects with presenting preoperative blood glucose values in these ranges: 70 to 89 mg/dL (low normal group) ...

This investigation was conducted to determine the intracellular distribution of copper in the liver of normal sheep, and the changes associated with exposure to increased dietary copper. Normal rat liver (3.8 + 1.0) ~/g Cu/g liver, wet tissue basis) and normal sheep liver (102.0 -+ 37.2 /~g Cu/g liver) was processed to give the four common subcellular fractions. When the intracellular distribut...

higher in patients with obstructive MGD than in control subjects (P .001, P=.004, P=.001, P .001, P=.001, and P .001, respectively). Both the upper and lower tarsal conjunctival temperatures had a significant negative correlation with the ocular symptom score (R= 0.7325, P .001; R= 0.6356, P .001, respectively), eyelid margin score (R= 0.6126, P .001; R= 0.4707, P=.004, respectively), superfici...