Metabolic SyndroMe, Heart diSeaSeS, and Gender diSparity Clinical and experimental evidence has demonstrated that risk factors for cardi­ ovascular disease often cluster together, most notably overweight/obesity, dia­ betes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and hyper­ tension (1). Over the past several decades, the intensive clinical management to fight against cardiovascular diseases has resulted in a d...

Despite advancements and improvements in methods for preventing infection, periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a significant complication following total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Prevention is the most important strategy to deal with this disabling complication, and prevention should begin with identifying patient-related risk factors. Medical risk factors, such as morbid obesity, malnutri...

Objective: to investigate the prevalence and predisposing factors breastfeeding in first hour of life public maternity hospitals. Methods: this is a cross-sectional, analytical, exploratory study 390 puerperal women from two Sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric history, variables relating labor, delivery, postpartum were analyzed. Statistical differences assessed using chi-square test or...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS While several case reports on ischemic colitis (IC) suggest the presence of predisposing causative factors, a few studies have investigated the predisposing factors in IC. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of patients with IC, particularly focusing on the predisposing factors. METHODS We conducted a single-center, retrospective analysis of 159 patients with ...

Objective: The prevalence of obesity is rising in both developed and developing countries. Globally, it is estimated that nearly one billion adults are overweight at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. In Afghanistan no published data is available regarding non-communicable diseases including obesity. This paper reports the prevalence and associated risk factors of obesity among adu...

The prevalence of severe obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35.0 kg/m(2), is rising rapidly. Given the disproportionately high health burden and healthcare costs associated with this condition, understanding the underlying aetiology, including predisposing genetic factors, is a biomedical research priority. Previous studies have suggested that severe obesity represents an extreme tail ...

Osteoarthritis is the second most common disorder after heart disease. This progressive degenerative disease affects knee joint more than any others. The exact etiology of osteoarthritis not clear, however, there are many predisposing factors such as obesity, age, gender, etc., that can increase incidence and prevalence this Early diagnosis in very important. Despite variety diagnostic methods,...