PURPOSE Obesity, particularly visceral obesity, is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Therefore, cardiovascular risk should be determined by evaluating visceral fat tissue not only in obese individuals but also in non-obese individuals. We aimed to evaluate the comparison of visceral fat tissue measurement methods with computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS...

Body mass is reported to influence myocardial performance. Recent studies have emphasised the importance of negative inotropic adipocyte-derived factors and their impact on cardiac contractile function. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We aimed to determine whether body mass impacts cardiac force development on the level of the contractile apparatus. We examined the influence ...

PURPOSE Our objective was to assess bone and muscular mass in children with meningomyelocele (MMC), and to analyze risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures based on densitometric examination. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group included 30 patients (15 girls and 15 boys) with MMC, aged 6-17 years, treated in the Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, University Hospital. Physiotherapeuti...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological data on the association between body mass index (BMI) and heart failure (HF) risk among diabetic patients are rare. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a prospective cohort study of risk for HF among 31 155 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (11 468 men and 19 687 women). Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the association of different ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Obesity increases the risk of deep infection after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Our objective was to determine whether there may be body mass index (BMI) and weight thresholds indicating a higher prosthetic joint infection rate. PATIENTS AND METHODS We included all 9,061 primary hip and knee arthroplasties (mean age 70 years, 61% women) performed between March 1996 a...

BACKGROUND Lung volumes in obese patients are reduced significantly in the postoperative period. As the effect of different analgesic regimes on perioperative spirometric tests in obese patients has not yet been studied, we investigated the effect of thoracic epidural analgesia and conventional opioid-based analgesia on perioperative lung volumes measured by spirometry. METHODS Eighty-four pa...

Background: In recent years, the technology based on analysis of raw ultrasound signals, Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS), has been validated against Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) for diagnosis osteoporosis and risk fracture prediction. Objectives: The aim this multicenter observational study was to evaluate diagnostic performance REMS with respect DXA in patients d...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in physical fitness, physical activity, and sedentary activities among 7 to 11 year old boys with varying body mass index in Ardabil, Iran. METHODS The sample consisted of 766 boys who participated in eight weight bearing (1 mile walk/run, sit ups, standing long jump, vertical jump, shuttle run 4 × 10 m, 30-meter sprint, pull up...

T here is an epidemic of obesity throughout the developed and much of the developing world (1– 3). Obesity, typically measured as BMI 30 kg/m, has three subclasses: obesity 1 (30–34.9 kg/m); obesity 2 (35–39.9 kg/m); and extreme obesity ( 40 kg/ m). Extreme or morbid obesity is rapidly increasing in the U.S. and may have the potential of decreasing life expectancy. From 1986 to 2000, the preval...