Abstract Obesity, cardiovascular disease, and relapse/progression have major impact on prognosis in pediatric brain tumor patients. Cranial MRI is part of routine follow-up. In a cross-sectional study, we analyzed nuchal skinfold thickness (NST) by standardized method performed for follow-up monitoring as novel parameter body composition disease 177 patients (40 WHO grade 1-2 tumors; 31 3-4 106...

BACKGROUND Although the estimation of body fatness by Slaughter skinfold thickness equations (PBF(Slaughter)) has been widely used, the accuracy of this method is uncertain. We have previously examined the interrelationships among the body mass index (BMI), PBF(Slaughter), percent body fat from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (PBF(DXA)) and CVD risk factor levels among children who were examin...

BACKGROUND - Older patients are commonly malnourished during hospital stay, and a high prevalence of malnutrition is found in hospitalized patients aged more than 65 years. OBJECTIVE - To investigate whether total lymphocyte count is related to other nutritional markers in hospitalized older adults. METHODS - Hospitalized older adults (N=131) were recruited for a cross-sectional study. Thei...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify muscle atrophy in critically ill patients on ventilators. A comparison was made between limb circumferences and muscle areas on the day of admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) and on the 8th day after admission. METHODS The data were collected from 30 critically ill patients using ventilators at S hospital ICU in Seoul during the period f...