how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, sehat m, zahedi a, noorian a, talebian m. incidence and risk factors of neural tube defects in kashan, central iran. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):50-56. abstract objective neural tube defects (ntds) are the most common congenital defects of central nervous system due to neural tube closure deficit during the third and fourth weeks of ges...

conclusions these findings suggest that lean mass was the most important predictor of bmd in both genders. physical activity appears to positively impact on lean mass and needs to be considered in physical education and health-enhancing programs in iranian school children. background body weight is made up of lean and fat mass and both are involved in growth and development. impression of these...

conclusions: the prevalence of obesity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in yemen is high with respect to the yemeni population, especially in females. objectives: we conducted this study to assess the prevalence of obesity in yemeni patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. patients and methods: body mass index (bmi) of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were 25-years-old or olde...

conclusions while the expression of visfatin and resistin may be upregulated in women with pcos, it is not translated at serum level. results serum levels of resistin were higher among both obese and normal-weight women with pcos in comparison with the controls (2.36 and 1.58 ng/ml in normal-weight women with pcos and controls, respectively; and 2.10 and 1.91 ng/ml in obese women with pcos and ...

background: hypertension is fast emerging as a major health problem amongst all school adolescents, particularly in urban areas. regular screening of the students for this is required for preventing the emergence of complications later in life. therefore,the present study was undertaken with the objective to determine the prevalence of hypertension amongst urban school adolescents and its corre...

Objective(s): Weight gain and metabolic disturbances such as dyslipidemia, are frequent side effects of second-generation antipsychotics, including olanzapine. This study examined the metabolic effects of chronic olanzapine exposure. In addition, we investigated the hepatic fatty acid effects of olanzapine in female C57BL/6J mice fed a normal diet.Materials and Methods: Female C57BL/6J mice ora...

purpose the aim of this study was to investigate the relation between anthropometric variables and total race time including split times in 184 recreational male ironman triathletes. methods body mass, body height, body mass index, lengths and circumferences of imbs, thicknesses of skin-folds, sum of skin-fold thicknesses, and percent body fat were related to total race time including split tim...