There is increasing evidence suggesting that the cut-off values for defining obesity used in the Western countries cannot be readily applied to Asians, who often have smaller body frames than Caucasians. We examined the BMI and body fat (BF) as measured by bioelectrical impedance in 5153 Hong Kong Chinese subjects. We aimed to assess the optimal BMI reflecting obesity as defined by abnormal BF ...

purpose to investigate the effects of a 10-week water aerobic exercise on the resting blood pressure in patients with stage 1 or 2 hypertension referring to tehran university clinics. methods forty men with stage 1 or 2 essential hypertension were assigned to two groups of intervention [n = 12; aged 48.33±10.74 years (mean±sd)] and control [n = 28; aged 46.96±11.58 years (mean±sd)]. subjects in...

Method We analyzed data of 491 consecutive ECP (age = 56.2 ± 8.8 years; tumor size = 6.3 ± 3.4 cm) radically operated and monitored in 1975-2015 (m = 359, f = 132; EG Garlock = 280, EG Lewis = 211, combined EG with resection of pancreas, liver, diaphragm, aorta, VCS, colon transversum, lung, trachea, pericardium, splenectomy = 147; adenocarcinoma = 279, squamous = 202, mix = 10; T1 = 90, T2 = 1...

‏Introduction: ‏ Women are subject to extensive changes during menopause.  ‏Life crises such as menopause can affect women's health and is a turning point in their lives.  ‏The husbands are the most important and closest people who can support their wives in this evolutionary crisis with their correct understanding of the situation. ‏Objective: ‏This study aimed to determine the effectiveness ...

The objectives of this study were to develop a specific formula to estimate age in a Brazilian adult population and to compare the original formula from Cameriere to this Brazilian formula. The sample comprised 1,772 periapical radiographs from 443 subjects (219 men, 224 women) that were organized into 12 groups according to sex (men or women) and age (20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 ...

a number of studies have investigated the effect of age, trauma, disease and fatigue on cervical joint position sense. however, there is an absence in data regarding the role of posture on proprioception. the aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of forward head posture (fhp) on cervical joint position sense. twenty forward head posture volunteers (14 women, 6 men), with the me...

BACKGROUND Excessive sitting time is linked to cardiovascular disease morbidity. To date, no studies have accurately measured sitting time patterns in people with stroke. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the amount and pattern of accumulation of sitting time, physical activity, and use of time in people with stroke compared with age-matched healthy peers. DESIGN This s...

 Background: One of the important sites for extrapulmonary TB involvement is the skeleton. Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott’s disease) comprises 50-70% of the skeletal tuberculosis. Methods: In this case series study, we prospectively investigated the result of anterior surgery alone (anterior debridement, fusion and instrumentation) in the patients with spinal tuberculosis. The patients with imma...