BACKGROUND Longitudinal or time-dependent activity data are useful to characterize the circadian activity patterns and to identify physical activity differences among multiple samples. Statistical methods designed to analyze multiple activity sample data are desired, and related software is needed to perform data analysis. METHODS This paper introduces a functional data analysis (fda) approac...

AIMS Multiple studies have focused on the relationship of body anthropometric measures with clinical events in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, highlighting the 'obesity paradox'. However, the relative prognostic importance of these measures over other baseline variables is less known. METHOD AND RESULTS We performed a retrospective analysis of 94,108 STEMI patients from s...

BACKGROUND Neonatal body composition has implications for the health of the newborn both in short and long term perspective. The objective of the current study was first to explore the association between maternal BMI and metabolic parameters associated with BMI and neonatal percentage body fat and to determine to which extent any associations were modified if adjusting for placental weight. Se...

BACKGROUND Data on the association between obesity and asthma control are conflicting. We performed an analysis to elucidate the association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma control in a large sample of asthmatics. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were obtained from a previous study in which the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and Asthma Control Test (ACT) were validated for a Spanish po...

BACKGROUND The association between obesity and type 2 diabetes has been well documented in epidemiological studies. Patients with type 2 diabetes have a higher body weight than control populations. Relatively few studies, however, have examined the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of hospitalized type 2 diabetes mellitus patients using an electronic health records database. This study measured...

INTRODUCTION Partial nephrectomy is the gold standard for treatment of small renal masses. Our study compares outcomes for obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥30) and healthy (BMI <30) patients undergoing laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) with the intention of defining preoperative risk factors for complications and renal insufficiency in the obese. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrosp...

Introduction and aim. Thyroid hormones play an important role in glucose metabolism as many metabolic events. The aim of our study is to evaluate the relationship between subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) insulin resistance, especially obese women. Material methods. Newly diagnosed SCH patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥30 who applied outpatient clinic March 2021 October 2021, euthyroid women ...

BACKGROUND Estimating total burdens of disease associated with overweight and obesity has been hampered by a lack of consistent published data using standardized body mass index (BMI or Quetelet index [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters: weight (kg)/[height x (m)2]]) diagnostic criteria, and by poorly standardized reference populations. SUBJECTS AN...

Objective: To study the frequency of steatosis and observe the relation between steatosis and grade of fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C. Methodology: This descriptive case series study was undertaken at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences hospital from July 2005 to November 2007. It included 158 PCR-positive hepatitis C cases with genotype 3. Patients demographic data was enrol...

Objective : To estimate the effect of the maternal BMI on the progress of labour and Neonatal outcome in the Egyptian population. Methods : It is a cross-sectional descriptive study including 620 primiparas, with singleton pregnancy, cephalic presentation attending labour ward in Kasr Al Aini Hospitals in the first stage of labour. Patients were divided into 2 groups, group1: Patients with BMI ...