Foetal outcome, as reported by many researchers across the globe, is affected by many factors of which maternal anthropometric parameters (maternal weight, height and body mass index) are inclusive. The present study was aimed at establishing the significance of the impact of maternal body mass index on neonatal outcome of neonates in Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. A total ...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that early menarche is positively associated with adiposity in adulthood. However, it is important to assess whether this association is due to early menarche or to the association of adiposity in late childhood with age at menarche. We evaluated the association between age at menarche and body composition in adolescence and adulthood, among subjects who have been p...

introduction: fasting is an islamic practice, which causes various metabolic changes in fasting individuals. numerous studies have examined different aspects of fasting, but its effect on individuals with different characteristics such as obesity has remained unknown. the impact of fasting on adipose tissue hormones such as leptin and adiponectin is still controversial. in this study, we aimed ...

conclusions in this study, a low albumin level (≤ 3 mg/dl) was an indicator of nutritional status. patients’ albumin levels, bmi, nutritional status, apache ii score, and sofa score were associated with mortality. age in itself did not predict mortality in the elderly. objectives in this study, the effect of body mass index (bmi) and albumin values at first admission to the icu on the course an...

results a total of 235 patients (135 women) with a mean age of 59 ± 9.2 years (range = 29 to 79 years), mean bmi of 27.3 ± 4.2 (range = 17 to 40), and mean waist circumference of 101.2 ± 14.7 cm (range = 55 to 145 cm) were included. by the third postoperative month, wound infection had significantly increased in patients with bmi ≥ 30 (p = 0.022). in-hospital and late morbidity and mortality ra...

background increased body mass index (bmi) increase the incidence of seroma formation and wound infection rates and subsequently increases wound dehiscence and ugly scar formation following abdomenoplasty and body contour surgery and also many other aesthetic and plastic surgery. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of bmi on the outcome of abdominoplasty operation. methods we carr...

introduction: adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequent surgical operations on children, which may result in weight gain in a number ways, for instance, by increasing igf-1 or decreasing respiratory hyperactivity. materials and methods: this was an intervention study with a control group, conducted on fifty 3-10-year-old children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy and on fifty children a...

background although current data shows a positive association between obesity and development of coronary heart disease (chd) in general population, there is limited data on the important protective role of central or general obesity in patients with prevalent chd or the “obesity paradox”, from this region. conclusions results of this study demonstrated an apparently protective effect for overw...

conclusions our study showed that arm is a useful approach in determining which combinations of variables or predictors occur together frequently, in people who will develop diabetes. the arm focuses on joint exposure to different combinations of risk factors, and not the predictors alone. background type 2 diabetes, common and serious global health concern, had an estimated worldwide prevalenc...