objective: obesity is a worldwide health problem, with increasing prevalence associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. decrease in energy intake has been shown to lower the risk of coronary artery disease (cad) in obese. the common form of dietary restriction is daily calorie restriction (cr). another form is alternate-day fasting (adf). the ability of modified adf to facilitate we...

background: the detrimental effects of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (phvos) on apolipoproteins have been reported from several parts of the world; however, few data are available in this regard from the understudied region of the middle east. the present study aimed to evaluate the association between type of vegetable oils, serum lipids and apolipoprotein levels among iranians. method...

results totally, 108 subjects who filled in their questionnaires were included in the study. the study population, including 68.5% females, had a mean age of 36.30 ± 8.878 years. smokers comprised 1.8% of the subjects. exercise more than twice a week was reported by 19.4%. correspondingly, severe and moderate life-related and work-related stress was reported by 61.1% and 63.9% of the subjects. ...

background: because prehypertension identifies children most at risk for the development of future hypertensive disease, the purpose of this study was, to examine the association of prehypertension with risk factors for cardiovascular disease (cvd) in a large sample of youths participating in the community-based prevention education program family heart study. methods: we estimated blood pressu...

background: cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of disease in the developed world. early detection and risk prediction are a key component in reducing cardiovascular mortality. the framingham risk score uses age, sex,  cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking to calculate the 10‑year risk probability of developing cardiovascular disease for a given patient. the aim of this...

background: in addition to the known risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, many studies reported that there are some new risk factors such as hemocystein, lipoprotein (a), fibrinogen and factor vп affecting the morbidity and increasing the risk of disease. the current study was designed to evaluate such risk factors in relation to those previously established in a case-control study design. ...

conclusions: the environmental factors were barriers for doing healthy behaviors. these factors need to be considered to design health promotion interventions. policymakers should not only focus on patients’ education but also should provide specific facilities to enhance economic, social and cultural status. results: lack of behaviors like stress control, healthy eating and physical activity w...

purpose oligo/amenorrhea, as a part of the female athlete triad has adverse effects on the athlete's bone mineral density (bmd) and cardiovascular system. hypoestrogenism, due to suppression of hypothalamus-pituitary axis (hpa) as a result of energy imbalance, is the possible cause of the triad. this study was designed based on following up and reassessment of elite female athletes who were dia...

background: coronary artery disease (cad) is accountable for more than 30% of deaths worldwide and is, thus, deemed the most important factor in terms of disease burden around the globe. this study aimed to evaluate cad and its risk factors in hospitalized patients in the east azerbaijan province, northwest iran, from 2006 to 2007. methods: data on 18.323 patients hospitalized due to cardiovasc...

the purpose of this study was to determine whether a 45 bp insertion/deletion (i/d) polymorphism in human uncoupling protein 2 (hucp2) gene was associated with changes in several cardiovascular risk and physical fitness factors in response to combined exercise during 12 weeks in korean middle-aged women. the changes in physiological parameters after combined exercise during 12 weeks were compar...