This is a cross-sectional study conducted in Port Moresby and 3 rural areas of Papua New Guinea from 1999 to 2002. These areas were selected because of their specific characteristics such as modernity, geographical location and remoteness. The aim of the study was to compare the body mass index (BMI) of selected urban and rural populations. When age was standardized, in urban and periurban popu...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, endogenous non-coding RNAs that regulate metabolic processes, including obesity. The levels of circulating miRNAs are affected by metabolic changes in obesity, as well as in diet-induced weight loss. Circulating miRNAs are transported by high-density lipoproteins (HDL) but the regulation of HDL-associated miRNAs after diet-induced weight loss ha...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the preoperative factors contributing to the decision to convert laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. METHODS Retrospective identification of 324 consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with univariate and multivariate analysis of the following parameters: age, gender, obesity, previous abdominal surgery, presentation with acute cholecystitis, pancr...

To compare the prevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome (MetS) stratified by body mass index (BMI) categories in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) spondyloarthritis (SpA). The age- sex-standardized MetS was calculated BMI compared between RA SpA patients before starting first biologic, controls. determinants without obesity were investigated. observed 28% (21/75), 22.5% (18/80), 19% controls (18...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the tracking of selected aspects of physical fitness (peak handgrip force, sit-ups, aerobic fitness, and blood pressure) from childhood to adulthood. The investigation studied a randomly selected subgroup from the original participants in the Trois-Rivières growth and development study, 95 women (57 experimental and 38 control) and 96 men (56 ...

BACKGROUND The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a validated and widely used research tool. Reference data for Chinese workers by age, gender and work content are poorly documented or lacking. OBJECTIVE To provide reference data for work ability among workers in western China. METHODS A random sample of 10 218 workers (including manual, professional, clerical and semi-skilled workers) in western ...

AIMS To determine the association between obesity and outcomes in post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients with systolic heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS Of the 6632 Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study (EPHESUS) participants, 6611 had data on baseline body mass index (BMI) and 6561 had BMI > or = 18.5 kg/m(2). Of these, 1573 were...

Family history of hypertension and obesity are both risk factors for hypertension. Hypertension and obesity share several physiopathologic abnormalities and are frequently associated. However, not all obese people are hypertensive. Renal handling of sodium has been proposed as a physiopathogenic mechanism of essential hypertension and obesity. This study was conducted in obese adolescents to ev...

The objective of this study is to track body mass index (BMI) in obese or thin adolescents from adolescence to childhood on an individual basis. This was performed at a single school with a 12-year combination education system in an urban city in Japan. A total of 617 students in the 3rd grade of senior high school (17 years old) during 2005-2009 were enrolled. Based on the Japanese BMI referen...

Objective: To identify the high risk group for developing obesity among a cohort of Saudi diabetic patients. Methods: A cross sectional study on a random sample of known type 2 diabetic patients who were visiting seven primary health care centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was conducted. Participants were categorized according to their Body Mass Index BMI into 4 groups. Prevalence of obesity was c...