introduction: osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease and several factors are involved in development and progression of the disease. the aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the relation between age, weight, bmi, postmenopausal age and bone mineral density in post menopause women. methods: 240 azarbaijani women aged 50-70 years having inclusion criteria were recruited. bone ...

background abo blood groups are associated with some important chronic diseases. obesity as a major risk factor of chronic non-communicable diseases is rising rapidly in iran as well as in developing countries. understanding the risks for obesity is important for its control. this study seeks to determine if there is any association between abo blood groups and body mass index (bmi). materials ...

Human size changes over time with worldwide secular trends in height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). There is general agreement to relate the state of nutrition height ratios weight-to-height. The BMI a ratio. It commonly used classify underweight, overweight obesity adults. Yet, inappropriate provide any immediate information on composition.
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introduction: leptin, secreted from adipose tissue may have some correlation with coronary artery disease according to some reports in literature. the mean concentration of plasma leptin in patients with normal and abnormal myocardial perfusion imaging (mpi) and relation of leptin levels, independently to abnormality in mpi after correction for body mass index (bmi) was evaluated. methods: as a...

obesity is the common clinical signs in hirsutism, which can cause metabolic disturbances like dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and hypertension. to investigate relationship of overweight and obesity with hormonal and metabolic parameters in suspected hirsute women, in a cross-sectional study, 184 suspected hirsute women were selected in a reproductive endocrinology outpatient clinic in north o...

introduction: the purpose of the present study was to evaluate anthropometric characteristics of weight, sitting & standing height, cormic index and bmi in the adult residents of qazvin, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 300 adult inhabitants aged 18-55 years (180 males and 120 females) of qazvin, iran were evaluated. the participants were selected randomly and without any physical ...

introduction: leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone. exogenous leptin allows the recovery of the reproductive function. in humans, leptin correlates positively with the body mass index (bmi). the aim of this study was to investigate the association of leptin with the toxic effects of iron overload. methods: 219 major beta thalassemic patients (119 men, 100 women) and 137 non thalassemic indivi...