Background. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder affecting 10-15% of women reproductive age. PCOS often associated with metabolic disorders, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other complications. In recent years, angiogenesis has been widely discussed as an important factor in pathogenesis PCOS. Objective. To identify growth factors compared healthy ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is the most common endocrine disorder world-wide. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing. In the present study an attempt has been made (i) to examine the relation between obesity and diabetes mellitus in Nepalese people, (ii) to find out whether BMI cut-off points for determining over weight and obesity as per WHO criteria are appli...

This study aimed to determine the association between overweight and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Tehranian school children. A total of 631 school children aged 8-14 year old were selected from elementary and secondary schools, and body weight status was determined according to WHO growth references for 5-19 year old children. Children were categorized into the overweight and non-o...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that overweight adolescents have higher plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) levels than non-overweight adolescents and to explore the association between plasma tHcy levels with folate, vitamin B12 and some risk factors for CVD in both groups. METHODS A case-control study conductec with 239 adolescentes aged 15-19 years in the city of São Paulo, Brazil; 86 overwe...

BACKGROUND Although undernutrition and communicable diseases dominate the current disease burden in resource-poor countries, the prevalence of diet related chronic diseases is increasing. This paper explores current trends of under- and overweight in Bangladeshi women. METHOD Nationally representative data on reproductive age women from rural Bangladesh (n = 242,433) and selected urban poor a...

BACKGROUND Adverse health outcomes are associated with overweight and obesity. In February 2000, the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, the International Association for the Study of Obesity and the International Obesity Task Force published provisional recommendations for adults for the Asia-Pacific region: overweight at Body Mass Index (BMI) > or = 23 and obesity at BMI > or = 25. ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a multiethnic South East Asian population. SETTING Fifteen participating cardiology centres contributed to the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Disease Database-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (NCVD-PCI) registry. PARTICIPANTS 28 742 patients from the NCVD-P...

OBJECTIVE To develop age and sex specific cut offs for BMI to screen for overweight and obesity in Indian children linked to an adult BMI of 23 and 28 kg/m2 respectively, using contemporary Indian data. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Multicentric, School based. PARTICIPANTS 19834 children were measured from 11 affluent schools from five major geographical regions of India. Data were anal...

The purpose of the study was to find out differences in moderate to vigorous physical activity among non-overweight, overweight and obese children, and between boys and girls. The sample included 364 children (179 boys and 185 girls), aged 6.4 years (+/- 0.3 SD). Physical activity was assessed by 7-day questionnaire. Age adapted BMI was used as overweight and obesity indicator. The children wer...

INTRODUCTION Low-grade inflammation and increased immunity related to cardiovascular diseases have been described in children and adults, however, studies in Mexican adolescents are being done at present. OBJECTIVE To evaluate inflammatory proteins and indicators of immunity in adolescents by gender and body mass index. MATERIAL AND METHODS 115 Mexican adolescents, 15-18 years old (36 men),...