background: migraine is a prevalent disease which is classified into two groups of migraine with aura and without aura. eighteen percent of women and 6.5 percent of men in united states have migraine headache. migraine headache is prevalent in all age groups but it usually subsides in adults above fifty. migraine has many risk factors such as stress, light, tiredness, special foods and beverage...

conclusions overweight and obesity negative affect sexuality in women with sexual dysfunction. a systematic evaluation of sexual function to disclose a cause and effect relationship between obesity and fsd is suggested. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the association of body weight with fsd and sexual satisfaction, in ilam, western iran, in 2010 to 2011. patients and met...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the body mass index (bmi) and dental development. methods: the dental ages of 196 children were calculated according to demirjian's method. the chronological age, weight, and height were recorded. dental development was defined as dental age minus chronological age. children were classified into three groups accord...

abstract aim and background: multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disorder which is more prevalent in women than men. therefore, the aim of present study was to evaluate the relationship physical functioning impairment (as criterion variable) with fatigue, psychological symptoms and body mass index (as predictive variables) in the women suffering from this disease. methods and materials...

background: a balanced nutrition schedule provides the essential substances for proper oral health. objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the association between dental caries and body mass index in 6-11 year-old children in zahedan. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study 1213 children (670 girls, 543 boys) were included. body mass index (bmi) and clinical examinati...

background opium abuse significantly affects the nutritional status of users and frequently leads to undernourishment. methadone maintenance therapy has been used as one of the possible ways to prevent of infection diseases such as hiv and hepatitis b and c and improve the quality of life in opioid-dependent patients. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the anthropometric and socio-d...

background & aim: primary dysmenorrhea is a common problem among women, resulting in a decline in their performance level and quality of life. previous studies have not indicated a definite relationship between body mass index (bmi) and dysmenorrhea. therefore, this study aimed to determine the severity of dysmenorrhea and investigate its relationship with bmi among female adolescents in hamada...

background: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is increasingly a common disease which is created by the accumulation of fat in the liver. about 20% of adults and 5% of children suffer from this disease. in some studies, half of obese children had fatty liver disease and approximately 90% of the patients with fatty liver were obese. the aim of this study was to evaluate fatty liver diseas...

objectives: to compare bmi and inverted bmi in evaluating body measurement, resting blood pressure, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (dexa) parameters of fat mass and metabolic risk factors in iranian children materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study on 477 children aged 9-18 yearsin the south of iran. weight, height, resting blood pressure, waist and hip circumference and puberta...

purpose: to compare body mass index (bmi) in patients with exfoliation syndrome (xfs) and a matched control group. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 84 patients with xfs (xfs group) and 84 persons without xfs (control group) were matched for sex and age and selected sequentially. bmi was compared in the two groups. patients with xfs with or without glaucoma and other complications were inclu...