OBJECTIVES We sought to determine if a small muscle mass index (MMI) is actually detrimental for insulin sensitivity when studying a large group of postmenopausal women displaying various body composition statuses and when age and visceral fat mass (VFM) are taken into account. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 99 healthy postmenopausal women with a BMI of 28±4 kg/m(2). Fat mas...

BACKGROUND Although techniques such as dual energy xray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative CT are available to estimate global and regional adiposity, anthropometric measurements are often used to detect adiposity in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES To assess the association between the anthropometric measurements of obesity with total and regional fat mass determined by DXA. DESIGN A cross...

OBJECTIVE The effect of vocal fold medialization (VFM) on vocal improvement in persons with unilateral vocal fold immobility (UVFI) is well established. The effect of VFM on the symptom of dysphagia is uncertain. The purpose of this study is to evaluate dysphagia symptoms in patients with UVFI pre- and post-VFM. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary care medi...

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 and TGF-β3 have been reported to exert differential effects on wound healing, and possibly even account for tissue-specific differences in scar formation. Scarring is particularly detrimental in the vocal fold mucosa (VFM), where destruction of the native extracellular matrix causes irreparable biomechanical changes and voice impairment. Here, in a series of ...