background feeding intolerance is one of the leading causes of weight loss in preterm infants. the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of abdominal massage on feeding tolerance in preterm infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units in isfahan, iran. materials and methods: in this randomized controlled clinical trial, 64 infants who had the inclusion criteria, were selected and...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of overweight, abdominal obesity and associated factors in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). METHOD Cross-sectional study with 270 PLWHA. A questionnaire was applied to investigate sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle characteristics. Weight, height and waist circumference were measured. BMI ≥25 kg/m2 was considered overweight, while abdominal ob...

BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with increased risk for stroke. The breath-holding index (BHI) is a measure of vasomotor reactivity of the brain which can be measured with the transcranial Doppler (TCD). We aim to evaluate obesity as an independent factor for altered cerebrovascular reactivity. METHODS Cerebrovascular hemodynamics (mean flow velocities MFV, pulsatility index, PI, resistance ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between alcohol consumption and abdominal fat. METHODS Cross-sectional study carried out in a sample of male blood donors (n=1,235), aged 20-59 years, in the city of Cuiabá, Central-West Brazil, between August 1999 and January 2000. Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were indicators of abdominal fat, adjusted for total adiposity. Weight, height, w...

Background and Aims The substantial reduction in adiponectin concentration among obese individuals seems to depend on fat distribution and is a marker of metabolic and adipose tissue dysfunction. We aimed to: (i) address whether abdominal fat from different compartments (visceral, deep subcutaneous abdominal and superficial subcutaneous abdominal) and gluteofemoral fat are independently associa...

 Background Feeding intolerance is one of the leading causes of weight loss in preterm infants. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of abdominal massage on feeding tolerance in preterm infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units in Isfahan, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled clinical trial, 64 infants who had the inclusion criteria, were selected an...

AIM Aortic dilatation is a well-known phenomenon in the elderly. We therefore aimed to study the pathobiological determinants of aortic dilatation. METHODS Retrospective chart review. The subjects were 833 consecutive autopsy cases (616 men and 217 women) of community deaths. The age at death ranged from 20 to 94 years, with an average of 59.2 years. We measured the internal circumference of ...

Insufficient sleep may lead to adverse cardio-metabolic effects by influencing body weight, blood pressure, and glucose tolerance. We aimed to assess the relation between sleep duration and indices of obesity including body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in a sample population in central Iran. We selected a sub-sample of 1770 individuals from Isfahan Healthy Heart Program. The data re...