materials and methods in this school-based cross-sectional survey, a pre-tested structured self-administered questionnaire was set for obtaining the socio-demographic data (age at menarche, number of siblings, occupation and educational attainment of their parents, etc.), while the anthropometric status data was obtained by direct measurement of weight and height. the body mass index (bmi) and ...

purpose the purpose of this investigation was to compare a practical measurement of fat free mass index (ffmi) from bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) to the dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (dexa) value in collegiate athletes. methods thirty-three male baseball players and 16 female gymnasts volunteered to participate in this study during their respective pre-season. subjects visited the l...

purpose: the objective of this study was to identify possible risk factors associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (poag). methods: a case-control study included patients seen at rasoul-akram hospital ophthalmology clinic. cases were consecutive patients with confirmed unilateral or bilateral poag presented during the study period. controls were a random sample of all other patients aged 30...

Background The present study aimed to shed light focus on the level of certain hormones such as AMH, FSH, LH, Inhibin B, alpha-glucosidase, and testosterone in the seminal plasma and blood serum to patients inferile men groups (azoosperia, oligospermia and normosperia) as well as calculate the body mass index and find some relationships between these biomarkers and BMI for the same patients. Ma...

The aim of the study is to evaluate, by ambulatory (24 h) blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), whether police officers exposed to urban pollutants and possible psycho-social stressors could be at risk of changes in ambulatory systolic blood pressure (SBP), and ambulatory diastolic blood pressure (DBP) compared to controls. After excluding the principal confounding factors, police officers and cont...

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...

purpose adolescents are in increased risk for the development of obesity, while sport has been suggested as an effective means against adolescent obesity. the objectives of this study were to examine (a) the prevalence of overweightness/obesity, (b) the relationship between body mass index (bmi) and body fat percent (bf), and (c) the association between bmi, bf and physical fitness in adolescen...