introduction: body mass index (bmi) can affect cardiac morphology; however, the relationship between bmi and valvular heart diseases has not been thoroughly evaluated. this study aimed to determine the relationship between bmi and mitral valve prolapse (mvp) as one of the most common valve diseases worldwide. it can help us to better understand pathophysiology of this common disease. materials ...

background leptin, a protein released from adipose tissue, could have significant role in pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. conclusions it is speculated that lower serum leptin levels in diabetic patients may be a consequence of male gender. moreover, results suggest that serum leptin level in women is influenced differently than that in men. results the serum leptin level i...

introduction: asthma and obesity are among diseases that cause several problems and impair quality of life.  the concurrence of these diseases, changes in the respiratory physiology, changes associated with obesity and limited activity associated with asthma may cause an interaction between the two conditions. materials and methods: we studied the epidemiologic characteristics of all recently d...

conclusions: these findings suggested that plasma adpn level is inversely associated with gfr and directly correlate with hdl-cholesterol and inversely with some, but not all metabolic factors of ckd patients who were not undergone dialysis. results: plasma adpn level was significantly higher in ckd patients than control group (p = 0.04). it was directly correlated with hdl-cholesterol (r = 0.5...

our aim was to evaluate the association of metabolic syndrome (mets) and its components with body fat percentage (bfp) and anthropometric indicesin10 to 18year old adolescents.this was a cross-sectional study conducted on 134 tehranian adolescents, aged 10 to 18 years (66 boys and 68 girls) in 2007. the mets definition proposed by cook et al. was used. logistic regression was used to determine ...

Thalassaemia, a common inherited haemoglobinopathy in Malaysia, causes significant morbidity due to chronic anaemia and complications of iron excess from regular blood transfusion. Short stature is one of the commonest complications in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia with prevalence of 31% to 75%. Causes of growth impairment include iron overload, nutritional deficiency, GH-IGF1 axis dysregu...

Background: We know that in lowand middle-income countries maternal and children’s under nutritional status is responsible for the advancement in deaths and other diseases. In this background, we structured this study in order to establish a relationship between maternal and children’s nutritional status. Methods: We conducted this prevalence analysis between December 2015 and February 2016 in ...

introduction: inappropriate body composition represents impaired energy and nutrient intake and can be a risk factor for many diseases, especially for cardiovascular disease. different methods have been suggested for the estimation of body fat volume and its distribution. however, they may be either expensive or hazardous for some groups of patients. sonography is a very accessible technique, w...

inappropriate feeding grounds for many common diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. this study was conducted to determine knowledge, attitude and nutrition and its relationship with body mass index (bmi) was to allow students using data and recognize the status quo and in order to increase awareness, attitude and nutrition of students and strengthen the indicators and t...