OBJECTIVES To compare: (i) prevalences of thinness in school-children by four body mass index references in common use viz., Centre for Disease Control (CDC); Cole; Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP); World Health Organization (WHO); and (ii) relationship of thinness with absence of cardio-metabolic risk factors in these BMI references. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Schools in Delhi. PA...

background: overweight and obesity increasing world wide because of changing life style and dietary habits. diet therapy plays an important role to prevent obesity outcomes. the aim of this study was determining the effects of diet therapy on weight reduction and fitness. methods: a clinical trial study was conducted using convenient sampling method and 216 subjects (190 female and 26 male) wer...

BACKGROUND The current study aims to evaluate the association between neck circumference (NC) and several cardio-metabolic risk factors, to compare it with well-established anthropometric indices, and to determine the cut-off point value of NC for predicting children at increased risk of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and low-grade systemic inflammation. METHODS A total of 669 school ...

Background: Fibrinogen is a glycoprotein produced by the liver that plays crucial role in blood clotting. Elevated levels of fibrinogen have been associated with an increased risk cardio vascular disease, stroke and other chronic conditions. Several studies investigated relationship between diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, has suggested to play pathogenesis its complications promoting inflammati...

BACKGROUND Subjects with ischemic lesions have an increased risk of dementia. In addition, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular cognitive impairment share many risk factors. These observations suggest that different diseases that cause altered blood perfusion of the brain or hypoxia promote AD neurodegeneration. In this case-control, cross-sectional study, we sought to test the hypothesis that...

Currently, the importance of assessing arterial stiffness as an integral indicator cardiovascular risk, arteriosclerosis, and a predictor events has been demonstrated. The traditional stiffness-pulse wave velocity-depends on level blood pressure, which makes it difficult to use for dynamic assessment. proposed new index-the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), does not depend pressure is more co...

Abstract Background Cognitive impairment is an important aspect for stroke survivors. Little data are available about the frequency and risk factors of post-stroke dementia in Egypt. Objectives The aim this study to evaluate predictors its impact on outcome. Methods A total 380 patients with acute were included. Patients subjected demographic collection, neurological examination, assessment vas...

There is a surge in chronic diseases in the developing world, driven by a high prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors. This study described differences in prevalence of obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors between urban and rural settlements in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. This comparative cross-sectional study included 672 participants (median age 50 years), of which 312 were from Ku...