1. Assessment of nutrition in patients with chronic renal failure by body composition measurement techniques may be affected by variable hydration. 2. This study aimed to derive a four-component model of body composition (consisting of fat, protein, total body water and body mineral) from a combination of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and total body water measured by deuterium oxide dilution...

incerely welcome to the first international workshop on Trust and Privacy in Digital Business (Trustbus’02) held in conjunction with the DEXA 2002 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Being the first of a planned series of workshops it is our goal that this workshop initiates a successful forum to bring together researchers from academia and commercial developers from industry to discuss the state of th...

Up to 85% of the variance in bone mineral density (BMD) is genetically determined. A putative candidate gene involved in the regulation of bone mass is the COLIA1 gene encoding type I collagen, which is the major protein of bone. We examined possible allelic in ̄uences of a G to T COLIA1 gene polymorphism in a recognition site for the transcription factor Sp1 on: (i) gain of forearm BMD using si...

B one disease is a major complication of chronic liver disease (CLD) and liver transplantation and can result in spontaneous or low-trauma fracturing that significantly impacts on morbidity, quality of life, and even survival. The etiology of these disorders is complex and multifactorial. The general biology and pathogenesis of osteoporosis, including its relationship with inflamma-tory states,...

background: the singh index is an inexpensive simple method to evaluate bone density, commonly used to assess osteoporosis is based on the radiological appearance of the trabecular bone structure of the proximal femur on a plain antero-posterior (ap) radiograph. the purpose of this study was to compare between singh index and bone mineral density measurement using dual energy x-ray absorptiomet...

Bone disease is a major cause of morbidity in end stage renal failure. This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of abnormal bone mineral density (BMD), measured by dual photon absorptiometry (DPA) in the renal transplant population. Subjects consisted of 110 patients followed up after transplantation for between 1 and 17 years. Variables analyzed included age, sex, ethic origin, years and t...