Leila Yazdanpanah

Hazrat Rasoul Medical Complex, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Assessment of nutritional status in patients with Parkinson’s disease and its relationship with severity of the disease

Background: Malnutrition, loss of body weight, muscle and fat mass wasting are common in patients with Parkinson's disease, and are associated with disability, longer length of hospital stay, impaired immune system and increased risk of mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status in patients with Parkinson's disease and its relation to the severity of the disease. &...

[ 2 ] - The relationship between different diet quality indices and severity of airflow obstruction among COPD patients

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem worldwide. Smoking is the number one cause of COPD; however, genetic, environmental and dietary factors contribute to the etiology of this disease. In this study, we assessed the association between three diet quality indices -the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005), the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-201...