Background: Biplot simulation using factor analysis with Promax kappa rotation of 90 is used to determine the coordinates length and body circumference dimensions male female mud buffalo in two-dimensional space. So that it can be known which have fast, medium, slow growth rates, also find out at what age rate fast or slow. Methods: This study 3 buffaloes aged 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 months, so ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze studies that assessed the anthropometric parameters waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHR) and neck circumference (NC) as indicators of central obesity in children. DATA SOURCES We searched PubMed and SciELO databases using the combined descriptors: "Waist circumference", "Waist-to-height ratio", "Neck circumference", "Children" and "Abdominal fat" in Portu...

Method Children with asthma who were followed in our outpatient department of pediatric allergy unit were consecutively recruited. Asthma severity was graded according to NAEPP guidelines. Patients were categorized into two groups; children with intermittent and mild persistent asthma formed Group 1 (mild asthma) whereas children with moderate and severe persistent asthma formed Group 2 (severe...

UNLABELLED The Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hipopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) is closely related to obesity; a linear relation, however, has not been established, particularly in morbid obesity patients. AIM To evaluate clinical and polysomnographic findings in a group of class III obese patients, and to relate these findings with the presence or absence of OSAHS. MATERIAL AND METHOD Forty five patients...

AIM to obtain the OSAS prevalence and risk factors of OSAS in obese early adolescents and to create a scoring system based on risk factors for diagnosing OSAS. METHODS an observational study in Jakarta, November 2007 until December 2008 on obese adolescents aged 10-12 years with snoring. Subjects underwent clinical examination, lung function test, paranasal sinus X-ray, and polisomnography. M...

OBJECTIVE To test a prediction model for sleep apnea based on clinical and sociodemographic variables in a population suspected of having sleep disorders and submitted to polysomnography. METHODS We included 323 consecutive patients submitted to polysomnography because of the clinical suspicion of having sleep disorders. We used a questionnaire with sociodemographic questions and the Epworth ...

One thousand and one men, aged 35-65 years, were identified from the age-sex register of one group general practice. Over four years 900 men were visited at home and asked questions about symptoms potentially related to sleep apnoea and snoring. Height, weight, neck circumference, resting arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2), and spirometric values were also determined. All night oximetry was then...

OBJECTIVE There is little information about how much traditional cardiovascular risk factors explain common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) variance. We aimed to study to which extent CCA-IMT values are determined by traditional risk factors and which commonly used measurements of blood pressure, glucose metabolism, lipid profile, and adiposity contribute the most to this determ...

BACKGROUND Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) placement is now considered a common airway management practice. Although there are many studies which focus on various airway techniques, research regarding difficult LMA placement is limited, particularly for anesthesiologist trainees. In our retrospective analysis we tried to identify predictive factors of difficult LMA placement in an academic training...