BACKGROUND Anthropometric measurements are a non invasive, inexpensive, and suitable method for evaluating the nutritional status in population studies with relatively large sample sizes. However, anthropometric techniques are prone to errors that could arise, for example, from the inadequate training of personnel. Despite these concerns, anthropometrical measurement error is seldom assessed in...

conclusion reference ranges for umbilical cord csa have been generated. the csa of the umbilical cord and other components of it increase as a function of gestational age. these measurements correlate with fetal size. results the values of the csa of the umbilical cord, umbilical vein and wharton’s jelly (wj) increase consistently until 30 weeks of gestation, after which they reach a plateau. t...

introduction: estimation of stature is one of the most important fields in forensic medicine. also it is of particular interest to anthropologists and anatomist. our aim was to investigate the relationship between stature and the length of lower limb and foot to derive a regression formula for estimating the stature. methods: three anthropometric measurements stature, lower limb length (lll) an...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most frequently encountered endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age. Visceral obesity, cardiovascular complications, insulin resistance, and proinflammatory status are seen PCOS patients. Many anthropometric measurements used to evaluate visceral obesity. The aim this study was correlations with risk, resistance 
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background: several studies showed the relationship of obesity and overweight with body mass index. according to these studies, because of severe complications of obesity and overweight we wanted to indicate the outbreak rate of obesity and overweight in the certain group of veterans. methods: this study was cross-sectional in design. the numbers of subjects was 106 individuals in isfahan city....