Introduction: Fatigue is considered a frequent and characteristic feature of sarcoidosis. This study was designed to determine the prevalence fatigue in patients with sarcoidosis its potential clinical correlations relation symptom severity.
 Methods: A total 56 were included. Data on patient demographics, anthropometrics, disease characteristics, pulmonary function tests, 6-min walking di...

358 Nefrologia 2011;31(3):358-78 We spontaneously studied a non-selected population that attended the WKD marquee in the city centre. The following measurements were taken: anthropometrics, blood pressure (Omron), glucose (Reflotron) and creatinine (Reflotron) rates, intima-media thickness (IMT) measured by ultrasound of the supra-aortic trunks (LOGIQ, 12MHz probe), taken from the posterior wal...

BACKGROUND In population studies, body mass index (BMI) is generally calculated from self-reported body weight and height. The self-report of these anthropometrics is known to be biased, resulting in a misclassification of BMI status. The aim of our study is to evaluate the accuracy of self-reported weight, height and waist circumference among a Dutch overweight (Body Mass Index [BMI] > or = 25...