OBJECTIVES The present cross-sectional study was aimed to investigate obesity measures, metabolic profiles, blood pressure, and intake of dietary fatty acids in rural women of Asian Indian origin. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 280 healthy rural women aged 25-65 years took part in the study. A random sampling procedure using a local voters' registration list was followed to select the parti...

BACKGROUND Wrist blood pressure (BP) devices have physiological limits with regards to accuracy, therefore they were not preferred for home BP monitoring. However some wrist devices have been successfully validated using established validation protocols. Therefore this study assessed the reproducibility of wrist home BP measurement with position sensor and automatic data storage. METHODS To c...

Methods Asthmatic children who have consented to the study and aged 7 to 13 years with less than 70% of predicted PEFR were randomized in to 2 groups (30 subjects in each group). One group received Salbutamol solution (0.15mg of Salbutamol nebulizer solution / kg body weight diluted in 2ml of saline solution) nebulized by NE–C900 (OM). The other group received. Salbutamol solution nebulized by ...

Background: Overweight and obesity among adolescents is an important global health issue. BMI the commonly used screening tool but there can be under or over estimation. Body fat percentage estimation using bioelectrical impedance analysis easy non-invasive technique along with provide a better predictive capacity. Considering importance of early detection overweight in adolescents, present stu...

BACKGROUND Electronic devices that measure blood pressure (BP) at the arm level are regarded as more accurate than wrist devices and are preferred for home BP (HBP) monitoring. Recently, wrist devices with position sensors have been successfully validated using established protocols. This study assessed whether HBP values measured with validated wrist devices are sufficiently reliable to be use...