OBJECTIVE This retrospective review of patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy examines whether differences in outcomes exist on the basis of body mass index (BMI). METHODS All cases of total laparoscopic hysterectomy performed from September 1996 to July 2002 for benign diagnoses, and microinvasive cervical, early endometrial, and occult ovarian carcinoma were reviewed. There wer...

Abstract Background Gastric pouch volumetry after sleeve gastrectomy reflects successful surgery. We aimed to assess the impact of gastric volume on weight loss. Method The study was performed for 30 patients (22 females and 8 males) who underwent gastrectomy. Their ages ranged from 18 47 years. All (multi-slice CT) MSCT examination at 12 months surgery with oral administration effervescent emu...

BACKGROUND There has been a great interest in the interaction between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and metabolic dysfunction, but there is no consistent data suggesting that OSA is a risk factor for dyslipidemia. AIM The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the prevalence of lipid abnormalities in patients suspected of OSA, referred to our sleep laboratory for polysomnography. ...

BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) has been associated with breast cancer outcomes. However, few studies used clinical trial settings where treatments and outcomes are consistently evaluated and documented. There are also limited data assessing how patient/disease characteristics and treatment may alter the BMI-breast cancer association. METHODS We evaluated 15,538 breast cancer participants fr...

Objective: The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between body composition and BMI with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and major complications: recurrence and post-thrombotic syndrome. Patients and methods: We performed a case-control study of a group of patients with VTE (n=138) and a control group (n=127) with no history of thrombosis. BMI was calculated using the formula: BMI=weig...

We aimed to investigate whether circulating leptin and body mass index (BMI) associate independently with cognitive function (decline) brain volumes using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in older individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease. studied the cross-sectional longitudinal associations participants enrolled PROSPER study (Prospective Study Pravastatin Elderly Risk). Cognitive was tes...

Introduction. Significant correlations between BMI and some body circumferences have been previously reported. In this study we investigated if the average of the sum of eight body circumferences can be a substitute for BMI. Patients and Methods. BMI and eight body circumferences (neck, waist, hip, arm, forearm, wrist, thigh, and ankle) were measured in 193 apparently healthy women aged 20-83, ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and body weight is not clearly established. In order to describe the relationship of weight and OSA severity seen in a suburban sleep center, an observational review was performed of initial diagnostic polysomnograms (PSGs) ordered on patients with American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) symptomatic indications. METHODO...

BACKGROUND The association of body mass index and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), including its complications (esophagitis, Barrett esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma), is unclear. PURPOSE To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the magnitude and determinants of an association between obesity and GERD symptoms, erosive esophagitis, Barrett esophagus, and ade...