background: obesity is one of the known risk factors of diabetes. nowadays in parallel with industrialization of societies, changes in lifestyle and diet habits and also decreased physical activity, the prevalence of obesity is increasing. the objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of change in body weight on blood glucose disorders rate after 3 years of tehran lipid and glucose stud...

To identify an inexpensive, reliable predictor of low birth weight capable of being utilized by untrained personnel, anthropometric measures were performed on 1600 newborns in Kanpur, India. This analysis indicated that, for a birth weight of 2500 g, the critical limit of calf circumference was 10.8 cm or less. Critical limits for crown-heel length, head circumference, chest circumference, mi...

Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is an uncommon, congenital fetal abnormality. Lower extremity limb defects are the common manifestations of ABS. The most common features include congenital distal ring constrictions, intrauterine amputations, and acrosyndactyly. Rare cases of craniofacial and visceral defects were reported. A female newborn, born at 33 weeks of gestation from a 43 years-old mother,...

The purpose of this study was to develop and cross-validate anthropometric equations for the estimation of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) in Chinese adults. A total of 763 adults aged 18-69 years (345 men and 418 women) were recruited from residents living in four regions (Jinan, Guangzhou, Xi'an and Chengdu) in China. ASM were measured by fan-beam dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Par...

Nonwovens play an important and crucial role in the designing of appropriate struc‐ tures for healthcare and hygiene products. One such application is the use of nonwo‐ ven padding in a multi-layer compression system recommended for the treatment of chronic venous disorders. Padding helps in ensuring uniform pressure distribution underneath the bandaging layer wrapped around the circumference o...

Lymphedema is characterized by the accumulation of lymph fluid within the subcutaneous tissues resulting in a state of chronic inflammation that over time leads to fibrosis and further disruption of lymphatic drainage.1 Recent studies have shown that select patients with lymphedema may benefit from vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT) procedures.2 These reports have largely focused onpatient...

currently, obesity has become a worldwide health problem and yet little is known about the impact of changes in obesity indicator on incident hypertension. the aim of this study was to compare the impact of changes in the wc and bmi on incident hypertension in a cohort population.after a baseline investigation, we conducted the first and the second follow-up assessments for subjects after 2 and...