The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between 10 psychotropic agents and worsening BMI from overweight to obesity among inpatients with schizophrenia. A total of 138 patients with schizophrenia were recruited in this retrospective study. We included 23 patients with worsening BMI, from overweight (24≤BMI<27 kg/m²) to obesity (BMI≥27 kg/m²), as the case group and 115 p...

introduction of disorders directly related to prevalence cardiovascular diseases are iron deficiency anemia and obesity, especially that of abdomen. the purpose of the current study has been determining the relationship between anthropometric including body mass index and the size of abdomen and iron-shortage anemia .the studies conducted in the area are very limited.                           ...

BACKGROUND The impact of prenatal depression on pregnancy outcomes is largely unknown. METHODS We conducted a population-based prospective cohort study among pregnant women of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program to examine the impact of prenatal depression on the risk of preterm delivery. We interviewed pregnant women in their early pregnancy. Women's depressive symptoms were ascertain...

To investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension, and the associated risk factors among adults in Xi'an, China.From October to December 2013, participants in Xi'an, China were recruited for the study by using a multiple-stage sampling method. A self-developed questionnaire with an additional health examination was used to collect data on the history of hypertensi...

OBJECTIVE To analyse preventive interventions of women with cardiovascular risk factors postpartum. METHODS 3.5 years postpartum, women with history of hypertension in pregnancy were invited for a questionnaire, 1 year after a cardiovascular risk assessment. RESULTS Two hundred and fifty-seven women completed the questionnaire. At risk factor analyses, 35% had hypertension, 37% abnormal lip...

Clinical case A sixteen year old boy presented, three years before, gastrointestinal (abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea) and neurologic symptoms (headache, diplopia, ataxia, VI nerve paralysis), with fever, oral and genital aphtosis. Laboratory tests showed increased ESR, CRP). He carried B51HLA. Physical examination showed svere obesity, pseudomicropenis, rare pubic hair, pubertal stage G2P2....

In many scientific endeavors, it is common to examine the effects of more than a single explanatory variable on the response or outcome variable of interest. For example, in a placebo-controlled clinical trial examining the effects of a new cholesterol-lowering drug, the investigators may also classify participants in the study according to their obesity status (obese versus non-obese). When tw...

This study aimed to determine the effect of PCOS upon fertility, pregnancy, and neonatal outcomes. Fertility rates may be restored to those of the background population after diagnosis. Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes are more prevalent for women with PCOS independently of obesity.

New evidence suggests that leptin and other anorexigenic agents reduce appetite by inactivating hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), thereby increasing malonyl CoA levels. This preview examines AMP biology and its role in malonyl-CoA generation and attempts to integrate its central actions with its peripheral antilipotoxic actions within the context of leptin physiology in obesity.

The implementation of thyroid hormone (T3) or glucagon as lipid-lowering, antidiabetic, and antiobesity agents have not been successful to date because of serious adverse side effects. Using a synthetic hybrid glucagon/T3 conjugate, Finan et al have established a novel therapeutic approach for the reversal of dyslipidemia, obesity, and insulin resistance associated with the metabolic syndrome, ...