Salt appetite was investigated in 14 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) of the salt-wasting form (SW), 12 with the simple virilized form that are not salt-losing, and 18 healthy siblings. Salt appetite was evaluated by questionnaire, preference tests, and dietary analyses. The findings showed that SW who were not therapeutically normalized, showed increased salt appetite, but no...

Objective: Appetite is affected by the metabolic profile, infections and nutritional shape in domestic animals. Regulation of appetite involves many complex physiological processes. Ghrelin well known appetite-enhancing hormone. The also managed lateral hypothalamus. On other hand, ventromedial nucleus most commonly associated with satiety. Brotizolam, member 1,4-benzodiazepines derivative, blo...

BACKGROUND/AIM Previous studies have shown the association of some genetic factors, such as Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) 4G/5G polymorphism, with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to study this polymorphism as a risk factor in IBD patients in this cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and fifteen IBD patients and 95 healthy controls were select...

BACKGROUND Because few Japanese questionnaires assess the elderly's appetite, there is an urgent need to develop an appetite questionnaire with verified reliability, validity, and reproducibility. METHODS We translated and back-translated the Council on Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire (CNAQ), which has eight items, into Japanese (CNAQ-J), as well as the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questi...