Introduction Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are one of the most common complications diabetes mellitus (DM). The use platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in treatment DFU has been increasing recent years. In current study, we aimed to evaluate factors affecting success PRP management DFU. Methods present study was planned a prospective manner, and enrolled patients with study. Patients’ characteristics, prop...

Methods A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected database of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock was performed. We classified the patients into four groups according to the basic criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines as follows, underweight, < 18.5; normal, 18.5-24.99; overweight, 25-29.99; obesity, ≥ 30 kg/m, respectively. The multivariate logistic regr...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between combinations of body mass index (BMI) categories and metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death in middle-aged men. METHODS AND RESULTS At age 50 years, cardiovascular risk factors were assessed in 1758 participants without diabetes in the community-based Uppsala Longitudinal Study of ...

Weight loss is the primary recommendation for health improvement in individuals with high body mass index (BMI) despite limited evidence of long-term success. Alternatives to weight-loss approaches (such as Health At Every Size - a weight-neutral approach) have been met with their own concerns and require further empirical testing. This study compared the effectiveness of a weight-neutral versu...

Editor—Our hospital trust, in common with many throughout the UK and beyond, wishes to increase the number of operations performed on a day case basis. One of the constraints on this is the increasing proportion of the population which is obese. It is reasonable to exercise caution in selecting obese patients for surgery as this group poses a number of challenges, including problems with the ai...

PURPOSE The influences of body weight and air temperature on the autonomic response to food intake have not been clarified. We measured heart rate variability before and after lunch, as well as the effects of outdoor temperature and increased body mass index (BMI), in healthy young Japanese women. METHODS We studied 55 healthy young female university students. Heart rate variability was measu...

Background and Objectives: Few studies have been conducted to explore eating behavior and weight concern among middle-aged women. Methods: Participants were a sample of 236 Chinese women aged 30-52. Outcome measures were various symptoms related to eating disorders, the weight concern and psychological characteristics subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 questionnaire (EDI-2). Independe...

Zinc deficiency, which is common in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), can lead to several complications that may increase the number of hospital admissions in this group of patients. As supplementary zinc can prevent such complications, this study was performed to evaluate the effect of supplementary zinc on body mass index (BMI), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and number of ho...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to assess prostate biomarkers with reference to body mass index and duration of prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS A hospital based retrospective study was undertaken using data retrieved from the register maintained in the Department of Biochemistry of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal between 1st January, 2009 and 28th February, 2012. Biomarker...