BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cross-sectional studies have shown that patients with primary hip osteoarthritis (OA) have higher bone mineral density (BMD), higher BMI, lower lean body mass, and higher fat content. But it is unknown if this phenotype is found also in patients with knee OA and if it precedes OA or manifests as a result of the disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS We included 21 women and 18 m...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relation between body mass index and mortality in middle aged British men. DESIGN Men who were recruited for the British Regional Heart Study were followed up for a mean of nine years. SETTING General practices in 24 British towns. SUBJECTS 7735 Men aged 40-59 years selected from the age-sex registers of one group practice in each of the 24 towns. MAIN OUTCOME ME...

In this paper we examine the adaptability of the Japanese style lean organization system and the traditional American style mass organization system under changing environments. From an organizational design perspective, key structural aspects of the two organizations are modeled in a problem solving context using computational methods. Organizational-level performance in terms of decision maki...

AIMS To analyze the relationship between low vitamin D levels and mortality among alcoholics. METHODS One hundred twenty-eight alcoholic patients admitted to our hospital were followed up as outpatients. Nutritional status was evaluated measuring percentages of fat and lean mass in different body compartments. RESULTS Lower vitamin D levels were observed in patients with worse liver functio...

Lean manufacturing is a strategic concern for companies which conduct mass production and it has become even more significant for those producing in a project-oriented way by modularization.  In this paper, a bi-objective optimization model is proposed to design and plan a supply chain up to the final assembly centre. The delivery time and the quality in the procurement and low fluctuation of t...

To assess regression models for lipid and lean body mass in small birds, we recorded live body mass 90.1 g, total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC; from ‘‘third generation’’ TOBEC machine EM-SCAN† SA-3000) or E-Value, visual fat score (VisFat), and seven body measurements for 52 migratory passerine birds of 13 species (5 40 g). We determined lipid and lean mass of each bird after petroleum-e...

AIM The aim of this study was to compare the nutritional biochemical parameters, prealbumin levels, and bioimpedance analysis parameters of adult and elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study included 50 adult HD patients (42.0 % female). Nutritional status was assessed by post-dialysis multifrequency bioimpedance analysis (BIA), serum prealbumin and o...

PURPOSE To report the association of lean body mass with nutritional, social and economic factors and its functional consequences in free living healthy elderly subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS Healthy elderly subjects of low socioeconomic level were studied. Monthly income, marital status, anthropometric measures and fall risk were assessed. Mini Nutritional Assessment score was calculated. Bo...

background: nutrition is an important determinant of health in elderly and nutritional assessment is necessary for development of treatment protocols. the study aimed to evaluate nutritional status using multidimensional assessment in elderly. methods: one hundred fourteen subjects (76 men and 64 women) from elderly residence house in kermanshah, western iran were studied. data was collected us...