abstract objective: the aim of this study was to compare the body fat parameters in individuals with and without metabolic syndrome using an objective method. materials and methods: this case-control study was performed in tehran and consisted of 105 individuals with age range of 20 to 55 years. all participants were overweight and obese. ncep atp iii criteria were used for identifying subjects...

BACKGROUND Observational studies have reported associations between body mass index (BMI) and asthma, but confounding and reverse causality remain plausible explanations. We aim to investigate evidence for a causal effect of BMI on asthma using a Mendelian randomization approach. METHODS AND FINDINGS We used Mendelian randomization to investigate causal effects of BMI, fat mass, and lean mass...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of indomethacin on biochemical, functional and external symptoms of delayed onset muscle soreness (doms) following eccentric exercise. for this purpose, 20 untrained, healthy male volunteers (age 25.8+6.9 years and fat 15.9+9.3 %) were selected and randomly divided into experimental (n=10) and placebo (n=10) groups. in a double blind study, su...

In this paper I shall present a treatment of lexical and grammatical tone and vowel length in Hausa, as implemented in an emerging bidirectional HPSG of the language based on the Lingo Grammar Matrix (Bender et al., 2002). I shall argue in particular that a systematic treatment of suprasegmental phonology is indispensible in an implemented grammar of the language, both for theoretical and pract...

so far several animal and case-control studies have confirmed this hypothesis that dietary fat increases the risk of breast cancer. however, cohort studies have not shown this relationship. the aim of this study was to review the studies on the relationship between dietary fat intake and breast cancer risk among women. electronic database pubmed and google scholar were searched using the

Adipose tissue was the major energy deposition site of the mammals and provided the energy for the body and released the external pressure to the internal organs. In animal production, fat deposition in muscle can affect the meat quality, especially the intramuscular fat (IMF) content. Diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 (DGAT1) was the key enzyme to control the synthesis of the triacylglycerol in...

Diagnosis of occult hip fractures by initial radiographs remains challenging in the emergency department. Previously, the gold standard for accurate diagnosis of occult hip fractures was magnetic resonance imaging. This study used initial radiographs obtained in the emergency department to evaluate specific signs and measurements as diagnostic references for occult femoral neck fractures in eld...