OBJECTIVE To explore the accuracy of various body mass index (BMI) cutpoints in identifying children who have excess adiposity (based on skinfold thicknesses), adverse levels of lipids, insulin, and blood pressures, and a high risk for severe adult obesity. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional (n = 10,099) and longitudinal (n = 2392) analyses were performed among subjects who participated in the Boga...

RESULTSdMedian HbA1c was 6.9% at baseline and increased by an average of 0.22% over 5 years (P, 0.001). Median weight was 86.3 kg at baseline and decreased by 0.4 kg over 5 years (P = 0.002). Baseline therapy was lifestyle measures only in 27%, oral agents without insulin in 59%, and insulin in 14% (7% also taking oral agents). Over 5 years, insulin use increased to 32% (21% also taking oral ag...

Weight loss is known to impact survival among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) even in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). In a randomized trial, we compared the effects of 2 months of treatment with either megestrol acetate (800 mg every day) or oxandrolone (10 mg twice per day) on body weight and composition in patients with weight loss of > or =5...

Takala, Teemu O., Pirjo Nuutila, Juhani Knuuti, Matti Luotolahti, and Hannele Yki-Järvinen. Insulin action on heart and skeletal muscle glucose uptake in weight lifters and endurance athletes. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E706–E711, 1999.—There are no studies comparing myocardial metabolism between enduranceand resistance-trained athletes. We used 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-Dglucose ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist exenatide on weight loss and metabolic parameters in obese nondiabetic women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Forty-one obese women (aged 48 ± 11 years and BMI 33.1 ± 4.1 kg/m(2)) participated in a 35-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study, including two 16-week treatment...

Background and Aim: DPP4 inhibitors have pleiotropic effects. Studies are limited on safety profile of DPP-4 in patients with cirrhosis diabetes. Aim is to study effect liver function tests diabetes cirrhosis. Methods: All consecutive who were started within one month included. Patients’ functions HbA1c monitored every three months for 6 months. Patients followed up monthly any possible side ef...

Preweaning and weaning records on 457 calves and weights and milk production of their dams were used to evaluate breed of dam effects, breed of sire effects, and individual heterosis effects. Hereford and Tarentaise dams were mated to Hereford and Tarentaise sires and calves were born from 1987 to 1991. Calf traits were birth weight, proportion calving difficulty, weaning weight, weaning height...

The southern coast of Peru presents a wide diversity seaweed, which could be used as new sustainable source nutritional and bioactive compounds. For the first time, we chemically characterized two species brown (Macrocystis pyrifera) red (Chondracanthus chamissoi) Peruvian seaweed. Both contained significant amounts proteins (5–12%), lipids (0.16–0.74%), carbohydrates (43.29–62.65%) minerals (1...

The current study aims to analyze the correlation between body mass index (BMI) in underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese with risk of gout arthritis male and female adolescents Malang. We conduct a correlational cross-sectional approach. A total 101 consisting 59 men 42 women, aged 16 – 23 years, categories are participated this study. Uric acid levels were measured using Easy Touch (Ea...

OBJECTIVE To examine the differential effects of intensive and conventional diabetes therapy on weight gain and body composition in adults with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Between 1982 and 1989, 1,246 adults (aged 18-39 years) in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial were randomly assigned to either conventional therapy (1-2 injections of insulin per day) or intensive ...