The aim of this study was to examine single nu­ cleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of candidate genes a2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein (AHSG, rs4917), Hypocretin (HCRT, rs760282) and Neuropetide Y2 receptor (NPY2R, rs 1047214), which are known to have a potential effect on body mass index (BMI) and other indicators of obesity. A population study was per­ formed in 2007/2008 on 2559 adults (1191 males...

BACKGROUND Soccer is a contact sport in which the players are frequently faced with the risk of injury. It has been shown that the force exerted on the head during heading can be as much as 500-1200 Newton (N). OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study was to determine whether there was any relationship between the force exerted on the head and several biomechanical and anthropometrical par...

The aim of this study is to assess the association of two polymorphisms, the cartilage intermediate layer protein 2 (CILP2) G/T and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) I/D, with blood pressure and anthropometrical and biochemical parameters related to the development of cardiovascular disease. The entire study sample comprised 341 women ranging in age from 39 to 65 years. The CILP2 genotypes we...

The aim of this study was to examine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of candidate genes α 2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein ( AHSG , rs4917), Hypocretin ( HCRT , rs760282) and Neuropetide Y2 receptor (NPY2R , rs 1047214), which are known to have a potential effect on body mass index (BMI) and other indicators of obesity. A population study was performed in 2007/2008 on 2559 adults (1191 mal...

BACKGROUND Longitudinal studies describing incidence and natural course of malnutrition are scarce. Studies defining malnutrition clinically [moderate clinical malnutrition (McM) marasmus, kwashiorkor] rather than anthropometrically are rare. Our aim was to address incidence and course of malnutrition among pre-schoolers and to compare patterns and course of clinically and anthropometrically de...