OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is already an association of insulin resistance (IR) with muscle mass and -force/torque in an adult population and whether this relationship is the same in distal and proximal body parts. METHODS 358 Healthy young men were divided into a more insulin sensitive (MIS) (n=89) and a less insulin sensitive (LIS) group (n=89), re...

OBJECTIVES To study the relationships between muscle mass, regional adiposity, and adipokines and glucose disposal in an older population. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING Community-dwelling volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred eighty men and 259 women with a mean age of 71.1 ± 0.4 (range 55-96) and complete data on fasting plasma adi...

BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence suggests that both dietary restriction and exercise (DR + E) should be incorporated in weight loss interventions to treat obese, older adults. However, more information is needed on the effects to lower extremity tissue composition-an important consideration for preserving mobility in older adults. METHODS Twenty-seven sedentary women (body mass index: 36.3±5....

Aging is commonly associated with a loss of muscle mass and strength, resulting in falls, functional decline, and the subjective feeling of weakness. Exercise modulates the morbidities of muscle aging. Most studies, however, have examined muscle-loss changes in sedentary aging adults. This leaves the question of whether the changes that are commonly associated with muscle aging reflect the true...

background & aim : a significant proportion of the women in reproductive ages suffer from problems such as menstrual irregularities. the aim of this study was to determine the association between menstrual cycle regularity and obesity-related anthropometric indices in students of kashan university of medical sciences in 2012. methods & materials : this cross-sectional descriptive study was cond...

BACKGROUND Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a potentially fatal disease that consists of hemangioma(s) with thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and coagulopathy. Extensive hemangiomatosis is rare. We present the radiological features and treatment strategy of a young adult suffering from Kasabach-Merritt syndrome with widespread hemangiomas and an infected huge hematoma in the righ...

Background Sarcopenia is an age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and function, associated with falls, frailty, functional decline. It more prevalent often accelerated in people Type 2 diabetes (T2D), especially when co-existing obesity (sarcopenic obesity). Accurate whole-body SMM measurement, feasible using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), h...

III Einstein International Symposium on Intensive Care and the XXX Mechanical Ventilation. Aug 16-18, 2023. Category: Pneumology Introduction: Musculoskeletal dysfunction results in disability mortality patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). () Body mass, weight height influence quadriceps muscle thickness. Thus, thigh sonographic index (IST) becomes a reliable parameter as...

BACKGROUND An increased central distribution of fat with advancing age is associated with chronic metabolic and cardiovascular abnormalities. Little is known about the magnitude or pattern of fat distribution and its association with healthy aging. OBJECTIVE This study describes approximately 10-y changes in body composition at 11 anthropometric sites in elderly persons and the metabolic and ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is accompanied by deterioration in body composition and severe muscle atrophy. These changes put individuals at risk for insulin resistance, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. To determine the relationships between skeletal muscle mitochondrial mass, activity, and body composition, 22 men with motor complete SCI were studied. Body composition assessment was p...