introduction: fasting is an islamic practice, which causes various metabolic changes in fasting individuals. numerous studies have examined different aspects of fasting, but its effect on individuals with different characteristics such as obesity has remained unknown. the impact of fasting on adipose tissue hormones such as leptin and adiponectin is still controversial. in this study, we aimed ...

conclusions in this study, a low albumin level (≤ 3 mg/dl) was an indicator of nutritional status. patients’ albumin levels, bmi, nutritional status, apache ii score, and sofa score were associated with mortality. age in itself did not predict mortality in the elderly. objectives in this study, the effect of body mass index (bmi) and albumin values at first admission to the icu on the course an...

results a total of 235 patients (135 women) with a mean age of 59 ± 9.2 years (range = 29 to 79 years), mean bmi of 27.3 ± 4.2 (range = 17 to 40), and mean waist circumference of 101.2 ± 14.7 cm (range = 55 to 145 cm) were included. by the third postoperative month, wound infection had significantly increased in patients with bmi ≥ 30 (p = 0.022). in-hospital and late morbidity and mortality ra...

background increased body mass index (bmi) increase the incidence of seroma formation and wound infection rates and subsequently increases wound dehiscence and ugly scar formation following abdomenoplasty and body contour surgery and also many other aesthetic and plastic surgery. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of bmi on the outcome of abdominoplasty operation. methods we carr...

background & aim: the risks of maternal mortality and morbidity associated with cesarean delivery are three and two times higher than vaginal delivery, respectively. the majority of cesarean sections are due to failure to progress in labor. one of the common risk factors for failure to progress is small maternal body size. cormic index is an indicator of body composition assessment, which estim...

passive smoking was long overlooked by those in the medical and legal professions as being harmful to one's health, but in recent years the negative effect of passive smoking has come to the fore in the media and laws have been changed so that less people are obliged to unwillingly suffer from passive smoking, particularly in the workplace and in indoor settings. to study the effects of environ...

introduction: adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequent surgical operations on children, which may result in weight gain in a number ways, for instance, by increasing igf-1 or decreasing respiratory hyperactivity. materials and methods: this was an intervention study with a control group, conducted on fifty 3-10-year-old children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy and on fifty children a...

background although current data shows a positive association between obesity and development of coronary heart disease (chd) in general population, there is limited data on the important protective role of central or general obesity in patients with prevalent chd or the “obesity paradox”, from this region. conclusions results of this study demonstrated an apparently protective effect for overw...

conclusions our study showed that arm is a useful approach in determining which combinations of variables or predictors occur together frequently, in people who will develop diabetes. the arm focuses on joint exposure to different combinations of risk factors, and not the predictors alone. background type 2 diabetes, common and serious global health concern, had an estimated worldwide prevalenc...