Sborník lékar̆ský
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Sborník lékar̆ský · Jan 1995
Simple anthropometric measurements--relation to body fat mass, visceral adipose tissue and risk factors of atherogenesis.
Abdominal type of obesity is linked to risk factors of atherosclerosis and to metabolic diseases. 216 women, aged 17 to 67 years, mean age 43.1 +/- 0.76, mean weight 108.7 +/- 1.6 kg and mean BMI 39.57 kg/m2, were examined. Body composition was assessed by hydrodensitometry, fat distribution was determined by simple anthropometric measurements (waist circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter at the level L4,5, waist to hip ratio-WHR and waist to thigh ratio-WTR), by computed tomography estimating of visceral fat area and by the ultrasound assessment of visceral fat. Close correlation of visceral fat area determined by CT with the ultrasound assessment of visceral fat was found (r = 0.71). ⋯ The sample was divided into quintiles according to waist circumference, abdominal sagittal diameter and WHR. After adjustment for weight and age, waist circumference and sagittal abdominal diameter tend to be more closely related to the metabolic variables (total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, uric acid) and to the arterial blood pressure than WHR. In the group followed only weak relation was found between anthropometric measures of fat distribution and occurrence of diseases complicating obesity, probably as a result of a high overall fatness connected with a high content of visceral fat.
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In 77 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and 46 patients with non-tumorous lung diseases the serum concentration of beta-2-microglobulin was assessed. The revealed differences between groups were not statistically significant. ⋯ The group of large cell carcinomas was too small for statistical evaluation, the other differences between different morphological types were not statistically significant. Assessment of the serum concentration of beta-2-microglobulin is of no value in the differential diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma.
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In a population of 621 patients with morphologically proven bronchogenic carcinoma the rate of hypercalcaemia in particular morphologic types of bronchogenic carcinoma was ascertained during the establishment of diagnosis. Regardless of type, there were 10.3% of hypercalcaemic patients in the whole population. ⋯ In the group of 19 large cell carcinomas the hypercalcaemia was not established. Except large cell carcinoma, the differences among the groups were not statistically significant.
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Sborník lékar̆ský · Oct 1987
Historical Article[On the anniversary of the journal Sborník Lékarský].