Mohammadhasan Lotfi; Sajjad Rahimi Pardanjani
Volume 22, Issue 1 , March and April 2015, , Pages 93-105
Abstract
Background and purpose: Due to the very high prevalence of congenital hypothyroid ism disease in Yazd city and lack of similar information ,in case of upgrading the knowledge levels of growth qualifications among children of this city, present research was aimed at studying growth pattern of thefirst5 ...
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Background and purpose: Due to the very high prevalence of congenital hypothyroid ism disease in Yazd city and lack of similar information ,in case of upgrading the knowledge levels of growth qualifications among children of this city, present research was aimed at studying growth pattern of thefirst5 years of children's life suffering from congenital hypothyroidism.
Methods and Materials: In this case a retrospective cohort study was performed on all neonates born that have been diagnosed as patient by screening programduring2006to 2008, after considering inclusion and exclusion criteria. The growth patterns of height, weight and head circumference of first 5years of children's life were study and compared to growth patterns of normal children of Yazd city to separate of age and sex in 3, 15,50,85,97 percentiles.
Findings: The growth patterns of height, weight and head circumference among girl patients increased parallel to growth patterns of healthy girls of Yazd city. Among boy patients growth patterns of height and weight became similar to normal growth patternsafter36 and 9months respectively,but the growth pattern of head circumference declined after 6months.
Conclusion: By curing the patients during a sufficient period of time, there can be hope that the growth patterns of these children be similar to the normal desirable range again.
Raziyeh Chaghakhori; Majid Mohammadshahi; Karim Movla; Mehdi Zareie; Fatemeh Heydari
Volume 21, Issue 6 , January and February 2015, , Pages 1144-1153
Abstract
Background and purpose : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disorder which leads to an increase in casualties caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD). Adipocytokines and hs-CRP play a main role in pathophysiology of RA and CVD. Soy foods and phytoestrogens have anti-inflammatory properties. ...
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Background and purpose : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disorder which leads to an increase in casualties caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD). Adipocytokines and hs-CRP play a main role in pathophysiology of RA and CVD. Soy foods and phytoestrogens have anti-inflammatory properties. So, this study was designed to determine the effects of soy milk consumption comparing with cow’s milk consumption on anthropometric indicators, blood pressure (BP), hs-CRP, adiponectin and leptin among patients suffering from RA.
Material and methods: This randomized, crossover clinical trial was conducted on 30 patients. This study had two intervention periods, each lasted 4-weeks. Subjects were divided in two groups of consuming soy milk (one glass per day) and cow's milk (one glass per day). The wash‐out period was two weeks. Variables were measured before and after of each intervention.
Results: Soy milk consumption resulted a significant reduction in hs-CRP levels (percent change: -13.81±5.39 vs. 9.21±6.33%; P˂0.008). Serum levels of adiponectin decreased in soy milk group (baseline: 38.39±2, end: 30.71±1.9; P˂0.01). However, this reduction was not significant comparing with cow’s milk (p=0.096). We have not seen any significant differences in leptin levels, weight and BP between two interventional periods (p˃0.05).
Conclusion: Soy milk consumption for 4 weeks could decrease serum levels of hs-CRP, and had no significant effects on other variables in patients suffering fromRA.