Hasan Ashraf, N.H. Alam, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, S. R. Mahmud et al.
AIM: As there is lack of information about what happens to children after recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), we report their relapse, morbidity, mortality and referral during follow-up period. METHODS: From February 2001 to November 2003, 180 children completing acute and nutrition rehab...
Sheila C. Vir, A. H. G. Love
Anthropometric measurements (weight, skinfold thickness at triceps, subscapular and dorsum of the hand and circumference of upper arm and abdomen) of 126 aged subjects, studied in four groups, are reported. The relationship of any of these anthropometric parameters with energy intake was not signifi...
William Manzanares, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Brian Jurewitsch, Renee D. Stapleton et al.
PurposeParenteral lipid emulsions (LEs) are commonly rich in long-chain triglycerides derived from soybean oil (SO). SO-containing emulsions may promote systemic inflammation and therefore may adversely affect clinical outcomes. We hypothesized that alternative oil-based LEs (SO-sparing strategies) ...
Anne Hendry, Ana María Carriazo, Eliane Vanhecke, Ángel Rodríguez‐Laso
Frailty is increasingly recognised as a public health priority due to the associated demand for acute and longer term health and social care support, and the impact on the lives of individuals, caregivers and families. Integrated care is widely considered to be most effective when applied to an olde...
Mohammad Morshad Alam, Tania Rahman, Zinia Afroz, Promit Ananyo Chakraborty et al.
BACKGROUND: Quality of Life (QoL), for long, has been a multifactorial concerning issue in oncology. The aim of this study was to determine QoL of cancer patients and its association with nutrition, and performance status. METHODOLOGY: This was a hospital based cross-sectional study carried out at 2...
Brandon L. Pierce, Tara Kalra, Maria Argos, F. Parvez et al.
BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m(2)) has a U- or J-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality in Western and East Asian populations. However, this relationship is not well characterized in Bangladesh, where the BMI distribution is shifted towards lower values. METHODS: Using data on 11,445 ...
Md. Merajul Islam, Md. Jahanur Rahman, Md Moidul Islam, Dulal Chandra Roy et al.
Malnutrition among women is a major public health problem that has been linked to stunted growth, diabetes, and has adverse consequences for children, including low birth weight, less resistance to infections, and a higher risk of death. This current study presents an exhaustive comprehensive study ...
Md Iqbal Hossain, Baitun Nahar, Jena Hamadani, Tahmeed Ahmed et al.
OBJECTIVE: Lactulose/mannitol (L/M) intestinal permeability tests were completed to compare the intestinal function of severely underweight children recovering from diarrhea and other illnesses and of nonmalnourished children from the same communities, and to evaluate the effects of food supplementa...
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Mohammed Abdus Salam, Hasan Ashraf, A. S. G. Faruque et al.
BACKGROUND: Risks of death are high when children with pneumonia also have severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as a co-morbidity. However, there is limited published information on risk factors of death from pneumonia in SAM children. We evaluated clinically identifiable factors associated with death in...
Tamanna Ferdous, Tommy Cederholm, Abdur Razzaque, Åke Wåhlin et al.
AIM: To investigate the impact of nutritional status on self-reported as well as performance-based indicators of physical function in a rural elderly population in Bangladesh. METHODS: A cross-sectional study conducted in Matlab, Bangladesh, included 457 randomly selected community-living elderly pe...
Asibul Islam Anik, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Hafiz T. A. Khan, Md. Nazrul Islam Mondal et al.
INTRODUCTION: Severe undernutrition among under-5 children is usually assessed using single or conventional indicators (i.e., severe stunting, severe wasting, and/or severe underweight). But these conventional indicators partly overlap, thus not providing a comprehensive estimate of the proportion o...
Yuya Watanabe, Yosuke Yamada, Tsukasa Yoshida, Keiichi Yokoyama et al.
BACKGROUND: In longevity societies, one of the most serious social issues is sarcopenia and/or frailty. Preventing them is important for maintaining independence and quality of life in the older population. This study investigated the effect of a self-monitoring comprehensive geriatric intervention ...
Kristin E. Musselman, Brenda Brouwer
This study examined gender differences in balance, gait, and muscle performance in seniors and identified gender-specific factors contributing to physical performance. Forty (20 men, 20 women) healthy, community-dwelling seniors (74.5 ± 5.3 years) participated. Limits of stability, gait speed, lower...
Tony Mets, Ivan Bautmans, Rose Njemini, Margareta Lambert et al.
Background Acute inflammation has a negative effect on the muscular system in elderly patients, compromising the outcome of the underlying disease. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition on muscle performance and mobility in hospitalized eld...
Rahul Malhotra, Md. Ismail Tareque, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Stefan Ma
BACKGROUND Clinicians have increasing access to longitudinal data on hand grip strength (HGS), often measured for frailty or sarcopenia assessment, of their older clients. Evidence on the association of change in HGS with mortality is mixed. We investigated whether baseline hand grip strength (HGS) ...