Aim: to obtain the OSAS prevalence and risk factors of OSAS in obese early adolescents and to create a scoring system based on risk factors for diagnosing OSAS. Methods: an observational study in Jakarta, November 2007 until December 2008 on obese adolescents aged 10-12 years with snoring. Subjects underwent clinical examination, lung function test, paranasal sinus X-ray, and polisomnography…
Aim To verify the correlation between RetinolIRBP4 Ratio, and resistin with inflammation (represented by hsCRP) in non-diabetic obese Indonesian men Methods This was a cross sectional study using 125 subjects. Measured parameters were retinol, RBP4, resistin, and hsCRP. Correlation between retinol, RBP4, resistin, hsCRP and RetinolIRBP4 Ratio was calculated. Cut off point of hsCRPwere classiie…
Abstract: Obesity has become the global problem that estimated as effect of change of life style in consuming food. The previous research indicate that prevention better done in adolescent age. So that adolescent meal pattern need to identify for future preventive effort OBJECTIVES: To identify the difference between meal pattern in obese and non-obese adolescent. METHODS: This research was don…
Injuries due to falls in elderly is a major issue for health in the world due to rapid increases in life expectancy. Falling influenced by intrinsic factors (instability). He purpose of this article is to show the magnitude of obesity risk with injury due to falls in elderly people in Indonesia. This article is an advance analysis on 5.339 respondents of national health survey (riskesdas) data…
Diabetes is a major public health concern with high mortality. Snoring is an independent risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes, preceded by insulin resistance. Obesity is predisposition factor that lead snoring. Snoring during sleep could be followed by apneic or nonapneic phase. A very significant difference in soundintensity was noted between apneic and nonapneic patient. The aim…