Dietary behavior of pregnant women in the province of El Jadida and impact of low birth weight on the anthropometric status of newborns. Case-control study.

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is a major health problem responsible for neonatal mortality and morbidity such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease in adulthood.

Objective: This case-control study aims to compare data on the intake of energy, macro and micronutrient in two groups of pregnant women, who gave birth to low birth weight (LBW) babies named cases and those who gave birth to babies of normal weight (NW) called controls.

Material And Methods: The collection of information was done using an established questionnaire for 400 pregnant women, allowing the collection of data on socio-demographic and obstetrical factors.

Sociodemographic, nutritional and health status factors associated with adherence to Mediterranean diet in an agricultural Moroccan adult's population.

Background: Numerous studies have demonstrated beneficial effects of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) on many chronic diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the adherence of a rural population to the Mediterranean diet, to identify the sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants and to analyze the association between adherence to MD and CKD.

Material And Methods: In a cross-sectional study, data on sociodemographic, lifestyle factors, clinical, biochemical parameters and diet were collected on a sample of 154 subjects.

Food quality and nutritional status of school-going adolescents in the province of El Jadida in Morocco.

Background: Dietary diversity and variety scores represent tools for measuring the overall quality of diets. In children, they are good indicators of their nutritional status and growth.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the consumption and eating habits as well as the lifestyle of Moroccan adolescents attending school in the city of El Jadida.

Intra-articular osteolipoma of the elbow: A case report and a review of the literature.

Introduction: Lipomas are the most common benign mesenchymal tumors. The intra-articular localization is exceptional.We report the first case of an intra-articular osteolipoma at the elbow.

Dietary diversity score and the incidence of chronic kidney disease in an agricultural Moroccan adults population.

Background: Healthy diet plays an important role in the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in the prevention of related comorbidities. Dietary diversity score (DDS) is well recognized as an indicator for assessing diet quality and food security. However, its association with CKD has not been investigated.

Risk factors for low birth weight in El Jadida province, Morocco. Case-control study.

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is considered to be one of the most important indicators of a newborn's chances of survival, and a major risk of medium- and long-term morbidity.

Objective: To identify risk factors associated with low birth weight newborns among pregnant women during childbirth in Moroccan hospital environment with a view to proposing avenues of intervention for its prevention.

Material And Methods: Data concerning the weight of newborns at birth, nutritional education, pregnancy monitoring and other risk factors, etc.

Weight status and its determinants among Moroccan adolescents in the province of El Jadida.

Background: Despite the efforts of health systems, the prevalence of malnutrition reflected by weight status still poses challenges for many countries around the world. In fact, with the decrease in undernutrition, excess weight and obesity are gradually increasing in parallel with that of chronic diseases. Among school-going adolescents, however, weight status is less studied, particularly in developing countries.

Higher evening metabolic responses contribute to diurnal variation of self-paced cycling performance.

This study examined the effect of time of day (TOD) on physical performance, and physiological and perceptual responses to a 10-km cycling time trial (TT). Twelve physically trained subjects (20.3 ± 1.

Study of the association of the nutritional profile of pregnant women with the birth weight of newborns in Morocco.

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is an important predictor of neonatal morbidity and mortality. It reflects the nutritional status of the mother and the quality of health care services during pregnancy.

Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the factors associated with low birth weight of children born to Moroccan pregnant women in the province of El Jadida.

Nutritional status of sub-Saharans residing in the city of El Jadida - Morocco: weight in relation to socio-economic status.

Background: Onset of overweight and obesity has been previously reported as a result of population migration to western countries.

Objective: To determine the nutritional status, weight status and their association with socioeconomic status in sub-Saharan settled in El Jadida city in a Mediterranean country Morocco.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive study was carried out in 2018 on 256 sub-Saharans migrants living in the city of El Jadida in Morocco.

Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease in Moroccan Adult Population.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that may promote the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence of MetS and its components and, to study their association with CKD among Moroccan adult population living in an agricultural province. The study involved 210 adult participants of 18 and over years, of both sexes, sampled from urban and rural areas of Sidi Bennour province in Morocco.

Prevalence of gestational diabetes and associated risk factors in the population of Safi Province in Morocco.

Introduction: the association of diabetes with pregnancy is a frequent gestational situation that constitutes a real public health problem with prevalence and risk factors varying according to the population type. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of gestational diabetes (GD) and associated risk factors (socio-demographic characteristics, medical and obstetric history) in pregnant women from the Moroccan province of Safi.

Methods: this cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was conducted during the period from October 2018 to February 2019, on 208 pregnant women, attending the antenatal consultation services of four health centers equally distributed between urban and rural areas of Safi Province in Morocco.

Partial sleep deprivation affects endurance performance and psychophysiological responses during 12-minute self-paced running exercise.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of partial sleep deprivation (PSD) on physical performance and psychophysiological responses during 12-minute self-paced running exercise.

Methods: Twenty runners (20.8±1.

Undiagnosed chronic kidney disease and its associated risk factors in an agricultural Moroccan adult's population.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease is among the major non-communicable diseases with increasing prevalence. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its associated risk factors among Moroccan population sample from Sidi Bennour province.

Methods: An observational, descriptive and analytical study was conducted in an agricultural community of Morocco.

A new model of short acceleration-based training improves exercise performance in old mice.

In order to identify a more appealing exercise strategy for the elderly, we studied a mouse model to determine whether a less time-consuming training program would improve exercise performance, enzyme activities, mitochondrial respiration, and metabolomic parameters. We compared the effects of short-session (acceleration-based) training with those of long-session endurance training in 23-month-old mice. The short-session training consisted of five acceleration-based treadmill running sessions over 2 weeks (the acceleration group), whereas the endurance training consisted of five-one-hour treadmill sessions per week for 4 weeks (the endurance group).

Validation of a Ramp Running Protocol for Determination of the True VO2max in Mice.

In the field of comparative physiology, it remains to be established whether the concept of VO2max is valid in the mouse and, if so, how this value can be accurately determined. In humans, VO2max is generally considered to correspond to the plateau observed when VO2 no longer rises with an increase in workload. In contrast, the concept of VO2peak tends to be used in murine studies.

[Women smoking in the Tunisian center: socio demographic characteristics and effects on functional respiratory parameters].

Unlabelled: Objectives of this study were to describe sociodemographic characteristics of Tunisian woman smoker and to study her respiratory functional profile.

Methods: all women answered for a questionnaire and benefited of a total physical plethysmography and of a carbon monoxide lung transfer measure (TLCO).

Results: 101 smoking women were selected.

Om.breast cancer in very young women aged 25 year-old or below in the center of Tunisia and review of the literature.

Breast cancer in very young women under 40 or 35 years attracted a widespread attention. Few studies have focused on women aged below 25 years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the situation of breast cancer in women ≤25 years in the center of Tunisia.

Increased Interleukin-17 and decreased BAFF serum levels in drug-free acute schizophrenia.

Hypotheses regarding an immune-cytokine basis of schizophrenia have been postulated with controversial findings and a lack of data related to many cytokines. The aim of this study was to assess serum levels of Interferon-γ (IFN-γ), Interleukin-4 (IL-4), Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β), Interleukin-17 (IL-17) and B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) in schizophrenic patients and to determine correlations between cytokine levels and clinical parameters. Serum cytokine levels were measured with ELISA techniques in 60 neuroleptic-free patients on acute phase of the disease (BPRS≥40) and 28 healthy controls matched for age and sex.

HER2 expression in ovarian mucinous carcinomas in Tunisia.

Background: Ovarian mucinous carcinoma has a poor prognosis in advanced stages and a poor response to conventional chemotherapy. An efficient treatment is not yet available. We heere investigated HER2 expression and the potential for trastuzumab therapy in ovarian mucinous tumors.

[Menorrhagia due to congenital factor V deficiency in an adolescent].

The frequency of menometrorrhagia in adolescence is estimated at 2-5 %. The functional origin is the most common. Hemostasis abnormalities account for 20 % of cases, and they should be sought whenever there is a personal history of known or suggestive of hemostasis disorders (epistaxis, gingival bleeding, postoperative bleeding, bruising, etc.

[Idiopathic chylothorax in an infant: management and progression].

Chylothorax is a rare disease (1-2 % of pleural effusions), with a prevalence between 1/8600 and 1/15,000 births. It is characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural cavity. Three categories of chylothorax are known: congenital chylothorax, which can be either idiopathic or the result of a malformation, and traumatic chylothorax (mostly postoperative).

[Reasons for using emergency departments of major hospitals in Greater Tunis].

Tunisia, similar to many countries, has a problem of overcrowding of the emergency departments (ED). This study aimed to analyse the reasons for using EDs, and to describe the seriousness of the attendees' condition and their itinerary before their arrival at ED. This cross-sectional study in 2009 was conducted in ED of 4 hospitals in GreaterTunis and targeted 1058 patients of both sexes, aged 18 years, with stratification according to time of day of presentation to ED (morning, afternoon and evening).

[Anterior optic pathways compression by a surgical clip mobilized by delayed chronic hydrocephalus after treatment of a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm].

Chronic hydrocephalus is a classic and recognized complication that affects 6 to 37% of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. The diagnosis is often mentioned due to the delayed onset of gait disturbance and slower psychomotor performance. The CT-scan confirms the diagnosis by showing an enlargement of the ventricles.