[Ponderal evolution in the Girona population, 1989-1999].

Background And Objective: Despite the number of plans leading to lose weight among individuals in the developed countries, the prevalence of obesity has increased since 1980. The knowledge of ponderal evolution in a given population is very important because the adverse effects of obesity vary greatly among individuals and populations. The objective of the present paper was to determine the modifications in the different degrees of body adiposity in a population in Catalunya.

[Prevalence of obesity in the population assisted at primary health care services in Girona, 1995-1999].

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the population of Girona (Spain) between 1995 and 1999 and to divide the prevalences in geographical areas according to age and sex.

Methods: Height and weight were directly measures in 24,554 health care consumers older than 14 years (10,595 men and 13,959 women) treated in four primary health care areas: Girona 1, Girona 4, Salt and Camprodon and in one primary health care center in the province of Girona. Body mas index (BMI) was calcuted by dividing weight in kilograms bye height in meters squared.

[Antiphospholipid antibodies and neurological disorders. Types and mechanisms].

The antiphospholipid antibodies (AAFL) are acquired antibodies of different types whose common characteristic is that they are directed against the negatively and neutrally charged phospholipids of the cell membranes. They were first described in 1952 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. They are also found in many pathological conditions such as: infections, solid and haematological neoplasms, chronic renal insufficiency, primary immunological deficiencies and other collagenoses, hepatobiliary diseases, etc.

[Descriptive epidemiology of risk factors in cerebrovascular disorders:a study in Muro d'Alcoi].

We evaluated cerebrovascular risk factors and the values of cholesterol and triglicerides in the survey in Muro d'Alcoi using a door-to-door randomised interview. We found 14.9% hypertensives, 5.

[Descriptive epidemiology of transitory ischemic attack: a study in Muro d'Alcoi].

A door-to-door survey of transient ischemic attack was conducted in Muro de Alcoi using a randomized sample. We randomly choose 646 people of the 4.525 included in the census.