Performance variables and nutritional status analysis from Moroccan professional and adolescent football players during the competition period: a descriptive study.

Introduction: Nutrition plays an integral role in optimizing football players' performance during training sessions and matches and maintaining their overall health throughout the season. This study aimed to evaluate how well the dietary practices of professional and adolescent football players in Morocco during the competitive period met international macronutrient recommendations, and to explore the relationship between their nutritional status and aerobic performance, as measured by the Yo-Yo IRL1 test.

Methods: A total of 277 footballers from Morocco's professional league, "Botola-Pro", were monitored over a seven-day (training microcycle) during the competitive period.

Human activities and densities shape insecticide resistance distribution and dynamics in the virus-vector Culex pipiens mosquitoes from Morocco.

Background: Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are widely distributed vectors for several arboviruses affecting humans. Consequently, their populations have long been controlled using insecticides, in response to which different resistance mechanisms have been selected. Moreover, their ecological preferences and broad adaptability allow C.

Data insights from a Moroccan phytochemical database (MPDB) derived from aromatic & medicinal plants.

The geographical location of Morocco and the diversity of its topography ensure a high variability of climate conditions, ranging from humid to Saharan, and extending through subhumid, arid, and semi-arid stages. This variability offers a high floristic diversity, while the medical use of these phytochemicals has not been fully explored. Advanced computer-aided drug discovery utilizes chemical biology to accelerate the study of phytochemicals at the molecular level and discover novel therapeutic pathways.

Association between nutritional status, body composition, and fitness level of adolescents in physical education in Casablanca, Morocco.

Aim: This study aims to analyze and compare dietary intake, as well as to examine the associations between energy intake in terms of macronutrients, body composition, and physical fitness (PF) specifically cardiorespiratory endurance (CE) among a sample of young adolescents aged 15 to 18 years, who participate in physical education and sports sessions in public schools in Casablanca, Morocco.

Materials And Methods: A total of 311 participants, including 156 girls and 154 boys, were included in the study. Each participant maintained a food diary for 3 days during the same study week.

No association between habitat, autogeny and genetics in Moroccan Culex pipiens populations.

Background: Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are found across the globe and are the focus of many research studies. Among the temperate species C. pipiens sensu stricto (s.

Distribution of insecticide resistance and molecular mechanisms involved in the West Nile vector Culex pipiens in Morocco.

Background: Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are the vectors of several arboviruses and are thus subjected to insecticide control worldwide. However, overuse of insecticides selects for resistance. While assessing the resistance status of the vectors is required for effective and sustainable disease control, resistance has so far only been sparsely studied in Morocco.

Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Representative Adult Population in Casablanca City, Morocco: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Several studies had revealed that following the Mediterranean diet (MD) contributes to beneficial health status and a decreased risk of many chronic diseases. The aim of our study was to assess adherence to MD in Casablanca City and to identify the relationship between MD adherence and sociodemographic and lifestyle parameters. This cross-sectional study concerned 719 subjects with complete dietary data.

Predictors of mortality in hemodialysis patients.

Introduction: Mortality in patients with chronic renal failure is high compared to the general population. The objective of our study is to evaluate the predictive factors related to mortality in hemodialysis.

Methods: This is a retrospective study involving 126 hemodialysis patients in the Nephrology Department of Ibn Rochd Hospital, Casablanca.

Assessing the prevalence of protein-energy wasting in haemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional monocentric study.

Introduction: Protein-energy wasting (PEW) is a strong predictive factor for morbidity and mortality in haemodialysis (HD) patients. However, there is no consensus for its assessment. The present study aimed to assess the nutritional status of patients on chronic HD by use of different nutritional assessment parameters, and at verifying which can identify the greatest number of HD patients with PEW.

Inflammation and cardiovascular risk assessment in Moroccan obese patients with and without metabolic syndrome: importance of lipoproteins ratios.

Background: Obesity predisposes an individual to numerous risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Inflammation, reported as a link between obesity and cardiovascular disease, contributes to the development of atherosclerosis.

Objectives: The aim of our study was to assess the relationship between lipid parameters, low grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome in a sample of obese Moroccan adults with or without metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Association of apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism with end-stage renal disease and hyperlipidemia in patients on long-term hemodialysis.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death of patients with chronic renal failure. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays an important role in the homeostasis of cholesterol and triglycerides.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the possible link(s) between apoE gene polymorphism, inflammation and lipoproteins in hemodialysis patients.

Usefulness of lipid ratios and atherogenic index of plasma in obese Moroccan women with or without metabolic syndrome.

Objectives: Our study aimed to study the impact of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) on lipoprotein profiles and cardiovascular risk through lipid ratios and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) in Moroccan women.

Methods: Our study included 240 Moroccan women, aged 53.31 +/- 8.

Paraoxonase activity in healthy, diabetic, and hemodialysis patients.

Objectives: Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is mainly complexed to HDL and is responsible, at least in part, for their antioxidant properties. The aims of our study were to determine the phenotype distribution and enzymatic activities of PON1 and the oxidative stress status of healthy subjects and diabetic and hemodialysis patients.

Design And Methods: PON1 paraoxonase and arylesterase activities and oxidative stress markers [malondialdehyde (MDA) and vitamin E levels] were measured in 300 individuals as a function of health status.

Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in EXCELS: a cohort study.

Background: The Epidemiologic Study of Xolair (omalizumab): Evaluating Clinical Effectiveness and Long-term Safety in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Asthma (EXCELS) is a unique opportunity to evaluate the prospective, long-term clinical safety and effectiveness of the anti-IgE antibody omalizumab (Xolair) in real-world clinical practice.

Objectives: To describe the study design and study cohorts of EXCELS at baseline and to compare the characteristics of this population with other large asthma cohorts.

Methods: Patients with moderate-to-severe persistent asthma and a positive skin test result or in vitro reactivity to a perennial aeroallergen were eligible for EXCELS.

Serum paraoxonase activity, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and lipoprotein disturbances in end-stage renal disease patients on long-term hemodialysis.

Background: Hemodialysis patients are at high risk for atherosclerotic events. Enhanced oxidant stress, dyslipidemia, and inflammation may have a major role in this risk. In this work, we assessed lipoprotein status, total homocysteine, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and paraoxonase activity in hemodialysis patients to determine the correlations among these parameters and to compare these values with those measured in normal control subjects.