Calculation of basal metabolic rate in patients with morbid obesity treated in spa conditions.

Background: The present study aimed to calculate the basal metabolic rate (BMR) with the Mifflin equation based on the expected body mass for normal body mass index (BMI) values in obese patients treated in spa conditions.

Methods: Patients with morbid obesity (BMI > 40 kg m ) and non-obese controls (BMI < 30 kg m ) were recruited. In total, 104 patients with morbid obesity (mean BMI ± standard deviation, 46.

The effects of humic water on endothelial cells under hyperglycemic conditions: inflammation-associated parameters.

Humic waters (HW) are globally unique, deep underground, dark-brown waters containing humic acids, and they present numerous therapeutic activities including anti-inflammatory. In the present study, we use HW from source in Poland. Diabetes has become an epidemic and is a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases.

Withdrawal from bariatric treatment - an analysis under various demographic conditions.

Unlabelled: Poland is high on a list of countries affected by epidemics of obesity, a problem that has especially suddenly increased in the post-transformation period.

Materials And Method: Documentation of 115 subsequent patients diagnosed with grade 3 obesity, considered eligible for surgical treatment, was analysed since 2015. A subgroup of 68 patients was selected from this group and the included patients who decided to cancel their treatment at various stages.

Effect of a 3-Week Low-Calorie Diet and Balneological Treatment on Selected Coagulation Parameters in Morbidly Obese Patients.

Background: The most common cause of death among people with obesity are cardiovascular complications as a result of a hypercoagulability state.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to assess the potential of coagulation system activation depending on the tissue factor and to analyze of the influence of a 3-week low-calorie diet and balneological treatment on selected coagulation parameters in morbidly obese patients.

Material And Methods: The study included 36 patients (28 females and 8 males; mean age 46) with the value of BMI > 40 kg/m2.

CRP, but not TNF-α or IL-6, decreases after weight loss in patients with morbid obesity exposed to intensive weight reduction and balneological treatment.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the degree of homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in patients with morbid obesity exposed to a three-week low-calorie diet and balneotherapy.

Methods: The study included 33 patients (25 females and 8 males; mean age 46 years) with body mass index (BMI) values of >40 kg/m(2). Evaluations of CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, lipid profile, HOMA-IR, and fasting glucose were carried out before (baseline data) and three weeks after the treatment.

Association of FSH with metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women: a comparison with CRP, adiponectin and leptin.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) determination in the postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a comparative analysis with biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), adiponectin, leptin and leptin-to-adiponectin ratio (L/A).

Material & Methods: 135 postmenopausal women with MetS and 153 without MetS were subjected to examinations.

Results: The increase in the probability of MetS, when the value of the marker concentration decreased or increased by 1 standard deviation, was two times higher for FSH-based models than for models including CRP and leptin, and was similar to models including adiponectin and L/A.

Clinical and biochemical effects of a 3-week program of diet combined with spa therapy in obese and diabetic patients: a pilot open study.

Obesity is a major risk factor for arterial hypertension, coronary artery disease, dyslipidemias, and type 2 diabetes. Spa therapy has long been used for treating obesity and its comorbidities. Enlargement of adipose tissue has been linked to a dysregulation of adipokine secretion and adipose tissue inflammation.

A-FABP concentration is more strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors and the occurrence of metabolic syndrome in premenopausal than in postmenopausal middle-aged women.

We aimed at the evaluation of the relationship between adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (A-FABP) and cardiometabolic risk factors in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Additionally, we compared A-FABP with adipokines related to metabolic syndrome (MetS) such as leptin and adiponectin. 94 premenopausal and 90 early postmenopausal middle-aged Caucasian women were subject to examinations.

[Expert's opinion on recommendations for water and other beverages consumption in elderly?].

The article encloses definition of water role and its body requirement, review of water balance and management in older persons regarding characteristic of this age group and concomitant disorders. Based on current literature and expert's opinion the recommendations for water consumption were expressed with estimation of insufficient apply and oversupply, evaluation of hydration state, domestic water sources in diet with accent on influence of proper hydration on comfort and good health.

[Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese patients].

Introduction: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD) is a heavy healthy problem in well civilized Countries, where obese appear more frequently. Mostly disease has a benign process, but in some radical case might lead to cirrhosis or even to cancer. There is a demand on specific researches about NFLD, cause knowledge about pathogenesis and epidemiology is not clear.

Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin II type I receptor gene polymorphisms with extreme obesity in Polish individuals.

There is strong evidence for the presence of a functional renin-angiotensin system in human adipose tissue. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of polymorphic variants of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE I/D) and angiotensin II type I receptor gene (AGTR1 A1166C) with extreme obesity and obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to examine their combined effect on extremely obese patients. Overall, no significant associations were detected between ACE and AGTR1 gene polymorphisms and extreme obesity.

Association of follicle-stimulating hormone and sex hormone binding globulin with the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women.

Objectives: We compared the association of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) with metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Design And Methods: We examined 320 postmenopausal women (148 with MetS and 172 without MetS).

Results: FSH was more strongly associated with MetS probability in the logistic regression model compared to SHBG.

Comparison between C-reactive protein and adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein as a component of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged women.

Objectives: We compared the diagnostic accuracy of CRP and adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) for the metabolic syndrome (MS).

Design And Methods: We examined 310 middle-aged Caucasian women.

Results: CRP and AFABP values were significantly associated with the MS probability in the logistic regression model.

Ozone therapy and the activity of selected lysosomal enzymes in blood serum of patients with lower limb ischaemia associated with obliterative atheromatosis.

Background: The paper compares the effects of ozone therapy and conventional balneological methods on health condition of patients with obliterative atheromatosis and on serum activity of three lysosomal enzymes.

Material/methods: Sixty-four patients with lower limb ischaemia in the course of obliterative atheromatosis (without diabetes) were enrolled in the study. Thirty-two patients were treated with ozone administered by intravenous infusions and 30-minute aerosol oxygen-ozone baths.