Anthropometric and nutritional assessment in Italian elderly subjects.

The aims of this anthropometric study on 486 non-institutionalized subjects aged 60 and over were to assess the body mass index (BMI), to evaluate possible sex and age-linked differences of BMI and to find whether there were any correlations with systolic and diastolic blood pressure. To this end, the subjects were divided into three age groups: A: 60-69 years, B: 70-79 years and C: > or =80 years old. The results showed a high prevalence (74%) of overweight or clearly obese subjects (BMI >25.

[Myocardial ischemia as a risk factor in ambulatory cardiac patients. The case of Alfredo].

The authors describe a case of myocardium infarct treated with domiciliary assistance in order to point up the risk factors that cause the ischemical event and whose persistence characterize the following picture. On the contrary the reduction or the disappearance of these factors can improve the residual function and also the anatomical state of coronary arteries.

[Cerebrovascular episodes in chronic liver diseases and terminal nephrotic syndrome. A case of amyloidosis associated with paraproteinemia IgA-lambda].

The authors describe a case of amyloidosis associated with an electrophoretic picture, characterized by a monoclonal band with an M component in the alpha 2 and beta regions, in presence of para IgA-lambda. The case casually discovered in the course of a cerebral vascular manifestation and confirmed by bioptic exams, had negative results after four years due to an extremely progressive course involving intestine, liver and kidney, as a consequence of the extension of amyloidosis deposits.