Metabolic syndrome in a sample of Egyptian adolescent girls and its association with apolipoprotein E.

Aim: Obesity and its metabolic complications are increasing in childhood and extend to adulthood. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a sample of Egyptian adolescent girls and investigate its association with apolipoprotein E.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used, including 200 Egyptian adolescent girls aged between 12 and 18 years.

Echocardiographic changes and growth retardation in a group of Egyptian children with rheumatic heart disease.

Background: Advances in echocardiographic studies have identified a massive burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) which continues to be a major health hazard in most developing countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between cardiac affection as regards the presence of single or multiple valvular lesions, and their severity and the growth parameters in a group of Egyptian children with RHD.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study, that was conducted on 200 children with RHD and 400 age-matched healthy.