Publications by authors named "S Avagnina"

Background: Very few data are available on psychological distress in morbidly obese subjects in relation to the history of their weight. In subjects with childhood obesity, psychological distress might be better than in adult-onset obesity, because of progressive adaptation to the social stigma.

Methods: Psychological distress was tested in relation to BMI at age 20 years (BMI-20), weight history and somatic co-morbidities in 632 treatment-seeking, morbidly obese participants from the QUOVADIS cohort (130 men, 502 women; mean age 45.

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Fatty liver at ultrasounds, with/ without raised plasma levels of hepatic enzymes, is common in obesity. In most cases, it is the hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a potentially progressive disease associated with insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome (MS). We tested the hypothesis that insulin resistance per se might be associated with hepatocellular necrosis.

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Pirenzepine, a muscarinic antagonist probably acting via stimulation of hypothalamic somatostatin release, abolishes the growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH)-stimulated growth hormone (GH) rise in normal subjects but only blunts it in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). This finding suggested the existence in AN of an alteration of cholinergic system and/or somatostatinergic tone. To further investigate these mechanisms, in 11 AN women patients (age 18.

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We performed one or more upper G.I. barium single-contrast studies on 125 out of 166 Mason vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) operated patients (total: 226 X-ray examinations during a 3 month-10 year postoperative period).

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