Publications by authors named "Zeljka Milincic"
Introduction: Obesity is a complex condition with multifactorial origin. Assuming that such a state is genetically controlled, the aim of our study was to evaluate the degree of genetic homozygosity among overweight and obese individuals by the homozygously recessive characteristics (HRC) test.
Material And Methods: We analysed the presence, distribution and individual combination of 15 selected genetically controlled recessive phenotype traits in a sample of 140 individuals with increased body mass index (overweight individuals n = 100 and obese individuals n = 40) and a control group of normal weight individuals (n = 300).
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- Atherosclerosis is a complex disease that can start in childhood, and there has been limited research on how risk factors affect its development in young people.
- The study followed children over 10 years to analyze trends in risk factors like BMI and cholesterol levels, using data from the Yugoslav Study of Atherosclerosis Precursors in School Children (YUSAD Study), involving multiple age groups.
- Results showed that while both boys and girls experienced changes in BMI and cholesterol levels, girls had a generally better lipid profile as they aged, highlighting the importance of monitoring health factors during childhood and adolescence.
Introduction: It is observed that there is a lack of physical activity and exercise in children, stressing higher prevalence of childhood obesity. The purpose of the study was to evaluate duration of physical activity in a child population and correlation of dynamics in physical activity during 5 years of follow-up in the same population.
Material And Methods: We evaluated 3243 school children from 12 regional centres across Serbia.
Introduction: Significant improvement in survival and quality of life in patients after the correction of congenital heart defects was enabled by the introduction of surgical procedures. Due to increased vulnerability in the period after defect correction, early rehabilitation have found its place in recovery. Various studies suggest good effects of a rehabilitation programme especially in the early rehabilitation period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCyanotic heart diseases are relatively rare, but they are severe and heterogeneous congenital heart diseases, which require complex surgery. Development of different advanced surgical procedures, such as arterial switch operation (ASO), Fontan and its modifications, Norwood etc. operations, as well as better perioperative care significantly improved survival rate and quality of life of these children.
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