… this study was the cross-sectional design… obese individuals with the MetS, compared to
those without. This is in line with several studies which found higher hs-CRP levels in individuals …

… In the small group of overweight and obese patients in this study, 52.1% used CTPs. In
obese … Patients were also more likely to use CTPs if they had a negative view of their current …

… The cross-sectional design of our study is a limitation, as we cannot make inferences about
whether obesity leads to reduced work ability. However, by controlling for a number of factors …

… Study setting and participants This cross-sectional study was done in consecutive patients
with … of syndrome Z in men and women has already been published from this Study [10]. All …

… This was a cross sectional community-based study conducted in in Shendi and … study
population was obese and overweight people living in Shendi and Atbara cities during the study …

… points is considered as positive; however, a cut-off point ≥ 4 is more suitable to screen
obese and morbidly obese subjects [21], being that cut-off point ≥ 4 was employed in our study. …

… The literature provides few cross-sectional surveys in large samples of patients with severe
… 2 large studies with institutionalized patients.The current cross-sectional survey includes a …

… the present study we have excluded overweight individuals in order to avoid the possible
influence that could have the overweight to establish a crude association between obesity and …

… and BMI among persons with RKOA. Using a sample of subjects with RKOA, our cross-sectional
study [17] seeks to quantify the association between BMI and knee pain among subjects …

… The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity of the contention that BMI and
… knee in non-obese subjects. Non obese subjects were taken for study to negate the systemic …