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Objective:To investigate the prevalence of obesity and associated factors during childhood in Southeastern Turkey. Another objective was to determine the cut-off points of Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) values for defining obesity/abdominal obesity.Methods:The community-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Gaziantep Turkey between November 2011 and December 2011 with 2718 primary school/high schools students aged 6-17 years. The SPSS 22.00 was used for the analysis of data.Results:The prevalence of overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity, was 13.2%, 4.2% ,26.4%, respectively. There was a reverse relationship between BMI/WC values and sleep durations (p<0.05). The BMI/WC values were higher in students with computer usage time ≥1 hours in a day (p<0.05). Parental obesity status has an effective role on the WC/BMI values of children (p<0.05). The WHtR was a good predictor of diagnosis on obesity and abdominal obesity (AUC=0.928, p<0.0001; AUC=0.920, p<0.0001; respectively). The optimal cut-off values for obesity and abdominal obesity were detected as 0.5077, 0.4741, respectively.Conclusions:The WHtR can be used for diagnosis of obesity/abdominal obesity. Parental obesity, short sleep duration and computer use more than one hour per day are risk factors for the development of obesity in children and adolescents.

Careful follow up of BP, weight and WC is necessary for long-term cancer survivors to prevent complications. Especially patients who receive cranial radiotherapy and use corticosteroid are at increased risk of abdominal obesity.

Background and Objectives. There are controversial results in the literature regarding urinary electrolytes, especially potassium, in enuretic children. KCNJ10 channel protein, a member of the Kir 4.1 family is expressed in renal distal tubules and has an important function in renal ion transport. We investigated whether KCNJ10 gene polymorphisms are associated with clinical and laboratory findings of a group of Turkish children with monosymptomatic primary nocturnal enuresis (MNE). Method. Ninety-seven MNE children and 100 healthy controls were tested for three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the KCNJ10 gene. The transversions in SNPs were G to A for intron 1(SNP1), G to A for exon 2 (SNP2), and T to C transition for promoter (SNP3). All SNPs were genotyped by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Results. SNP3 in promoter of KCNJ10 gene showed strong association with MNE children for distribution of genotype and allele frequency, while SNP1 in intron 1 and SNP2 in exon 2 were noninformative. The distribution of TT, TC, and CC genotypes for SNP3 was 66%, 26.8% and 7.2% respectively in MNE compared with 38%, 59% and 3% respectively in controls (p &lt; 0.0001). In enuretic children, TT genotype was higher and there was an increased potassium excretion in children with TT genotype (P &lt; 0.05). Conclusion. We conclude that KCNJ10 gene promoter polymorphism may have a role on potassium excretion in Turkish MNE children. This is the first study in literature evaluating KCNJ10 gene polymorphism in this patient population. Future studies investigating the other SNPs, mutations or altered regulation of Kir4.1 in larger samples would help clarify the role (s) of KCNJ10 gene in enuresis.

ObjectiveTo examine the role of rs10830963 and rs8192552 polymorphisms in melatonin receptor 1 B (MTNR1B) gene on the development of obesity and related comorbidities among adolescents in South-Eastern Turkey.MethodsThe present study included 200 unrelated adolescents (100 obese, 100 normal weight). The rs8192552 and rs10830963 polymorphisms in the MTNR1B gene were genotyped using a PCR SNaPshot assay.ResultsNo statistically significant association was observed between MTNR1B gene rs8192552/rs10830963 polymorphisms and adolescent obesity. In adolescents with an rs8192552 E allele, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (IR) level was lower and IR was less common. In morbidly obese adolescents with an rs8192552 E allele, total cholesterol level was lower. In obese adolescents with metabolic syndrome, plasma fasting glucose level was higher in rs10830963G allele carriers. In obese girls, body weight was lower in those with a rs10830963 C allele, whereas in obese boys, body weight and waist circumference were higher in those with a rs10830963 C allele.ConclusionsThe MTNR1B gene was not confirmed as an obesity susceptibility gene in adolescents. However, an association between the MTNR1B gene and IR/hypercholesterolemia/metabolic syndrome was observed in obese adolescents. A sex-specific effect on obesity was also identified.

The prevalence of insulin resistance (IR), metabolic syndrome (MetS) and hyperfiltration were 47%, 60% and 27%, respectively. There were no significant differences in genotype and allele frequencies between obese adolescents and controls; however, prevalence of MetS in female patients with A allele carriers was more frequent and prevalence of hyperfiltration was less frequent with T allele carriers (P.

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ÖzPurpose: This study was conducted to determine the effect of low frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure due to electronic media device (EMD) during pregnancy on the anthropometric measurements of newborn. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was administered among randomly selected women offering