Asian Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Researches

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Authors: Umar Ahmad , Barnabas Danborno , Murtala M. Jibril and Ismaila Ahmed

A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted to determine maternal age and birth weight status of the newborn babies from April 26, 2005 to October 13, 2009. A total of 9,647 populations of newborn babies and their respective mother’s age were copied into a data sheet form from maternity record of ATBUTH, Bauchi State. This is a hospital located in Bauchi metropolis that serves the needs of individual belonging to the lower socio-economic groups. This study was done to determine the mean birth weight, incidence of low birth weight and sex ratio of live term deliveries at ATBUTH, Bauchi. The mean (SD) maternal age for male and female newborns were 25.56(6.91) and 25.63(6.94) respectively. And for the mean (SD) birth weight was 3.14(0.57) for male newborns and 3.09(0.57) for female newborns. It was found that male infants were 50g heavier than female infants. The present study found that caesarean section (CS) is higher in babies with a mean (SD) birth weight of 3.21(0.66) and above, while spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) is at mean (SD) birth weight of 3.11(0.57) among people attending maternity ward of ATBUTH, Bauchi. Furthermore, difference in mean birth weight was statistically significant in case of sex (p<0.001). The sex ratio of the present population study was found to be 0.99, which means more female newborns than males. Emphasis on health education and promotion programmers to encourage late (non teenage) motherhood and discourage early pregnancies among individuals and also inform all the women during antenatal visits about the consequences of low birth weight and significance of delivering the babies with normal birth weight is recommended.

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Authors: Behzad Azadi , Lotfali Bolboli , Mostafa Khani *, Kimiya Sadri

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of in-place (exercise bike + weight training) and transitional (jogging + dynamic exercise) training methods on body composition and blood lipid profile of young obese men. Participants of this study were 40 young obese (BMI>30) men (Age: 29.00±1.16, Height: 174.85±3.21, weight: 108.56±3.45) which randomly divided in to two groups of inplace and transitional training. Then, subjects did an 8-week transitional or in-place training program, three sessions a week, 75 minutes a session. Before and after intervention, body composition and blood lipid profile of the subjects has been measured. Data were analyzed using paired and independent t-test in the significance level of 0.05 under SPSS software (version 17). Findings showed that both in-place and transitional trainings had significant effect on the reduction of fat mass and improving lipid profile of blood in young obese men (p <0.05) and there wasn’t significant difference between the effect of two training methods. According to the findings of this study, it seems that both transitional and in-place training methods have sufficient efficiency for reduction of fat mass in obese men if training principles are considered properly. But, for obese people and those who are suffering from injuries in lower limb or don’t have tolerance for increasing heart rate and breathing problems, it is suggested to use in-place training for improving body composition and controlling weight. Because, this kind of training can help reducing fat mass and improving lipid profile like transitional training and is more tolerable.