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Patients with the nevus of Ota have increased amounts of melanin (pigment) and melanin-producing cells (melanocytes) in and around their eyes. This includes the intraocular blood vessel layer called the uvea (choroid, ciliary body and iris), on the sclera (the white part of the eye ball), and in the eyelids. Q-switched laser is the best available option for successful treatment.
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Background: In general obesity can be categorized as upper truncal obesity and lower truncal obesity also known as ‘apple type of obesity’ and ‘pear type of obesity’, respectively. Although, there is high prevalence rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) in all obese persons whose body mass index (BMI) are >25, as compared to normal population. But, centrally obese persons are highly prone to develop CHD as compare to other type of obesity which is evaluated in this study. Material and methods: Hundred cases of CHD (64 males, 36 females) aged from 22 to 65 years attending SRG Hospital, Jhalawar were screened for conventional coronary risk factors like diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, tobacco chewing, smoking and obesity. BMI and waist-hip ratio (WHR) were taken as a criteria for categorization of obesity. Results: In this study, total 100 cases, (64 male, 36 female) were studied, out of them 38 cases were average built, 40 cases were overweight and obese, 22 cases were underweight. Out of these 40 overweight and obese cases, 25 cases were of apple type of, 10 cases were of pear type obesity and five cases of mixed type obesity cases. These 25 cases of apple type obesity were more prone to CHD and other comorbid conditions like type 2 DM (T2DM) and hypertension. Conclusions: In this study, the incidence of CHD was higher in central obesity cases irrespective of their BMI. Both high waist circumference (WC) and high WHR was an best index of abdominal obesity to predict the incidence of CHD in overweight and obese group.