Frequency of disordered eating and menstrual dysfunctions in female athletes

Objectives: To determine the frequency of disordered eating and menstrual dysfunctions in female athletes

Material and Method: This was a cross sectional study. A Total of 66 female athletes from different colleges of Lahore participated in the study. Disordered eating was assessed using eating disorder examination questionnaire [EDE-Q] and menstrual dysfunctions were determined using standardized questionnaire

Results: Disordered eating was present in 15.2% while menstrual dysfunctions were present in 4.5% of the female athletes

Conclusion: It is concluded that frequency of disordered eating is high in female athletes while menstrual dysfunctions are not common in female athletes of major teaching institutions of Lahore

Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies

Objective: to compare serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level between preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies

Study Design: cross-sectional analytical study

Place and Duration of Study: department of Physiology, Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, in collaboration with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Lady Willingdon Hospital, Lahore, from March 2012 to April 2012

Methodology: thirty registered preeclamptic patients with systolic and diastolic blood pressure > 140/90 mm Hg on more than two occasions, 6 hours apart, and proteinuria at least 300 mg in 24-hour urine collection; and 30 normotensive uncomplicated pregnant women matched for age, gestational age, parity and BMI were included by convenient sampling technique. Vitamin D levels of less than 50 n mol/l [< 20 ng/ml] were the cutoff point. Spearman's rank correlation of vitamin D with systolic blood pressure and arterial pressure in both preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women was presented in a tabulated form

Results: vitamin D deficiency was found in 95% of preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women. The difference of vitamin D level between the two groups was not found significant. Although there was an inverse correlation between serum vitamin D and systolic blood pressure and arterial pressure in preeclamptic group, but this was not statistically significant

Conclusion: vitamin D deficiency does not seem to be affected by the state of preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancy. The correlation of systolic blood pressure and arterial pressure and vitamin D needs to be explored further by increasing the sample size

Correlation of anthropometric parameters to severity of hisrsutism in women

Objective: to investigate the relationship between the anthropometric parameters and the severity of hirsutism

Methods: a sample of sixty female subjects aged 18-35 years. Having hirsutism was selected, while ten normal healthy females were randomly included as controls. Height, weight and waist circumference of subjects were measured. Body mass index [kg/m2] was calculated. All subjects underwent an assessment of excess terminal hair growth using the modification of the method originally described by Ferriman and Gallwey [FG]. Hirsutism was classified as mild [score 8 15], moderate [score16-25], and severe [score >25]

Results: the mean SD waist circumference, weight and body mass index values in hirsute subjects were significantly higher [p< 0.05] than those in controls. Significant positive correlations were observed between body weight, BMI and mild hirsutism score. However in moderate hirsutism, Ferriman Gallwey score was significantly and positively correlated with body mass index only

Conclusion: the excess terminal hair growth is more common in overweight women having less hirsutism score