Mehrangiz Ebrahimi Mamaghani

Publications (3)2.27 Total impact

• Article: Diagnostic value of anthropometric indices for initial stage of atherosclerosis in adult women.

  Motahar Heidari-Beni, Masoud Hajimaghsood, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi-Mamaghani, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Seyed Mohammad Hosein Mousavi-Jazayeri, Javad Mohtadinia
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  ABSTRACT: Excess body weight is a cardiovascular risk factor. The relationship between anthropometric indices and cardiovascular health is not completely understood. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) is a subclinical marker of atherosclerosis. This study aimed to investigate the best anthropometric obesity indicator for diagnosis of initial stage of atherosclerosis by CIMT. This cross-sectional study included 100 adult women, aged 18-50 years. Anthropometric indices were measured with standard protocol and CIMT was measured by non-invasive ultrasound. Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve analysis was carried out to determine the optimal cut-off values of anthropometric indices, and the best indices for atherosclerosis diagnosis. On ROC curve analysis the suggested appropriate cut-offs of waist circumference (WC), waist to hip ratio (WHR), waist to height ratio (WHtR), body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (%BF) were 96 cm, 0.86, 0.64, 31.29 kg/m² and 30.42%, respectively. The area under the ROC curve of BMI (AUC=0.74, 95%CI=0.62-0.86) and WHtR (AUC=0.74, 95%CI=0.63-0.85) were greater than other anthropometric indices. The AUC for WHR was the lowest among the studied obesity indices AUC=0.68 (95% CI=0.54-0.81). In our study, WHtR and BMI were the best diagnostic parameters of initial stage of atherosclerosis while WHR was the worst based on AUC.
  Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 01/2012; 21(2):220-6. · 1.13 Impact Factor
• Article: Need for emergent studies on dietary factors among infancy nephrolithiasis.

  Seyed Mohamad Hosein Mousavi Jazayeri, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi Mamaghani, Ali Pourmoghaddam, Anoosh Azarfar, Motahar Heidari Beni, Seyed Jalal Emam
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  ABSTRACT: The prevalence of pediatric nephrolithiasis has increased in recent years in some countries located in the Afro-Asian stone-forming belt. The increase may be a result of rapid variations in eating habits and changes in socio-economic conditions. Geographic variation such as climate was reported to contribute to the incidence of urolithiasis in children. It seems necessary to do population based studies to find out the real prevalence of nephrolithiasis among infants and it should be quite important to investigate the association between dietary intake and nephrolithiasis.
  Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia: organo ufficiale [di] Società italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica / Associazione ricerche in urologia 09/2011; 83(3):133-5.
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  Article: Nutritional status among postmenopausal osteoporotic women in North West of Iran.

  Jalal Hejazi, Javad Mohtadinia, Sousan Kolahi, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi-Mamaghani
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  ABSTRACT: Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease and one of the most important modifiable factors in the development and maintenance of bone mass is nutrition. The aim of this study was to determine the nutritional status among osteoporotic postmenopausal women in north west of Iran and compare intake of several nutrients important in terms of bone health with the standard values (DRIs). Bone mineral density of the left proximal femur, the lumbar spine and total hip were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Ninety-seven postmenopausal osteoporotic women were studied. A validated food frequency questionnaire was used to determine food habits and 24-h recall was used to estimate average energy and nutrient intakes. The mean t-score for bone mineral density (BMD) of LS, FN and total hip were -3.15 +/- 0.73, -1.93 +/- 0.86 and -1.92 +/- 0.88, respectively. The percentages of participants receiving adequate intake of calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K were 7.2%, 3.1% and 42.3%, respectively. The mean phosphate to calcium ratio was 1.6 +/- 0.87. BMD of femoral neck and total hip was correlated inversely with the amount of energy obtained from fat and positively with energy intake. Among micronutrients studied, calcium was positively correlated with BMD of total hip. Most of the postmenopausal osteoporotic women in north west of Iran have a considerable deficiency in terms of energy and some micronutrients such as calcium, vitamin D and magnesium, which can be deleterious for bone health.
  Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 02/2009; 18(1):48-53. · 1.13 Impact Factor