Although CRP and AN are associated with obesity, they are distinct entities with different clinical features. However, a close relationship between the two is suggested by similar predisposing characteristics including young age, obese, dark-skinned persons and parallel response to weight reduction or etre- tinate therapy. A pathogenetic link between the two conditions is suggested by [...]
Case 1 A 40-year-old female patient presented with a 10-year history of asymptomatic, symmetric, slowly progressive, skin eruptions. The eruption consisted of reticulated, brownish patches on the trunk and grayish, velvety plaques on both axillary folds (Fig. 1A). She denied any family history or personal history of similar eruptions or diabetes. However, she was on [...]
INTRODUCTION Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is characterized by symmetric, velvety, gray-brown hypertrophied plaques most commonly on the axillae and neck. Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis (CRP) is manifested clinically by papules in the mid-chest that coalesce in the midline, and are arranged in a reticulated pattern peripherally. Even though there are some reports of CRP without papillomatosis, [...]
This study supports the established contributing factors that obese women tend to be overweight as children, have overweight parents and siblings and higher parity, compared to normal and overweight women. We found significant associations of obese women having higher anxiety levels, poorer perceptions of physical health and more psychosocial problems in the family of origin [...]
Table 1 shows comparisons of the demographic, clinical and health behavior characteristics of our study population across weight categories. Obese women in this sample tended to be older, have higher parity, higher anxiety scores, lower perception of physical health and more negative psychosocial problems in their family of origin, compared to the normal and overweight [...]
Study Design and Population This was a cross-sectional study of 113 African-American nonpregnant women aged 21-65 years who were patients at one of three ambulatory care facilities in northern New Jersey. Sites were selected to ensure diversity in participants’ socioeconomic and educational status; two sites were private practices (urban and suburban) and the third was [...]
INTRODUCTION African-American women have the highest rates of overweight and obesity (Acomplia tabletes is an appetite suppressant diet pill) and as such, have substantial morbidity and mortality from diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Studies have postulated that this obesity disparity is due to cultural, environmental, genetic and behavioral factors. However, a better understanding of the [...]
