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janet paterson wrote: > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. > http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 > http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/Y2SolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > hi all > > this raises a question in my mind - > how do 4 years of pd equal advanced-stage PD? > > but anyway, > get out there and soak up your vitamin D > (after you get some exercise) > > janet > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Body composition in advanced-stage Parkinson's disease. > > Little is known about body composition in Parkinson's disease (PD). We > studied 35 patients (20 male, 15 female subjects; mean age 69.7+/-5.8 > years) with advanced PD by anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray > absorptiometry (DEXA), and serum 25-OH vitamin D measurement. Over 70% > of patients had a disease duration of more than 4 years; all were on > L-dopa treatment. Low levels of serum 25-OH vitamin D were present in > 41% of the patients. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 25.3+/-4.3 > kg/m(2) (range 17.1-37.3). Mid-arm muscle circumference was below the > 10th percentile in 23%. For whole-body mean (+/-SD) bone mineral > density, the T score was below -1 SD in 35% of patients, and the Z score > was below -1 SD in 24%. Percent fat mass measured with DEXA was > 30.6+/-11.4% (range 10.1-45.5) in the overall sample; it was 21.1+/-8.8% > (range 10.1-30.4) in male subjects and 38.1+/-9.2% (range 25.8-45.5) in > female subjects. We conclude that advancedstage PD may show excess > adiposity coexisting with depletion of lean body mass (sarcopenic > obesity), in addition to decreased whole-body bone mineral density > associated with low serum 25-OH vitamin D. A low level of physical > activity and inadequate exposure to sunlight are likely to be among the > putative causes. > > Acta Diabetol. 2003 Oct;40 Suppl 1:S187-90. > Petroni ML, Albani G, Bicchiega V, et al. > Istituto Auxologico Italiano Piancavallo, I-28044, Verbania, Italy, > PMID: 14618469 > > janet paterson > a new voice http://www.janetpaterson.net/ > pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 > an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > *** to unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to: mailto:[log in to unmask] *** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- janet paterson a new voice http://www.janetpaterson.net/ pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn