Bushra Aleem

e24017 Background: Lung cancer is frequently diagnosed over the age of 70 years, in a population with increased risk factors for frailty. Frailty impacts cancer treatment selection, tolerance, and quality of life. We performed a retrospective study to determine whether there is a difference in the indicators of frailty in patients of different ages, and if this impacted treatment choice. Methods: Electronic records of patients who were discussed at the University Hospitals of Leicester Lung multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT) between January to December 2019 with a suspected diagnosis of lung cancer were reviewed. Populations below the age of 65 years and over the age of 65 years were compared. Results: 846 patient records were reviewed, and 80% were aged over 65 years. Baseline WHO performance status (PS) where recorded showed 35% were PS 0-1, and 28% were 3-4. Comparatively, in the under 65 population 46% were PS 0-1, and 10% were 3-4. The over 65s had a lower rate of independenc...

Results: There was a statistically significant difference in waist circumference between age groups (F = 4.388, p=0.013); education groups (F = 11.037, p=0.000) and BMI groups (F = 57.7, p=0.000). 63.5% of hypertensive had waist circumference more than the gender specific cutoff point. Both mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure was higher in the individuals with waist circumference more than the gender specific cutoff for all the categories of BMI in both the genders. The proportion of hypertensive was 45.5% in normal weight and 57.4% in overweight group with waist circumference more than gender specific cutoff (p<0.05).

Background: The global prevalence of obesity has been increasing. Body mass index, waist circumference and waist height ratio have been widely used for nutritional assessment. Waist height ratio has the advantage of taking into account abdominal obesity as well as height associated with body fat accumulation or distribution. The objective of this study was to suggest cut off points for waist circumference and waist height ratio to identify overweight in Omani adults.Methods: Weight, height, waist circumference and waist height ratio were measured for all participants. Pearson’s correlation was used to determine correlation of BMI with waist circumference and waist height ratio. ROC curve was used to identify AUC and specific cut off point for anthropometric indicators.Results: The largest proportion of overweight was picked up by waist height ratio across both the genders. Correlation of BMI with waist height ratio was stronger (r=0.699) than correlation with waist circumference (r=...

Background: According to the Oman World Health Survey in 2008, the prevalence of hypertension in Oman is about 40%. Hypertension is associated with old people, male gender, smoker and impaired glucose tolerance. The objective of the study was to find out the important predictors of hypertension in Oman.Methods: A cross sectional study in Omani adults more than 18 years of age was conducted.  Blood pressure was measured and participants were classified as having hypertension. Height and weight was measured and body mass index was used to classify obesity by WHO guidelines. Multiple logistic regression was used to find the predictors of hypertension.Results: Increase in age and body mass index were found to be important covariates of hypertension. People in the age group of 30 to 50 years were at high risk of hypertension (OR 1.6, p<0.05); likelihood increased to three times in more than 50 years age group (p<0.01) in univariate analysis. Overweight had almost 2 times (p<0.05...