Browsing by Author "Sethi, J"

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    Effect of body posture on dynamic lung functions in young non-obese Indian subjects.
    (2002-12-30) Talwar, A; Sood, S; Sethi, J
    Flow volume loop and its various indices can be used to diagnose UAO. Change in posture from sitting to horizontal position per se causes a decrease in effort dependent inspiratory and expiratory flow rates but no significant change in upper airway obstruction indices. Thus, measurement of FVL in supine posture may be used to detect UAO as it may be missed if spirometry is performed in sitting posture.
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    Efficacy of itraconazole in the treatment of tinea versicolor.
    (2001-09-01) Mohanty, J; Sethi, J; Sharma, M K
    Twenty adult patients (15 males and 5 females) with extensive, clinically diagnosed tinea versicolor (TV.) resistant to topical agents, of long duration were selected. Laboratory investigations like KOH smear, routine haemogram, LFT, and RFT were done. They were given itraconazole (100 mg) orally twice daily for 5-7 days and followed up at the end of 1 week and again three weeks later. After one week itching, erythema and scaling subsided in 80% of cases. There was no recurrence during one year follow up.
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    Impact of gender, body mass index and educational background on orthorexic tendency in undergraduate students of North India
    (Medip Academy, 2024-12) Singh, M; Sethi, J; Goel, V; Kaushik, NK.
    Background: Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a recently identified eating behaviour disorder characterized by 搊bsession for healthy eating�. Such behaviour may negatively impact one抯 physical and psychosocial health. The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of gender, body mass index (BMI) and educational background on orthorexic tendency of undergraduate students in North India. Methods: This analytical, cross-sectional study was carried out at Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (KCGMC), Karnal, Haryana, India on young, healthy students enrolled in different undergraduate courses (medicine, science and arts) at colleges in Karnal district. Risk of orthorexia was assessed using ORTO-15 questionnaire. Subjects who scored below 40 were classified as having ON. Logistic regression analysis was done to examine the relationship between ON and socio-demographic variables. Results: Study sample comprising of 448 students, of which 273 (61%) were females and 175 (39%) males, had an average age of 19.25 years. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that BMI had a significant impact on orthorexic tendency (p=0.024). Students within the normal BMI range were twice (OR=2.0; 95% CI: 1.24-3.24) more likely to have ON than their underweight counterparts. However, no significant relationship was found between gender and ON. With respect to educational background, medical students differed significantly (p=0.001) in their ORTO-15 scores to science students. Arts and science students scores were comparable. Conclusions: This study suggests that socio-demographic variables might influence orthorexic tendency in student populations. Rising prevalence of this eating disorder necessitates more research to gain a better understanding of its magnitude and etiology.