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Background: In recent years, waist and hip circumference measurements simultaneously used as anthropometric factors to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults, in addition to Body Mass Index. Some studies have confirmed the relationship between the above mentioned factors and the hematological parameters of cardiometabolic disorders. This study aimed to determine the association between anthropometric factors and hematological factors in 25-60 years old couples of Babol, Mazandaran.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in spring 2014, on research population of 25-60 year old couples who were selected by random cluster. Data collected through a researcher-made questionnaire containing about demographic variables, underlying factors, dependent variables; its validity and reliability were confirmed. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS18 software.

Results: Men’s BMI had significant direct relationship with systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides (p<0.05). Women’s BMI had a significant direct relations with systole and diastole blood pressure, fasting blood sugar and triglycerides (p<0.05). There was a significant direct relationship between men’s and women’s Waist/Hip Ratio (WHR) with systole and diastole blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides (p<0.05). There was a significant direct relationship between men’s and women’s anthropometric indices (apart from the BMI) associated with serum biomarkers of cardiometabolic disorders (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The results showed that increased BMI and WHR in couples, increases the amount of cardiometabolic serum biomarkers and may directly and indirectly cause the risk of chronic diseases.

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Background: Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease that children and adolescents do not have the ability to care for themselves, despite having enough information about their self-care (nutrition, insulin, exercise, etc.). Self-care, such as any behavior, can be influenced by the way of thinking, and the philosophy teaching method can be a suitable educational tool for changing thinking. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching cognitive errors by philosophy for children on increasing the Well-being and reducing the cognitive errors and the level of glucose in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Methods: The research method was quasi-experiment with pre-test post-test control group (waiting list) design. The sample included 22 children and adolescents of the Iranian Diabetes Association who responded to the cognitive errors scale of children and adolescents Quinn et al., Well-being Questionnaire (WHO-5) and blood glucose (A1C). To test the hypotheses, MANCOVA was used.
Results: The result of MANCOVA was significant. Subsequently, there were significant differences between cognitive errors (F (17,1) =9/01, P=0/008) and Well-being (F (17,1) =7/4, P=0/01) between two groups, but the level of blood glucose (F= (17,1) =0/01, P=0/8) was not significant.
Conclusion: Learning cognitive errors in the philosophy for children and adolescents leads to the growth of reasoning, the rational thinking of children and adolescents, and helps them to take care of themselves in conditions of failure, stress and anxiety, and improves their emotional well-being. However, it seems that it takes longer to effect on blood glucose.