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Ancestral influences on health of grandchildren
(2005-03-22)
surfeit of food during his SW, the proband had a fourfold excess mortality related to diabetes (OR 4.1, 95% c.i. 1.33-12.9 p=0.01) when age at death and the effects of parents and other grandparents exposure to food availability during their SGP were taken...
Nutritional and functional effects of energy-dense food in the frail elderly
(2004-10-01)
, the energy intake increased in long-term care patients by 40% (p<0.0001) and in nursing home residents by 36% (p<0.001). While receiving energy-dense food body weight increased by 3.4% (p<0.001) in geriatric long-term care patients but no weight change...
Hormones and breast cancer : aspects on receptor expression and metabolism
(2006-02-17)
in a material of 967 tumors was about 80% and the correlation highly significant (p<0.001). Non-invasive FNA requires minimal amounts of tumor material and may be a useful tool to evaluate biological parameters in the management of breast cancer...
Tuberculosis control in Vietnam : directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) : the role of information and education
(2004-11-15)
in
FilaBavi, were interviewed about their health seeking behaviour and TB
knowledge. Those interviewed also provided sputum samples for AFB and a
chest X-ray for TB diagnosis. TB notification and mortality rates were
analysed for prolonged cough cases...
Immunological and virologica response to antiretroviral treatment (art) in patients infected with different HIV-1 genetic subtypes
(2006-02-17)
to healthy subjects (p < 0.001). Among the four different HIV- 1 subtypes, patients with subtype C virus had significantly higher plasma sCD27 as compared to subtype A (p < 0.05) and B (p < 0.05). After 1 year of ART, plasma sCD27 significantly decreased...
Morbidity and mortality in patients with bundle branch block
(2006-05-19)
regression analysis, CHF was the only independent predictor of all-cause mortality and sudden cardiac death (p< 0.01).
In study III, the effect of left bundle branch block (LBBB) on 1-year mortality in a population with acute MI was assessed. A prospective...
Impaired glucose tolerance in ischemic heart disease
(2005-11-18)
index (p<0.05). Left ventricular ejection
time and Teiindex were significantly higher, E'/A' and E-v were
significantly lower in patients with disturbed glucose metabolism
compared with patients with normal glucose tolerance (p<0.01). These
differences...
Metalloproteinases in development and disease
(2004-08-06)
Metalloproteinases are Zn-dependent proteases composed of five superfamilies. One important subfamily is the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) that process various components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and non-ECM ...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
disease was 5.1-fold and 3.8-fold increased in water pipe and cigarette smokers, respectively, compared to non-smokers (p < 0.01). The relative risk associated with heavy smoking was about 8-fold elevated in water pipe smokers and 5-fold elevated...
Renal effects of C-peptide in experimental type-1 diabetes mellitus
(2005-11-11)
in streptozotocin diabetic Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats and the results demonstrate that C-peptide prevents or reduces diabetes-induced glomerular hyperfiltration by 17-42% (p<0.01) and urinary albumin excretion and urinary albumin/creatinine ratio. Furthermore, C...