... changed its diagnostic system forautism from several separate categories (early infantile autism, childhood autism, Kanner‘s autism, high-functioning autism, atypical autism, pervasive developmental ... cost for someone with high-functioning autism was found to be £3.1 million and £4.6 million for someone with low-functioning autism (Knapp et al., 2007; 2009) 38 Figure Autism Prevalence, Autism ... perfect for AD, good for ―atypical autism /PDD-NOS, and less than perfect for Asperger syndrome (AS) Stability of the diagnoses made by means of research tools were more variable but still good for...
... potential riskfactors by each of the others in turn (List 1, see Appendix), initially ignoring multiple influences[21,22] We adjusted for the multiple comparisons by requiring 99% confidence Forrisk ... before changing the actual occurrence of domestic physical violence The relevance of partner physical violence to HIV/AIDS risk came from answers to the questions "Do you think you are at risk ... partners was a risk factor for violent altercations A logistic model taking into account country, food security, sex of respondent, income, education and employment accentuated the risk of violent...
... found significant associations between insulin resistance and NAFLD, and similar riskfactors and protective factorsfor these interrelated disorders Waist circumference and the ratio of apolipoprotein ... 2006, hospitalization increased from 0.9 to 4.3/100,000 for NAFLD, and from 35.5 to 114.7/100,000 for obesity Obese children followed for y To determine the course of obesity associated NAFLD ... al (2009) (48) Taiwan 220 students (97normal, 48overweight,75obese) 12y To investigate the riskfactorsfor NAFLD among adolescents NAFLD was detected in 39.8% in total, 16.0% in normal ,50.5%...
... combinations that lead to an increased QOL decline is important for the individual care of patients, and for public health purposes [12] For older patients with an eye condition it is not yet known ... baseline EQ-5Dindex scores of the patients lost to follow-up when not taking specific riskfactors into account, for the entire group there was no significant change in healthrelated QOL between ... patients with worse scores were lost to follow-up With the risk profile presented in this study it was possible to determine patients at riskfor a relatively rapid decline in QOL, in addition to...
... showed a Risk Ratio (RR) of 8.0 for MRSA colonisation in patients from NHS nursing homes, compared to patients from private care homes Much of the evidence for United Kingdom guidelines for MRSA ... targeted MRSA prophylaxis should be offered to high risk patients identified by appropriate risk stratified techniques, based on the riskfactors noted in results My literature review has shown ... doi:10.1186/1749-799X-6-25 Cite this article as: Eseonu et al.: A retrospective study of riskfactorsfor poor outcomes in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in surgical...
... Chiapas received a blood transfusion for woman, spouse used other drugs for woman, spouse had sex with other women for women, and no riskfactors were identified for women The HIV prevalence among ... Mexico: lessons learned and implications for developing countries AIDS 2002, 16:1445-1457 Abstract Zuma K, Gouws E, Williams B, Lurie M: Riskfactorsfor HIV infection among women in Carletonville, ... conducted between 1990 and 1999 among women accessing prenatal care clinics; therefore, these women were at lower riskfor HIV acquisition.[5] Furthermore, our studies that documented higher HIV prevalence...
... knowledge of the riskfor low birth weight in Sao Paulo state and Brazil, the specific evaluation of the prenatal follow-up and control of these factors have not been widely and uniformly performed in ... for an adequate follow-up and prevention of sequelae in these children should also be a political priority Therefore, the contribution of this study to the area is to show that riskfactorsfor ... concerning its determinants, and therefore, actions to prevent LBW and follow-up of these children have been a challenge for the Public Health System This study on riskfactors associated with low birth...
... diseases is to reduce the prevalence of their riskfactors (4,8,10,11) Because people who have major riskfactorsfor chronic diseases are at greatly increased risk of developing chronic diseases in ... multiple riskfactors indicates an urgent need for comprehensive and integrated interventions to reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and its riskfactors in Bavi Social patterning of risk ... prevalence of three major preventable riskfactorsfor chronic disease (high blood pressure, smoking, and being overweight) and the distribution of these riskfactors by sociodemographic variables...
... Dailey RA Factors affecting reproductive performance of dairy cows J Dairy Sci 1985, 68, 1793-1803 Correa MT, Curtis CR, Erb HN, Scarlett JM, Smith RD An ecological analysis of riskfactorsfor postpartum ... length are important riskfactorsfor retained placenta, which increases the occurrence of postpartum endometritis and metabolic disorders, resulting in decreased reproductive performance in dairy ... reproductive performance appears to be due largely to an indirect effect through endometritis In conclusion, abnormal partus and short gestation periods are important riskfactorsfor development...
... Prevalence of, and riskfactors for, brucellosis in Awassi sheep in Southern Jordan Small Rumin Res 2007, 73, 300-303 Al-Majali AM, Al-Qudah KM, Al-Tarazi YH, Al-Rawashdeh OF Riskfactors associated ... information on the herd’s health and management The health information included how many cows had disease, the mortality rate, the abortion rate and the vaccination history The management information ... performing multivariate logistic regression analysis To adjust for the clustering effect, a random effect approach was used to construct the logistic model The statistical analyses were performed...
... value The cut-off values were 3.5 g/dl for albumin, 34 IU/L for AST, 36 IU/L for ALT 94 IU/L ALK-P, 1.3 mg/dl for total bilirubin, 21 mg/dl for BUN, and 15 ng/ml for AFP Recurrence After being discharged ... literature Predictive factorsfor recurrence For the patients having tumor recurrence within years after hepatectomy, liver transplantation might be beneficial To determine the riskfactors of tumor ... multivariate analysis of five recurrent risk factors, a nomogram was developed to predict
... 5.4%, p = 0.2), VT (3.4% vs 15.2%, p = 1.0) Riskfactorsfor arrhythmias Riskfactors and their odds ratios are summarized in Table for neonates and Table for infants and children Among neonates, ... not manifest as riskfactorsfor postoperative arrhythmias Ventricular septal defect repair was a risk factor for JET and Fontan type procedures predisposed to JR and AJR Surgery for atrioventricular ... model of all riskfactors repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, tetralogy of Fallot or other forms of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction were not riskfactorsfor the development...
... higher CAD risk independently of conventional riskfactors The C202G polymorphism may also be associated with higher triglyceride and lower HDL levels [7] The influence of the classical riskfactors ... p=0.382 40 No Gene Risk Profile Gene Risk Profile 20 Time [Years] 12 15 60 p=0.0012 40 No Gene Risk Profile Gene Risk Profile 20 0 80 12 15 Time [Years] 12 15 Time [Years] Figure Risk profile and ... homozygous for PAI1 5G insertion Statistics For statistical data analysis Microsoft® EXCEL 2002 and SPSS for Windows (Version 12.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) were used The primers for the PCR...
... setting for children, is an important delivery system for drug abuse prevention A number of preventive interventions directed at aggressive, disruptive behavior and other antecedent riskfactors ... Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press; 1998 Cohen DK, Hill HC: Instructional policy and classroom performance: the mathematics reform in California Teachers ... blocking factors, and comparison of intervention effects could be obtained for each school This two-level randomized block design allowed us to hold school, family, and community catchment area factors...
... have poor control of one or more of these riskfactors [5-7] According to the Chronic Care model (CCM), patient outcomes such as good control of these riskfactors should be associated with the presence ... will gather data using a standardized medical record review form to obtain performance data on risk factor control (A1c, BP and Lipids) for 60 patients with diabetes in each clinic (see outcomes ... greater, then the power for detecting the intervention effect on A1c is 0.80 For specific aims two and three, the ACIC score (for specific aim two) and the communication score (for specific aim three)...
... http://genomemedicine.com/content/2/9/61 aneurysm and riskfactorsfor rupture of aneurysms For presence of aneurysms, atherosclerosis, a familial pre pon erance and polycystic kidney disease are the main d riskfactors On the other ... aneurysm, age and gender have been consistently identified as riskfactorsfor rupture of aneurysm All in all, our knowledge of riskfactorsfor both the development and rupture of intracranial aneurysms ... understanding of such riskfactors Genetic factorsfor subarachnoid hemorrhage: insights from genome-wide association studies Because both environmental and genetic riskfactors have a role in...
... collected for cases only Information regarding the relationship to the deceased was collected for all informants The median number of days from death to informant interview was days for the cases: ... subjects (66%) information was collected directly from the controls themselves Third party informants were interviewed for 65 controls (34%) Description of informants Of the 194 informants for the cases ... logistic regression models of clinical and recent major life event riskfactorsfor suicidea Risk factor Cases n (%) Clinical factors Lifetime history of psychiatric illness Mental illness on...
... conditions were: one cycle at 50°C for 30 minutes and one cycle at 95°C for 15 minutes followed by 40 cycles of 95°C for one minute, 55°C for one minute and 72°C for one minute Finally the reactions ... been used for HCV genotyping, sequencing of an informative region of its genome (the 5'UTR) remains the golden standard The 5'UTR is highly conserved, and therefore is very suitable for both RT-PCR ... their surgeries in Egypt for example (n = 13) have type infection, while slightly Discussion HCV genotyping may shed light on its evolution, source of outbreaks, and riskfactors It may be used...