... studying the underlying mechanisms of pediatric NAFLD andthe need for broadening efforts in prevention and control of the main risk factors. The two main universal riskfactorsfor NAFLD, obesity and ... of atherosclerosis, the evidence forthe relationship be-tween NAFLD andcardiovascular diseases is weak (74). A population-based cohort study of adults, aged 30–70 years, showed that the ... found significant associa-tions between insulin resistance and NAFLD, and similar risk factorsand protective factorsfor these 2 interrelated disorders. Waist circumference andthe ratio of apolipo-protein...
... concentrate on the eyes and less on the broader aspects of health. Assum-ing that knowledge of specific factors can further assistophthalmologists in the care of their patients, the present study aims ... follow-up the reports on co-morbidity were not stable.One reason for this was loss to follow-up, andthe other wasthat the patients did not continue to report the co-existingconditions which they ... Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 3Institute of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and 4Elkerliek Hospital, Department of ophthalmology, Helmond, the NetherlandsEmail:...
... many riskfactorsfor chronic diseases and is inurgent need of interventions to reduce the prevalence ofthese riskfactorsand to deal with the chronic diseases towhich they contribute. The ... major risk factorsfor chronic diseases are at greatly increased risk of developing chronic diseases in the future (12), the morewe know about today’s chronic diseaserisk factors, the better ... economicchanges that have led to increases in the prevalence of risk factorsfor these diseases (6-8). And increases in the preva-lence of major riskfactors such as high blood pressure,tobacco use,...
... crossingsdaily. Therefore, Tijuana offers a unique opportunity to study theriskfactorsfor HIV acquisition and migrationpatterns at the Mexico-US border.Beginning in 1997, the University of California ... internal migration patterns and riskfactorsfor HIV acquisition. Between September and December 2003, information on residence during the previous 5 years was available for 1496 pregnant womenat ... number not for citation purposes)Journal of the International AIDS SocietyShort reportMigration andRiskFactorsfor HIV Acquisition in Pregnant Women in Baja California, MexicoRolando M Viani*1,...
... (2005),/6(1), 53–59 Risk factorsfor retained placenta andthe effect of retained placenta on the occurrence of postpartum diseases and subsequent reproductive performance in dairy cowsYeon-Kyung ... important riskfactorsfor retained placenta. The occurrence of endometritis and metabolic disorders wasgreater (p< 0.01) in the group with retained placentasthan in the control group. The mean ... partus and short gestation periodsare important riskfactorsfor development of retainedplacenta, which increases the occurrence of endometritis and metabolic diseases, resulting in decreased...
... had disease, the mortality rate, the abortion rate and the vaccination history. The management information included the water source, the cleaning practices, the veterinary services andthe ... two groups of risk factors. The density of animal populations, the herd size, the type and breed of animal (dairy or beef), the type of husbandry system and other environmental factors are thought ... The factors influencing the epidemiology of brucellosis in cattle in any geographical region can be classified into factors associated with the transmission of thedisease among herds and the...
... general anesthesia was per-formed. A standardized bypass protocol, including the administration of dexamethasone for cerebral edema pro-phylax is and inflammation control as well as heparin wasemployed. ... significant if the t-test’ spvaluewasless than 0.05. The presence of riskfactors in the var-iou s types of arrhythmias was analyzed using the Fisherexact test. Theriskfactors were entered into a ... there was once again nosignificant difference in the prevalence of arrhythmiasbetween the two age groups (p = 0.15). The peak periodprevalence forthe total number of arrhythmias as wellas...
... NOS3, and LIPC genes may be risk factors for cardiac adverse events after primary CABGSandra Eifert*1, Astrid Rasch1, Andres Beiras-Fernandez1, Georg Nollert1, Bruno Reichart1 and ... 20% decreased in patients with the 4aa variant [5]. For endothelial NOS at least 4 frequentpolymorphisms (G894T, Glu298Asp, T786C, andthe oneused in this study) are well established and described ... smokers and young adults. These oppositional results are fre-quently seen in genetic studies and may be due to the multi factorial origin of the disease. For instance, in japa-nese and caucasians...
... oneWD classroom and two SC classrooms for school six in the second year of the trial. In the third year, school six hadonly two first-grade classrooms and they were taught by the initially assigned ... the intervention chief forthe study. Sheoversaw the development and refinement of the interven-tion components and was responsible forthe training and supervision of the WD facilitators. NK ... practices and served as a mentor to the teacher. WD facilitators had expertise in the theory and practice of WD and classroom behavior managementmore broadly as well asthe interpretation and use...
... conceived and developed the study, drafted the study protocol, and leads the implementation. JAP, PHN and SDC helped to draft both thestudy protocol and thismanuscript. RLR coordinates the ongoing study, ... 1.5 in response to the intervention. Forthe third specific aim, the ICC for communication scores is 0.33 andthe associated standarderror is 9.46, thus the power for detecting the interventioneffect ... unit of rand-omization will be the clinic andthe unit of analysis willbe the repeated measure of each risk factor for eachpatient, nested within the clinic. The outcome will be the level...
... outbreaks, andrisk factors. It may be used to identify the source of infection in cases of patient-to-patient trans-mission and is also useful in thestudy of other modessuch as vertical (mother ... stored in sterile DNase- and RNase-free, tightly caped tubes, at -70°C. The procedures of thestudy were approved by the localHelsinki committee according to the World Medical Asso-ciation Declaration ... not for citation purposes)Authors' contributionsBMA participated in the design of the study; designed and supervised on the molecular genetic studies andthe statis-tical analysis and...