... presence and treatmentof cardiovascular risk factors. Despite increased mortalityrates in SSc (partly due to cardiac involvement), cardiovascu-lar riskfactorsand the presence of macrovascular disease have ... between IMT, disease- related factors, and markersof endothelial activation. Traditional risk factors, like increasingage and dyslipidemia, accounted for increased IMT values inSSc patients and controls.After ... sclerosis and its relation to disease or traditional risk factors Martha E Hettema1, Dan Zhang1, Karina de Leeuw1, Ymkje Stienstra2, Andries J Smit3, Cees GM Kallenberg1 and Hendrika...
... cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis; (5) regulationof subcellular signaling pathways and modulation of transcription factors; and (6)inhibition of growth factorsand inflammatory cytokines ... studydesign, performance, and analysis, with a focus on randomization of the study sub-jects, blinding of the investigators and study subjects, and the handling of dropouts and withdrawal of study ... observations and resulting hypothe-ses into a potential decreased risk of aging, chronic disease, or cancer chemopre-vention and treatment in the general population.11.3 Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson’s...
... diabetics. The complex and intimate relationship between atherothrombosis and traditional and novel riskfactors is discussed in the following chapters of Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis ... coagulation factorsand the risk of myocardial infarction among men: Opposite and synergistic effects of factors XI and XII. Blood, Vol.108, No.13, pp.4045-4051. Pathology and Pathophysiology ... expectancy, increased morbidity and mortality and future risk of consequences in multiple systems. Although therapeutic improvements and public health policies for riskfactors control have brought...
... womenEngland and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Republic of IrelandSw eden Czech Republic Finland DenmarkFigure 9. Total Fertility Rates: TFR in England & Wales, Scotland, NorthernIreland, ... incidence is available (2005 for Republic of Ireland;2004 for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Sweden; 2003 for Czech Republic and Finland; 2001 for Denmark).Linear Regression. ... Rates: TARs in England & Wales, Scotland,Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Finland, and Denmark; 1968-2006Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume...
... onBreast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State (BCERF)Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology Cornell Center for the EnvironmentSmoking and Breast Cancer Risk Tobacco ... has been linked with an increased risk of lung cancer andheart disease. Studies have also indicated a possiblelinkage between passive smoking and breast cancer risk, but settling this concern ... cancer risk factors. Is smoking related to breast cancer risk? The relationship between cigarette smoking and breast cancer risk is uncertain. Many studies have examined this relationship, and cigarette...
... population. The socio-demographic and scores on CBCL were compared between patients and control subjects. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed to examine riskfactors for psychosocialproblems ... adults and recalled childhood teasing.J Anxiety Disord 2010, 24(2):238-243.doi:10.1186/1477-7525-9-28Cite this article as: Ji et al.: Assessment of psychosocial functioning and its riskfactors ... Chicago, Ill) and M icrosoft Excel (MicrosoftCorp,Pedmond,Wash)inthis study. For cate goricalvar iables, data were compil ed as frequen cy and percent, and the difference between patient and control...
... marker SNPs, and modeled them with clinical risk factors, to see the usage of these factors in breast cancer risk assessment. Two methods (risk factors counting and OR weighted risk scoring) ... counts of risk alleles /factors. Another method assessed the effects of the SNPs andriskfactors using a risk score analysis with a linear combination of the SNP genotypes or riskfactors weighted ... alleles, and the log odds for the entire model was additive across SNPs and other risk factors) . Then the risk score was Table 3 Association of SNPs with breast cancer risk in both testing and...
... was a decreased risk factor and using foot disinfectants was a possible factor for decreased risk. Clearly, if the employees were active in the prevention of disease, the risk of seropositivity ... Diagnosis and Surveillance. WHO, Geneva, 2002. Seroprevalence of LPAI and associated riskfactors 165Table 5. Difference in farmer's recognition of clinical signs between seropositive and ... 164 Jong-Tae Woo et al.Table 3. Odds ratio and p-value for significant and possible riskfactors related to the seropositive layers Var ia bl es Factors *Seropositive Seronegative Adjusted...
... during radiochemotherapy and other risk factors (gender, T- and N category, tumor site, dose, therapy protocol) on disease- specific survival (DSS),local control (LC) and colostomy free survival ... other prognostic factors showed no significant influence on colostomy free sur-vival.Other risk factors The remaining riskfactors like N stage, tumor localisation,radiation dose and therapy protocol ... resection (2 APR and 2 excision) and were treated in adjuvant intention with adose of 45 Gy, one patient stopped therapy (43 Gy, seeabove) and in 2 patients dose prescription was 49 Gy. Disease specific...
... proliferator activated receptor delta genotype in relation to cardiovascular riskfactorsandrisk of coronary heartdisease in hypercholesterolaemic men. J Int Med 2003; 254: 597-604. 10. Rust ... counting and compared using the א² test. The data was analysed using SPSS 12.0 software. The association between the +294T/C polymorphism and serum lipids, coronary heart disease, and body ... address the question whether the +T294C polymorphism in PPARδ is associated with the risk for coronary heartdisease and/ or plasma lipid levels in women, we investigated this genetic variant in a...