cardiovascular disease in women

... Kidney Int 2000; 58: 346-352 45 Kaysen GA, Chertow GM, Adhikarla R, Young B, Ronco C, Levin NW Inflammation and dietary protein intake exert competing effects on serum albumin and creatinine in hemodialysis ... 40) In some studies the relation between hypoalbuminemia and CVD is the reflection of inflammation induced malnutrition The underlying mechanism behind this includes appetite suppression and increased ... 678-679 21 Levin A, Foley RN Cardiovascular disease in chronic renal insufficiency Am J Kidney Dis 2003; 36: S24-30 22 Danesh J, Collins R, Peto R Lipoprotein (a) and coronary heart disease Meta-analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:52

... informa- included in the analysis Table Criteria for Determining the Low-Carbohydrate-Diet Score Points Carbohydrate Intake Total Protein Intake Total Fat Intake Animal-Protein Intake Animal-Fat Intake ... Society Conclusions Our findings suggest that diets lower in carbohydrate and higher in protein and fat are not associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease in women When vegetable sources ... heart disease In the Women s Health Initiative, a low-fat dietary pattern was not associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease during an 8-year follow-up.31 Therefore, the increase in...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... data and was involved in writing the manuscript, focusing on the statistical analyses BD was involved in the design of the present study and gave his intellectual input during the drafting process ... O'Dell J, Pincus T: Making an impact on mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: targeting cardiovascular comorbidity Arthritis Rheum 2004, 50:1734-1739 Pincus T, Callahan LF: Taking mortality in rheumatoid ... suppression of inflammation, which results in a decreased risk for CVD Competing interests Mechanisms by which DMARD use could influence the risk for CVD are poorly investigated HCQ is reported to influence...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... (Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease) project, in which the highest rates of myocardial infarction were seen in Finland, Poland, and the UK and lowest in ... including swollen and tender joint counts Information concerning extra-articular features and comorbidities, including CV events, was established by a record review, a detailed clinical examination, ... Fachkrankenhaus, Ratingen; Rieke Alten and Christof Pohl, Schlosspark-Klinik, Berlin; and Gerd R Burmester, Bettina Marsmann, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin; Ireland: Barry Bresnihan, St Vincent...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... receptors in the frontal cortex for women Serotonin Greater 5HT2 receptor binding in men than women, most pronounced for frontal and cingulate cortex Greater binding in women for the 5HT1A receptor in ... serotonin binding using this tracer Preliminary PET 11C-NMSP studies of D2 dopamine receptor binding in women over the menstrual cycle suggested cyclic variation in dopamine binding (123) In a small sample ... D2-dopamine receptor binding Males had a steeper slope or decline with age than females for D2 dopamine receptor binding, but no sex differences occurred in association with age for serotonin binding...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... Epilepsy in Women, including information about the dosing and pharmacokinetics characteristics of each AED A CONTRACEPTION IN WOMEN WITH EPILEPSY Women taking cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzyme–inducing ... term N-Min N-Min N-Min N-Min N-Min N-Min N-Min TABLE 4.10 Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs FETAL RISK FDA TERIS Heparin Low molecular weight heparin Warfarin Pentoxifylline BREAST-FEEDING C ... binding globulins may also be increased, resulting in a decrease in free hormone levels The failure rate of OCs is 0.7 per 100 women years This rate is increased to 3.1 per 100 women years in...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... discussion of individual diseases and genetic counseling issues, see the chapters addressing these topics.) X-LINKED DISEASE The distinction between recessive and dominant inheritance in X-linked diseases ... no report of clinical or subclinical neurologic involvement in true female carriers in this disorder or in the other X-linked motor neuron disease, lethal infantile sex-linked spinal muscular ... argued against a simple X-linked hypothesis (47) The X-linked model was finally confirmed by demonstrating pathogenic mutations in the gene in Xp28 encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein-2, a regulator...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... protein secretion (including lipoproteins, clotting factors, renin substrate, and binding proteins) • Increased binding proteins, including: sex hormone binding globulin, corticosteroid binding ... globulin, thyroxin-binding globulin, growth hormone binding proteins, and ceruloplasmin • Excretory capacity for BSP, bilirubin, bile salts • Changes in serum transaminase, alkaline phosphatase • Increases ... secretion: • Lipoproteins, VLDL, LDL, HDL • Increases thyroxin and cortisol binding globulin • Increases copper and iron binding plasma proteins • Changes tryptophan metabolism • Inhibition of bone...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... rates are higher in women than in men According to the 2000 census, however, a decline occurred in individuals 65 and older who were living in nursing homes from 5.1% in 1990 to 4.5% in 2000 The greatest ... which directed the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine policies regarding the inclusion of pregnant and lactating women in clinical trials In 1994, The IOM committee on women in research made ... Disability rates in women and men from 1979–1980 (from reference 2) for a variety of activities including going outside, walking, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, getting in and out of bed...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... despite living in high-risk zones, such as the Lapps in Finland and the Inuit in Canada MS may be on the rise Studies suggest an increase among women and an increase as natural infections in early ... improving uteroplacental perfusion by increasing perfusion pressure Thus, an increase in maternal blood pressure satisfies the vascular needs of the fetus Further increases in serotonin result in increased ... tends to protect women from having their first stroke Interestingly aspirin seems less effective at preventing myocardial infarction than in men Presently women at risk for having their first...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... commonly, patients develop urinary stress incontinence or fecal incontinence later in life The role of pudenal neuropathy in incontinence is less clear Sphincter injury, pelvic floor descent, ... overall success rate in finding the genetic defect in DMD and BMD to 93% In the remaining 7% of families, DNA linkage analysis is indicated (18) This necessitates obtaining blood from members ... reaf- PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASE IN WOMEN firming the need for adequate pediatric respiratory support at delivery CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... influence the disease Animal studies have documented that estrogen increases dopamine concentrations in the brain by increasing tyrosine hydroxylase activity, enhancing dopamine release and inhibiting ... maneuver, increases in intra-abdominal pressure, and some involuntary smooth muscle activity in the bowel wall, evacuation may proceed SPECIFIC DISORDERS Urinary Incontinence Urinary incontinence ... phosphates in insecticides or botulinum toxin in improperly canned food In acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome), urinary retention early in the course...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... required in determining the appropriateness of vaccines against neurologic infections during pregnancy Women taking contraceptive pills or hormone supplements during menopause may find that the ... jugular vein (if it is the principal vein draining the intracranial area) or both jugular veins may produce papilledema In most instances, the occlusion of the jugular veins occurs during radical ... Karbwang J, et al Quinine and severe falciparum malaria in late pregnancy Lancet 1985;2:4–8 Dilling WJ, Gemmell AA A preliminary investigation of of fetal deaths following quinine induction J Obst...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... (26) In fact, provocative procedures may be useful for reproducing events during EEG recording Provoking or suggesting seizures can be done in several ways, such as injecting saline or placing ... in, 93 X-linked dominant disease in, 129–134 X-linked inheritance in, 103 X-linked lissencephaly/subcortical band heterotopia in, 131 X-linked mental retardation in, 101 X-linked metabolic encephalopathies, ... hypoplasia) in, 129–130 headache and, 138–139 Hunter syndrome (MPS II) in, 137 Hunter syndrome in, 129 incontinentia pigmenti in, 131–132, 132 Kleine-Levin syndrome in, 139 Klinefelter syndrome in, 127...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 00:20

... activates plaqueresiding CD4+ T cells to increase TNF-related apoptosisinducing ligand (TRAIL) expression, which results in killing of plaque stabilizing cells and a potential increase in the risk of ... oxidized LDL, and by secreting IFN-γ, which then leads to increased in ammatory cytokine production This chronic production of in ammatory cytokines and proteases may lead to thinning of the plaque wall ... of various proinflammatory cytokines and metalloproteinases [40,41] These findings indicate that type I IFNs could potentially be involved in atherosclerosis development not only in autoimmune...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... participated in genotyping and data analysis TRV, JAMF and LR participated in the acquisition and interpretation of data BF was involved in the acquisition and interpretation of data and in revising it ... was observed only in patients with long disease duration [29] As we pointed out in the Introduction, CCR5 seems to play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis In rodent knockout ... Császár A: Involvement of polymorphisms in the chemokine system in the susceptibility for coronary artery disease (CAD): coincidence of elevated Lp(a) and MCP-1 -2518 G/G genotype in CAD patients...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... triglycerides were determined using GPO-PAP and CHOD-PAP kits, respectively, from Boehringer Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany) HDL was measured following precipitation of apoB containing lipoproteins with phosphotungstate ... investigate the effect of an activated PPARδ In an obese state the activities of numerous interacting genes are altered which may influence the effect of PPARδ on metabolism In our data and in ... levels in men and we show in this work that similar associations are operating in women, we also looked for a potential gene-to-gene interaction between PPARδ and apoE Allelic variation in apoE...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... exposure at baseline (E baseline), and on the time of follow-up t, since all women were 55 years of age at baseline Additionally, we investigated whether the age related increase in diseases or symptoms ... baseline, pt prevalence at followup, E baseline exposure at baseline, ΔE exposure decline (exposure at baseline minus exposure at follow-up), t follow-up time, Sbaseline smoking at baseline (yes ... we additionally did all analysis only including non smoking women into the analysis The results hardly changed indicating that erroneous assessing of smoking did not bias the effect estimate Exposure...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... Socio-economic inequalities in the financing of cardiovascular & diabetes inpatient treatment in India Indian Journal of Medical Research, 133, pp.57–63 Reel, M., 2006 In Argentina they’ve got a beef Washington ... children in São Paulo In 2005, approximately per cent of children aged This steady decline in CVD mortality may 13–14 years living in São Jose de Rio Preto in part be attributable to an increase in in ... The prevalence of heart disease has been increasing in China, partly as a result of a worsening profile of risk factors including increased prevalence of hypertension, smoking and obesity levels...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... generating increased collateral flow But documented clinical success in reducing angina scores and improving myocardial perfusion in otherwise untreatable patients has been observed In a porcine ... function in genetically engineered rabbit vein grafts J Clin Invest 99:1295–1301, 1997 200 GENE THERAPY IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Mann MJ, Whittemore AD, Donaldson MC Preliminary clinical experience ... fluorescent-labeled ODN to saphenous vein graft cells See color insert (A) Hoechst 33,342 nuclear chromatin staining of vein graft in cross section, illustrating location of nuclei within the graft wall (100¥)...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2014, 22:11