epidemiology and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy

... design of the study and carried out statistical analyses XW conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... region of Xinjiang to assess the seroprevalence of KSHV and to identify the potential correlation between KSHV seroprevalence and KS incidence Results: Seroprevalence of KSHV in South and North ... other unknown factors have promoted the association between KSHV infection and KS development in the local minority groups Understanding the epidemiology of KSHV infection in rural areas of Uygur...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... group than other studies In many 1528 Journal of Hypertension 2001, Vol 19 No Table Prevalence of risk factors of hypertension in men and womenà Men Risk factors Age (years) Age group 18±24 25±34 ... ÃÃà P , 0.001) in SBP and DBP between men and women of same age group Risk factors associated with hypertension The demographic, anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics of subjects with or ... (diastolic and systolic cut-off points) and age distribution of the population studied Several other factors besides de®nitions and age group studied were gender, social class, the number of blood...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2015, 17:38

... females and males) and 10 obese non -diabetic subjects (5 females and males) with a mean 43 age ± SD of 49±7 years and 51±7 years, respectively (table 4) Five of the lean subjects received placebo and ... development of diabetes Previously, it has been revealed that disruption of hepatic insulin signaling results in fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia and the subsequent development of peripheral ... aspects On one hand insulin resistance of adipose tissue insulin resistance and elevated lipolysis increase levels of circulating FFA and thereby contribute to the development of insulin resistance...

Ngày tải lên: 19/11/2015, 16:47

... 90% of severe cases and deaths of pH1N1/2009 did not occur in the elderly group 5 1.3.2 Risk factors and high -risk groups Currently, there is not much research related to identifying risk factors ... development and characteristics, and to identify the attack rate of pH1N1/2009 in the Northern areas of Vietnam, from 2009 to 2011 2 To identify some risk factors of pH1N1/2009 in the Northern areas of ... shows that risk infection of pH1N1/2009 of groups of children under years of age and 5-24 years old was over times higher than that of group over 55 years old (OR = 4.15 [1.72 - 10.63] and (OR =...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 13:57

... range of direct and indirect benefits at individual level (e.g., improvement in quality of life and reduction in risk of fall and co-morbidities), economic level (e.g., increasing rate of employment ... IX-1 Characteristics of the first- and second-generation Indian immigrants with and without diabetic retinopathy living in Singapore 191 IX-2 Characteristics of the first- and second-generation ... Distribution of PVI, BCVI, and visual function against age 147 Chapter VIII VIII-1 Proportion of diabetic retinopathy stratified by English proficiency 168 VIII-2 Proportion of presenting...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:06

... Xu B and Song J Prevalence and risk factors of overactive bladder syndrome in Fuzhou Chinese women Neurourol Urodyn 2006; 25:717 Teleman PM, Lidfeldt J, Nerbrand C, Samsioe G, Mattiasson A and ... bladder: prevalence, risk factors and relation to stress incontinence in middle-aged women BJOG 2004; 111:600 Coyne K, Margolis M, Zyczynski T, Elinoff V and Roberts RG Validation of an OAB screener ... of urinary symptoms and incontinence: the Canadian Urinary Bladder Survey BJU Int 2008; 101:52 Milsom I, Abrams P, Cardozo L, Roberts RG, Throff J and Wein A How widespread are the symptoms of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35

... Diseases and Total Burden of Disease Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors to Mortality and Burden of Disease from Site-Specific Cancers Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors ... and Burden of Disease, by Age and Sex Joint Contributions (PAFs) of the Leading Risk Factors to Mortality and Burden of Disease, by Region Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors to ... Mathers, and Christopher J L Murray Burden of Disease Attributable to Risk Factors Risk Factor Selection Burden of Disease Attributable to Individual Risk Factors Joint Effects of Multiple Risk Factors...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... Particulate matter is a mixture of organic and inorganic solid and liquid particles of different origins, size, and composition It is a major component of urban air pollution and has the greatest effect ... schoolchildren and adults and increase the prevalence of asthma and asthmatic symptoms [65-67] Aeroallergens and Atopic Asthma Aeroallergens have a significant impact on the development of asthma, and atopy ... degradation of air quality as a result of increasing levels of outdoor air pollutants such as vehicle emissions [7-20] An understanding of the interplay between genetic background and environmental...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... Table Prevalence and medians of CD -risk factors of the compared occupational groups Prevalence of elevated risks Group p1 median (P25-P75) chef group office group chef group office group N % ... sensitive marker Page of of inflammation provides a quick and a simple method of risk prediction [8] Other risk factors associated with nutrition, include the fatty acids that are a part of the lipids ... Subjects and Methods Subjects The study groups consisted of chefs (N = 45) and office workers (N = 48) All subjects were male and aged between 30 and 45 years The volunteers were informed of the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... knowledge, attitudes, and risk behaviors of schizophrenic patients with those of diabetic patients Specific objectives: • To determine the knowledge, attitudes, and risk behaviors of schizophrenic ... attitudes, and risk behaviors of diabetic patients in regard to HIV/AIDS; and • To compare these groups on these parameters and make conclusions as to how best to improve the knowledge, attitude, and risk ... greatest burden of HIV infection and where large-scale ignorance about the cause and prevention of the disease prevails Several studies have reported the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of identified...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... Germany), and those of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and uric acid (IFCC/ECCLS and URIKAASI PAP, Konelab, Thermo Electron Oy, Finland) Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Circadian ... abuse and dependence, and other substance dependence and abuse As part of the assessment, the participants filled in the items of lifetime seasonal variations in mood and behavior taken and adapted ... standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki, its amendments and revision Results The allele frequencies and genotype distributions of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... analysis model of all risk factors repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, tetralogy of Fallot or other forms of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction were not risk factors for ... analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of manuscript SK: Acquisition of data RGG: Conception and study design, acquisition of data BJM: Conception and study design, acquisition of data ... Conception and study design, acquisition of data GvB: Conception and study design, revision and final approval of manuscript MCS: Conception and study design, acquisition of data, revision and final...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... characteristics and extrinsic risk factors Risk factor Number (%) of patients Number (%) of patients with HSV-1related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia Without risk factor With risk factor Without risk factor ... http://ccforum.com/content/11/6/R119 tion of ventilation and tracheotomy, and statistical association Table Risk factors for herpes simplex virus-related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia and fatal outcome: results of multiple ... interpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript TFS participated in the study design, interpretation of the data and drafting of the manuscript FM initiated the study, participated in the design of...

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Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:11

... management and analysis, and strengths and limitations of the study This section draws on the main report of the Nelson Mandela/HSRC Study of HIV/AIDS of which the national survey of children ... infection over and above vertical transmission These were: risk environments, care and protection of children and knowledge and communication about sex and HIV/AIDS For ethical and legal reasons, ... cent of children to 11 years and 4.2 per cent of children 12 to 14 years had a caregiver younger than 18 years of age • At least per cent of children to 11 years of age and over 10 per cent of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... estimate of the standard deviation for each of the hazard quotients and cancer risk estimates Traditional risk assessments use point estimates of exposure yielding point estimates of risk with ... practices of deriving point estimates of risk include built-in safety factors, such as the uncertainty factors and modifying factors used in the derivation of the RfD This provides some level of conservatism, ... hyperkeratosis and the formation of hyperkeratotic warts and corns on the palms and the soles of the feet are caused by chronic arsenic ingestion Discoloration of the skin of the face, neck, and back...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:10

... needed in other at risk populations in Tijuana and other border cities throughout the US-Mexico border Funding Information Figure Map of Mexico Map of Mexico States of origin of migrating pregnant ... cohort of pregnant Women in Baja California, Mexico: evidence of an emerging crisis? [ThPeC7301] Program and abstracts of the XV International AIDS Conference; July 1116, 2004; Bangkok, Thailand ... Prevention and Control (CENSIDA) in other areas of Mexico, which is 0.09%.[4] This discrepancy may be explained by the nature of the population studied Our study was hospital based, with 24% of our...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... distribution of condoms, peer education and screening of STD and reproductive tract infections The aims of program is to prevent and reduce HIV and LRTI with effectiveness and low cost 1.3.3 Program of ... guidlines of WHO and the Central Hospital of Dermatology 2.2.5 Content and intervention process Examination, treatment for FSWs and monitoring of clinical and laborator expressions Communication and ... individuals, families, and knowledge of risk behaviors of LRTI of FSWs Interviewed medical staffs to collect personal information and LRTI knowledge of the medical staff of the Centre 2.2.3.1.2 Clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 13:32

... upper rank of the hypergraph – that is, the size of the largest hyperedge The proofs of Theorems and involve the use of the combinatorial nullstellensatz [2] the electronic journal of combinatorics ... (2008), #N22 2 Proof of Theorems and The total degree of a polynomial g ∈ F[X1 , X2 , , Xn ] is the largest value of t1 + t2 + t t t · · · + tn , taken over all monomials of the form X11 X22 ... the results of Theorem and Theorem Alon, Friedland and Kalai [3] proved that for any prime power p, every graph of average degree more than 2p − contains a non-empty subgraph all of whose vertices...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 15:22

... RBPT and ELISA results According to the manufacturer, the sensitivity and specificity of the RBPT are 89% and 92%, respectively The ELISA we used had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 98% ... Prevalence of, and risk factors 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 Risk factors associated ... Skjerve E Prevalence of antibodies to Brucella spp and individual risk factors of infection in traditional cattle, goats and sheep reared in livestock-wildlife interface areas of Zambia Trop Anim...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22