Is Appendectomy a Risk Factor for Crohn’s Disease Onset or Development in the Western Algerian Population?

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Gender is a risk factor in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Background: Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has increased in the last decades, and it is now one of the most common chronic and recurrent diseases. The present study aimed at determining the frequency of gender (sex) and age in Iranian patients with GERD symptoms.    Methods: In this study, 803 patients aged 11 to 84 years, with erosive and nonerosive gastroesoph...

prothrombin g20210a mutation is not a risk factor for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia in western iran

background : we conducted the present study to investigate the frequency of prothrombin g20210a mutation among acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients and healthy individuals from western iran and to detect the possible association between this mutation and the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in our population. methods : the studied groups consisted of 92 children with acute lymphoblastic le...

is the gstm1 null polymorphism a risk factor for primary angle-closure glaucoma among iranian population?

glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are members of multigenic family which have the essential functionin cells as an antioxidant. in the present study we studied the polymorphism of gstt1 and gstm1 deletion genotypes in iranian patients with primary closed angle glaucoma (pcag) compared to healthy subjects. we conducted a study of 41 pcag patients (24 women, 17 men) and 100 healthy participants (...

Is insomnia a risk factor for new-onset asthma? A population-based study in Taiwan

OBJECTIVES To determine whether insomnia at baseline is a risk factor for new-onset asthma. METHODS We recruited 48 871 patients with insomnia (insomnia group) newly diagnosed between 2002 and 2007, and 97 742 matched controls without insomnia (control group) from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. All of the patients were followed up for 4 years to see whether new-onset as...