Radiation as an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis

Serum lipoprotein (a) as an atherosclerosis risk factor in men with androgenic alopecia

Background: The association between coronary artery disease and androgenic alopecia has been demonstrated, but few studies have focused on the mechanism of this association. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lipid profile in male pattern alopecia.Methods: In this case control study, 45 male patients with androgenic alopecia who were aged from 20 to 50 years and 45 men with a norma...

Intermediate-density lipoprotein as an independent risk factor for aortic atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients.

Patients with chronic renal failure often show accumulation of intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL). Because recent studies have emphasized the atherogenicity of IDL in the general population, we evaluated the relationship between this lipoprotein and aortic atherosclerosis in uremic patients treated with hemodialysis. Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured as a noninvasive index of sc...

obesity as an independent risk factor for the development of microalbuminuria

Hypoadiponectinemia as a risk factor for atherosclerosis?

Hypoadiponectinemia as a Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis? To the Editor: We want to comment on and complete the cited references of the article by Iglseder et al1 that demonstrated an independent negative association between adiponectin levels and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). With reference to this, our group also found an inverse and independent correlation between adiponectin and car...

Induced abortion as an independent risk factor for breast cancer.

Induced abortion as an independent risk factor for breast cancer SIR-In a recent paper Brind et al' investigated the relationship between abortion and breast cancer in a so called meta-analysis. They used data from published reports to investigate whether induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. Their stated aim was to ascertain and quantify this risk. However, there are several me...