BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable disorder of connective tissue caused by a defect in collagen type I synthesis. For bone, this includes fragility, low bone mass, and progressive skeletal deformities, which can result in various degrees of short stature. The purpose of this study was to investigate development of bone mineral density in children with OI. PATIE...

OBJECTIVES Present research aimed to explore relationship between cognitive failure, teacher's rejection (TR), interpersonal relationship anxiety (IRA) and Signs of Dyslexia (SD) in children with dyslexia. Another aim was to explore TR, SD and IRA as predictors of cognitive failure and final aim was to see TR, SD and cognitive failure as predictors of IRA. METHOD Sample included140 students (...

Sixty eight children born in 1977 who were taking part in an unrelated study of childhood asthma were selected to have their serum cholesterol concentrations measured at birth, and at 4 months and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 11 years of age. Concentrations of high density lipoprotein were measured at 5 and 11 years. Cholesterol values increased rapidly from birth and plateaued at 1 year. There was a fur...

Microvascular proliferation (MVP) is one of the histopathological hallmarks of glioblastoma (GB). In this study angiogenic potential in GB was analysed according to the morphology of MVP and by assessment of vascular density. The analysis of relations of vascular parameters to chosen clinical features was performed. Tissue samples from 46 GB cases were examined. The clinical data included: pati...

Good theoretical values for vital capacity (VCt) can be used to calculate a VC/VCt ratio which remains constant for a given individual subject throughout different growth periods. This longitudinal study on 27 boys was performed in order to determine whether a single equation was accurate throughout the growth of boys. The mean values of VC/VCt were also compared for the beginning and end of th...

The purpose of this study was to compare Emotional Unstability among district level, state level and national Field Hockey Players. To obtain data, the investigators had selected Ninety Nine (N=99), Female subjects between age group 12-28 years (Mean±SD: Age 16.90±3.80 (yrs), Body Height 161.41±4.97 (cm), Mass 52.36±5.35 (kg)). For evaluating levels subjects, Singh Bhargava’s (1988) Maturity Sc...

OBJECTIVE To assess value-added service of a pharmacist-driven point-of-care spirometry clinic to quantify respiratory disease abnormalities within a primary care physicians office. METHODS This retrospective, cohort study was an analysis of physician referred patients who attended our spirometry clinic during 2008-2010 due to pulmonary symptoms or disease. After spirometry testing, data was ...

The aim of this study was to describe dietary glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) values in the diets of Danish children, and to examine the associations between dietary GI, GL and body fatness. Data were collected during 1997-8 as part of the European Youth Heart Study. The study population comprised 485 children aged 10 years and 364 children aged 16 years from Odense County, Denmark...

BACKGROUND Relatively little is known regarding after-school behavior. This study examined after-school active and sedentary behaviors among youth participating in the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. METHODS An interview guided time-use approach was used to obtain detailed longitudinal information about after-school (3-6 PM) behavior of a mixed gender cohort (n = 886) at ages...

Peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability can be considered as an index of bronchial lability. Population studies on PEF variability are few. The purpose of the current paper is to describe the distribution of PEF variability in a random population sample of adults with a wide age range (20-70 yrs), and to assess relationships to age, gender and smoking habits. PEF data were collected in 511 parti...