BACKGROUND Undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) have important health consequences. METHODS AND RESULTS To examine the prevalence of undiagnosed glucose intolerance, oral glucose tolerance tests were administered to 1,142 consecutively enrolled middle-aged subjects (age range 40-55 years; 914 men, mean 50.7 years; 228 women, mean 49.4 years) who worked in a ...

We report a study which defined the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) among men with ischaemic heart disease. We recruited 510 men with established ischemic heart disease and interviewed these men using the International Index of Erectile Dysfunction (IIEF-5) questionnaire to determine the presence and severity of ED. Presence of ED was defined as IIEF-5 score of less than 22. The mean ag...

Aberrations in reproductive fitness may be a harbinger of medical diseases in men. Existing data suggest that female infertility is associated with autoimmune disorders; however, this has not been examined in men. As immune surveillance and hormonal factors can impact male fertility and autoimmunity, we sought to determine the association between male infertility and incident autoimmune disorde...

background: the aim of this study is to determine the frequency of intracranial artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke in iran. methods: a total of 169 patients with acute ischemic stroke were eligible to participate and were enrolled in this study from january 2012 to february 2013. all the patients were admitted to the nemazee ‎hospital, affiliated to shiraz university of medi...

The distribution of total plasma homocysteine concentrations in relation to the sex and age is described, in a population of Shiraz, South West of Iran and compared to those reported in other populations.  Two hundred and one healthy males and 201 healthy females aged >15 y were randomly selected.  Total Plasma homocysteine concentrations were measured using high performance liquid chromatograp...

Background: Prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) among college-aged athletes has risen in recent years. Although measures exist for assessing EDs, these measures have not been thoroughly reviewed in athletes. This study reviewed the validity and reliability evidence of the commonly used measures for assessing EDs in athlete populations aged 18e26 years. Methods: Databases were searched for stud...

BACKGROUND Hospitalization for heart failure (HF) is associated with high-in-hospital and short- and long-term post discharge mortality. Age and gender are important predictors of mortality in hospitalized HF patients. However, studies assessing short- and long-term risk of death stratified by age and gender are scarce. METHODS A nationwide cohort was identified (ICD-9 codes 402, 428) and fol...

848 testicular biopsy slides of 664 infertile men were reviewed from the archive of jahad daneshgahi pathology center. tite mean age of patients was 33 years. bilateral testicular biopsies were performed in 197 cases. in 47 cases (23.9%) the histopathologic findings were not identical mixed pattern were encountered frequently which must be kept in mirul in pathologic evaluations and reports.