The objective of this study was to estimate the myostatin (mh) gene's effect on milk, protein and fat yield in a large heterogeneous cow population, of which only a small portion was genotyped. For this purpose, a total of 13 992 889 test-day records derived from 799 778 cows were available. The mh gene effect was estimated via BLUP using a multi-lactation, multi-trait random regression test-da...

Multiple-day diet records can be unsuitable for cohort studies because of high administrative and analytical costs. Costs could be reduced if a subsample of participants were analyzed in a nested case-control study. However, completed records are usually reviewed ("documented") with participants to correct errors and omissions before analysis. The authors evaluated the suitability of using undo...

BACKGROUND Hypertension is associated with elevated sodium and low potassium intakes. The determination of sodium and potassium intake by dietary records is inaccurate, being its measurement from 24-h urine collection the reference method. AIM To determine urinary sodium and potassium excretion in adults. To compare dietary sodium and potassium intake and their excretion from an isolated urin...

BACKGROUND Research exploring the agreement between traditional medication records and electronic records generated by an automated dispensing device has been limited. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extent of agreement between medication administration records written in paper-based emergency department charts and records generated by an automated dispensing device with regard to the presence or a...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether a priori selection of patient records using unexpectedly long length of stay (UL-LOS) leads to detection of more records with adverse events (AEs) compared to non-UL-LOS. DESIGN To investigate the opportunities of the UL-LOS, we looked for AEs in all records of patients with colorectal cancer. Within this group, we compared the number of AEs found in records ...

this research used the test day data of the milk production of holstein cows from golestan, mazandaran and guilan provinces collected by animal breeding center of iran between the years of 1988-2011. permanent effects of model, including cattle blend, breeding year and season, also percent of holstein gene and age during recording, were used as a secondary variable. all data obtained in this re...

random regression models (rrm) are used for genetic estimations of milk traits in dairy cows. rrm utilize data on traits that are repeated during the time, such as milk trait, which allows of the evaluation of the test day production information. in this study, to estimate genetic parameters for milk production trait, test day records (tdr) were collected from the first lactation of holstein co...

Handling large-scale industry data is challenging both in the preliminary screening of data for validation, and also in the subsequent statistical analyses to obtain estimates of fixed effects, genetic parameters and estimated breeding values (EBVs). This paper summarises how a small subset from large industry-derived dairy data records have been explored and edited to be ready for genetic anal...

OBJECTIVE Strategies that aim to facilitate reduction of the salt content of foods in Australia are hampered by sparse and outdated data on habitual salt intakes. This study assessed habitual sodium intake through urinary excretion analyses, and identified food sources of dietary sodium, as well as knowledge and practices related to salt use in healthy women. METHODS Cross-sectional, convenie...

BACKGROUND The antioxidant lycopene may be beneficial for patients with heart failure (HF). Processed tomato products are a major source of lycopene, although they are also high in sodium. Increased sodium intake may counter the positive antioxidant effect of lycopene. METHODS This was a prospective study of 212 patients with HF. Dietary intake of lycopene and sodium was obtained from weighte...