BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dietary protein intake has been associated with reduced risk of stroke. This study aimed to examine the relationship between premorbid dietary intake of protein and both stroke severity and neurological outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Consecutive patients with first-ever ischemic stroke in Jinling Hospital were screened for e...

BACKGROUND Not much research evidence concerning the relationship between betel quid chewing and oral health has been established although betel quid chewing is a common practice among people in many Asian countries including rural areas of Thailand. OBJECTIVE The present study employed two existing data sets to evaluate the association between betel quid chewing and oral diseases. MATERIAL...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To examine if commonly recommended assumptions for multivariable logistic regression are addressed in two major epidemiological journals. METHODS Ninety-nine articles from the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and the American Journal of Epidemiology were surveyed for 10 criteria: six dealing with computation and four with reporting multivariable logistic regression re...

In this paper a new non-linear multivariable regression method is presented to investigate the existence of correlation between the central corneal thickness (CCT) and the optic nerve head (ONH) topographic measurements in patients with glaucoma. Specifically, the model is supplied with Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II data including optic nerve head topographic parameters (i.e. disc area, etc) a...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the clinical factors and heritability associated with inflammation measured as circulating levels of soluble-intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) in a community-based cohort. BACKGROUND Several prospective studies indicate that circulating sICAM-1 is predictive of future cardiovascular events. However, in some studies this predictive value is lost afte...

We investigated the relationship of aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), a measure of central arterial stiffness, with the presence and quantity of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a community-based sample of adults without prior history of heart attack or stroke (n=401, mean age 59.8 years, 53% men). ECG-gated waveforms of the right carotid and right femoral artery were obtained by applanation t...

BACKGROUND Hyperuricemia and markers of inflammation are correlated with the risk for hypertension. Whether hyperuricemia has any impact on the association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and hypertension is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, using ordinary least squares and logistic regression...