BACKGROUND This study sought to assess whether novel markers of hemostatic activity are predictive of coronary heart disease (CHD) and improve risk assessment. METHODS AND RESULTS Conventional CHD risk factors, the activation peptides of factor IX and factor X, factor VII activity and antigen, activated factor XII, prothrombin fragment 1+2, fibrinopeptide A, and fibrinogen were measured in 11...

This study aims to apply value at risk (VaR) and expected shortfall (ES) as time-varying systematic idiosyncratic factors address the downside anomaly of various asset pricing models currently existing in Pakistan stock exchange. The analyses significance high minus low VaR ES portfolios a factor one factor, three-factor, five-factor model. Furthermore, introduced six-factor model, deploying fa...

OBJECTIVE The exact mode of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transfer remains elusive in a vast majority of cases. We examined the possibility of non-conventional transmission of HCV by person-to-person contact. METHOD A questionnaire based, prospective study was conducted at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) from July-October, 2006. Patients with compensated chronic hepatitis B (CHB) &/or...

objective: this study aimed to determine the association of cardiac risk factors and the risk of acute myocardial infarction (ami) in emergency department (ed) patients with non-diagnostic ecg changes. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in the ed of imam hossein hospital during a period of one year. in this study, patients with symptoms suggestive of ami including chest pain, dys...

background carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is common in the industrial setting. however,there is a controversy about the sole role of occupational ergonomic hazards in cts. conclusions although this article had limitations, our findings suggest that the level of occupational exposure is an indicator of cts development. objectives this study was conducted among assembling workers of a detergent fac...

results the results show that the individual and demographic factor (idf), organizational factor (of), h & s training factor (tf), workplace-human factor (whf), factor related to type of accident occurrence (taf), h & s risk management system factor (rmsf), and accident time factor (atf) were considered to be effective and significant independent latent factors in occupational injuries. conclus...

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human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection has been associated with cardiac disease, including anatomical or functional disturbance to the heart. cardiomyopathy (cmp) is one of these disturbances that have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. in this review article, several aspects of potential relationships between hiv infection and cardiomyopathy development have been...

tuberculosis (tb) is one of the 10 leading cause of deaths in developing countries. understanding the cause and risk factors of tb death and lowering them can reduce its mortality rate. the aim of this study was to assess the cause and risk factors for death of tuberculosis. a retrospective descriptive study was conducted in khuzestan province in the south west of iran, from 2002 to 2006. medic...