The study objective was to validate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K intakes in overweight and obese postmenopausal community-dwelling women. The FFQ was validated against intakes derived from a 5-day diet record (5DDR) that also included assessment of supplement intake. Strong correlations between methods were observed for all nutrients (r = 0.63,...

BACKGROUND Several antioxidant nutrients have been reported to be inversely associated with asthma. A study was undertaken to assess the independent associations of these nutrients with asthma in adults. METHODS A nested case-control study was performed in 515 adults with physician diagnosed asthma and 515 matched controls using dietary data obtained from 7 day food diaries. The main outcome ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the use and safety of concurrent administration of voriconazole and sirolimus-which is contraindicated-and to determine approaches for appropriately managing patients who receive both drugs. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING University-affiliated medical center. PATIENTS Thirty-one cases in 23 inpatients who received at least one dose of vorico...

In-patient admission represents a failure of a day care service. The hospital records of 105 patients transferred from the day ward to the in-patient wards were studied retrospectively. Of 2,039 patients treated in the day care ward, 105 (5%) required in-patient admission over a 12 month period. Of these 105 admissions, 17% did not fulfil the criteria for day care patients, 46% had surgical pro...

BACKGROUND Little clinical information is available concerning the use of leflunomide in dogs with immune-mediated diseases. OBJECTIVES To report the safety and efficacy of leflunomide for the treatment of naturally occurring immune-mediated diseases in dogs. ANIMALS Ninety-two dogs treated with leflunomide for management of suspected immune-mediated diseases. METHODS Retrospective medica...

Pregnancy has a negative impact on milk production in dairy cattle. Estimates of the effects of pregnancy are required in genetic evaluation models. Test-day records of Ayrshire, Jersey, Brown Swiss, and Guernsey breeds were analyzed phenotypically for the effect of pregnancy using 4 different models. Milk, fat, and protein yields were analyzed separately. The first model used a fourth-order Le...

this study was carried out to investigate the relationship between early lactation curve parameters andcalving interval in holstein cows of iran. in order to describe the lactation curve, the incomplete gammafunction was fitted to 5,754,428 test-day milk records corresponding to 766,108 lactations on 315,634 cowsin 2,448 herds. cows with higher milk yield during early lactation had shorter calv...