The aim of our study is to determine whether there is a relationship between familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) attacks and serum leptin levels. We enrolled 25 patients (22 males and 3 females) and 25 healthy controls (21 males and 4 females) with a mean age of 24.42 +/- 1.22 (Mean +/- SEM) years and 24.30 +/- 1.19 years (Mean +/- SEM), respectively. We investigated serum levels of leptin, inte...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported seasonal variation in peptic ulcer disease (PUD), but few large-scale, population-based studies have been conducted. METHODS To verify whether a seasonal variation in cases of PUD (either complicated or not complicated) requiring acute hospitalization exists, we assessed the database of hospital admissions of the region Emilia Romagna (RER), Italy, ob...

Within the sporting scope, relative age effects refer to possible advantages of participation and performance athletes born in first months year selection relation others within same groups. The aim this study was investigate by comparing different body weight categories Under 15 (U-15) youth group (males females) weightlifting. By using retrospective competition data from Turkish Weightlifting...

A previous analysis of drug utilization in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey found that only between 8 and 29% of subjects with asthma-related symptoms were using antiasthmatic medication in the different areas studied. The aim of this analysis was to investigate which variables were related to individual use of antiasthmatic medication in different geographical areas. Thirty-thr...

introduction: recent studies have shown a relationship between h. pylori and chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (citp).   objective: the present study was performed to evaluate this relationship in iranian patients.   methods:   the antibody (igg) against h. pylori was studied in sixty-two patients with citp, comprising 25 males and  37 females (mean age: 30.38±12.23 yrs ) the patients...

OBJECTIVE The objective of present study was to observe the histopathological pattern of intracranial tumors in children (< 15 yrs) and to correlate the site of lesion along with the histological diagnosis. SETTING The study included consecutive cases of intracranial tumors diagnosed in children (< 15 yrs.) in the section of histopathology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi during t...

Growth hormone (GH) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) secretion decline with advancing age and are associated with the symptoms of aging. Yogic texts claimed that regular practice of yoga may restore and maintain general endocrinological properties in the human body. Objective of the Study. To observe the effect of yogic training for twelve weeks on basal level of GH and DHEAS in middl...

INTRODUCTION In high-income countries, ≥30% of HIV-infected patients are ≥50 years (yrs) old (UNAIDS 2013). In two phases, three clinical trials (Studies 102 and 103) elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir DF (E/C/F/TDF; STB) had non-inferior efficacy and favourable safety vs efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir DF (EFV/FTC/TDF; ATR) or ritonavir-boosted atazanavir (ATV+RTV)+FTC/TDF (TVD)...

OBJECTIVE This report presents bone measurement data from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans of the lumbar spine and proximal femur for persons aged 8 years and over from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2008. METHODS Means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles were calculated for the proximal femur and lumbar spine (total and subregions) by sex,...