Many studies have demonstrated the association between telomere length in mitotic cells and carcinogenesis and mortality, but little attention has been focused on post-mitotic cells and human life expectancy. We assessed the relationship between telomere length in cerebral gray and white matter and longevity in 72 autopsied Japanese patients aged 0-100 years using Southern blot hybridization. T...

background: since most clinical treatments of persian children’s language impairments are based on either the therapist, clinicians’ experiences (mostly), or english language norms (sometimes), comparing two minor indices of speech quality, namely “mean length of utterance” (mlu) and “mean length of five phrasal utterances” (mlfpu) between different age groups of children, would be unequivocall...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study is a prospective investigation of the etiology and natural history of atherosclerosis and the etiology of clinical disease in four US communities. METHODS Noninvasive ultrasonic methods were used to determine mean wall thickness (WT), radius (R), and circumferential arterial strain (CAS) in the left common carotid artery of ...

Article history: Received 2 April 2009 Received in revised form 24 September 2009 Accepted 9 November 2009 Available online 27 November 2009 The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the Flynn effect and the effects of age differences between siblings on the intelligence difference between them. In Norway, the secular trends in intelligence-test score means vary both in m...

The objective of this study was to evaluate non-genetic factors affecting longevity and survival of Guilan sheep from birth to yearling. Longevity and survival records of 41037 lambs born from 496 rams and 10256 ewes of Guilan sheep were analyzed using linear and Weibull models. Results indicated that the overall mean of longevity was 1260.84 days. The fixed effects of flock, dam age, sex, year...

The incidence of primary intracranial tumours in a well defined population of persons older than 70 years (elderly) who resided in Kumamoto prefecture was examined. During the period from 1989 to 1995, primary intracranial tumours were diagnosed in 271 elderly people; of these, 155 (57.2%) tumours were confirmed microscopically. In a mean population of 216,000 people over the age of 70 years, t...

Background and Purpose: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study is a prospective investigation of the etiology and natural history of atherosclerosis and the etiology of clinical disease in four US communities. Methods: Noninvasive ultrasonic methods were used to determine mean wall thickness (WT), radius (R), and circumferential arterial strain (CAS) in the left common carotid artery of ...

BETWEEN September 10, 1995, and September 20, 1997, a total of 208 adult patients undergoing their first or second cadaveric renal transplantation alone were randomized to receive tacrolimus!prednisone (n = 106) or tacrolimus/prednisone/mycophenolate mofetil (n = 102), without induction antilymphocyte antibody therapy. The mean recipient age was 50.8 ::!:: 13.7 years (range 19 to 84). Thirty-on...

Background: The Gail Model has been widely implemented in developed and developing countries and is considered to be the best available instrument to estimate breast cancer (BC) risk for early prevention. Objective: The goals of the study were to determine five-year and lifetime BC risks and to assess BC predictors among female Saudi teachers using the Gail model. Methods: A cross sectional stu...