OBJECTIVE A school-based survey was performed in 1346 adolescents aged 15-18 years to determine the relationship between "overweight" and hypertension among adolescents in a western city in Turkey with a low prevalence of "overweight". METHODS The data were collected by a self administered questionnaire. Weight and height of adolescents were measured. US CDC pediatric anthropometric reference...

BACKGROUND Optimal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) level reduced excessive daytime sleepiness and improved healthy status compared with subtherapeutic CPAP pressure for patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndromes. To date there have been no studies comparing the differences between the automatic CPAP titrating pressure levels (ACPAPL) and the predicting CPAP pressure levels (PCPA...

We describe prevalence and trends in overweight among children and adolescents (6 to 17 years old) in the US population and variation in the prevalence by sex, age, race-ethnicity, income, and educational level. Height and weight were measured in nationally representative surveys conducted between 1963 and 1994: cycles II (1963 to 1965) and III (1966 to 1970) of the National Health Examination ...

Objective: Due to worldwide variations, reference values of urinary calcium to creatinine ratio in pediatric population are not yet well established. To determine normal values for urinary calcium to creatinine ratio and its relation to urinary sodium or potassium, a descriptive (correlation type) study was conducted in 7 to 12 years old healthy children in Urmia, Iran. Methods: Primary school ...

BACKGROUND Global glomerulosclerosis is characteristic of chronic kidney disease and also occurs with normal aging. Our goal was to determine the upper limit of normal for number of globally sclerotic glomeruli. METHODS Core-needle biopsies of the renal cortex were obtained at the time of living kidney transplantation at three centers between 1998 and 2011. The number of globally sclerotic gl...

BACKGROUND Marked increases in mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States are well known. However, whether these average increases were accompanied by changing dispersion (or SD) remains understudied. OBJECTIVE We investigated population-level changes in the BMI distribution over time to understand how changes in dispersion reflect between-group c...

BACKGROUND Elevated levels of antibodies to Cytomegalovirus (CMV) have been associated with cognitive impairment, but the quantitative relationship between CMV antibody levels and domains of cognitive functioning in younger adults has not been established. METHODS We measured IgG class antibodies to Cytomegalovirus in 521 individuals, mean age 32.8 years. Participants were selected for the ab...

BACKGROUND More attention should be paid to rare serious adverse events such as anaphylaxis to increase the safety of anesthesia. OBJECTIVE To report the results of an 8-year survey of anaphylaxis during anesthesia in France. METHODS Data from patients who experienced anaphylaxis between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 2004, were analyzed. Estimated incidences were obtained by combining t...

Objectives: To assess the performance of LIAISON s BRAHMS PCT s II GEN (DiaSorin, Saluggia, Italy) in procalcitonin (PCT) determination by comparing it to the assay reference method B R A H M S PCT KRYPTOR (Thermo Fisher Scientific Clinical Diagnostics, Hennigsdorf, Germany) and assessing its ability to discriminate between healthy subjects and patients with suspected infection. Methods: Diagno...

STUDY DESIGN A biomechanical study using human volunteers. OBJECTIVE Motorized shoulder belt tensioning is a new seatbelt technology that is likely to be incorporated into future vehicles. The objective of this study was to characterize the upper torso biomechanics of 3 sizes of adult volunteers (5th percentile female, 50th percentile male, and 95th percentile male) subjected to motorized sho...