background: recent studies show cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors have the tendency to intermingle. integration between some biological and homodynamic risk factors have made the new hypothesis for etiology of cvds. the aim of this study was to determine the clustering pattern of metabolic variables and left ventricular (lv) mass among smoker and non-smoker individuals and the interrela...

Background: Depression and elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus often coexist but poorly studied. This study evaluates depressive symptoms and the associated risk factors among elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at selected primary care clinics in rural Perak, Malaysia.Method:Face-to-face interview was conducted to collate socio-demographic data and medical history among participants. The va...

Background It is known that smoking reduces the effectiveness of aerobic exercises and can have negative effects throughout body. Purpose This study analyzed effect on thickness accessory muscles respiration, as well forced vital capacity (FVC) expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), during a 20-minute stair-climbing exercise for young male female adults with without smoking. Study design Pre-tes...

Abstract: Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by chronic airflow limitation and a variety of structural changes in the lung, some severe extra consequences, significant comorbidities that can lead to severity particular patients. Objectives: The objective present study was evaluate prescribing pattern corticosteroids bronchodilators COPD patients determine type ...

INTRODUCTION Studies have shown an association between smoking and tuberculosis (TB) infection, disease and TB-related mortality. We thus documented the impact of smoking and others factors on TB treatment default. METHODS A cohort of 1039 new TB cases matched on smoking status was followed between 2004 and 2009 in eight Moroccan regions. Treatment default was defined according to internation...

A major focus of attention in psychology has been on the consequences and determinants of well-being. Religiosity and personality have both been shown to predict well-being and mental health, but the two predictors have not often been investigated together. The relations among well-being outcomes and motives, religiosity, and personality factors were investigated in a Malay muslim context. 255 ...

UNLABELLED Cigarette smoking can cause many potentially fatal diseases and worsen others. Numerous studies have shown the relationship between smoking and hearing loss. However, the increase in auditory threshold in high frequency arising from smoking has been very little described. AIM to compare low and high frequency auditory thresholds among a group of smoking and non-smoking male individ...