BACKGROUND Chinese menopausal women comprise a large population and the women in it experience menopausal symptoms in many different ways. Their health related quality of life (HRQOL) is not particularly well studied. Our study intends to evaluate the influence of menopause on HRQOL and explore other risk factors for HRQOL in rural China. METHODS An interview study was conducted from June to ...

Aims Test the putative contribution of 17-β-estradiol in the development of spreading depression (SD) events and head pain in awake, non-restrained rats. Main Methods Female, Sprague-Dawley rats were intact or underwent ovariectomy followed one week later by surgery to place electrodes onto the dura to detect epidural electroencephalographic activity (dEEG). dEEG activity was recorded two day...

In obese women (a = 16) at their usual weight, fasting adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity, obtained by elution with serum and heparin at 40 and 370C, was inversely correlated to plasma estradiol levels (r = -0.724; P = 0.002) and (r = -0.641; P = 0.010), respectively. Furthermore, fasting postheparin plasma LPL activity during a heparin infusion, showed an even stronger inverse co...

OBJECTIVES Type 2 diabetes and the consumption of saturated fatty acids (FAs) are on the rise among Alaska Inuits. This analysis, based on a cross-sectional study, explores the possible associations of saturated FA content in red blood cells (RBCs) and parameters of glucose metabolism in a sample of Alaska Natives. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS The sample included 343 women and 282 men aged 35-74....

PURPOSE The venous choroidal blood drains through the superior orbital vein into the intracranial cavernous sinus. The cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) may thus influence the choroidal venous blood pressure. Since volume and thickness of the choroid depend on its pressure, we tested the hypothesis whether the subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) is associated with CSFP. METHODS The populat...

Renal diseases tend to be less severe among premenopausal female patients, compared with male patients. Experimental data on the effects of estrogens on renal damage are controversial, and potential underlying mechanisms have not been fully clarified. Three-month-old, female, uninephrectomized (UNX), sham-operated or ovariectomized (OVX) SHRsp rats were left untreated or received either 17beta-...

Abstract Introduction We have shown in a previous study that despite significant improvements sleep patterns and duration during COVID-19 teens young adults, only reported better quality satisfaction. Moreover, difficulties seem to be more prominent the older group pandemic, suggesting there could additional risk factors involved. The current aimed investigate role of resilience association bet...

Anisotremus scapularis is an important commercial species in Perú, being a prioritized for the development of its aquaculture. The aim study was to establish A. female reproductive cycle and strategy on marine coast Callao, through seasonal sampling wild specimens. specimen collection carried out between January 2019 December 2020. Eighty-one specimens were collected, biometric indices calculat...