The hypothesis that a family history of heart attack before the age of 60 years is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease was examined in a random sample of 1044 men aged 40-70. Data on personal and family history, smoking, weight, height, plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, blood pressure, and resting and exercise electrocardiograms were collected according to the stand...

To describe the association, within a gynecologic surgery population, between patient’s age and their main source of healthcare news during COVID-19 pandemic as well compliance with preventative guidelines recommended by Centers for Disease Control Prevention. This is cross-sectional survey conducted via telephone patients whose scheduled procedures were postponed result pandemic. Subjects plac...

purpose: to determine the prevalence of ocular manifestations in marfan’s syndrome. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 43 patients referred to ophthalmology clinics of yazd medical university over 27 months. common ocular manifestations of marfan’s syndrome including lens dislocation, corneal disorders, retinal conditions, glaucoma were evaluated. results: the study included 2...

purpose: to determine the clinical and paraclinical features of multiple sclerosis (ms) in patients presenting for the first time with optic neuritis. methods:  in this descriptive study, 35 patients with clinical evidence of optic neuritis were enrolled. our evaluation included a neurological examination, visual evoked potentials (vep), brainstem-auditory evoked potentials (baep), and brain mr...

The testis shows physiologic uptake in flourine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of FDG uptake of normal testis on PET/computed tomography (CT), especially in relationship to various clinical parameters. We obtained the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and the mean standardized uptake value (SUVmea...

the normal carrying angle in shiraz population was measured on the basis of sex and age. the right elbow angle of 4266 cases was examined from birth to 30 years old. this study found the carrying angle in 2540 females to be 7.20 (range 2-19) and in 1726 males to be 6.40 (range 2-11), a 0.80 difference. a significant difference (p= 0.05) was found in relation to age. there is a gradual increase ...

Providing effective medical care for older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) that may contribute to their active aging has always been challenging. We examined the independent effect of age ≥ 60 years on disease control and its relationship with diabetes-related complications in patients with T2D in Malaysia. This was a cross-sectional study using secondary data from the electronic d...

OBJECTIVE Monoclonal B lymphocytosis (MBL) is considered to be a precursor state for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). This study was planned to evaluate the MBL prevalence in first-degree relatives of CLL patients in Turkey, which is considered to be an ethnic and geographic bridge between the Eastern and Western worlds. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 136 volunteers [median age: 40 (17-7...

BACKGROUND "Hot skull", or diffuse increased activity of bone seeking radiotracers, is frequently seen in the bone scans of some patients, especially elderly women. This finding has been attributed to enhanced bone metabolism in old age. MATERIAL AND METHODS We semi-quantitatively studied 342 normal bone scans (161 male and 181 female within the age range 12 to 82 years). We divided the patie...

The present investigation was made to find out the effect of age and sex on Range of Motion (ROM) and gradation of ROM among healthy adults. A total number of 353 subjects (180 male and 173 female) having the age range of 19-60 years were selected at random from Bengali population of different districts of West Bengal for the study. The subjects were further classified into age and sex groups. ...