Objectives :Increasing incidence of periodontal disease is a cause of concern and recognized potential public problem. The aim of this study was to understand the epidemiological profile of periodontal disease in rural population of Belgaum district, India. Materials and Methods ;1680 dentate adult subjects were examined from 12 villages in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India, for prevalence of ...

The physiological range of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and total pulmonary resistance (TPR), and the impact of exercise, age and posture have been a matter of debate for many years. We performed a systematic literature review including all right heart catheterisation data where individual PVR and TPR of healthy subjects both at rest and exercise were available. Data were stratified acco...

Cross-sectional studies have suggested that asthmatic patients receiving high dose inhaled corticosteroids and intermittent courses of oral corticosteroids have reduced bone mass. This prospective 2-yr study was undertaken to evaluate changes in bone density of patients receiving high doses of inhaled corticosteroids. Patients (n = 33) (males aged 18-50 yrs, females aged 18-40 yrs) on inhaled c...

PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the rate of tobacco consumption among professional athletes in Iran and assessing their knowledge and attitude in this regard. METHODS A total of 738 athletes from 10 different types of sports were evaluated. Athletes were all members of the priority leagues. After obtaining consent from the Physical Education Organization and coordination with the related f...

: This study was designed to evaluate and compare differences between Goldmann applanation tonometer’s (GAT) values non-contact (NCT) In various central corneal thickness(CCT). prospective of 100 eyes 50 subjects done for the age group 25 yrs – 75 yrs, who did not have any glaucomatous changes in optic disc. Intraocular pressure readings were taken by GAT NCT measured within a fixed time range ...

Background: Prostate cancer is the third most common malignancy in men worldwide. Despite being a helpful biomarker in prostate cancer, prostate specific antigen (PSA) is affected by different factors including age, lifestyle, geographical region and ethnicity. Objective: To determine the age specific serum PSA level among healthy Northern Iranian men and to compare the results of our study wit...

lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (lcat) plays a major role in the removal of free cholesterol from tissues via assisting hdl-c maturation, and its activity has been proposed as the main indicator of hdl-c function. the aim of the study was to measure lcat activity in type 2 diabetic patients and to elucidate whether lcat is associated with metabolic control, and insulin resistance. a case-c...

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a risk factor for stroke, but little is known about the effect of OSA and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the incidence of long-term, nonfatal cardiovascular events (CVE) in stroke patients. A prospective observational study was made in 223 patients consecutively admitted for stroke. A sleep study was performed on 166 of them. 31 had an apnoea/hyp...

The P1/P50 midlatency auditory evoked potential is a sleep state-dependent waveform present during waking and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and absent during slow-wave sleep. The P50 potential was studied in normal male and female subjects of various ages including post-pubertal adolescents (12-19 yrs), young adults (24-39 yrs), middle-aged adults (40-55 yrs) and older adults (55-78 yrs). Ther...