BACKGROUND Maternal smoking in pregnancy lowers birthweight. It is unclear, however, whether smoking during pregnancy lowers offspring IQ, and, if it does, whether it is through the smoking effect on fetal growth. METHOD Representative samples of low birthweight (<2500 g) and normal birthweight children born in 1983-85 from inner-city and suburban communities in southeast Michigan, USA were a...

OBJECTIVES A novel IQ-SPECT™ method has become widely used in clinical studies. The present study compares the quality of myocardial perfusion images (MPI) acquired using the IQ-SPECT™ (IQ-mode), conventional (180° apart: C-mode) and L-mode (90° apart: L-mode) systems. We assessed spatial resolution, image reproducibility and quantifiability using various physical phantoms. METHODS SPECT imag...

Radiograf panoramik digital digunakan dalam membantu mendiagnosis impaksi gigi molar tiga. Pola sidik jari (dermatoglifi) dihubungkan dengan kelainan bidang kedokteran dan tingkat kecerdasan seseorang. Tingkat kecerdasaan diukur menggunakan intelligence quotient (IQ) test. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan tiga pola jari, (IQ), (IQ).Penelitian 43 responden yang dilakukan pe...

reaction time (rt) is one of the psychomotor skills that determine athletes’ results and also in daily life. rt effective factors are divided into inherent (genetic) and environmental. among those factors, psychological factors and mental abilities are more important due to the cognitive nature of rt. the aim of this research was to study the relationship between rt, anxiety and iq of athletes ...

BACKGROUND Lower cognitive functioning in early childhood has been proposed as a risk factor for depression in later life but its association with depressive symptoms during adolescence has rarely been investigated. Our study examines the relationship between total intelligence quotient (IQ) score at age 8 years, and depressive symptoms at 11, 13, 14 and 17 years. METHOD Study participants we...

Blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels provide a practical and reliable method for the diagnosis and monitoring of metabolic status in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). To assess the reliability of blood Phe levels as a predictive biomarker of clinical outcomes in the development of treatments for PKU, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of published trials of PKU, which included Phe ...

BACKGROUND Risk factors for homicide are emerging; however, the predictive value of IQ, for which there is a strong prima facie case, has yet to be examined. AIMS To examine the association between IQ and risk of death by homicide. METHOD A cohort of 968 846 men, aged 18-19 years, were administered an IQ test battery at military conscription and then followed for mortality experience over t...

OBJECTIVE Intelligence quotient is an indicator of one's efficacy and many factors including chronic diseases may impact upon it. This study aims to compare the IQ of children diagnosed with moderate asthma to the IQ of healthy children. METHODS This comparative study was conducted between June 2011 and January 2012 in an Academic Referral Clinic. In this study, 114 patients aged 6 to 13 year...