Results: Between 43 patients with A. baumannii [mean age (SD): 47 (18.5) yrs; 65% male] and 95 matched patients with negative cultures [51 (17.5); 53%], median risks of hospital mortality were not significant different but the median (IQR25-75) length of total hospital stay [19 (11-32) vs. 14 (9-21) days, p=0.022] and ICU [8 (4-19) vs. 7 (3-9), p=0.010] were significantly longer in A. baumannii...

To examine the strength and direction of the relationship between physical activity level, screen use and BMI in a cohort at ages 6, 8, 10 and 14 yrs as part of a prospective longitudinal cohort study. The sample comprised 1403 males and females who participated in the follow-up survey at 14 yrs of age between 2003 and 2005. Exploratory structural equation modelling was used to examine the inte...

BACKGROUND South-Asian's are predisposed to early onset type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk-factors in young Sri-Lankans is unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To determine by questionnaire and anthropometry the prevalence of first degree family history (FH) of T2DM, physical inactivity, raised waist circumference (WC) and raised body mass index (BMI) in a repr...

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is related to obesity and metabolic disorders. The main clinical symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and snoring. However, not all patients with OSA manifest EDS. Hypocretin-1, neuropeptide Y, leptin, ghrelin and adiponectin are implicated in both metabolic and sleep regulation, two conditions affected by OSA. We hypothesized that levels of t...

Erectile dysfunction is a major public health problem leading to harmful consequences for couples. Hence the need find adequate treatments using medicinal plants such as Pycnanthus angolensis, Cameroonian plant used treat erectile dysfunction. The effects of aqueous extract angolensis wood were evaluated on male rat sexual behavior and nitric oxide release. Adult Wistar rats divided into 4 grou...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between birth weight and cognitive function in the normal population. DESIGN A longitudinal, population based, birth cohort study. PARTICIPANTS 3900 males and females born in 1946. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cognitive function from childhood to middle life (measured at ages 8, 11, 15, 26, and 43 years). RESULTS Birth weight was significantly and positivel...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical course, neonatal morbidity, and neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low-birth-weight (<1500 g) children who develop pulmonary hemorrhage. DESIGN A retrospective case-control study in which 58 very low-birth-weight infants who developed pulmonary hemorrhage during 1990 through 1994, of whom 29 survived, were each matched to the next admitted infant who requir...

Divergent selection for serum cholesterol concentration on d 56 was practiced in a four-breed, composite population for three generations. High and Low lines, representing high and low levels of serum cholesterol, respectively, were each maintained with approximately 10 males and 25 females per generation. Pigs from a contemporary Control line were evaluated only in the last generation. In the ...

this study intended to compare the effect of consuming creatine and mixed creatine-carbohydrate supplementations on the anaerobic power and cellular damage indices (ck, ldh) in males aged between 15 and 18 in the city of kouhrang. for this purpose, 36 subjects (mean age 16.42±0.90 yrs, weight 54.85±9.96 kg, and height 167.75±8.28 cm) were selected by available method. first, blood samples were ...

background and objectives: globally, the prevalence of overweight/obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. according to the world health organization (who), about 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight, and of these, over 600 million are obese. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan, iran, in 2014. materials and methods: dat...