Background: Zinc in human semen seems to play an important role in the physiology of spermatozoa. Zinc deficiency leads to gonadal dysfunction, decreases testicular weight, and causes shrinkage of seminiferous tubules. The adult human body contains 1-3 g of zinc, about 0.1% of which is replenished daily. Excessively high amounts of zinc has been reported in human seminal plasma by many authors,...

Ten smoker sportsmen and 17 non-smoker sportsmen and 41 smoker non-sportsmen were studied. Lung function was assessed by means of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEVj), the ratio of FEV1 to FVC (FEV,%) and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR). For the smokers, all the tests were conducted before smoking (BS) and 30 min after smoking (AS) two cigarettes consecuti...

Abstract Background To date, sparse data are available with regard to gender differences in coronary plaque morphology and composition as underlying mechanism of MINOCA. Purpose assess the culprit lesion between women men MINOCA using intravascular optical coherence tomography. Methods Totally, 7404 consecutives acute myocardial infarction patients who underwent emergency angiography 2016 2019 ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze time trends in the prevalence of leisure time (LTPA) and work-related (WRPA) physical activity between 1987 and 2006 in the Spanish working population. METHODS We analyzed data taken from the Spanish National Health Surveys for 1987 (n = 29,647), 1993 (n = 20,707), 1995-1997 (n = 12,800), 2001 (n = 21,058), 2003 (n = 21,650), and 2006 (n = 29,478). The main variables were...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION To assess the impact of smoking on impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance in Japanese men. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 1,199 men aged 30-79 years without diabetes, impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance at baseline who underwent a comprehensive medical check-up between April 2006 and March 2007 at Saku Central Hospital. Smoking status was ...