INTRODUCTION We examined health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in white and African American patients based on their own and their community's socioeconomic status. METHODS Participants were 4,565 adults recruited from 17 family physician practices in urban and rural areas of North Carolina. Education was used as a proxy for individual socioeconomic status, and the census block-group poverty...

Introduction We examined health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in white and African American patients based on their own and their community’s socioeconomic status. Methods Participants were 4,565 adults recruited from 17 family physician practices in urban and rural areas of North Carolina. Education was used as a proxy for individual socioeconomic status, and the census block-group poverty l...

Statistical tests on rare variant data may well have type I error rates that differ from their nominal levels. Here, we use the Genetic Analysis Workshop 17 data to estimate type I error rates and powers of three models for identifying rare variants associated with a phenotype: (1) by using the number of minor alleles, age, and smoking status as predictor variables; (2) by using the number of m...

INTRODUCTION Lung adenocarcinoma with clear cell component is extremely rare and the cases reported in literature remain scarce. The biological behaviors, clinicopathologic characteristics, mutational status and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma with clear cell component are still uncertain. METHODS Thirty-eight lung adenocarcinomas with clear cell component and 1659 lung adenocarcinomas were ...

the present study aims to assess psychological characteristics (sensation seeking and it’s components, iq, self-esteem and identity status) of prostitute women in comparison with normal women. the hypotheses of this study are as follow: 1- prostitute women tire higher than normal women in sensation seeking are. 2- prostitute’s iq is lower than whom normal women. 3- prostitute women have lower s...

the purpose of this research study is to check the overall job satisfaction associate with demographic factors: gender, age, ethnicity, civil status, experience, educational qualification, bank types and distance to working place in ampara region, sri lanka government and private bank employees. overall job satisfaction can be measured through the ability utilization, motivation, social status,...