Methods:Clinical characteristics and laboratory data including nonfasting cholesterol and thyroid indices were collected from charts of 119 women with bulimia nervosa and 42 female controls. Results:There was no significant difference between the two groups in mean age or body mass index. The mean ...
We took age, sex, race, education level, marital status, smoking status, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease as potential confounding variables. These potential confounders were included in this analysis based on previous literature and availability of data...
However, there are some situations that are beyond the control of the individual. Family history and genetic predisposition to high cholesterol,aging(men older than 45 and women older than 55), and diseases that cause the liver to produce more cholesterol or prevent it from metabolizing cholesterol...
HUA was defined as serum uric acid levels ≥ 416 μmol/L (7.0 mg/dl) in men and ≥ 357 μmol/L (6.0 mg/dl) in women. Gout status was determined based on responses to the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had gout?" ...
1. Comparison of plasma total cholesterol levels after covarianceadjustment for age, race, sex, and Quetelet Index; nine psychiatric diagnostic subgroups are displayed [bipolar, major depression (~najordepre~s)d, ysthmia, depression not otherwise specified (depressive NOS), adjustment disorder with ...
Herein, we included a total of 895 patients of the 1010 who participated in the study (approximately 40% of the eligible women in Finland who received a diagnosis of breast cancer within this period). Permission to use formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues for research purposes from the F...
SETTING: An academic, hospital-based geriatrics practice staffed by fellows in a geriatrics training program and full-time faculty geriatricians. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 373 men and 1119 women, mean age 80 卤 8 years (range 59 to 103 years), were included in the study. MEASUREMENTS AND ...
contributes to increased risk.The Joint British Societies have developed coronary risk prediction charts for men and women (smoking vs nonsmoking status) that are primarily linked to systolic blood pressure, and the ratio of serum total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol, and stratified by age.doi...
women (hazard ratio [HR], 0.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.28–0.96) but not in men. In women, nonvegetarians with hypercholesterolemia had 3.8 times the risk of GSD compared with vegetarians with normal cholesterol (HR, 3.81, 95% CI, 1.61–9.01). A vegetarian diet may therefore ...
Patients 18 to 70 years of age were eligible if they had LDL-C levels ranging from >115 mg/dL to <190 mg/dL, with triglyceride (TG) levels <400 mg/dL and an estimated 10-year cardiovascular risk of <5% according to the SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation) risk charts [16].Ex...