The effect of remnant-cholesterol (remnant-C) on incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has not been studied longitudinally. This retrospective cohort study evaluated the association between remnant-C and the development of ESRD in a nationwide Korean c
One hundred and eleven women completed a mailed questionnaire about their subjective risk status, their knowledge of ovarian cancer and risk factors, uncertainty about ovarian cancer, levels of anxiety and depression, personality traits, and their interest in genetic testing. We received IRB approval ...
Institutional review board (IRB) approval was not required because data are based on a survey conducted by a public agency and do not include personal health information. Respondent oral consent methods and construction of race/ethnicity variables used standard CDC BRFS approved methods. There were ...
Higher TGF-β2 expression has also been associated with lymph node metastasis in CRC patients and with the expression of several markers of immune cell subspecies in tumors. Thus, TGF-β2 expression is related to the magnitude of the tumor infiltration by immune cells, with the potential to ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a leading cause of neurological disability among young and middle-aged adults worldwide, and disability is measured using a variety of approaches, including patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) such as the Patient Determined Disease Steps (PDDS) scale. There is limi...
We also showed a significant association of annual exposure to PM10 with anemia (p = 0.0426); the odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] for anemia per each increase in IQR in PM10 was estimated to be 1.039 (1.001–1.079). This association was also found in the 2-year ...
Qualified investigators can gain access to the data as part of a collaboration upon reasonable request consistent with the project’s IRB approval and signed informed consent by contacting the Principal Investigator of the AADM study, Dr. Charles Rotimi, at rotimic@mail.nih.gov.Abbreviations 2SLS...
3341 or email troutstudy@mail.wvu.edu Deadline to enroll in study: April 5, 2009 IRB approval on file, please contact Cindy Fitch to request a copy. 37 Facts about Heart Disease Leading cause of death in the United States and in West Virginia. Approximately 40% of all deaths are due ...
Ethical Approval This study is a part of an integrated project on child obesity, which was approved by the Ethics Committee of Taipei Medical University Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from each student’s parents before inclusion in the study. The children’s informed consent for ...
The fetal tissues were obtained from the Birth Defects Research Laboratory (BDRL) at the University of Washington with approval from the Indiana University school of Medicine Institutional Review Board (IRB). Briefly, brain tissues were cleaned of visible blood vessels and sectioned. Sections were ...