Vitamin D, Fracture Risk and Season of Blood DrawBackground: Although both season and fat mass affect serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (S25OHD),these factors are often ignored when assessing vitamin D status.doi:10.2139/ssrn.3736696Karl MichalssonLiisa BybergBodil SvennbladSusanna LarssonHkan Melhus...
Lead is a heavy metal without a biological role. High level of lead exposure is known to be associated with hypertension, but the risk at low levels of exposure is uncertain. In this study, data from US NHANES 1999–2016 were analyzed. Adults with blood
Methods A nested case−control design with matching by age, race/ethnicity, smoking status, menopausal status, postmenopausal hormone therapy use, date of blood draw and fasting status was utilized amongst female participants of the Nurses' Health Study who provided blood samples between 1989 and ...
Can one blood draw replace transrectal ultrasonography-estimated prostate volume to predict prostate cancer risk? BJU Int 2013;112:602-9.Can one blood draw replace transrectalultrasonography-estimated prostate volume to predict prostate cancer risk?. Carlsson SV,Peltola MT,Sjoberg D,et al. BJU ...
The volume of blood products rather than the volume of the residual tumor was confirmed by comparing T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced and non-enhanced MRIs. FLAIR sequence was used for measuring the non-enhancing component of the tumors. Surgery-related arterial brain infarcts were diagnosed based on...
such as blood biomarkers, identifying the risk profiles of patients from blood biomarkers, and then entering their values into a suitable risk calculator, obtaining the risk estimation, conveying the results to the patients, and finally recommending a treatment plan. To facilitate routine clinical risk...
This meta-analysis using individual participant data assesses the associations of hypertension history, antihypertensive use, and baseline blood pressure
We aimed to draw a picture of the cardiovascular risk profiles in the Iranian adult population for the first time. Demographic, anthropometric, and laboratory data as well as blood pressure and smoking status of 3944 subjects participating in the 2011 national surveillance of risk factors for non-...
A new study suggests that particles found in wildfire smoke could increase the risk of getting dementia.一项新的研究表明,野火烟雾中的颗粒可能会增加患痴呆症的风险。Dementia is a progressive brain condition that causes thinking problems and other health issues. There are several forms of dementia, in...
During a median follow-up of 10 years, 359 postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes were matched with 359 control subjects by age, race, duration of follow-up, and time of blood draw. RESULTS--Caffeinated coffee was positively associated with SHBG but not with sex hormones. ...