Demographic and lifestyle factors, including age, gender, race, education, ratio of family income to poverty (PIR), examination month, smoking status, alcohol consumption, duration of hypertension, antihypertensive therapy, physical activity, diet quality, calcium supplements, and comorbidities, were col...
(±6 months). Other risk factors assessed for TST conversion were age, marital status, education, resides in MS, smoking, drug use over the last year, alcohol, serum albumin, contact with a TB-positive individual, BMI and previous incarceration. The presence of a BCG vaccine scar was ...
On the 61st day, approximately 5 mL of blood was drawn via the tail vein using heparinized tubes at 6:00 a.m. from each cattle. Upon collection, the blood samples were subjected to immediate centrifugation at a force of 3000×gfor a duration of 15 min at a controlled temperature of 4...
Summer season at time of blood draw [34,38] and being of European ancestry [34] were reported as significant factors associated with 25-OHD concentration in Canadian pregnant women living in Southern Ontario. While a pre-pregnancy BMI < 25 kg/m2 was associated with a higher maternal 25-OH...