Age-related rheumatoid factors. Incidence and characteristics.

Age-related rheumatoid factors. Incidence and characteristics.

Risk Factors for the Incidence of Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS)

Purpose: To describe the association of demographic, behavioral, medical, and nonretinal ocular factors with the incidence of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and central geographic atrophy (CGA) in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), a randomized trial of antioxidants and zinc supplementation prophylaxis for development of advanced AMD. Design: Clinic-based prospective...

The Incidence of Low Birth Weight (LBW) and Small- for- Gestational Age (SGA) and its Related Factors in Neonates, Sabzevar, Iran

Introduction Low birth weight (LBW) is a high risk for children's health and a problem of public health in under developing countries. SGA increases neonatal and infant death, and neonatal and adult morbidity. So the present study aimed to assess the incidence of LBW, SGA and their related factors in Sabzevar in 2011 to 2012.   Materials and Methods This prospective descriptive-analytic study w...

Incidence of rheumatoid arthritis-related ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE For 20 years, medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been improving and the incidence of joint surgery has decreased. We investigated the rates of primary ankle joint arthrodesis and total ankle arthroplasty in patients with RA in Finland between 1997 and 2010 to establish whether trends have changed during that period. METHODS The annual figures for primary...

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Trend Assessment of Incidence and Related Risk Factors in Yazd-2008-2013

Objective: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is an important condition in diabetes categories causing significant complications including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia among pregnant women. The aim of this study was to estimate the trend of annual GDM incidence and its risk factors in Yazd province, Iran, from 2008 to 2013. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted as a prospectiv...