Macedonian spinning of Boris

Boris Dubin

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Results: Pearson’s correlation indicated a significant positive association between changes in NC and changes in body mass index and WC in both men and women. ROC analysis showed that the area under the curve (AUC) for NC and BMI >25 kg/m2 was 0.80 for men, 0.69 for women, respectively, while that for BMI>30 kg/m2 was 0.88 for men, 0.75 for women, respectively. NC ≥ 38 cm for men and ≥ 36 cm fo...

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

MATERIAL AND METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study including 37 never-smoking male workers employed in parquet manufacture and an equal number of never-smoking male office workers studied as a control. Evaluation of examined subjects included completion of a questionnaire for respiratory symptoms in the last 12 months and baseline spirometry performed according to the actual recommendat...

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA), is a severe form of allergy for which the ingestion of a specific food, usually before physical exercise induces symptoms of anaphylaxis. Patients typically have IgE antibodies to the food that triggers the reactions; however, the symptoms appear only if the co-factors act together. The most common reported cause of these reactions seems to b...

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

MATERIAL AND METHODS: An active orthostatic test is used for the evaluation of the orthostatic reactions. The arterial blood pressure and heart rate were defined in the 10 minutes of supine position, before and after 1, 5 and 10 minutes of active upright position. The orthostatic autoregulation is evaluated four times at the beginning of the study, on the 10th day, on the 1st month and three mo...