All residents in a suburban community in southern Sweden, 8 years of age and older, were invited to an ophthalmological examination. The examination included a blood pressure determination. Of the 1917 persons invited 85-5% took part in the study. 3-5% of these were excluded because they were taking antihypertensive drugs. The investigations were conducted during 14 consecutive months and at di...

OBJECTIVES Steroids may raise the blood glucose levels as a systemic effect. Due to this, the potential effect of prophylactic use of inhaled steroids (ICS) on HbA1c levels in children with asthma was investigated. STUDY DESIGN Case control study. ? SETTING Outpatient department. PARTICIPANTS 141 children with asthma but without diabetes (study group) and 52 children without diabetes or a...

Males are consistently reported as more physically active than females regardless of age or measure. Often, this difference results in females identified as under active and at risk of longterm poor health outcomes. In this paper a different perspective drawing on evidence from many sources is offered. Males and females gain different health benefits according to the level, mode and intensity o...

The FIV-infected cat is a small animal model for HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) because the two lentiviruses are biologically related and produce similar clinical syndromes. Both viruses are vertically transmissible and may negatively impact reproductive outcome. Maternal hematological and virological parameters are predictors of MTCT in HIV-infected women. Our purpose was to determine...

BACKGROUND Running economy and performance in middle distance running depend on several physiological factors, which include anthropometric variables, functional characteristics, training volume and intensity. Since little information is available about hematological predictors of middle distance running time, we investigated whether some hematological parameters may be associated with middle d...