body mass index (bmi) has been demonstrated to be associated with serum uric acid (sua) level in many developed countries, however, there is still a lack of large sample study in jiangsu province, one of the most economically developed regions in china, where fat-rich diet is common.through retrospective analysis in healthy subjects, we determined the association of bmi with hyperuricemia risk....

arthralgia is a common presenting symptom of many rheumatic diseases. vitamin d deficiency may lead to progression of skeletal symptoms to definite disease in susceptible subjects. this study was conducted to determine the relationship between vitamin d deficiency and unexplained arthralgia. patients with arthralgia not related to a definite clinical condition were selected prospectively among ...

In this paper the method of vector functions is introduced in association with the propagator matrix method to solve the deformation of transversely isotropic and layered elastic materials under surface loads. It is shown that the equilibrium equations are reduced to the two sets of simultaneously linear differential equations which are called type I and type II. The general solutions and the l...

Purpose: Computerized histomorphometric analyses have been widely used as a diagnostic tool for the differential diagnosis of various tumors including breast carcinoma, well grading malignant and evaluation prognosis therapeutic response. The aim present study is to determine association between nuclear morphometric variables clinicopathologic prognostic parameters ER, PR, Cerb-B2 expressions i...

purpose : to report a patient with branch retinal vein occlusion (brvo) and serologic evidence of primary cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection case report : we have reported a 27-year-old male with a complaint of sudden decrease in right eye vision starting a few days before. results : immunoglobulin g (igg) seroconversion indicated primary cmv infection. conclusion : involvement and obstruction of ...

Recent studies have implicated the role of differential co-expression or correlation structure in gene expression data to help explain phenotypic differences. However, few attempts have been made to characterize the function of variants based on their role in regulating differential co-expression. Here, we describe a statistical methodology that identifies pairs of transcripts that display diff...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between BMI and folate concentrations in serum and red blood cells (RBC) in pregnant women. DESIGN A cross-sectional comparison of folate concentrations in serum and RBC sampled simultaneously from the same individual. SETTING The Ottawa Hospital and Kingston General Hospital, Ontario, Canada. SUBJECTS Pregnant women recruited between 12 and 20 weeks o...

potato virus y (pvy) is one of the most important pathogenic agents that reduce the yield and quality of tobacco (nicotiana tabacum l.). dna-based molecular markers are valuable tools for identifying germplasm in gene banks, assessing kinship ties, and doing marker-assisted selection (mas) for resistance to pests, diseases, and some crop traits of interest. this work presents the results of ass...