Interlocking directorates is a major element in corporate governance system. Interlock occurs when a director of one company sits on the board of directors of other companies. This phenomenon has given rise to number of concerns in the economy. The relationships of some companies’ attributes and corporate interlocks in Kuwait Stock Exchange among publically listed companies are i...

BACKGROUND Testing and treatment for Helicobacter pylori has become widely accepted as the approach of choice for patients with chronic dyspepsia but no alarming features. We evaluated H. pylori status among outpatients with uninvestigated dyspepsia in Kuwait. METHODS A prospectively collected database for 1035 patients who had undergone 13C-urea breath tests (UBT) for various indications was...

we examined the psychometric properties of the arabic version of the obsessive compulsive beliefs questionnaire-44 (obq-44) in a sample of kuwait university students. this questionnaire was developed by the obsessive compulsive cognitions working group in order to assess belief domains believed to be crucial in the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms.the arabic version of the obq-44 wa...

BACKGROUND Recombinant Growth hormone (rGH) therapy is approved in many countries for treatment of short stature in a number of childhood diagnoses. Despite the increasing body of international literature on rGH use, there is paucity of data on rGH use in Kuwait and the broader Middle-East which share unique ethnic and socio-cultural backgrounds. This study aimed to describe the pattern of use ...

Introduction Recent studies of public underground parking lots showed the influence of radon concentration and the probable discomfort caused by parking cars. Materials and Methods Radon concentration was measured in semi-closed public parking lots in the six governorates of Kuwait, using Durridge RAD7radon detector (USA). Results The peak radon concentration in the parking lots of Kuwait gover...

OBJECTIVE To describe histologic subtypes, clinical presentation and treatment outcome of Hodgkin's lymphoma in Kuwait. SUBJECTS AND METHOD Patients older than 15 years, diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma between 1980 and 1998, were included in this retrospective analysis. Data were collected using a standardized form that included demographics, histologic subtypes, clinical presentation, stag...

In samples of undergraduates in Kuwait (ns=70 men, 70 women) and the U.S. (ns=37 men, 81 women), scores on the F Scale were positively correlated with scores on the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire.

A nonrandom sampIe of 2972 Kuwaitis answered a questionnaire about smoking behaviour and beliefs. More than one-third (35%) were nonsmokers, 45% smoked only the waterpipe, 12% only cigarettes and 8% both waterpipe and cigarettes. Compared with cigarette smokers, waterpipe smokers were more likely to be female and to be unskilled manual workers than professionals or students. Waterpipe smokers s...

About 15% of the adult Kuwaiti population has type 2 diabetes and over 50% are hyperlipidaemic by current diagnostic criteria. Not surprisingly, coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in Kuwait. Reports from coronary care units in Kuwait suggest that 40-80% of the CHD patients were diabetic and 50-80% hyperlipidaemic. The pattern worldwide is similar. International guideline...

BACKGROUND Trisomy 18 (Edwards' syndrome, T18) is the second most common trisomy in man. We describe 118 children with regular T18 who were ascertained clinically and cytogenetically in the Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre during 1980-1997. METHODS Ascertainment of T18 cases was performed shortly after birth. Chromosomal studies were carried out in addition to other relevant investigations. To ...