PURPOSE OF STUDY In recent years, a progressive increase in the need of renal replacement therapy has been noted for patients with diabetes mellitus. The present report is based on an analysis of the data of the 'Registre de Malats Renals de Catalunya' (RMRC). It was the aim to identify (i) the incidence and prevalence of diabetic patients on renal replacement therapy, (ii) associated diseases,...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between weight at early and middle adulthood and adult weight gain and the risk of total knee and hip replacement for OA. METHODS At baseline interview during 1990-94, 38,149 participants [mean age 54.9 (S.D. 8.6) years] of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study were asked to recall their weight at age 18-21 years and had their middle age height and w...

Two experiments were conducted with a co-product of corn endosperm fermentation. The first experiment determined nutrient digestibility of high-protein corn distillers dried grains (HP-DDG; 54% CP) after feeding semipurified diets from 15 to 22 d of age. The AMEn of HP-DDG was 2,526 kcal/kg, whereas standardized ileal Lys, Met, and Thr digestibilities were 73.0, 84.9, and 73.0%, respectively. I...

When treatment planning for tooth replacement, patients should be presented with all possible treatment options regardless of age. Dental implant therapy has proven to be a predictable method of permanent tooth replacement. Preliminary results of a retrospective study of over 200 patients over 65 years of age, conducted at Prosthodontics Intermedica, Fort Washington, PA are consistent with the ...

BACKGROUND A paucity of literature is available on the effects of age and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on the outcomes of patients undergoing mitral valve (MV) repair versus replacement. METHODS AND RESULTS A matched study was performed using prospectively collected data from the Emory cardiovascular database from 1984 to 1997 comparing 625 MV repair patients with 625 MV replacement...

the experiment was conducted on forty five broiler chickens at 4 weeks of age, for a period of threeweeks, to assess the effect of complete replacement of fish meal with processed fish wastes (fish waste acidsilage and surimi waste powder) on the blood protein, lipid and antioxidant status in broiler chicken, eventhough an earlier study indicated that this replacement induced normal growth rate...