Results: We found significant decreases in crosssectional whole-brain (P .001), temporal lobe (P .001), and hippocampal (P=.003) volumes and a significant increase in ventricular volume (P .001) with increasing age. Cross-sectional and longitudinal estimates of atrophy rates were similar. We also found directional evidence of acceleration in atrophy rates with increasing age in all analyses, wi...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we aim to determine the association of Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) with augmentation index (AI), a preclinical marker of early atherosclerotic changes. METHODS Subjects without known diabetes (n = 1985) were randomly selected from the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study, an ongoing population-based study on a representative population (aged >or=20 years) of C...

BACKGROUND Several studies have examined associations between TNF-α polymorphisms and asthma risk, but the results have been conflicting. METHODS A search was performed of the PubMed, EMBASE, and Wanfang databases. Data were extracted and pooled ORs with 95% CIs were calculated. RESULTS Fifty-four studies were included. A significant association between the TNFA-308A/G polymorphism and asth...

The effects of supplying increasing ruminal doses of exogenous polysaccharide-degrading enzymes (EPDE) on rumen fermentation and nutrient digestion were studied using eight ruminally cannulated heifers, four of which were also duodenally cannulated, in a replicated Latin square. The heifers were fed a diet of 85.5% rolled barley grain and 14% barley silage (DM basis), and once daily they were g...

Among African immigrants in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, we demonstrated lower geometric mean vitamin D levels in immigrants with latent tuberculosis infection than in those with no Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (P=.007); such levels were also lower in immigrants with tuberculosis or past tuberculosis than in those with latent tuberculosis infection (P=.001). Higher vitamin D levels w...

Purpose: This study investigated mediating effects of flexibility in the relationship between job stress, sleep quality, and mental well-being psychiatric hospital workers.Methods: Data were collected from 210 subjects recruited online February 25-March 24, 2022, hierarchical regression analysis was conducted using SPSS program 25.0 version.Results: Regarding workers, findings showed statistica...

higher in patients with obstructive MGD than in control subjects (P .001, P=.004, P=.001, P .001, P=.001, and P .001, respectively). Both the upper and lower tarsal conjunctival temperatures had a significant negative correlation with the ocular symptom score (R= 0.7325, P .001; R= 0.6356, P .001, respectively), eyelid margin score (R= 0.6126, P .001; R= 0.4707, P=.004, respectively), superfici...

BACKGROUND Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent complication in progressive systemic sclerosis (SSc), being present in 25% to 90% of cases. OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether serum levels of procollagen typei and iii aminoterminal propeptide (PINP and PIIINP) correlate with severity and patterns of ILD in Mexican women with SSc. METHODS Thirty three SSc patients were assessed for disea...

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the influence of grit and resilience on retention intention new nurses.Methods: The participants were 148 nurses who had worked at two tertiary hospitals for less than 12 months. data collected self-reported questionnaires from October 25, 2022, November 28, 2022. T-tests, one-way analysis variance, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis Spearman’s ...