background: the aim of the current study was twofold: to investigate the effect of veteran status on risk of developing heart disease over a period of 20 years in the united states and to test if socio‑economic characteristics, chronic conditions, health behaviors, body mass index (bmi) and depressive symptoms explain the association between veteran status and risk of heart disease. methods: da...

inflammatory basis in pathopoiesis of coronary artery disease (cad) have been demonstrated in recent decades. elevated c-reactive protein (crp) and leukocytosis were associated with an elevated risk   for acute coronary syndrome (acs). to evaluate the relationship between quantitative crp and cardiac troponin i in conjunction with white blood cell (wbc) count and 30 days outcomes and treatment ...

hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is the most common cause of end stage liver disease in iran and in golestan province. large-scale population-based prospective cohort studies with long term follow-up are the method of choice to accurately understand the natural course of hbv infection. to date, several studies of hbv epidemiology, natural history, progression to cirrhosis and association with ...

BACKGROUND The initiation and timely completion of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in young women is critical. We compared the initiation and completion of the HPV vaccine among women in 2 community-based networks with electronic health records: 1 with a prompt and reminder system (prompted cohort) and 1 without (unprompted cohort). METHODS Female patients aged 9 to 26 years seen betwe...

conclusions this study demonstrated the detection of hcv-specific ifn-γ responses in hcv antibody and rna negative individuals, with a tendency for hcv-specific ifn-γ responses to be associated with hcv exposure. the potential role of hcv-specific ifn-γ responses in those who remained hcv rna negative is of value for the development of novel hcv therapeutics. objectives in a cohort of hcv antib...

conclusions treating obesity, increasing physical activity and quality of married life are proposed as practical solutions to reduce bp. background hypertension is considered as a major public health problem in most countries due to its association with ischemic heart disease which causes cerebrovascular disease and death. objectives the purpose of the present study was to study factors affecti...

Empirical evidence supports that aging is related to differences in work attitudes and motivation (Inceoglu, Segers, & Bartram, 2012; Kooij, de Lange, Jansen, Kanfer, & Kikkers, 2011; Ng & Feldman, 2008, 2010), but little research has explored the relations between age and vocational interests. Furthermore, recent studies of age and work attitudes suggest that generational experiences (i.e., bi...

To investigate the nasal carriage of some respiratory bacterial pathogens that are responsible for infections associated with person-to-person transmission, we conducted a cohort survey of pilgrims departing to Mecca for the 2012 Hajj season. In this report, we demonstrate the acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasal carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims.

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