—During gravidity lizards experience a striking decrease in lung volume as a result of lung compression by eggs growing within the body cavity. In order to understand the effect of this decrease in lung volume on the respiratory biology of gravid egg-laying lizards, we measured changes in total lung volume, resting and postexercise expired volume, minute volume, respiratory frequency, and carbo...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe the determinants related to gender differences in the GP utilization in Danish population aged 50-65 years. DESIGN Cohort-based cross-sectional study. SETTING Danish general practice. SUBJECTS Totally, 54,849 participants of the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort (50-65 years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The sum of cohort members' face-to-face consult...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although it has been suggested that high gravidity and parity increase the risk for coronary heart disease, their associations with stroke are unclear. METHODS We evaluated associations of gravidity and parity with incidence of stroke in the Shanghai Women's Health Study (SWHS), a population-based cohort study of 74 942 Chinese women aged 40 to 70 years at enrollment (1...

Objective: The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence and the mode of delivery of breech presentation and outcome in each method. Methods and Material: A retrospective study performed at King Abdulaziz University Hospital from January 2002 to August 2014, for all cases of breech. Data collated from the chart Age, gravidity, gestational age, and method of delivery, vaginal versus cesare...

OBJECTIVES With a gradual decline in maternal mortality in recent years in Iran, this study was conducted to identify the remaining risk factors for maternal death. METHODS This 8-year nested case-control study was conducted in Hamadan Province, in the west of Iran, from April 2006 to March 2014. It included 185 women (37 cases and 148 controls). All maternal deaths that occurred during the s...

OBJECTIVE Birth order has been valuable in revealing the role of environmental influences on the risk of developing certain diseases such as allergy and atopy. In addition, pregnancy has profound effects on the immune system such as short-term effects that permit fetal survival as well as longer-term effects that could influence late-onset diseases. In order to better evaluate these influences,...

OBJECTIVES Fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) is a chronic pain disorder usually affecting women in their fertile period of life. However, the relationship between FS and pregnancy has not been studied in depth. The effect of FS on the course of pregnancy is poorly investigated in the current literature. Here we aimed to investigate the effects of FS to menarche age, gravidity, parity and duration of b...