Systolic interarm differences in blood pressure have been associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease. We undertook individual participant data meta-analyses to (1) quantify independent associations of systolic difference events; (2) develop validate prognostic models incorporating difference, (3) determine whether remains risk after adjustment for common scores. searched stu...

Although two modes of elastic tube (ET) and vascular elasticity (VE) have been well explored for cuffless continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring estimation, the initial calibration with these models could be derived from different mathematical mechanisms BP estimation. The study is aimed at evaluating performance VE ET by means an advanced point-to-point (aPTP) pairing calibration. cuff BPs ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among a group of female athletes and compare with an age-matched group of female nonathletes. To study lifestyle factors that could play a role in the development of ID and IDA and compare these factors between the groups. DESIGN A controlled clinical trial. SETTING A senior high school for athlet...

The inhibitor of differentiation/DNA binding 1 (Id-1), a negative regulator of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, plays an important role in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. We examined the Id-1 expression by immunohistochemistry in 9 adenomas, 79 primary colorectal adenocarcinomas matched with 40 adjacent normal mucosa specimens and its relationship with cli...

BACKGROUND We aimed to describe similarities and differences in the developmental course of psychopathology between children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID). METHODS Multilevel growth curve analysis was used to analyse the developmental course of psychopathology, using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), in two longitudinal multiple-birth-cohort samples of 6- to 18-year-old c...