BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common chronic endocrine disorder affecting women of reproductive age. This study aimed to compare the HRQoL of South Asian and white Caucasian women with PCOS, given that it is particularly common among women of South Asian origin and they have been shown to have more severe symptoms. METHODS The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire ...

В статье проводится исследование двух редакции текста Вас. И. Немировича-Данченко о Кавказской войне: «Забытая крепость» (1895) и «Кавказские богатыри: очерки жизни войны в Дагестане» (1902). Анализируются причины написания редактирования текста. Делается вывод том, чем состояло для писателя различие между главами романа очерками. The article conducted a study of two editions the text Vas. I. N...

Background: HLA-B*27 is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). It represents a family of alleles that differ among ethnic groups. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of HLA-B*27 alleles in AS patients and healthy controls in Isfahan (Iran). Methods: Sixty AS patients and 430 healthy blood donors were selected. All subjects were HLA-B*27 positive by ...

Conserved extended haplotypes (CEHs) are large (>or=1Mb) regions of identical DNA of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region of chromosome 6p in unrelated individuals. They are recognized by family studies and constitute nearly half of MHC haplotypes among European Caucasians. We studied 49 Hungarian Caucasian families in comparison with the previous findings in 2675 normal American C...

BACKGROUND Paraoxonases (PON) are members of an enzyme family involved in preventing low-density lipoprotein oxidation and therefore protecting against atherosclerotic plaque formation. METHODS We studied the Met55Leu and Gln192Arg PON1 polymorphisms in 712 patients (437 Caucasian- and 275 African-Brazilians) who underwent coronary angiography. RESULTS Among Caucasian-Brazilians, the homozy...

Methods: The D-FINES study (Vitamin D, Food Intake, Nutrition and Exposure to Sunlight in Southern England) is currently investigating the interaction between diet and sunlight exposure on vitamin D status in Caucasian and Asian women aged 19–70 years living in Southern England. Fasted blood samples were collected from a total of 279 Caucasian and 94 Asian women in each season. Bone quality was...

OBJECTIVE We investigated endothelial function at rest and after a high-fat meal challenge in African American (AA) and Caucasian postmenopausal women matched for age, body mass index, percent fat and fitness level. DESIGN Pilot study. SETTING University of Virginia General Clinical Research Center. PARTICIPANTS Eight AA and 8 Caucasian postmenopausal women. INTERVENTION PARTICIPANTS un...