Aim We aimed to evaluate the association of pregestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM) and gestational (GDM) with neonatal seizures during hospitalization. Methods In this nested case–control study, all data were collected from files National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) 2016–2021. Considering effect confounders, we used propensity-score matching (PSM; case:control = 1:4) method select study pop...

the purpose of this study was to determine the clinical significance of changes in the plasma  adiponectin  concentration  in  patients  with  bronchial  asthma  and  to  test  the association between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) rs2241766 and rs1501299 in the adipoq gene and bronchial asthma in the chinese li population.we selected 120 cases and 120 controls, and plasma adiponect...

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is considered as one of the important health indicators in evaluating prenatal care as well as determining scale of infants' health in the society. The study aimed to investigate maternal diseases during pregnancy and its impact on LBW in rural areas of Kurdistan province, Iran. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in nested case-control study metho...

conclusions the findings suggested that according to the ecological conditions of ahvaz, a family history of ms may increase the risk of developing ms. results in both cases and controls, no significant associations were found between arab ethnicity and incidence of ms, marital status and risk of ms in ahvaz, or more than 15-year residency in ahvaz, birth in khuzestan, and month of birth and th...