• It is estimated that the prevalence of sHT in the general population is around 4% to 10%, which is higher among women ( 3 3. (scielo.br)
  • The prevalence of obesity thus data were analysed for 8647 partici- and overweight in Tehran among individu- pants (3622 men and 5025 women). (who.int)
  • Alternatively, for high-risk women or in areas in which the prevalence of insulin resistance is 5% or higher (eg, the southwestern and southeastern United States), a 1-step approach can be used by proceeding directly to the 100-g, 3-hour OGTT. (medscape.com)
  • The estimated prevalence rate is one case in 2,500 live female births 2,3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • We typically associate loss of BMD with postmenopausal women, but our findings showed elevated risk in younger men," said Bass in a press release from the American Osteopathic Association. (medscape.com)
  • To evaluate whole-body vibration (WBV) osteogenic potential in physically inactive postmenopausal women using high-frequency and combined amplitude stimuli. (frontiersin.org)
  • Two-hundred fifty-five physically inactive postmenopausal women (55-75 years) with 10-year major osteoporotic fracture risk (3%-35%) participated in this 18-month study. (frontiersin.org)
  • Combined amplitude and high-frequency training for one year had no ameliorating effect on DXA and HR-pQCT bone parameters in physically inactive postmenopausal women. (frontiersin.org)
  • In premenopausal women, LR2−RMI difference was 0.09 (95% CI: 0.03-0.15) compared with −0.02 (95% CI: −0.08 to 0.04) in postmenopausal women. (nature.com)
  • Material and methods Prospective study in a tertiary-level center including asymptomatic pregnant women undergoing amniocentesis for genetic studies from October 2016 to September 2019. (gencat.cat)
  • While radioactive isotopes cannot safely be used in pregnancy, other nuclear methods including stable isotopes and magnetic resonance spectroscopy are suitable for studying micronutrients in pregnant and lactating women," wrote Smith and colleagues. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Hematological values can vary between domestic animals depending on their breed, age, sex, nutritional status, environmental conditions, behavioral changes, clinical status and methods for samples analysis (Allard et al . (vin.com)
  • Methods: Twelve female players were divided into a land group (LG) (n = 6, 12.4 ± 0.3 years, 1.61 ± 0.04 m, 57.0 ± 9.3 kg) and a water group (WG) (n = 6, 12.5 ± 0.5 years, 1.57 ± 0.06 m, 48.9 ± 8.5 kg). (bvsalud.org)
  • Low serum vitamin B12 is associated with recurrent pregnancy loss in Syrian women" Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine , vol. 46, no. 9, 2008, pp. 1265-1269. (degruyter.com)
  • We also observed that normal IL-6 values were higher in the amniotic fluid than in serum. (gencat.cat)
  • The reference ranges for serum creatinine are listed below. (medscape.com)
  • The increase in serum creatinine is relatively minor at the earliest stages of disease due to mathematical reasons (eg, a patient whose baseline creatinine is 0.6 would have to lose more than 50% of his GFR before the creatinine would increase to 1.3 and first be noted to be "abnormal" by most reference intervals). (medscape.com)
  • For example, a white woman with a serum creatinine of 1.0 (a value within the traditional reference interval) has an eGFR of 59 mL/min/1.73 m 2 , a value consistent with chronic kidney disease . (medscape.com)
  • Other laboratory values were unremarkable, and levels of serum transaminases and creatinine phosphokinase were within reference ranges. (cdc.gov)
  • The serum protein concentration was 68 g/L (reference interval 60-85 g/L), but capillary electrophoresis of serum proteins (Capilaris, Sebia) demonstrated a low albumin fraction together with a marked additional peak observed between the β and the γ region. (aacc.org)
  • In humans, there are clear sex differences in frailty, with females having higher frailty than males at almost all ages, despite having lower mortality risk (21-24). (deepdyve.com)
  • ABSTRACT The relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors was assessed in 3622 males and 5025 females aged 20-70 years. (who.int)
  • Elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-6, IL-9, and interferon-γ were associated with higher FI scores in aging females, while levels of IL-12p40 rose as FI scores increased in older males. (deepdyve.com)
  • 113 dogs (80 females and 33 males) of various breeds were studied, ages ranging from three months to 13 years, from breeders, UFRA and military police kennels. (vin.com)
  • Results were compared between females and males (group 1 and 2) for the same variables using the analysis of variance by ONE WAY ANOVA statistical program--MINITAB. (vin.com)
  • Results This study included 140 pregnant women. (gencat.cat)
  • Women, especially pregnant women, have been severely underrepresented in studies examining micronutrient needs, one group found in a meta-analysis. (medpagetoday.com)
  • For 16 of the 23 micronutrients analyzed (e.g., vitamins, calcium, and iron), no study included pregnant women to determine key values. (medpagetoday.com)
  • As a result, most NRVs for pregnant women were calculated using a modeling method that modified the values for nonpregnant women such that specific nutrient needs during pregnancy were not considered, according to the group's paper published in Science Advances . (medpagetoday.com)
  • A small 25-50 mg increase in the NRV of choline for pregnant women that was not based on evidence, according to Smith and colleagues. (medpagetoday.com)
  • We join many bioethicists to argue that pregnant people should be protected through research rather than from research," they wrote, noting that the exclusion of pregnant women continues today. (medpagetoday.com)
  • For instance, COVID-19 treatment or vaccine trials often excluded pregnant women . (medpagetoday.com)
  • In June, CDC reported that only 11% of pregnant women were vaccinated against COVID-19 compared to nearly a quarter of nonpregnant women. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Nevertheless, they maintained that including pregnant women in micronutrient studies is important and feasible. (medpagetoday.com)
  • To compare two LT4 dose-adjustment algorithms in hypothyroid pregnant women. (medscape.com)
  • Results: A total of 801 pregnant women were enrolled at the booking visit and followed-up during their antenatal period. (bvsalud.org)
  • Urine creatinine values can obviate the need for 24-hour collection when they're used to correct for hydration status for analytes excreted throughout the day in relatively consistent amounts (no diurnal variation). (medscape.com)
  • The resulting value indicates the amount of blood cleared of creatinine in one minute. (uniprix.com)
  • Spirometric reference values for Caucasians, African-Americans, and Mexican-Americans 8 to 80 yr of age were developed from 7,429 asymptomatic, lifelong nonsmoking participants in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). (atsjournals.org)
  • LMS models for spirometric variables in the female subjects. (archbronconeumol.org)
  • Estimated doses were calculated for atrazine, metolachlor, chlorpyrifos, and glyphosate from urinary concentrations derived from the spot urine samples and compared with Environmental Agency reference doses. (cdc.gov)
  • Estimation of pesticide dose from farm children's urine samples allows comparison to Environmental Agency reference doses and therefore provides an indication of the significance of pesticide exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • This chromosomal alteration only affects female individuals, who have monosomy of the X chromosome. (bvsalud.org)
  • It only occurs in females and is the most common sex chromosome abnormality in females. (bvsalud.org)
  • The recommendation applies to asymptomatic women with no previous diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. (medscape.com)
  • The aim was to evaluate the quality of life (HRQoL) in women with subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT) after 16 weeks of endurance training. (scielo.br)
  • When thyroid hormones are normal and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is above the reference values, subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT) is characterized ( 2 2. (scielo.br)
  • Etiology of hypothyroidism, but not thyroid antibody status, was associated with proportion of goal TSH values. (medscape.com)
  • For example, degree of LT4 dose increase varies with etiology of hypothyroidism: athyreotic women require larger dose increases (approximately 50% increase) compared with women with thyroid cancer (TC) (21% increase) and autoimmune hypothyroidism [Hashimoto disease (HD)] (16% increase). (medscape.com)
  • Of the women requiring dose increases, there was variability in the magnitude of change required to maintain goal TSH, due at least in part to different etiologies for hypothyroidism. (medscape.com)
  • CHICAGO -- Enough women 75 and older undergoing mammography were found to have breast tumors in a single-center study that continued screening in this age group is justified, researchers said here. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released controversial guidelines stating there was not enough evidence to assess benefits and harms of screening mammography in women ages ≥75, but others advise that women may continue to undergo mammography screening as long as they are in good health. (medpagetoday.com)
  • We know the performance of mammography is significantly better in older women with lower recall rates and lower false positives, thus the chances of overdiagnosis is lower as well," she said. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Reason of the last mammography by social class based on the occupation of the reference person. (ine.es)
  • The log10 IL-6 values were not affected by gestational age (p = 0.395), maternal age (p = 0.376), body mass index (p = 0.551), ethnicity (p = 0.467), smoking status (p = 0.933), parity (p = 0.557), method of conception (p = 0.322), or diabetes mellitus (p = 0.381). (gencat.cat)
  • This synergistic blend of essential nutrients provides nutritional support for women. (hollandandbarrett.com)
  • Just over one in six studies that determined nutritional reference values (NRVs) included pregnant or lactating women, Emily Smith, ScD, MPH, of George Washington University, and colleagues reported. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The presence of nutritional deficiencies is more visible in women and, therefore, is more likely to reflect the risks of such deficiencies. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study aimed to know the nutritional status of women from Maranhão, assisted by the Family Health Strategy (FHS) program, aiming at proposals that are consistent with their social characteristics. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aims of this study were to (i) analyze the anthropometric characteristics, physical fitness and the throwing velocity in Icelandic elite female handball players according to age and (ii) to create reference values for physical fitness tests according to age for female handball players. (skemman.is)
  • Evaluation of physiological characteristics of female handball athlete" by Rafael Paludo Vargas, Deise Daniele Dick et al. (wku.edu)
  • Because of that, the objective of this study was to determine the physiological characteristics of female handball athletes. (wku.edu)
  • early lactate 2.9±0.8mmol.L and late lactate 5.2±1.9mmol.L. The results demonstrate that the athletes present values inside the reference patterns for female handball athletes. (wku.edu)
  • 3.00 mg/liter was 1.89 (95% confidence interval: 1.08, 3.31) in low- compared with high-positive-affect women, and plasma interleukin-6 was also inversely related to positive affect in women (p = 0.016). (nih.gov)
  • The reference interval varies with race, ethnicity, and gender. (medscape.com)
  • Reference interval values, means and standard deviation for the parameters RBC, RDW, MCV of blood samples from dogs collected during the month of September to November of 2008 in the region of Belém--Para State, Brazil. (vin.com)
  • She had trouble being taken seriously due to her gender, as King James denied that a woman could possibly be the Witchfinder General. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • Jodie Whittaker made a rare reference to her gender this episode in protesting: "If only I was still a bloke, I could just get on with the job without having to constantly defend myself. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • Reference values vary based on several factors, including the specific laboratory that supplies them. (msdmanuals.com)
  • the laboratory typically provides these values with the test result. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Caucasian subjects had higher mean FVC and FEV 1 values than did Mexican-American and African-American subjects across the entire age range. (atsjournals.org)
  • However, Caucasian and Mexican-American subjects had similar FVC and FEV 1 values with respect to height, and African-American subjects had lower values. (atsjournals.org)
  • These results confirm findings from smaller studies relating cortisol with positive affect while suggesting that in women, positive affect is associated with reduced levels of inflammatory markers. (nih.gov)
  • More than a quarter of men and women in early middle age have osteopenia, placing them at risk of developing osteoporosis, the results of a new US study indicate, suggesting that bone health assessments should be more widely available. (medscape.com)
  • Analysis of the BMD results showed 28% of men and 26% of women had osteopenia at the femoral neck, and 6% and 2%, respectively, had osteoporosis of the lumbar spine. (medscape.com)
  • Clinical trials have looked at whether tailoring asthma therapy based on eNO values is better than conventional care, in which therapy is gauged by symptoms and the results of lung function tests. (wikipedia.org)
  • results were within reference limits. (cdc.gov)
  • The results revealed an obvious motivation for lifestyle changes in individuals and environmental challenges for young women in the relevant stage of their life-course. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Results are then plotted against the NaCl concentrations, yielding an osmotic fragility curve that is then compared to obtained normal control values. (medscape.com)
  • Reference values and lower limits of normal were derived using a piecewise polynomial model with age and height as predictors. (atsjournals.org)
  • The reference values showed that muscle strength, speed, lower body and upper body power increases between 16 - 20 years. (skemman.is)
  • The condition is nevertheless much more common in women than men after the age of 50, affecting approximately 8.2 million women versus 2.0 million men aged 50 years or older in 2010. (medscape.com)
  • So they conducted a cross-sectional study in which men and women aged 35-50 years completed a questionnaire on calcium intake, hours per week of exercise, and other factors linked to osteopenia and osteoporosis. (medscape.com)
  • Elderly women with a mean age 71·3 years. (cambridge.org)
  • The American Cancer Society recommends, "Screening should continue as long as a woman is in good health and is expected to live 10 more years or longer. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Destounis noted that the average life expectancy for a woman in the U.S. is 81.3 years, and that one of four women who are 65 today will live into their 90s. (medpagetoday.com)
  • To report changes in the tapetal-like reflex in a female carrier of RPGR ORF15 c.3395delA X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) between examinations at 16 and 22 years of age, and to report the observation that the tapetal-like reflex faded due to exposure to daylight and reappeared with prolonged dark adaptation at 22 years of age. (molvis.org)
  • In this report, we describe a female carrier of XLRP where the tapetal-like reflex was clearly present after light exposure at 16 years of age, but much less so at 22 years of age when it did, however, reappear after prolonged dark adaptation and was attenuated by renewed light exposure. (molvis.org)
  • Sixty women with a mean age of 24.6±4.7 years were evaluated during their premenstrual (between days 21 and 28) and menstrual period (between days 1 and 3), and the collected data included body mass, height, biotype (body-fat distribution), face, breast, limb-circumference measurements, and limb-volume estimate, and an adapted version of the Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool was used. (dovepress.com)
  • [ 1 , 2 ] A study by Stuebe et al found this condition to be associated with persistent metabolic dysfunction in women at 3 years after delivery, separate from other clinical risk factors. (medscape.com)
  • Cross-sectional study with 989 women aged 15 to 49 years, carried out during July to September 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • The median age was 42 years (IQR 29, 60) and 45.2% were female. (bvsalud.org)
  • A total of 173 individuals took part in the study, of whom 92 (53%) were women and 162 (94%) were white. (medscape.com)
  • A total of 43 consecutive Syrian women with unexplained recurrent abortion and 32 pregnant controls were enrolled in the study. (degruyter.com)
  • FFQ and 3 d food records were filled in by women participating in the Kuopio Fracture Prevention Study (OSTPRE-FPS). (cambridge.org)
  • The aim of this study was to establish the normal reference range for interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in the amniotic fluid and to identify factors which may alter this value. (gencat.cat)
  • Our study provides a normal reference range for IL-6 levels in the amniotic fluid that can be used in future studies. (gencat.cat)
  • This study demonstrates a diurnal variation in both endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation in the brachial artery of healthy women. (lu.se)
  • Study authors reported that nonpregnant women were also underrepresented in studies as women generally accounted for only one-third of study participants. (medpagetoday.com)
  • For this reason, females are the primary focus of this study. (frontiersin.org)
  • In a study of 76,885 screening mammograms in women ages ≥75, 671 women were diagnosed with 751 malignancies that flagged for additional evaluation, according to Stamatia Destounis, MD, of the Elizabeth Wende Breast Care at the University of Rochester in New York, and colleagues. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In a recent reference value study, Glindmeyer and colleagues ( 9 ) compared Caucasian and African-American men and women 18 to 65 yr of age. (atsjournals.org)
  • The ECOWAS Centre for Regional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) will commission a feasibility study on business opportunities for women in a changing energy value chain in west Africa (see full project title and reference below). (energia.org)
  • The aim of this study was to explore motivation and obstacles for weight reduction, weight maintenance and healthy lifestyle choices in young women. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Little information is available about the time of onset, natural development, and prognostic value of the tapetal-like reflex in female XLRP carriers except that a retrospective longitudinal study by Grover et al. (molvis.org)
  • [ 6 ] In a large retrospective study of pregnant hypothyroid women, although most required higher LT4 doses during pregnancy, dose requirements did not change (3.2%) or even decreased (1.9%) in some women. (medscape.com)
  • All are committed to CBE's mission to "eliminate the power imbalance between men and women resulting from theological patriarchy. (cbeinternational.org)
  • Of those, women who underwent termination of pregnancy were excluded. (gencat.cat)
  • Nine-hundred and sixty-two women with adnexal masses underwent transvaginal ultrasonography, whereas 255 had surgery. (nature.com)
  • Many studies have published lung function reference values for a variety of race/ethnic groups and age ranges. (atsjournals.org)
  • Proportion of TSH values within trimester-specific goal ranges. (medscape.com)
  • Seventy-five percent of TSH values were within trimester-specific goal ranges in G1 compared with 81% in G2 ( P = 0.09). (medscape.com)
  • however, all of the doses for chlorpyrifos exceeded the Environmental Agency chronic population-adjusted reference value. (cdc.gov)
  • For the relatively small percentage of our screening population that was comprised of women 75 and older, the patients diagnosed in this population made up 16% of all patients diagnosed with screening-detected cancers," the authors noted. (medpagetoday.com)
  • We conducted semi-structured in depth interviews with 12 young women, both overweight and normal weight, recruited from a school-based population survey. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Physical activity as a recognized risk factor for health population (see table 1 for specific BMI cut-off values). (cdc.gov)
  • Close monitoring of maternal thyroid function is recommended in hypothyroid women during pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the effects of physical training on performance outcomes in female tennis players. (frontiersin.org)
  • This review found that existing training programs yield some favorable outcomes for female tennis players. (frontiersin.org)
  • Obese women had a higher chance of being hypertensive and having high total TC, high TG, high LDL-C and low HDL-C levels than non-obese females. (who.int)
  • Centrally obese women had higher odds for high TG and low HDL-C. There is a need for education about lifestyle change in the country. (who.int)
  • Interestingly, while FI-Clinical scores were higher in females, the opposite was true for FI-Lab scores and there was no sex difference in FI-Combined scores. (deepdyve.com)
  • Screen neonates and infants born to women with lead exposure during pregnancy and lactation per earlier CDC guidance. (cdc.gov)
  • Women with prediabetes identified before pregnancy should be considered at extremely high risk for developing gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Once the diagnosis of diabetes is established in a pregnant woman, continued testing for glycemic control and diabetic complications is indicated for the remainder of the pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • We compared two options for LT4 dose adjustment and showed that an ongoing adjustment approach is as effective as empiric dose increase for maintaining goal TSH in hypothyroid women during pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • We report a case of WNV aseptic meningitis in a 39-year-old immunocompetent woman who had severe headache with new-onset stuttering. (cdc.gov)
  • A 51-year-old woman presented with progressive severe icterus associated with advanced inoperable pancreatic carcinoma. (aacc.org)
  • These reference values encompass a wide age range for three race/ethnic groups and should prove useful for diagnostic and research purposes. (atsjournals.org)
  • This analysis of the NHANES III spirometry data was conducted to develop reference equations to describe normal pulmonary function for three major race/ethnic groups: Caucasians, African-Americans, and Mexican-Americans. (atsjournals.org)
  • Women from the Murle ethnic group carry bags of sorghum during a food distribution by United Nations World Food Programme in Gumuruk, South Sudan, 10 June. (independent.co.uk)
  • The authors who contributed to this issue are women from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. (cbeinternational.org)
  • The log10 IL-6 values follow a normal distribution (W = 0.990, p = 0.692). (gencat.cat)
  • Conclusions The log10 IL-6 values follow a normal distribution. (gencat.cat)
  • Normal values are between 2.5 and 8.2 mmol/L. (uniprix.com)
  • Deficits were counted if their values were outside the normal range for that measurement (6). (deepdyve.com)
  • Doses were similar for male and female children. (cdc.gov)
  • The sample was constituted of 20 female athletes, participants of the Associação Atlética Universitária de Concórdia team - SC, in 2007. (wku.edu)
  • Standard reference values of CAC score were used to classify the percentile groups and the distribution of AVC was assessed. (utu.fi)
  • Two hundred women each had 2 simultaneous Pap test collections. (nih.gov)
  • To validate an eighty-nine-item semi-quantitative FFQ for measurement of nutrient intakes in elderly women. (cambridge.org)
  • The validity of energy and nutrient intakes measured with the FFQ was moderate as compared with 3 d food records in elderly women. (cambridge.org)
  • The FFQ is a useful tool for the nutrient assessment of elderly women in epidemiological research. (cambridge.org)
  • Our aim was to develop a semi-quantitative FFQ for elderly women and to evaluate the relative validity of nutrient intakes estimated by the FFQ as compared with 3 d food records. (cambridge.org)
  • Typical values for men and women are listed in the Reference Range section. (medscape.com)
  • o Examine the range and frequency of values of a variable before conducting an analyses of data. (cdc.gov)
  • The range may include unusual or unexpected values. (cdc.gov)
  • The questionnaires indicated that 87% of men and 86% of women consumed fewer than three servings per day of dairy, while 68% of men and 56% of women reported exercising at least 20 times per month. (medscape.com)
  • There was this commentary on the times: "These are hard times for women. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • And this is not even counted in the burden of unpaid care, of which women carry out two-thirds worldwide, three times more than men. (independent.co.uk)
  • Binary logistic regression at the booking visit showed that teenage women were 2.5 times more likely to have anaemia (OR=2.5, p=0.005) than older women. (bvsalud.org)
  • Typical CSF findings of infection with WNV include lymphocytic pleocytosis, elevated protein level, reference glucose and lactic acid levels, and no erythrocytes ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In the second phase, a randomized clinical trial was conducted where only women with sHT were randomly divided into two groups: sHT-Tr (n = 10) - participants that performed an exercise program - and sHT-Sed (n = 10) - controls. (scielo.br)
  • Although bioimpedance provides more accurate knowledge on body hydric composition and on the distribution of water, the dry weight established by clinical estimate continues to be of great value. (isciii.es)