Psoriasis and ischemic coronary artery disease Mahiques-Santos, L; Soriano-Navarro, C J; Perez-Pastor, G ...
Actas dermo-sifiliográficas (English ed.),
03/2015, Letnik:
106, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
INTRODUCTIONPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with an increased risk of ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD) in some populations. We aimed to determine the association between ...these 2 diseases in our geographic area.MATERIAL AND METHODWe performed a cross-sectional study of patient records between 2005 and 2012 in the database (Abucacis, Datamart) that contains all medical case histories in the province of Castellón, Spain. Patients diagnosed with psoriasis were compared with a control group of patients diagnosed with melanocytic nevus. The prevalence of CAD and the presence or absence of the main cardiovascular risk factors were analyzed in each group.RESULTSA total of 9181 patients with psoriasis and 21925 with melanocytic nevus were studied. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that CAD was significantly associated with psoriasis, age (in years), sex, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and obesity (P<.05). On adjustment for age, sex, and the other cardiovascular risk factors, multivariate regression analysis established that psoriasis was independently associated with CAD (P<.029).CONCLUSIONOur findings in a large sample of patients in a Mediterranean area support the hypothesis that patients in this population have an increased risk of ischemic CAD.
LDPE/montmorillonite and LDPE/kaolinite compounds were prepared by twin-screw extrusion using two screw profiles. The microstructure of the samples was determined by a combination of techniques: wide ...angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and small amplitude rheometry. This work presents also a new technique as a macroscopic measurement of the morphology of bulk filled polymers: in-line monitoring of low energy ultrasound waves during melt extrusion. Transit time, signal loss and peak height of ultrasound waves transmitted through the melt polymer were measured for all the samples. These parameters appeared to provide significant information of dispersion levels or aggregate size, and maintained a good correlation with the microscopic studies and the rheological data.
Culture suspensions of 45 species and strains of Listeria were prepared in tryptic soy broth with 0.6% yeast extract (TSBYE) for 24 h at 37 degrees C. and were then diluted with phosphate buffer ...solution and standardized to 0.10 + 0.01 absorbance at 600 nm. Spectrophotometer tubes containing 5 ml of TSBYE (pH 7.2) were inoculated with 0.1 ml of the standardized cultures and incubated at 4, 10 or 37 degrees C. Absorbance readings were taken during storage. Growth curves were fitted using the Gompertz function. and growth parameters were calculated. There were major differences in lag phase duration (LPD), generation time (GT) and exponential growth rate (EGR) among species and strains of Listeria tested. Values for LPD and GT decreased (P 0.05) with increasing temperature of incubation, while EGR and maximum population density (MPD) values increased. Lag phase duration and GT values at a given temperature were lower for Listeria monocytogenes compared to other Listeria spp. At 4 degrees C. LPDs for L. monocytogenes strains ranged from 69.8 to 270.8 h. Of the L. monocytogenes cultures tested, strain Scott A had the longest average (209.8 + 0.1) h LPD at 4 degrees C. At 10 degrees C. LPDs ranged from 36.5 to 68.9 h, with Scott A being again one of the strains with the longest average LPD (62.8 + 0.7 h). At 37 degrees C, LPDs ranged from 4.4 to 11.1 h. Variation was also observed in GT and EGR, especially at 4 degrees C. Although there were major variations in growth parameters due to strain and temperature, no significant (p 0.05) trends were observed in average values among different serotypes of L. monocytogenes tested
Background. There are few studies about the effect of alcoholic beverages in food-borne disease outbreaks. Methods. We studied this effect during an outbreak of Salmonella ohio infection that ...occurred in Castellón (Spain) in May 2000. S. ohio was isolated in stools of patients and also in implicated foods. Results. Analysis was restricted to the group that was exposed to contaminated food (51 persons). We compared attack rates by level of alcohol intake (none, 1-40 gm, and >40 gm). The adjusted relative risks in the two alcohol categories were 0.73 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.46-1.15 and 0.54 (95% CI = 0.31-0.96), respectively. Conclusions. We discuss the possible protective effect of alcoholic beverages in some food-borne infectious outbreaks.
This paper presents an interactive educative tool for the antennas design. Since time ago, new methods for bringing near the theory to the student and make it understandable had been searched at ...universities. The proposed tool is an innovative electronic book for antenna theory which gets it by two differential characteristics: Interactivity and animations. The interactivity consists on set up a "prove bankâ⬠where the student, incited by some guide commentaries, can make modifications and see what is its effect on the results, which are showed and plotted in different formats. Animations bring the opportunity to the student of watching the evolution of some parameters with time or any other variable. The present paper shows the book structure as well as some examples of the working document.
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