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Perceived stress and reference ranges of hair cortisol in healthy adolescents

2019

BackgroundChronic stress during adolescence has usually been evaluated through subjective measures, leaving aside objective measures such as hair cortisol concentrations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide reference ranges for hair cortisol concentrations by sex and age and to study the relationship between subjective and objective measures of stress and temporal stability.MethodsThe participants were 170 adolescents aged between 12 and 14 years (mean = 12.78 years; standard deviation = 0.71 years; 52.40% girls) who completed the Perceived Stress Scale 4 and had their hair sampled.ResultsThe results revealed hair cortisol concentrations ranging from 0.07 pg/mg to 9.54 pg/mg. Su…

MaleHydrocortisoneEmotionsSocial SciencesPerceived Stress ScaleAdolescentsBiochemistryProbabilistic samplingCortisolFamilies0302 clinical medicineSociologyReference ValuesStress (linguistics)Medicine and Health SciencesPsychologyMedicineChronic stressStress measuresLipid HormonesLongitudinal StudiesChildChildrenSchoolsMultidisciplinaryQPost-Traumatic Stress DisorderRAge FactorsAnxiety DisordersHealthy VolunteersMedicineFemaleAnatomyIntegumentary SystemResearch ArticleClinical psychologyAdolescentSciencePsychology AdolescentPsychological StressEarly detectionNeuropsychiatric DisordersNeurosesEducation03 medical and health sciencesSex FactorsMental Health and PsychiatryHumansSteroid HormonesAge differencesbusiness.industryBiology and Life SciencesHormones030227 psychiatryAge GroupsSpainReference valuesPeople and PlacesPopulation GroupingsPerceptionSelf ReportbusinessStress Psychological030217 neurology & neurosurgeryHairPLOS ONE
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Influence of landscape composition and diversity on contaminant flux in terrestrial food webs: a case study of trace metal transfer to European black…

2012

13 pages; International audience; Although understanding the influence of the spatial arrangement of habitats and interacting communities on the processes of pollutant flux and impacts is critical for exposure and risk assessment, to date few studies have been devoted to this emergent topic. We tested the hypothesis that landscape composition and diversity affect the transfer of trace metals to vertebrates. Bioaccumulation of Cd and Pb in blood and feathers of European blackbirds Turdus merula (n=138) was studied over a smelter-impacted area (Northern France). Landscape composition (type and occurrence of the different habitats) and diversity (number of different habitat types and the propo…

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DALI: Defining Antibiotic Levels in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Are Current -Lactam Antibiotic Doses Sufficient for Critically Ill Patients?

2014

Background. Morbidity and mortality for critically ill patients with infections remains a global healthcare problem. We aimed to determine whether α-lactam antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients achieves concentrations associated with maximal activity and whether antibiotic concentrations affect patient outcome.Methods. This was a prospective, multinational pharmacokinetic point-prevalence study including 8 α-lactam antibiotics. Two blood samples were taken from each patient during a single dosing interval. The primary pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic targets were free antibiotic concentrations above the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the pathogen at both 50% (50% f TMIC) an…

MaleInternational CooperationAntibioticsadverse eventintensive care unitlaw.invention0302 clinical medicinemeropenemModels[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseasesadverse events; continuous infusion; extended infusion; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Blood Chemical Analysis; Female; Humans; Intensive Care Units; International Cooperation; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Models Statistical; Prospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; beta-Lactams; Critical Illnessantibiotic therapyProspective Studiesamoxicillin plus clavulanic acidComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSbeta lactam antibioticAPACHE0303 health sciencescritical illneadultclinical trial3. Good healthcontinuous infusion; extended infusion; adverse events; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics.antiinfective agent[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitologypriority journaldisease severitybeta-Lactamstatistical model Agedprospective studyHumanMicrobiology (medical)medicine.medical_specialtydrug exposureCritical IllnessImmunologybloodstream infectionMicrobial Sensitivity Testspiperacillin plus tazobactambeta-LactamsMicrobiologybeta lactam abdominal infection03 medical and health sciencescritically ill patientIntensive careAnti-Bacterial AgentcefepimepharmacodynamicsHumansDosingAdverse effectAgedModels Statistical030306 microbiologyOdds ratiomajor clinical studymortalityantibiotic sensitivityceftriaxoneProspective Studiemulticenter studypharmacodynamics.ampicillinBlood Chemical AnalysisCeftazidimeSettore MED/41 - AnestesiologiaInterquartile rangelaw030212 general & internal medicinepharmacokineticlung infectionMicrobial Sensitivity TestarticleBacterial InfectionsMiddle AgedStatisticalcontinuous infusionIntensive care unitAnti-Bacterial Agentsextended infusionIntensive Care UnitsInfectious DiseasesTreatment Outcomeadverse events; continuous infusion; extended infusion; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Blood Chemical Analysis; Female; Humans; Intensive Care Units; International Cooperation; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Models Statistical; Prospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; beta-Lactams; Critical Illness; Microbiology (medical); Infectious Diseasescefazolin[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunologyblood samplingFemalepharmacokineticsmedicine.drugmedicine.drug_classprevalencedoripenemminimum inhibitory concentrationBacterial InfectionInternal medicinemedicinecontrolled studyblood analysibusiness.industryBlood Chemical Analysiadverse eventsSurgerypharmacodynamicdrug blood levelbusiness
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Identifying loci for the overlap between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder using a genome-wide QTL linkage approa…

2010

Contains fulltext : 88211.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) OBJECTIVE: The genetic basis for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was addressed using a genome-wide linkage approach. METHOD: Participants of the International Multi-Center ADHD Genetics study comprising 1,143 probands with ADHD and 1,453 siblings were analyzed. The total and subscale scores of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) were used as quantitative traits for multipoint regression-based linkage analyses on 5,407 autosomal single-nucleotide polymorphisms applying MERLIN-regress software, both without and with inclusion of ADHD symptom sc…

MaleMedizinGenome-wide association studyComorbidityPersonality Assessment0302 clinical medicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPerception and Action [DCN 1]GENETIC INFLUENCESChildGENERAL-POPULATION0303 health sciencesMental Health [NCEBP 9]CommunicationChromosome MappingPsychiatry and Mental healthcomorbidityAutism spectrum disorderFemalePsychologylinkageFunctional Neurogenomics [DCN 2]TRAITSmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentPsychometricsSUSCEPTIBILITY LOCIDEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERQuantitative Trait Lociautism spectrum disorderQuantitative trait locusPolymorphism Single Nucleotidebehavioral disciplines and activitiesArticleTWIN SAMPLEGenomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [IGMD 3]03 medical and health sciencesGenetic linkagemental disordersmedicinePervasive developmental disorderAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderADHDHumansGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingSOCIAL-BEHAVIORPsychiatrySocial Behavior030304 developmental biologyChromosome AberrationsChromosomes Human Pair 15PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERSmedicine.diseaseHOMEOBOX-TRANSCRIPTION-FACTORDevelopmental disorderAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChild Development Disorders PervasiveAutismLod ScoreChromosomes Human Pair 18030217 neurology & neurosurgeryChromosomes Human Pair 16SCANGenome-Wide Association Study
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Baseline sero-epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in children and teenagers in Italy. A survey before mass hepatitis B vaccination

1991

During the period May 1987 to November 1989, the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers was determined by ELISA in serum samples of 7405 (55% male, 45% female) apparently healthy persons 3-19 years of age in Italy. Earlier studies of adults there had shown an intermediate degree of HBV endemicity (hepatitis B surface antigen carrier rate greater than 2%). Persons were selected by systematic cluster sampling in five different geographical areas of Italy. The overall prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was 0.6%. The overall prevalence of at least one marker of HBV was 2.8%; it increased from 1.7% among children 3-5 years of age to 4.5% in teenagers 17-19 years of age (P l…

MaleMicrobiology (medical)HBsAgmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentmedicine.disease_causeHepatitis b surface antigenPregnancyEpidemiologyPrevalencemedicineHumansSero epidemiologyChildHepatitis B virusPregnancyHepatitis B Surface Antigensbusiness.industryHepatitis BSerum samplesmedicine.diseaseInfectious DiseasesItalySocioeconomic FactorsHepatitis b vaccinationChild PreschoolImmunologyFemalebusinessDemographyJournal of Infection
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Noninvasive assessment of respiratory muscle strength and activity in Myotonic dystrophy

2017

Objective To evaluate sensitivity/specificity of the maximum relaxation rate (MRR) of inspiratory muscles, amplitude of electromyographic activity of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), scalene (SCA), parasternal (2ndIS) and rectus abdominis (RA) muscles; lung function and respiratory muscle strength in subjects with Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) compared with healthy subjects. Design and methods Quasi-experimental observational study with control group. MRR of inspiratory muscles, lung function and amplitude of the electromyographic activity of SCM, SCA, 2ndIS and RA muscles during maximum inspiratory pressure (PImax), maximum expiratory pressure (PEmax) and sniff nasal inspiratory pressure (…

MaleMuscle PhysiologyTime FactorsMuscle FunctionsPhysiologyMuscle RelaxationRespiratory Systemlcsh:MedicineElectromyographyPulmonary function testing0302 clinical medicineThoracic DiaphragmMedicine and Health SciencesMyotonic DystrophyMedicineRespiratory systemlcsh:ScienceMusculoskeletal SystemAbdominal MusclesMultidisciplinaryAnthropometrymedicine.diagnostic_testMusclesMuscle AnalysisRespiratory MusclesRespiratory Function TestsBioassays and Physiological AnalysisMuscle relaxationInhalationGenetic DiseasesExhalationParasternal lineCardiologyFemaleAnatomyMuscle ElectrophysiologyResearch ArticleAdult; Anthropometry; Electromyography; Exhalation; Female; Humans; Inhalation; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle Strength; Myotonic Dystrophy; Pressure; ROC Curve; Respiratory Function Tests; Respiratory Muscles; Sample Size; Time FactorsAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyRespiratory physiologyResearch and Analysis Methods03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicineRespiratory musclesPressureRespiratory muscleHumansRespiratory PhysiologyMuscle StrengthClinical GeneticsElectromyographic activityElectromyographybusiness.industryElectrophysiological Techniqueslcsh:RBiology and Life SciencesExhalationSkeletal MusclesROC Curve030228 respiratory systemSample Sizelcsh:Qbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPLOS ONE
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Reproducibility of Brain Responses: High for Speech Perception, Low for Reading Difficulties.

2019

Neuroscience findings have recently received critique on the lack of replications. To examine the reproducibility of brain indices of speech sound discrimination and their role in dyslexia, a specific reading difficulty, brain event-related potentials using EEG were measured using the same cross-linguistic passive oddball paradigm in about 200 dyslexics and 200 typically reading 8–12-year-old children from four countries with different native languages. Brain responses indexing speech and non-speech sound discrimination were extremely reproducible, supporting the validity and reliability of cognitive neuroscience methods. Significant differences between typical and dyslexic readers were fou…

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Specific TP53 and/or Ki-ras mutations as independent predictors of clinical outcome in sporadic colorectal adenocarcinomas: results of a 5-year Grupp…

2005

BACKGROUND: Although Ki-ras and TP53 mutations have probably been the genetic abnormalities most exhaustively implicated and studied in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression, their significance in terms of disease relapse and overall survival has not yet clearly been established. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective study was carried out on paired tumor and normal colon tissue samples from a consecutive series of 160 previously-untreated patients, undergoing resective surgery for primary operable sporadic CRC. Mutations within the TP53 (exons 5-8) and Ki-ras (exon 2) genes were detected by PCR-SSCP analyses following sequencing. RESULTS: Mutation analyses of exons 5 to 8 of the TP53 gene showe…

MaleOncologyMultivariate analysisColorectal cancerpolymerase chain reactionmedicine.medical_treatmentLeucovorinColorectal Neoplasmmedicine.disease_causeBioinformaticsExonAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsProspective Studiesexongene mutationmultivariate analysiProspective cohort studysingle strand conformation polymorphism MeSH: Adenocarcinomaprotein p53 EMTREE medical terms: adultProto-Oncogene ProteinMutationarticleprotein domainclinical trialHematologyMiddle AgedagedItalypriority journalOncologyChemotherapy AdjuvantLymphatic MetastasisDisease ProgressionFemaleFluorouracilColorectal Neoplasmscancer tissueprognosiprospective studyHumansamplingmedicine.medical_specialtyfolinic acidgene sequenceAdenocarcinomarectum carcinomaProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)outcomes researchProto-Oncogene ProteinsInternal medicinemedicineHumanscontrolled studyneoplasmsGeneNeoplasm StagingChemotherapyEMTREE drug terms: fluorouracillevamisoleAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocolcontrolled clinical trialbusiness.industryfluorouracil; folinic acid; K ras protein; levamisole; protein p53 adult; aged; article; cancer tissue; clinical trial; codon; colon adenocarcinoma; colorectal surgery; controlled clinical trial; controlled study; exon; gene mutation; gene sequence; human; human cell; human tissue; Italy; major clinical study; male; multivariate analysis; oncology; outcomes research; polymerase chain reaction; prediction; priority journal; prognosis; prospective study; protein domain; rectum carcinoma; sampling; sequence analysis; single strand conformation polymorphism Adenocarcinoma; Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Chemotherapy Adjuvant; Colorectal Neoplasms; Disease Progression; Female; Fluorouracil; Humans; Leucovorin; Levamisole; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Mutation; Neoplasm Staging; Prospective Studies; Proto-Oncogene Proteins; ras Proteins; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 [EMTREE drug terms]human cellLymphatic Metastasipredictionras Proteinmedicine.diseasemajor clinical studyhuman tissueProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)K ras proteinProspective Studiecolon adenocarcinomaMultivariate AnalysisMutationras Proteinscolorectal surgerysequence analysicodonTumor Suppressor Protein p53businessAnnals of Oncology
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Trends in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Italy between 1991 and 2010

2012

The prevalence of asthma increased worldwide until the 1990s, but since then there has been no clear temporal pattern. The present study aimed to assess time trends in the prevalence of current asthma, asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis in Italian adults from 1990 to 2010. The same screening questionnaire was administered by mail or phone to random samples of the general population (age 20-44 yrs) in Italy, in the frame of three multicentre studies: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) (1991-1993; n=6,031); the Italian Study on Asthma in Young Adults (ISAYA) (1998-2000; n=18,873); and the Gene Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases (GEIRD) study (2007-2…

MalePediatricsCross-sectional study95% CI 1.19-1.59) from 1998-2000 to 2007-2010but since then there has been no clear temporal pattern. The present study aimed to assess time trends in the prevalence of current asthmaAbstract The prevalence of asthma increased worldwide until the 1990stemporal trendsSurveys and QuestionnairesEpidemiologySurveys and QuestionnaireMedicineasthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis in Italian adults from 1990 to 2010. The same screening questionnaire was administered by mail or phone to random samples of the general population (age 20-44 yrs) in ItalyYoung adultrespectively. The prevalence of current asthma was stable during the 1990s and increased (relative risk 1.38from 10.1% to 13.9% and from 16.8% to 25.8%education.field_of_studyAllergic rhinitis; Asthma; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Temporal trends; Wheezing;medicine.diagnostic_testSmokingthe median prevalence of current asthmaallergic rhinitis asthma epidemiology prevalence temporal trends wheezingItalyAbstract The prevalence of asthma increased worldwide until the 1990s but since then there has been no clear temporal pattern. The present study aimed to assess time trends in the prevalence of current asthma asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis in Italian adults from 1990 to 2010. The same screening questionnaire was administered by mail or phone to random samples of the general population (age 20-44 yrs) in Italy in the frame of three multicentre studies: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) (1991-1993; n=6031); the Italian Study on Asthma in Young Adults (ISAYA) (1998-2000; n=18873); and the Gene Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases (GEIRD) study (2007-2010; n=10494). Time trends in prevalence were estimated using Poisson regression models in the centres that repeated the survey at different points in time. From 1991 to 2010 the median prevalence of current asthma wheezing and allergic rhinitis increased from 4.1% to 6.6% from 10.1% to 13.9% and from 16.8% to 25.8% respectively. The prevalence of current asthma was stable during the 1990s and increased (relative risk 1.38 95% CI 1.19-1.59) from 1998-2000 to 2007-2010 mainly in subjects who did not report allergic rhinitis. The prevalence of allergic rhinitis has increased continuously since 1991. The asthma epidemic is not over in Italy. During the past 20 yrs asthma prevalence has increased by 38% in parallel with a similar increase in asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis.mainly in subjects who did not report allergic rhinitis. The prevalence of allergic rhinitis has increased continuously since 1991. The asthma epidemic is not over in Italy. During the past 20 yrssymbolsasthma prevalence has increased by 38%FemaleepidemiologyHumanPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAdult494). Time trends in prevalence were estimated using Poisson regression models in the centres that repeated the survey at different points in time. From 1991 to 2010in parallel with a similar increase in asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitismedicine.medical_specialtyRhinitis Allergic PerennialPopulationprevalencethe Italian Study on Asthma in Young Adults (ISAYA) (1998-2000Settore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato Respiratorio031)and the Gene Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases (GEIRD) study (2007-2010Settore MED/01 - Statistica Medicasymbols.namesakeYoung AdultAllergic rhinitiHumansRespiratory soundsPoisson regressioneducationAsthmaRespiratory SoundsCross-Sectional Studieallergic rhinitisbusiness.industrywheezingwheezing and allergic rhinitis increased from 4.1% to 6.6%Rhinitis Allergic Seasonalasthmain the frame of three multicentre studies: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) (1991-1993medicine.disease873)Cross-Sectional Studiesn=10Relative riskTemporal trendRespiratory Soundn=6n=18business
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Rising Stroke Incidence in Young Adults: More Epidemiological Evidence, More Questions to Be Answered

2016

Studies have reported increasing incidence of ischemic stroke in adults younger than 50 to 55 years. Information on temporal trends of other stroke subtypes and transient ischemic attack (TIA) is sparse. The aim of this study was to investigate temporal trends of the incidence of hospitalizations for TIA and stroke including sex- and subtype-specific trends in young adults aged 15 to 30 years.From the Danish National Patient Register, we identified all cases of first-ever stroke and TIA (age 15-30 years) in Denmark, who were hospitalized during the study period of 1994 to 2012. Incidence rates and estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) were estimated by using Poisson regression. During…

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