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Underweight and obesity are related to higher mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography: The KARDIO invasive cardiology register study
2022
Background: In patients with some cardiovascular disease conditions, slightly elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with a lower mortality risk (termed “obesity paradox”). It is uncertain, however, if this obesity paradox exists in patients who have had invasive cardiology procedures. We evaluated the association between BMI and mortality in patients who underwent coronary angiography. Methods: We utilised the KARDIO registry, which comprised data on demographics, prevalent diseases, risk factors, coronary angiographies, and interventions on 42,636 patients. BMI was categorised based on WHO cut-offs or transformed using P-splines. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI…
Disability, Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality in Lumbar Spine Fusion Patients : A 5-Year Follow-Up and Comparison With a Population Sample
2022
Study Design: Prospective follow-up study. Objectives: We aimed to assess the effect of lumbar spine fusion (LSF) on disability, health-related quality of life and mortality in a 5-year follow-up, and to compare these results with the general population. Methods: 523 consecutive LSF operations were included in a prospective follow-up. Disability was assessed by the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and HRQoL by the 36-item Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire using the physical and mental summary scores (PCS and MCS). The patients were compared with an age-, sex-, and residential area matched general population cohort. Results: The preoperative ODI in the patients was 46 (SD 16), and the change …
Social engagement, mood, and mortality in old age
2017
Social relationships, social activity, and experiencing fulfilment of interpersonal needs are essential aspects of well-being in older people. The purpose of this research was twofold: first, to investigate the associations of various dimensions of social activity and perceived togetherness with indicators of health decline; and second, to identify potential mediators in these associations. This dissertation is based on data from two research projects. The first, the Evergreen project, is a multidisciplinary, longitudinal follow-up study on the health and functional capacity of people aged 65–84 in 1988 (n=1 181) resident in Jyväskylä, Finland. Data on institutionalization and mortality wer…
Responses to ultraviolet radiation in larval pike, Esox lucius, of two origins and ages
2007
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced mortality and behavioural disorder were studied in larval northern pike of two origins and ages. Newly hatched larvae of two differently coloured populations and six-day-old larvae of one population were exposed to four fluence rates of UVR, resulting in total doses from 11.5 to 63 kJ m–2, and monitored for mortality and behaviour. The rate of mortality and the severity of behavioural disorder differed by origin and age of the animals, but the effect was fluence-rate dependent. Total melanin concentration of newly hatched larvae was measured to assess if sensitivity to UVR correlated with pigmentation, but no differences in melanin concentration between l…
Revivalistiset ideat ja äitien toimijuuden mahdollisuudet pienen lapsen kuoleman kohtaamisessa sairaalainstituutiossa ja vertaistukiyhteisöissä
2011
Perinataalikuolemia on historiallisesti käsitelty poikkeavina ilmiöinä, jotka uhkaavat yhteisön sosiaalista järjestystä, jolloin perinataalivaiheessa kuolleet lapset on tietoisesti ulossuljettu yhteisön rakenteiden ulkopuolelle. Pienen lapsen kuolema on siten ollut pitkään yhteiskunnassa sosiaalisesti tunnistamaton ja tunnustamaton menetys. Tässä tutkielmassani selvitän niitä sosiaalisia ja kulttuurisia prosesseja, jotka ovat vaikuttaneet pienen lapsen kuoleman kohtaamisen käytäntöjen muutokseen. Tutkielmassani hahmotan laajempaa sosiaalista ja kulttuurista kontekstia eli modernisaatioprosessia vasten, miten kuolema- ja surukäsitykset ovat muuttuneet modernisaatioprosessin myötä. Myöhäismod…
Sex and sexual ornamentation associated with survival of the cyprinid fish, Rutilus rutilus, under disease stress
2013
By conveying information of disease resistance, sexual signals may be used as cues for adaptive mate choice. Here we report observations on survival of laboratory-maintained, wild-collected, sexually mature, ready-to-spawn cyprinid fish, Rutilus rutilus (roach), under accidental epidemic attributed to Flavobacterium psychrophilum, diagnosed using species-specific PCR. The fish were maintained in a single tank. During the 27 days observation period, both the proportion of fish surviving the infection as well as the length-adjusted mean survival time of the fish that died was the highest among the high-ornamented males with large breeding tubercles, intermediary among the low-ornamented males…