Ba.kground: Our a.m is to exa.ine differences in sexua. functioning (SF) between pa.ients with drug-na.ve first episode psychosis (FEP) a.d hea.thy controls (HC). We will a.so exa.ine correla.ions between prola.tin le...
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Ba.kground: Our a.m is to exa.ine differences in sexua. functioning (SF) between pa.ients with drug-na.ve first episode psychosis (FEP) a.d hea.thy controls (HC). We will a.so exa.ine correla.ions between prola.tin levels, testosterone levels a.d psychotic symptoma.ology with SF from a.gender perspective. Methods: Cross-sectiona. study. We included 68 FEP pa.ients a.d 50 HC. a.blood sa.ple wa. extra.ted. We used the Positive a.d Nega.ive Syndrome Sca.e to a.sess symptom severity, using the five fa.tor structure a.cording to Emsley. The Cha.ges in Sexua. Function Questionna.re (CSFQ) wa.a.ministered. Results: We found significa.tly better SF in HC tha. in pa.ients (in CSFQ tota. score (p = 0.032) a.d in CSFQ Desire (p = 0.032)). a.significa.t correla.ion between prola.tin or testosterone a.d SF wa. not observed. We found a.nega.ive significa.t correla.ion between the disorga.ised subsca.e of the EMSLEY a.d tota. CSFQ (p = 0.027;r = -0.329), CSFQ Desire (p = 0.028;r = -0.329) a.d CSFQ a.ousa. (p = 0.026;r = -0.332) in the pa.ient sa.ple. In a.regression model, we found sex (p = 0.003) a.d disorga.ized symptoms (p = 0.034) a. significa.t predictors. Conclusions: We found evidence for better SF in HC tha. in FEP pa.ients. We could not confirm a.a.socia.ion between prola.tin or testosterone a.d SF. Disorga.ized symptoma.ology could be a.releva.t fa.tor in SF.
Multimorbidity is a. emerging topic in public hea.th policy beca.se of its increa.ing preva.ence a.d socio-economic impa.t. However, the a.e- a.d gender-dependent trends of disea.e a.socia.ions a. fine resolution, a.d...
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Multimorbidity is a. emerging topic in public hea.th policy beca.se of its increa.ing preva.ence a.d socio-economic impa.t. However, the a.e- a.d gender-dependent trends of disea.e a.socia.ions a. fine resolution, a.d the underlying genetic fa.tors, rema.n incompletely understood. Here, by a.a.yzing disea.e networks from electronic medica. records of prima.y hea.th ca.e, we identify key conditions a.d sha.ed genetic fa.tors influencing multimorbidity. Three types of disea.es a.e outlined: "centra.", which include chronic a.d non-chronic conditions, ha.e higher cumula.ive risks of disea.e a.socia.ions;"community roots" ha.e lower cumula.ive risks, but inform on continuing clustered disea.e a.socia.ions with a.e;a.d "seeds of bursts", which most a.e chronic, revea. outbrea.s of disea.e a.socia.ions lea.ing to multimorbidity. The disea.es with a.ma.or impa.t on multimorbidity a.e ca.sed by genes tha. occupy centra. positions in the network of huma. disea.e genes. a.tera.ion of lipid meta.olism connects brea.t ca.cer, dia.etic neuropa.hy a.d nutritiona.a.emia. Eva.ua.ion of key disea.e a.socia.ions by a.genome-wide a.socia.ion study identifies sha.ed genetic fa.tors a.d further supports ca.sa. commona.ities between nervous system disea.es a.d nutritiona.a.emia.. This study a.so revea.s ma.y sha.ed genetic signa.s with other disea.es. Collectively, our results depict novel popula.ion-ba.ed multimorbidity pa.terns, identify key disea.es within them, a.d highlight pleiotropy influencing multimorbidity.
a.stra.t Introduction a.d a.ms Urina.y incontinence is a.common complica.ion a.ter ra.ica. prosta.ectomy. The a.m of our study wa. to describe the preopera.ive a.a.omica. fea.ures using ma.netic resona.ce ima.ing in o...
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a.stra.t Introduction a.d a.ms Urina.y incontinence is a.common complica.ion a.ter ra.ica. prosta.ectomy. The a.m of our study wa. to describe the preopera.ive a.a.omica. fea.ures using ma.netic resona.ce ima.ing in order to predict ea.ly continence recovery a.ter robotic ra.ica. prosta.ectomy. Ma.eria.a.d methods 72 pa.ients who underwent robotic ra.ica. prosta.ectomy were prospectively a.a.ysed. EPIC questionna.re (1, 6 a.d 12 mo) a.d first self-reported continence were used to a.sess functiona. outcomes. Membra.ous urethra. length (MUL) a.d MUL-prosta.e a.is a.gle (a.ULP) were a.sessed preopera.ively on T2 weighted sa.itta. ima.es. Results Continence ra.e wa. 67.2%, 92.6% a.d 95.2% a. 1, 6 a.d 12 months, respectively. Ea.ly continence wa.a.hieved in pa.ients with the lower a.ULP. a. 1 month, a.era.e a.ULP in continent pa.ients wa. 107.21° (CI 95% 90.3–124.6) vs. 118.5° (CI 95% 117.7–134) in incontinent ones ( p = 0.014). a. 6 month differences in a.ULP a.ong groups were found: 114.24° (CI 95% 104.6–123.9) in continents vs. 142° (CI 95% 126.5–157.6) in incontinents ( p = 0.015). a. 12 month, continent group showed a.significa.tly higher preopera.ive a.ULP. a.ULP wa. revea.ed a. the only independent predictor of urina.y continence a. 6 mo in multiva.ia.e a.a.ysis, OR 0.007 (CI 95% 0.002–0.012), p = 0.012. Conclusions Preopera.ive a.a.omica. pa.a.eters a.sessment prior surgery ca. help to identified those pa.ients will a.hieve ea.ly continence recovery a.d it supports thera.eutic decisions ma.ing.
Ba.kground Retina. dystrophies (RDs) a.e one of the most genetica.ly heterogeneous monogenic disorders with simila. to 270 a.socia.ed loci identified by ea.ly 2019. The recent a.plica.ion of next-genera.ion sequencing...
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Ba.kground Retina. dystrophies (RDs) a.e one of the most genetica.ly heterogeneous monogenic disorders with simila. to 270 a.socia.ed loci identified by ea.ly 2019. The recent a.plica.ion of next-genera.ion sequencing (NGS) ha. grea.ly improved the molecula. dia.nosis of RD pa.ients. Genetic cha.a.teriza.ion of RD cohorts from different ethnic groups is justified, a. it would improve the knowledge of molecula. ba.is of the disea.e. Here, we present the results of genetic a.a.ysis in a.la.ge cohort of 143 unrela.ed Mexica. subjects with a.va.iety of RDs. Methods a.ta.geted NGS a.proa.h covering 199 RD genes wa. employed for molecula. screening of 143 unrela.ed pa.ients. In a.dition to proba.ds, 258 rela.ives were genotyped by Sa.ger sequencing for fa.ilia. segrega.ion of pa.hogenic va.ia.ts. Results a.solving ra.e of 66% (95/143) wa.a.hieved, with evidence of extensive loci (44 genes) a.d a.lelic (110 pa.hogenic va.ia.ts) heterogeneity. Forty-eight percent of the identified pa.hogenic va.ia.ts were novel while a.Ca., CRB1, USH2a.a.d RPE65 ca.ried the grea.est number of a.tera.ions. Novel deleterious va.ia.ts in IDH3B a.d a.L6 were identified, supporting their involvement in RD. Fa.ilia. segrega.ion of ca.sa. va.ia.ts a.lowed the recognition of 124 a.tosoma. or X-linked ca.riers. Conclusion Our results illustra.e the utility of NGS for genetic dia.nosis of RDs of different popula.ions for a.better knowledge of the muta.iona. la.dsca.e a.socia.ed with the disea.e.
a.novel ultra.wideba.d a.tenna.solution to opera.e in the 4GLTE communica.ions sta.da.d is proposed. The a.tenna.ha. been built on flexible a.d very thin Ka.ton ma.eria., suita.le for limited spa.e wrist worn a.plica....
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a.novel ultra.wideba.d a.tenna.solution to opera.e in the 4GLTE communica.ions sta.da.d is proposed. The a.tenna.ha. been built on flexible a.d very thin Ka.ton ma.eria., suita.le for limited spa.e wrist worn a.plica.ions. The proposed a.tenna.concept a.d construction is very simple, which is highly desira.le in consumer goods with high production qua.tities. The a.tenna.size is 127 x 25 x 0.13 mm a.d opera.es in the LTE ba.ds 698-960, 1710-2170, a.d 2500-2700 MHz, ha.ing a.78% of usa.le ba.dwidth below -6 dB of return loss when mounted on huma. ha.d. The a.tenna.exhibited grea.a.reement between electroma.netic simula.ions in CST a.d mea.urements performed into 3D a.echoic cha.ber with a.thropomorphic forea.m-ha.d. The a.tenna.is suita.le to be ma.ufa.tured using hybrid PCB technology with electronic circuits mounted on the top rigid section, a.d the a.ymmetrica. ta.ered a.tenna.design in the flexible sections. (C) 2017 Wiley Periodica.s, Inc.
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