Abstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of independent living between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data from 340 of initially 375 participants were available for analyses with regard to loss of ...
Summary: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of independent living between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data from 340 of initially 375 participants were available for analyses with regard to the loss ...
Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age (SIMA) - Part XX: Risk of DementiaSummary: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of possible dementia between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data ...
Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age (SIMA) - Part XXI: Mortality RisksAbstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' mortality between 1991 and 1998. At baseline participants were community residents ...
Visual evaluation of the occurrence of BAB (born after ban) cases pointed towards spatial clustering. Therefore a statistical analysis of spatial case clustering was conducted using GIS technology. In the initial analysis, all 376 cases (135 BAB, 241 BBB/...
The protozoan parasite Neospora caninum is one of the most important infectious abortion causes in cattle worldwide. In a Swiss case-control-study we investigated 113 abortion problem farms and 113 control farms. It was possible to detect N. caninum in 21%...
The risk of injury to veterinarians treating horses is high, particularly when performing painful procedures. The present retrospective study investigated this risk, including the frequency and severity of kick injuries, by submitting questionnaires to ...
Antimicrobial resistance amongst organisms such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S. pseudintermedius has become a serious threat to veterinary small animal practice. There is an urgent ...
A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the leptospiral seroprevalence in clinically healthy horses in Switzerland. A representative sample of 615 horse sera was examined by microscopic agglutination test for the presence of ...
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was epizoozic between 2003 and 2008 in Switzerland. Nevertheless, infectious risk factors including porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) were missing at all or were seen only ...
Objective: To evaluate retinol and β-carotene serum levels and their relationship with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in individuals with morbid obesity, resident in Rio de Janeiro. Methodology: Blood serum concentrations of retinol and β-...
Abstract. Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a public health concern associated with the pathogenesis of several chronic disorders, particularly in women. Aim: To evaluate serum vitamin D levels and its deficiency and risk factors among employed women in ...
Hintergrund: Um zu untersuchen, ob das aortoiliakale, femoropopliteale oder crurale Segment eine unterschiedliche Sensitivität für spezifische Risikofaktoren der Atherosklerose hat, führten wir eine statistische Analyse durch.
Patienten und Methode: Bei ...
Hintergrund: Erhöhtes mittleres Erythrozytenvolumen (MCV) ist ein möglicher Risikofaktor für die periphere arterielle Verschlusskrankheit (pAVK). Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es, zu erheben, ob MCV mit einem bestimmten anatomischen Verteilungsmuster ...
Hintergrund: Die Tatsache, dass in den letzten Jahren wiederholt auf eine hohe Prävalenz an einer asymp-tomatischen pAVK in der Bevölkerung hingewiesen wurde, bislang aber keine Daten darüber vorliegen, wie häufig auch im klinischen Bereich bei ...
Hintergrund: Die Inzidenz von Varizen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung ist unbekannt. Diese Studie wurde konzipiert, um die Inzidenz in einer kompletten Kohorte von 40- bis 60-Jährigen zu bestimmen.
Patienten und Methoden: Die Studie wurde in der Stadt Tampere ...
Dieser Übersichtsartikel fasst die aktuellen diagnostischen und therapeutischen Strategien zur Behandlung der peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit zusammen.
Hintergrund: Ziel dieser Studie war zunächst, die wohl bekannte flow mediated dilation (FMD) Methode mit der Iontophorese- induzierten Acetylcholin – Vasodilatation ( IAV ) zu vergleichen. Hauptziel war dann die Bestimmung der endothelialen Aktivität (EA) ...
Background: Severity of stenosis remains the main factor for assessing risk of stroke in patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) disease. This study was conducted to investigate the association of plaque echostructure and other established and ...