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HIV/AIDS Health Literacy in Zimbabwe. Focus Group Findings from University Students

OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study was designed to assess program needs and evaluate and improve HIV/AIDS prevention efforts at the University of Zimbabwe. METHODS: We conducted eight focus group discussions with 70 students and conducted key informant interviews with formal and informal opinion leaders...

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, prevention, peer education, gender, Edutainment

01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Racial and gender differences in the incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism

Men have been reported to have a higher incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism than women. However, it is not known if this gender effect holds among different racial/ethnic groups and for both venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism...

Keywords: Race, ethnicity, gender, recurrent thromboembolism, epidemiology

09/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Schattauer
The uncoupling protein-1 gene ?3826A/G polymorphism and hypertension in Japanese subjects

Background: The possible effects of the uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) gene ?3826A/G polymorphism on hypertension (HT) have yet to be elucidated.

Methods: A total of 578 Japanese subjects (231 males and 347 females, mean age 58.4 years) were enrolled in the study to investigate the association between HT and the ?3826A/G polymorphism by genomic PCR and Bcl1-restriction fragment length polymorphism methods.

Results: Multivariate logistic regression analysis for HT, adjusted for genotype (recessive model, AA+AG vs...

Keywords: blood pressure, elderly, gender, hypertension, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

05/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Effect of age on sexually dimorphic selenoprotein expression in mice

Clinical data suggest that selenium (Se) supplementation decreases disease predisposition and severity and accelerates recovery in a variety of pathologies...

Keywords: deiodinase, gender, stability, trace element, translational efficiency

01/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter
Automation and validation of a fast method for the assessment of in vivo oxidative stress levels

Background: The d-ROMs test for the evaluation of serum hydroperoxides (HP) is simple, reliable, and cheap...

Keywords: age, automated procedure, gender, manual method, oxidative stress

11/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
The association of birthweight with maternal and cord serum and amniotic fluid growth hormone and insulin levels, and with neonatal and maternal factors in pregnant women who delivered at term

Aim: To investigate the influence of maternal and cord serum and amniotic fluid growth hormone (GH) and insulin and other neonatal and maternal factors on birthweight.

Methods: A total of 160 pregnant women at 38–42 weeks' gestation were studied...

Keywords: birthweight, gender, growth hormone, insulin, maternal and neonatal factors

03/2005 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
The association of birthweight with maternal and cord serum and amniotic fluid growth hormone and insulin levels, and with neonatal and maternal factors in pregnant women who delivered at term

Aim: To investigate the influence of maternal and cord serum and amniotic fluid growth hormone (GH) and insulin and other neonatal and maternal factors on birthweight.

Methods: A total of 160 pregnant women at 38–42 weeks' gestation were studied...

Keywords: birthweight, gender, growth hormone, insulin, maternal and neonatal factors

03/2004 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter