scholarly journals Iodine availability, thyroid structure and function in residents of the city of Mirny, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
V G Selyatitskaya ◽  
M K Lel'kin ◽  
I S Gerasimova ◽  
Y V Lutov ◽  
N A Pal'chikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Urinary Iodine ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Creatinine Ratio ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Calculated Ratio ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City ◽  
Serum Tsh

Iodine availability for residents of the city of Mirny, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), was estimated from urinary iodine and creatinine levels and their calculated ratio. Median of iodine/creatinine ratio in the groups of children and adults included in the study was 167.2 and 110.5 mcg/g respectively. Goiter was diagnosed by ultrasound in 0.4% of men and 4.9% of women. Diffuse and focal changes of the thyroid echographic pattern were revealed in the overwhelming majority of the examined subjects (91.7% of the adults and 66.1% of the children). The frequency of thyroid nodules was 5.0% and 20.3% in men and women respectively. Serum TSH level exceeded the respective reference values in 10.9% of the men and 18.2% of the women.

scholarly journals Biventricular Morphology and Function Reference Values Derived From a Large Sample of Healthy Chinese Adults by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Zhang ◽  
Qiaozhi Ma ◽  
Yiyuan Gao ◽  
Lizhen Cao ◽  
Chengcheng Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Healthy Chinese ◽  
And Function

Background: Quantification of cardiac structure and function is essential for diagnostic interpretation and clinical decision making. We sought to establish cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) reference values of left and right ventricular (LV and RV) morphology and function based on a large sample of healthy Chinese adults.Methods: Five hundred fifty validated healthy Chinese adults (aged 21–70 years; 323 men) free of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity were included in this study. All the subjects were stratified by gender (men and women) and age decades. On cine CMR, measurements of biventricular end-diastolic, end-systolic, and stroke volumes (EDV, ESV, and SV), ejection fraction (EF), and end-diastolic LV wall thickness (LVWT) and mass (LVM) were obtained.Results: Men had greater LVEDV (111.6 ± 19.8 vs. 94.6 ± 15.6 ml), LVESV (36.5 ± 9.8 vs. 28.2 ± 7.9 ml), LVM (121.1 ± 19.9 vs. 86.1 ± 14.5 g), global end-diastolic LVWT (8.1 ± 1.1 vs. 6.7 ± 1.0 mm), RVEDV (128.0 ± 23.6 vs. 101.7 ± 17.0 ml), and RVESV (53.5 ± 13.7 vs. 36.8 ± 8.9 ml), while women had greater LVEF (67.5 ± 5.4 vs. 70.4 ± 5.7%) and RVEF (58.5 ± 5.2 vs. 64.0 ± 5.3%) (all p < 0.001). For both men and women, age was negatively correlated with LVEDV (r = −0.31 and r = −0.32), LVESV (r = −0.37 and r = −0.47), RVEDV (r = −0.31 and r = −0.29), and RVESV (r = −0.33 and r = −0.44), while it was positively correlated with LVEF (r = 0.28 and r = 0.43) and RVEF (r = 0.28 and r = 0.41) (all p < 0.001). Aging was associated with increasing global end-diastolic LVWT and LVM/LVEDV in both sexes (all p < 0.001). Older age was associated with increasing LVM only in women (r = 0.36, p < 0.001), not in men (r = 0.05, p = 0.359).Conclusions: We systematically provide age-, sex-, and body size-specific CMR reference values for biventricular morphology and function based on a large sample of healthy Chinese adults. Biventricular structure and function are significantly associated with age and sex.

scholarly journals Different Impact of the Metabolic Syndrome on Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Hypertensive Men and Women

Hypertension ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 881-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Schillaci ◽  
Matteo Pirro ◽  
Giacomo Pucci ◽  
Massimo R. Mannarino ◽  
Fabio Gemelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Left Ventricular Structure ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Ventricular Structure ◽  
And Function

The Structure and Function of the Melian Dialogue

1968 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Liebeschuetz
Keyword(s):  
Structure And Function ◽  
The Other ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Complete Destruction ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Form Part ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City

Thucydides' account of the events at Melos in 416–15 B.C. falls into two parts, the famous dialogue in which representatives of Melos and of Athens discuss the submission of Melos, and a series of notes about the siege of the city culminating in the account of its destruction. But as I shall try to show, the two sections form part of a single whole. The discussion between the negotiators centres on two topics. In the first half of the dialogue the speakers discuss the expediency of forcing Melos into the Athenian Empire, in the second they discuss the likelihood of the Melians resisting successfully. But since the Melians are offered no alternative to becoming subjects except complete destruction, and since they are clearly not ready to choose the safe but dishonouring alternative, even though they have no chance of defending their city successfully, the inevitable destruction of Melos casts its shadow over the whole of the negotiations.Many of the arguments used in the discussion are equally relevant to the destruction and to the subjection of Melos. This is partly a result of the Athenian aim: to impress their island-subjects with their power. This they can achieve by forcing Melos to become a subject—but equally well by destroying it. On the level of expediency the Athenian argument would be equally applicable to either course, and the tactlessness of the Athenians suggests that they are not much concerned which of the two they will adopt. The Melians on the other hand appear to anticipate their own rejection of the ultimatum and to include the consequences of this inevitable rejection within the scope of their arguments. So a debate about the expediency of forcing an independent state to forgo its freedom is at the same time a debate about the expediency of destroying an independent city that refuses to become a subject.

scholarly journals Sex and the cardiovascular system: the intriguing tale of how women and men regulate cardiovascular function differently

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia H. Huxley
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
Cardiovascular Function ◽  
Living System ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Diagnostic Instruments ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
And Function

The ability to recognize and appreciate from a reproductive standpoint that males and females possess different attributes has been long standing. Only more recently have we begun to look more deeply into both the similarities and differences between men and women, as well as between boys and girls, with respect to the structure and function of other organ systems. This article focuses on the cardiovascular system, with examples of sex differences in the control of coronary function, blood pressure, and volume. Recognizing the differences between the sexes with respect to cardiovascular function facilitates understanding of the mechanisms whereby homeostasis can be achieved using different contributions or components of the living system. Furthermore, recognition of the differences as well as the similarities permits the design of appropriate diagnostic instruments, recognition of sex-specific pathophysiology, and implementation of appropriate treatment of cardiovascular disease in men and women.

scholarly journals Thyroid Hormone Levels Within Reference Range Are Associated with Heart Rate, Cardiac Structure, and Function in Middle-Aged Men and Women

Thyroid ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 947-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greet L. Roef ◽  
Youri E. Taes ◽  
Jean-Marc Kaufman ◽  
Caroline M. Van Daele ◽  
Marc L. De Buyzere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Thyroid Hormone ◽  
Reference Range ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Cardiac Structure ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Thyroid Hormone Levels ◽  
Cardiac Structure And Function ◽  
And Function

REFERENCE VALUES OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS OF VASCULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN CAUCASIAN POPULATION WITHOUT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. EVA STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. e282
Author(s):  
M. Gomez-Sanchez ◽  
L. Gómez-Sanchez ◽  
R. Alonso-Domínguez ◽  
J. Gonzalez-Sanchez ◽  
C. Agudo-Conde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Caucasian Population ◽  
Vascular Structure ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Wendy Torres-Avilez ◽  
André Luiz Borba do Nascimento ◽  
Flavia Rosa Santoro ◽  
Patricia Muniz de Medeiros ◽  
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Therapeutic Targets ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Knowledge Transmission ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
And Function ◽  
Redundancy Models ◽  
Flow Of Information

Ethnobotanical studies focused on understanding how local medical systems are functionally maintained suggest that utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission are factors that influence the resilience of the system. However, to date, there have not been any studies that analyze these factors in relation to the variables that influence the variation of knowledge. Given the above, this study aims to analyze the influence of gender in the resilience of the system, using utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission as factors. Information from 198 married couples (396 people) was collected from the indigenous community of Fulni-ô (NE Brazil). Knowledge between men and women was analyzed based on the total number of known plants, therapeutic targets, information units, utilitarian redundancy, models of transmission, and sharing for each gender. Fulni-ô men know a greater number of plants, therapeutic targets treated with plants, and information units than women. They also had greater utilitarian redundancy. However, regarding knowledge transmission, sharing among women was greater, transmission is related to gender, and there is no difference between the numbers of models of knowledge information. In the system of local medical knowledge, gender exerts an important role in the resilience of the system. This study shows that men have a greater contribution to the structure and function of the system; however, both genders contribute to the flow of information in the system, which makes both genders important in the feedback of information.

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