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BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common and disabling disorders of the musculoskeletal system. It may affect any ethnic group and causes variable degrees of disability. Various risk factors have been associated with the development and progression of this condition, such as: age, genetic and occupational factors, trauma, menopause, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and gender, among others. Distinguishing these factors, whether individually or altogether, is important to prevent or diagnose and treat the disease early on. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted in 260 females in Torre6n, Coahuila, to analyze the relationship between primary knee osteoarthritis and the D-repeat polymorphism in the ASPN gene (asporin). 130 females with knee osteoarthritis and 130 healthy female controls were included. RESULTS: In this study, menopause and the D16 allele variant were found to be significant risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (p = 0.002, OR 2.656, CI 95% 1.412-4.998; p = 0.026, OR 2.418, CI 95% 1.111-5.263, respectively). The D12 variant was found to be a significant protective allele. CONCLUSIONS: As far as we know, this is the first case-control study in Mexican women that suggests that menopause and the D-repeat polymorphism in the ASPN gene are associated with knee OA.
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Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/genética , Osteoartrite do Joelho/genética , Polimorfismo Genético , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
The aim of this paper is to estimate the levels of arsenic (As) ingestion through cooked foods consumed in an arsenic endemic area and the assessment of their dietary intake of As. The study was conducted in two villages: a population chronically exposed to a high concentration of As via drinking water (410+/-35 microg/l) and to a low-exposure group (12+/-4 microg/l). A 24-h dietary recall questionnaire was applied to about 25 adult participants in each community. Samples of cooked food, ready for intake, were collected separately from each family's participants. To obtain the As estimate for each food item consumed, the mean quantity of food ingested in grams (wet weight) was calculated and the concentrations of total arsenic (TAs) in each cooked food were determined. The estimations of TAs intake were based on the sum over mean of As ingested from each food item consumed during the 24-h period for each participant. For the estimation of total daily As intake, we summed the mean obtained from food, plain water and hot beverage intakes. The TAs average intakes calculated for low-As-exposure group were 0.94 and 0.76 microg/kg body weight/day, for both summer and winter exposure scenarios, respectively. These values are 44.7 and 36% of the provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) for inorganic arsenic (2.14 microg/kg body weight/day), established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1989. The WHO reference value was obtained on a weekly basis intake estimation assuming an average body weight of 68 kg in adults. In contrast, for the high-exposure group the TAs average intakes were 16.6 and 12.3 microg/kg body weight/day for summer and winter, respectively. Ingestion via cooked food represented 32.5 and 43.9% of the total daily As intake in the high-exposure group; for summer and winter, respectively. None the less, the bioavailability of As through food can be different than via drinking water.
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Arsênio/administração & dosagem , Arsênio/análise , Dieta , Análise de Alimentos , Temperatura Alta , Adulto , Peso Corporal , Exposição Ambiental , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Rememoração Mental , Estações do Ano , Inquéritos e Questionários , Água/análiseRESUMO
The purpose of this study was to establish a blood platelet aggregation model that would permit "in vivo" (New Zealand rabbits) evaluation of hemodynamic and microscopic parameters. The platelet aggregation was induced by the administration of collagen I.V. 75 micrograms/kg/min, which produced a decrease of systolic arterial pressure from mean = 69 to mean = 55 mm Hg and diastolic pressure from mean = 43 to mean = 27 mm Hg, with ventricular increase from mean = 25 to mean = 41 mm Hg. Aspirin, dypiridamol or sulfinpyrazone was administered 10 mg/kg, half hour before the administration of collagen and prostacycline 100 mg/kg/min starting 3 minutes before until 10 minutes after the collagen injection. With the joint administration of collagen and aspirin, collagen and dypiridamol both systolic and diastolic arterial pressure were lowered with no modification in the ventricular values. No hemodynamic changes were observed with the joint administration of sulfinpyrazone-collagen or prostacycline-collagen. Histology demonstrated multiple vascular lung thrombosis with the administration of collagen and in less intensity when jointly administered with an antiaggregant drug. This model permits to measure hemodynamically and histologically pro and antiaggregant substances.
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Agregação Plaquetária , Animais , Coração/efeitos dos fármacos , Hemodinâmica/efeitos dos fármacos , Pulmão/efeitos dos fármacos , Pulmão/patologia , Modelos Biológicos , Miocárdio/patologia , Agregação Plaquetária/efeitos dos fármacos , CoelhosRESUMO
1 The aim of this pilot study was to investigate if the porphyrinuria produced by arsenic in rodents was present in humans chronically exposed to arsenic via drinking water. 2 The concentrations of uroporphyrin, coproporphyrin and total arsenic in urine were compared between 21 individuals exposed to arsenic in their drinking water (0.390 mg l-1) and 19 controls exposed to 0.012 mg l-1. 3 Arsenic-exposed individuals had significantly higher total arsenic concentrations in their urine than the control group. No increase in urinary porphyrin excretion was found in exposed individuals. However, an inversion of the coproporphyrin/uroporphyrin (COPRO/URO) ratio was observed in most exposed individuals. This inversion was caused both, by a decrease in coproporphyrin excretion and an increase in uroporphyrin excretion. 4 No demonstrable correlations between porphyrin excretion, the COPRO/URO ratio and total arsenic concentration in urine were found in exposed individuals.