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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"parental history"”.
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Cognitive functioning, cardiovascular activity, and state affect in men with and without a parental history of hypertension
… in young normotensive males with and without a parental history of hypertension (PH+ and PH-, respectively). Cardiovascular and state affect responses at rest and during testing were examined in order to determine whether they can account for any parental history group differences in cognitive …
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Incidence and Factors For Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (Ben): A Follow-Up Study
… unclear. Although some studies have used parental history of BEN as diagnostic criterion for BEN, it is not known how the disease develops in affected offspring. In addition, there are no known clinical markers capable to identify an early disease development. Therefore, the first aim of …
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Turning To The Bottle For Answers: Identifying Racial Differences in Predictors of Risk Drinking Among College Women
… age at first alcohol use, negative affect, parental history of alcohol problems and minority status. Analyses found that somatic PMS symptom severity score, age of first alcohol use, daily smoking, age of first alcohol use and non-minority status were related. Findings suggest that minority …
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Demographic and Mental Health Predictors for Abusive Relationship Duration among Women Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Multivariate Model
… for older women (50 or above) in this sample, parental history of IPV was significantly associated with shorter IPV duration, while none of the other variables showed statistical significance. Implications of these results were discussed and directions for future research were explored.
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Arbitrary associative memory: a candidate cognitive endophenotype for probable Alzheimer's disease
… research focused on middle-aged people with a parental history of probable AD. These people are at a greater risk of developing the condition themselves, than any other first-degree relative, and this risk might be independent of the apolipoprotein E epsilon-4 allele. People with a maternal …
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Assessment Of The Semantic Knowledge Network In Older Adults With Familial History Of Alzheimer's Disease
… time epochs in adult children with and without a parental history of AD. Two supplementary aims involved: 1) examination of the integrative effects of age of memory (i.e., the temporal gradient) and specificity of information on the organization of famous person knowledge in older adults and 2) …
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The effect of health on the labour force outcome among working age individuals in the UK
… endogeneity of diabetes in employment outcomes. Parental history of diabetes was used as genetic instrumental variables. Results did not suggest that diabetes is endogenous. Investigation was advanced by employing a discrete time hazard model on the sample of male and female individuals aged 50 …
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Type 2 diabetes in Sri Lanka : Genetic epidemiology and periodontal association.
… familial aggregation of type 2 diabetes and parental influence of disease transmission in the Sri Lankan population. The project also aimed to investigate periodontal status in diabetic patients and the effect of glycaemic control on periodontal status. The final aim of the project was to …
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The association of myopia progression with family history of myopia, nearwork, and other risk factors among Singapore schoolchildren: A 2 year follow-up study
… of fathers but not nearwork activities and parental myopia after controlling for confounders in our study. AL and VCD change were determinant factors for myopia progression.
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The management of children's asthma in primary care : Are there ethnic differences in care?
… age (OR 0.88; 95% CI 0.80, 0.98; p=0.02) and parental history of asthma (OR 0.39; 95% CI 0.18, 0.85; p=0.02) were associated with reduced likelihood of admission. Conclusions The study is a robust example of cross-sectional design and has high internal validity. The study population is …