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Predictors of functional recovery for hip fractured elders during 12 months following hospital discharge: a prospective study on a Taiwanese sample
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-06)
To examine the longitudinal changes in overall and individual physical activities of daily living (PADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after hospital discharge in elderly ...
Genetic and environmental influences on bone mineral density in pre- and post-menopausal women
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2005-12)
Genetic factors influencing acquisition of peak bone mass account for a substantial proportion of the variation in bone mineral density (BMD), although the extent to which genes also contribute to variation in bone loss ...
Evaluation of Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Taiwan version in assessing elderly patients with hip fracture
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-07)
The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) is a widely used measure of generic health related quality of life. The purpose of this study is to establish the validity and reliability of the SF-36, Taiwan Version, when ...
Acceptability of Diagnostic Tests for Breast Cancer
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-05)
Purpose . To assess the acceptability of new non-invasive breast cancer diagnostic tests intended to triage women in need of biopsy.
Risk factors for low bone mineral density and the 6-year rate of bone loss among premenopausal and perimenopausal women
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-06)
Risk factors that are associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD) may not necessarily be associated with increased bone loss among premenopausal and perimenopausal women. We determined risk factors for lower premenopausal ...
Clinical and Radiologic Assessments to Predict Breast Cancer Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-08)
To prospectively compare the ability of clinical examination, mammography, vascularity-sensitive ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine pathologic complete response (CR) in breast cancer patients ...
Relationship of serum sex-steroid hormones and prostate volume in African American men
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002-12-01)
BACKGROUND Previous epidemiologic investigations of the associations of sex-steroid hormones and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have focused on predominately white populations. The objective of this study was to ...
Changes in quality of life among elderly patients with hip fracture in Taiwan
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-02)
To examine the longitudinal change in health related quality of life (HRQoL) during 1 year following hospital discharge in elderly subjects, 110 hip fractured subjects (age, mean±SD: 79.3±7.4 years) were enrolled in a ...
Studies of Prevention, Treatment and Mechanisms of Heart Failure in the Aging Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-01)
The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is an animal model of genetic hypertension which develops heart failure with aging, similar to man. The consistent pattern of a long period of stable hypertrophy followed by a ...
Variation in the resistin gene is associated with obesity and insulin-related phenotypes in Finnish subjects
(Springer-Verlag, 2004-10)
Resistin is a peptide hormone produced by adipocytes that is present at high levels in sera of obese mice and may be involved in glucose homeostasis through regulation of insulin sensitivity. Several studies in humans have ...