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Snodgrass P, Sandoval H, Calhoun VD, Ramos-Duran L, Song G, Sun Y, Alvarado B, Bashashati M, Sarosiek I, McCallum RW. Central Nervous System Mechanisms of Nausea in Gastroparesis: An fMRI-Based Case-Control Study. Dig Dis Sci 2020; 65:551-556. [PMID: 31494751 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-019-05766-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Nausea is a major complaint of gastroparesis (GP), and the pathophysiology of this condition is poorly understood. Therefore, this study utilized fMRI to investigate the possible central nervous system (CNS) mechanisms of nausea in 10 GP patients versus 8 healthy controls (HCs). METHODS Nausea severity was assessed on a 0-10 scale and presented as mean ± SD. Nausea was increased from baseline utilizing up to 30 min of visual stimulation (VS). Functional network connectivity was measured with fMRI at baseline and after 30 min of VS. fMRI data were preprocessed using statistical parametric mapping software. Thirty-four independent components were identified as meaningful resting-state networks (RSNs) by group independent component analysis. The Functional Network Connectivity (FNC) among 5 RSNs considered important in CNS nausea mechanisms was calculated as the Pearson's pairwise correlation. RESULTS Baseline nausea score in GP patients was 2.7 ± 2.0 and increased to 7.0 ± 1.5 after stimulation (P < 0.01). In HCs nausea scores did not increase from baseline after stimulus (0.3 ± 0.5). When comparing GP patients to HCs after VS, a significant reduction (P < 0.001) in bilateral insula network connectivity compared to the right insula network was detected. No significant differences in connectivity were noted among the other RSNs. Additionally, the average gray matter volume was non-significantly reduced in the insula in GP patients compared to HC. CONCLUSIONS The insula connectivity network is impaired in nauseated GP patients. This phenomenon could explain the susceptibility of GP patients to nausea or may have resulted from a state of chronic nausea.
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- Phillip Snodgrass
- Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Dr., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Dr., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, 55 Park Pl, 18th Floor, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
- The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSC01 1100, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Dr., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave., El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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Velez MP, Rosendaal N, Alvarado B, da Câmara S, Belanger E, Pirkle CM. Data on the association between age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). Data Brief 2019; 23:103811. [PMID: 31372456 PMCID: PMC6660581 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Revised: 02/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Women experience worse physical function and greater physical decline than men at similar ages. These sex differences are heterogeneous across settings and plausibly linked to gender inequality, with evidence of increasing disadvantage for women in increasingly iniquitous societies. As described in “Age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from Albania, Brazil, Colombia and Canada: A life-course perspective” [Velez et al., 2019] we assessed the association between age at natural menopause (ANM) and objectives markers of physical function (i.e., gait speed and grip strength) in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). For all sites combined, women with ANM ≥55 had higher gait speed than those with ANM 50–54. Women with ANM <40 had significantly lower grip strength compared with all other groups. In this article, we describe the region-specific associations between ANM, gait speed, and grip strength in 775 women aged 65–74, from the Southeastern European site (Tirana, Albania), Latin American sites (Manizales, Colombia and Natal, Brazil), and Canadian sites (Kingston, Ontario and Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec). In region-specific analyses, ANM was associated with grip strength in Albania and Latin America and with gait speed in Albania only. No associations were observed in Canada.
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- M P Velez
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Victory 4, 76 Stuart St. Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada.,Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Carruthers Hall 2nd Floor, 62 Fifth Field Company Lane, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Victory 4, 76 Stuart St. Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Carruthers Hall 2nd Floor, 62 Fifth Field Company Lane, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairí, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Rua Teodorico Bezerra, 2-122, Santa Cruz-RN, 59200-000, Brazil
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- Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 E West Rd, Biomedical Bldg D104H, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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Velez MP, Rosendaal N, Alvarado B, da Câmara S, Belanger E, Pirkle C. Age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from Albania, Brazil, Colombia and Canada: A life-course perspective. Maturitas 2018; 122:22-30. [PMID: 30797526 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Grip strength and gait speed are objective measures of physical function, which in turn is an indicator of biological aging. We evaluate the association between age at natural menopause (ANM) and physical functioning in a sample of postmenopausal women drawn from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study of 775 women aged 65-74, from Albania, Brazil, Colombia and Canada, who had experienced natural menopause. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Gait speed and grip strength were obtained following standardized protocols. The association between self-reported ANM (<40, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54 and ≥55) and gait speed (m/s) and grip strength (kg) was assessed by linear regression analyses adjusting for several life-course economic and reproductive exposures, height, BMI and smoking. RESULTS Overall, women with ANM ≥ 55 had higher gait speed than those with ANM 50-54 (β = 0.05; 95%CI: 0.01, 0.10). Women with ANM < 40 had significantly lower grip strength compared with all other groups (β= -2.58; 95%CI: -4.43, -0.74). In region-specific analyses, ANM was associated with grip strength in Albania and Latin America and with gait speed in Albania only. No associations were observed in Canada. CONCLUSIONS ANM is associated with markers of physical functioning. Differences across study sites suggest that women in socially disadvantaged areas may reach menopause with different physiological reserves than those from more advantaged settings, leading to greater losses in muscle strength in postmenopausal years. More work comparing distinct populations is needed to better understand the underlying mechanisms.
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- M P Velez
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Victory 4, 76 Stuart St., Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Carruthers Hall 2nd Floor, 62 Fifth Field Company Lane, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Victory 4, 76 Stuart St., Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Carruthers Hall 2nd Floor, 62 Fifth Field Company Lane, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairí, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Rua Teodorico Bezerra, 2-122, Santa Cruz, RN, 59200-000, Brazil.
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- Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 E West Rd, Biomedical Bldg D104H, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
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Gomez F, Wu Y, Auais M, Vafaei A, Alvarado B. DEVELOPING A SIMPLE ALGORITHM TO PREDICT FALLS IN PRIMARY CARE OLDER PATIENTS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- F. Gomez
- University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia,
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- School of Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- School of Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- School of Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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Guedes D, Vafaei A, Alvarado B, Guralnik J, Guerra R. EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE ACROSS LIFE COURSE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MOBILITY DISABILITY IN OLDER AGE. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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Auais M, Alvarado B, Belanger E, Curcio C, Guralnik J. FEAR OF FALLING PREDICTS INCIDENCE OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION TWO YEARS LATER. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- M. Auais
- School of Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- School of Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
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- University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland,
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Alvarado B, Vafaei A, Auais M, Pirkle C, Curcio C. PATHWAYS LINKING FEAR OF FALLING (FOF) AND INCIDENCE OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION IN OLDER ADULTS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- B. Alvarado
- Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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- Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
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Davis BR, Sarosiek I, Bashashati M, Alvarado B, McCallum RW. The Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Pyloroplasty Combined with Gastric Electrical Stimulation Therapy in Gastroparesis. J Gastrointest Surg 2017; 21:222-227. [PMID: 27896652 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-016-3327-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Gastroparesis is delayed gastric emptying without mechanical obstruction. Symptomatic improvement can be 50-60% with gastric electrical stimulation. To address delayed gastric emptying, pyloroplasty was added. This study examines the long-term efficacy and safety of simultaneous gastric electrical stimulator implantation and pyloroplasty. METHODS In this prospective single-arm trial conducted from 2012 to 2015, 27 [23 females; mean age 43 (22-63)] gastroparesis patients who underwent simultaneous gastric electrical stimulator implantation with Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty were studied. Six (25%) underwent simultaneous robot-assisted pyloroplasty and gastric electrical stimulator implantation. Diagnosis of gastroparesis was based on the 4-h gastric emptying test defined as >60% retention of isotope at 2 h and >10% at 4 h. Total symptom scores assessing severity of nausea, early satiety, bloating, vomiting, post-prandial fullness, and epigastric pain were obtained at baseline and at follow-up visits, ranging from 3 to 38 months (mean: 17). RESULTS Follow-up data from 24 patients were available for analysis. There was 71% improvement in total symptom score on follow-up. Mean retention decreased by 29.6 and 48.7% at 2 and 4 h and gastric emptying was normalized in 60%. There were no post-surgical complications. CONCLUSIONS Combination of gastric electrical stimulator and pyloroplasty significantly accelerated gastric emptying and improved gastroparesis symptoms. Combining these two surgical therapies improves both subjective and objective endpoints in drug refractory gastroparesis.
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- Brian R Davis
- Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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Zem G, Mikaelian E, Quinones L, Nwokochah C, Osadi F, Arana D, Barsigian S, Dugyawi J, Alvarado B, Hovakemian G, Lam J, Eskander M, Voldiner M, Garcia S, Nair D, Song J, Tashdjian G, Nazer S, Rashidizand S, Constantino G, Pilikian N, Faretta A, Gekchyan H, Corscadden L, Kelvani M, DeGuzman K, Canta R, Korkounian S, Strelnicova A, Turdjian M, Lay M, Darmali A, Memarian N, Simonyan K, Oghlian L, Oppenheimer SB. Concentration Effects in Identifying Unclumping Reagents. FASEB J 2016. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1089.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Gregory Zem
- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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- California State University, NorthridgeNorthridgeCA
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Sánchez-Paternina A, Román-Ospino A, Ortega-Zuñiga C, Alvarado B, Esbensen K, Romañach R. When “homogeneity” is expected—Theory of Sampling in pharmaceutical
manufacturing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1255/tosf.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- A. Sánchez-Paternina
- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at
Mayagüez, PO Box 9000, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez 00682, Puerto Rico..
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez,
PO Box 9000, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez 00682, Puerto Rico..
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez,
PO Box 9000, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez 00682, Puerto Rico..
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, PO Box 9000,
Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez 00682, Puerto Rico..
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- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark,
ACABS research group, University of Aalborg, campus Esbjerg (AAUE), Denmark, Telemark University College, Porsgrunn,
Norway.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, PO
Box 9000, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez 00682, Puerto Rico..
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Doulougou B, Gomez F, Alvarado B, Guerra RO, Ylli A, Guralnik J, Zunzunegui MV. Factors associated with hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control among participants in the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). J Hum Hypertens 2015; 30:112-9. [PMID: 25833704 DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2015.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The aim of this study is to assess the factors associated with hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control, in the elderly populations of the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). Approximately 200 men and 200 women aged 65-74 years were recruited at each site (n=1995) during IMIAS' 2012 baseline survey at five cities: Kingston (Canada), Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), Tirana (Albania), Manizales (Colombia) and Natal (Brazil). Blood pressure and anthropometric measurements were taken at participants' homes. Hypertension prevalence ranged from 53.4% in Saint-Hyacinthe to 83.5% in Tirana. Diabetes and obesity were identified as risk factors in all cities. More than two-thirds of hypertensive participants were aware of their condition (from 67.3% in Saint-Hyacinthe to 85.4% in Tirana); women were more aware than men. Awareness was positively associated with diabetes in Kingston, Manizales and Natal. Though most of those aware of their hypertensive condition were being treated pharmacologically, associations between awareness and physical activity and refraining from smoking were weak. Control among treated hypertensive participants was low, especially in Tirana and Natal. Diabetes and physical inactivity were associated with poor hypertension control. Hypertension is common in the older populations of IMIAS. Diabetes is strongly associated with hypertension prevalence, awareness and lack of control of hypertension. The fact that awareness is not strongly associated with healthy behaviours suggests that antihypertensive medication is not accompanied by non-pharmacological therapies. Improved health behaviours could strengthen hypertension control. Efforts should be made to increase men's awareness of hypertension. Hypertension control in diabetic patients is a challenge.
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- B Doulougou
- École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada.,Département biomédical et santé publique, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Research Group on Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- National Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Gómez F, Zunzunegui M, Lord C, Alvarado B, García A. Applicability of the MoCA-S test in populations with little education in Colombia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013; 28:813-20. [PMID: 22996789 DOI: 10.1002/gps.3885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to report on the use of the Spanish version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-S) as cognitive screening tool in a population aged 65 to 74 years in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, assessing the influence of education, and to examine its test-retest reliability. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of 150 subjects aged 65 to 74 years recruited from older community social centers in Manizales, Colombia. The Leganes Cognitive Test (LCT), a cognitive screening test for populations with low education, was used to exclude those who were likely to have dementia. The associations between the MoCA total score and cognitive domains and education were examined in the total sample and in those likely free of dementia. MoCA-S test-retest reliability was estimated by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between two measurements taken 7 days apart. RESULTS Participants had low levels of formal education (mean years of schooling, 4.8). According to the LCT, the proportion of people screening positive for dementia was 16% (n = 24). The mean MoCA-S scores were 16.1/30 among illiterate subjects, 18.2/30 among those with incomplete primary school, and 20.3/30 among those with complete primary school (p < 0.001). Errors were frequent in the cube and clock drawing, attention-serial subtraction, verbal fluency, and abstraction. Test-retest reliability was high, ICC = 0.86, 95% CI (0.76-0.93). CONCLUSION The MoCA-S has high reliability in low-educated older Colombians, but scores were strongly dependent on years of education. Social and cultural factors must be considered when interpreting MoCA-S given the high error rates on items that depend on the ability to read and write and on culture.
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- F Gómez
- Research Group on Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
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Perceptions about hearing aids can vary across people of different cultural backgrounds depending upon beliefs, healthcare policies, education, etc[...]
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- B. Alvarado
- Clinica de Audiologia Especializada (CLAUDIE), Hospital Punta Pacifica, affiliated to Johns Hopkins International, Panama
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Manon R, Madero-Visbal R, Colon J, Alvarado B, Wason M, Baker C. Can Nanoparticle Technology Improve Side Effects after Irradiation of the Head and Neck? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Carrillo M, Zavala D, Alvarado B. Modelado del Efecto de la Temperatura, Actividad de Agua y pH sobre el Crecimiento de Rhizopus oryzae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.4067/s0718-07642007000400009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Grothaus PG, Bignami GS, O'Malley S, Harada KE, Byrnes JB, Waller DF, Raybould TJ, McGuire MT, Alvarado B. Taxane-specific monoclonal antibodies: measurement of taxol, baccatin III, and "total taxanes" in Taxus brevifolia extracts by enzyme immunoassay. J Nat Prod 1995; 58:1003-1014. [PMID: 7561893 DOI: 10.1021/np50121a004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Three monoclonal antibodies with either specificity to taxol or baccatin III, or cross-reactivity with several common taxanes have been prepared and used to develop sensitive competitive-inhibition enzyme immunoassays. The hybridomas producing these monoclonal antibodies were obtained by fusing P3X63Ag8.653 plasmacytoma cells and splenocytes from mice hyperimmunized with keyhole limpet hemocyanin-7-succinyltaxol or -7-succinylbaccatin III conjugates. Direct and indirect competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassays were developed with these monoclonal antibodies and microtiter plates coated with bovine serum albumin conjugates of the complementary hapten. Detection limits for the direct competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassays, conducted in buffer containing 10% MeOH, were 0.6 nM taxol for 3C6 (anti-taxol); 1.1 nM baccatin III for 3H5 (anti-baccatin III); and 0.6 nM taxol or baccatin III for 8A10 (anti-taxane). The immunoassays accurately detected taxol, baccatin III, and "total taxanes" in crude MeOH extracts of Taxus brevifolia bark and in hplc fractions of these extracts.
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- P G Grothaus
- Hawaii Biotechnology Group, Inc., Aiea 96701, USA
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Hoke SH, Cooks RG, Chang CJ, Kelly RC, Qualls SJ, Alvarado B, McGuire MT, Snader KM. Determination of taxanes in Taxus brevifolia extracts by tandem mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. J Nat Prod 1994; 57:277-286. [PMID: 7909835 DOI: 10.1021/np50104a013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A tandem mass spectrometric (ms/ms) method using desorption chemical ionization is described for the quantitation of taxol [1], cephalomannine [2], and baccatin III [3] found in Taxus brevifolia bark and needle extracts. A parent ion scan was used to simultaneously determine the weight percentages of 1-3 in bark and needle samples by the method of standard addition. In an alternative experiment, the concentration of 1 in the same samples was determined by ms/ms using trideuterated 10-acetyltaxol [7a] as an internal standard. High-performance liquid chromatography (hplc) was also used to determine the weight percentages of 1-3 in the same T. brevifolia bark and needle extracts with an external standard. The ms/ms method of quantitation by internal standard is the best overall method of analysis examined. With this method, 1 was quantitated in the T. brevifolia extracts at the low picomole level with a relative standard deviation of 17% or better for all samples analyzed with an analysis time of less than five min per sample. The precision, level of quantitation, and speed of analysis of the three methods of taxane quantitation are compared.
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- S H Hoke
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Kane MA, Portanova LB, Kelley K, Holley M, Ross SE, Boose D, Escobedo-Morse A, Alvarado B. Novel soluble, high-affinity gastrin-releasing peptide binding proteins in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts. Peptides 1994; 15:993-1001. [PMID: 7527532 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(94)90062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Swiss 3T3 cells contained substantial amounts of soluble and specific [125I]GRP binders. Like the membrane-associated GRP receptor, they were of high affinity, saturable, bound to GRP(14-27) affinity gels, and exhibited specificity for GRP(14-27) binding. They differed in that acid or freezing destroyed specific binding, specific binding exhibited different time and temperature effects, no detergent was required for their solubilization, ammonium sulfate fractionation yielded different profiles, the M(rs) were lower, GRP(1-16) also blocked binding, and a polyclonal anti-GRP receptor antiserum did not bind on Western blots. The isolated, soluble GRP binding protein(s) rapidly degraded [125I]GRP. These soluble GRP binding proteins may play a role in the regulation of the mitogenic effects of GRP on these cells.
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- M A Kane
- Medical Oncology Section, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CO 80220
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Alvarado B, Lagarriga J, Takenaga R, Alcantar M, Méndez N, Castañeda C. [Cholecystography in the hamster]. Rev Gastroenterol Mex 1984; 49:3-5. [PMID: 6740128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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