BackgroundPhysical activity and body mass index (BMI) have been reported to change around retirement.The objective was to examine the concurrent changes in physical activity and BMI around retirement, which have not been studied before.In addition, the associations of different demographic characteristics with these changes were examined.MethodsThe
Jun Luo,1,* Li Li,2,* Die Hu,2 Xian Zhang1 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu 610000, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Dujiangyan People’s Hospital, Dujiangyan 611830, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contri
Objectives The seroprevalence of antibodies against Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an established poor prognostic factor for patients receiving an allogeneic stem cell transplantation.However, the impact of CMV serology on outcome after autologous stem cell transplantation remains unknown.Methods Here, we analyzed the CMV immunoglobulin (Ig) serology of
Abstract: Patients with hematologic malignancies or nonmalignant diseases may undergo allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), which represents a potential curative treatment.However, they are still at risk of life-threatening complications, such as relapse, acute graft-versus-host disease, and opportunistic infections.These complicatio
Following the successful creation of a biobank from two adult Thoroughbred mares, this study aimed to recapitulate sample collection in two adult Thoroughbred stallions as part of the Functional Annotation of the Animal Genome (FAANG) initiative.Both stallions underwent thorough physical, lameness, neurologic, and ophthalmic (including electroretin