Compost White-collar workers (controls) Current workers Former workers n 140 49 29 Gender, male (n%) 135 (97 %) 44 (92 %) 28 (97 %) Age (year; mean ± SD) 45 ± 9.1 51 ± 10.3 57 ± 6.5 sx1-pos (atopics)…
Variables Control (Standing position) HDT (−30°) (30 min) VI, l/s 0.53 ± 0.07 0.37 ± 0.05* (0.39–0.64) (0.26–0.47) VT, l 0.57 ± 0.10 0.56 ± 0.16 (0.46–1.10) (0.37–1.20) VE, l/min 9.47 ± 0.71 8.20 ± 0.80 (6.11–13.83) (5.08–13.10) TT, s 3.60 ± 0.41 4.01 ± 0.66* (2.42–4.38)…
Fig. 1 (a) Impairment of hypoxia-induced endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation compared to control in early preatherosclerosis, *p < 0.05; (b) No significant influence of intermittent hypoxia on endothelium-associated vasorelaxation in advanced preatherosclerosis Consequently, levels…
Non-smoking Smoking Statistics Non-atopic (n = 43) Atopic (n = 16) Non-atopic (n = 44) Atopic (n = 16) Age (years) 44.9 (38.9; 48.8)a 44.8 (36.9; 55.0) 47.3 (41.1; 54.0) 35.6 (25.4; 44.6) 0.008 BMI (kg/m2) 26.0…
Variable Median (IQR) Age (years) 39.5 (25.0–42.0) Weight (kg) 73.4 (65.3–82.0) Height (cm) 171.0 (166.7–180.0) BMI (kg/m2) 24.5 (22.3–26.7) Fat mass (%) 25.4 (19.1–30.3) Fat mass (kg) 19.9 (13.8–23.9) Muscle…
Variable Regression model Boys Girls a b SD a B SD FEV1 Vn = exp(a + b•x) −2.06 0.02 0.11 −2.01 0.02 0.13 FVC Vn = exp(a + b•x) −2.20 0.02 0.13 −2.10 0.02 0.13 FEV1/FVC Vn = a + b•x 108.49…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Mieczyslaw Pokorski (ed.)Pulmonary FunctionAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology85810.1007/5584_2015_129 Vertigo with a Vestibular Dysfunction in Children During Respiratory Tract Infections E. A. Dzięciołowska-Baran1 and A. Gawlikowska-Sroka1 (1) Department of Anatomy, Pomeranian…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Mieczyslaw Pokorski (ed.)Pulmonary FunctionAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology85810.1007/5584_2015_128 The Prevalence of Oral Inflammation Among Denture Wearing Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease D. Przybyłowska1 , R. Rubinsztajn2, R. Chazan2, E. Swoboda-Kopeć3, J. Kostrzewa-Janicka1…
Never smokers Active smokers P N 1,178 777 Age (years) 65.3 ± 10.1 56.2 ± 10.3 <0.001 Male sex (%) 45.4 77.9 <0.001 BMI 27.4 ± 4.2 27.0 ± 4.2 0.833 LDL-C (mg/dl) 119.1 ± 36.4 117.5 ± 32.1 0.012 oxidized…
Fig. 1 MultiCycle software-transformed histogram of propidium iodide-DNA fluorescence of THP1 cells grown for 24 h in co-culture with A549 cells. Original histogram was obtained using epics XL flow cytometer….
