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C Campillo

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PubMed2005

Primidone is associated with interictal depression in patients with epilepsy.

Depressive symptoms are common in epilepsy. To determine associations between depression and demographic, clinical, and pharmacological factors among epileptic patients, we conducted a cross-sectional survey. We evaluated 241 epileptic outpatients at a neurological center in a 6-month period. Depressive syndrome was diagnosed when both the Montgomery-Asberg Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory were rated above the standard cutoff points. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to assess the differences between depressed and nondepressed patients with respect to demographic, clinical, and pharmacological features. Depressive syndrome was diagnosed in 42.7% of patients (n=103). Factors associated in the bivariate analysis were: cryptogenic etiology, posttraumatic epilepsy, use of primidone, and inadequate seizure control. After logistic regression, inadequate seizure control (OR 3.08, 95% CI 1.40-6.77, P=0.005) and use of primidone (OR 4.08, 95% CI 2.09-7.98; P<0.001) remained significantly associated. Depression was common and associated with inadequate seizure control and use of primidone.

Adult↗
PubMed2001

Lack of association of apolipoprotein E polymorphism in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) could be considered a neurodevelopmental disorder, from several lines of evidence. One of the most widely studied genes in these disorders is the apolipoprotein E gene, particularly allele 4. We analyzed for association among patients with OCD versus normal controls and cognitively impaired patients. There were no significant differences between OCD probands compared with population controls. However, the cognitively impaired group showed a higher frequency of allele apolipoprotein E gene compared with normal controls and patients with OCD.

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PubMed1999

[Calcium intake among school children in Badajoz].

BACKGROUND: The intake of calcium has been studied in the diet of adolescents from a school in Badajoz (Spain) determining their BMI and their living habits (sport, consumption of tobacco and alcohol). METHODOLOGY: By means of an aleatory sampling, a sample n was selected = 207 (49.76% males and 50.24 females) with an average age of 14.14 +/- 2.08 years. They were weighed and measured to calculate their BMI. A questionnaire was carried out on consumption of products rich in calcium: milk and dairy produce, vegetables, fruit, chied fruits. The statistical analysis was carried out by means of Student t and ANOVA. RESULTS: The results was BMI < 25 (thin or standard) in 86.47%; BMI 25-30 (overweight) in 10.63% and BMI > 30 (overweight) 2.9%. The consumption of daily calcium was of 1304 +/- 702 g/ppd, higher (p < 0.001) in boys (10.45 +/- 5.51) than in girls (7.82 +/- 3.84). There is not correlation between BMI and calcium consumption. The boys observe the NIH recommendations. But girls usually don't. Milk products provide 87% of the consumed calcium. The boys who practice some sports consume 9.88 +/- 5.23 g/pps, the other ones 7.09 +/- 2.95 g/pps. CONCLUSIONS: 1. The weekly intake of calcium by surveyed students is 9.13 g/pps, smaller in girls than in boys. 2. Milk products provide 87% of the consumed calcium. 3. A 10.63% of them is overweight and a 2.9% is very overweight. 4. A 10.63% usually smokes and a 20.29% consumes alcohol. 5. A 26.27% doesn't practice any sports and consumes less calcium (p < 0.001) than the recommended quantity.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

Problems associated with hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in Mexico.

This chapter presents research findings from a collaborative project between Mexican investigators from the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry and the World Health Organization on the identification and treatment of harmful and hazardous drinking. A sample of 189 individuals who met criteria for hazardous drinking was selected for the study after screening 2319 outpatients attending clinics in two general hospitals in Mexico City. We present here the characteristics of this sample along dimensions that include alcohol related problems, history of trauma, alcohol dependence scores and family history of alcoholism. We rated, utilizing structures interviews, situations that place these individuals at risk of drinking. The possibility of constructing a typology of harmful and hazardous drinking was also explored. The significance of the findings of this investigation for health care clinicians is discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

Alcoholic beverage consumption in India, Mexico, and Nigeria: a cross-cultural comparison.

Drinking practices vary substantially among different countries. An understanding of such differences can help researchers, clinicians, and policymakers develop prevention, diagnostic, and treatment measures as well as overall alcohol policies that are appropriate for a given country. Accordingly, researchers have conducted cross-cultural analyses of drinking patterns and practices. Three countries included in such analyses are India, Mexico, and Nigeria. These countries differ substantially in their ethnic and cultural characteristics, including the role that alcohol plays in daily life. To gain a better insight into the attitudes toward alcohol in these countries, researchers have analyzed the alcoholic beverage preferences, gender and age differences in alcohol consumption patterns, drinking contexts and drinking patterns, alcohol-related problems, approaches to prevention and treatment, and drinking indicators in each nation. These analyses demonstrate that no single definition of "normal" drinking, problem drinking, or alcohol dependence can apply equally to all countries or cultures.

Alcohol Drinking↗