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F Fidanza

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PubMed1968

Ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged men. Prevalence comparisons in Europe.

The authors report the results of a collaborative study of the prevalence of ischaemic heart disease in 6 samples of middle-aged male clerical workers, drawn from 5 European countries and covering in all 4522 subjects. Detailed standardization of data-collection methods and of coding, analysis and tabulation was undertaken.Estimated prevalence rates for angina and history of possible infarction, based on the use of a standard questionnaire, showed significant variation between samples, but the validity of international comparisons of symptoms remains unproven. Prevalence rates for ischaemic-type ECG findings were high everywhere, and mostly showed no significant variation between the groups studied. Central coding of ECG findings proved essential to the making of unbiased comparisons. Neither the prevalence rates for symptoms nor those for ECG findings in these samples were recognizably correlated with the corresponding national mortality rates for ischaemic heart disease.Several possible risk factors were studied, but the only one found to be consistently associated with ischaemic heart disease was a raised blood pressure. Cigarette smoking was strongly associated with bronchitic symptoms and dyspnoea, but an association with heart disease was not demonstrated.

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[Anthropometric nutritional status and food habits of students of the secondary schools of Umbertide (author's transl)].

A survey has been carried out on anthropometric nutritional status and food habits of students of the secondary schools of a little town of Umbria that is now in an economic development. The anthropometric data (body weight and height, skinfolds, diameters, muscle and fat areas and body mass index) show that in the girls the body fat mass is higher than in boys and american girls of the same age. The boys of professional men are fatter than the boys of workmen. The survey of food habits (using the method of frequency of occurrence for three days) shows that milk, eggs, legumes and cheese are not frequently consumed, while meat (particularly beef and veal), alcoholic beverages, animal fats and sucrose occur rather frequently in the diet. The excess of body fat mass and the biological and economic errors in the diet of these children need to be corrected with a nutrition education program. It is well recognized that both diet and physical activity play an important role in the prevention of metabolic degenerative disease and this prevention has to be started as early as possible.

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[Food protein quality. III Enzymatic ultrafiltrate digest (EUD) aminoacid index (author's transl)].

An aminoacid index for protein quality evaluation is presented, using a new model of enzymatic digestion of proteins in vitro. The EUD index is obtained determining on the ultrafiltrate the available aminoacids after digestion with pepsin, trypsin, pancretin and erepsin in an Amicon ultrafiltration cell. A very high correlation is obtained between EUD index and the biological values of 10 protein or food protein samples. The experimental validity of this in vitro method allow his utilization for direct evaluation of protein quality instead of the more complicated and time consuming biological tests.

Amino Acids↗
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[Anticholinergics and cytoprotectants in gastroduodenal ulcer].

The authors evaluate the present curative indications of anticholinergic and cytoprotector drugs in the treatment of ulcer disease. They conclude that the therapeutic relevance of mucosal protective agents is limited in comparison with the major gastroactive medications especially in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease.

Anti-Ulcer Agents↗