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P Fried

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PubMed1988

Variability in caffeine consumption from coffee and tea: possible significance for epidemiological studies.

Five surveys, using a previously developed high-performance liquid chromatography procedure to measure caffeine concentrations, indicated great variations in the concentrations of caffeine in tea and coffee. In the study of beverages prepared at home, data on caffeine concentrations in 58 samples of tea and coffee, volumes of cups, and numbers of cups consumed/day, indicated that the range of caffeine intakes for the women participating was 49-1022 mg/day. There were considerable day-to-day variations in caffeine contents in coffee samples from some commercial coffee shops. When 17 samples of five national brands of instant coffee were made into beverages in the laboratory, variations in caffeine concentrations between lots were small but between brands were significant. A considerable range of caffeine concentrations was also found when 12 samples of coffee prepared at work by different individuals using the same jar of instant coffee were analysed. Analysis of tea samples prepared in the laboratory indicated that steeping time had an important influence on resulting caffeine and theobromine concentrations. People preparing their own beverages were found to drink more liquid than the volume offered commerically. The mean caffeine 'contents' of home-made coffee and of coffee prepared by individuals at work were 79.4 and 81.7 mg/cup respectively, indicating a mean intake of approximately 80 mg caffeine/cup. When this amount (80 mg/cup) was used to estimate daily intakes of caffeine from coffee, on the basis of the number of reported cups/day, and the values obtained were compared with the amounts actually consumed by individuals, the potential for misrepresentation of individual consumption became obvious. For example, for subjects consuming three cups of coffee, only 25% would have been correctly categorized in the expected range for the daily intake of caffeine, 39% would have been overestimated and 36% underestimated for the amount of caffeine consumed. These variations in caffeine concentrations and in the volume of coffee consumed have frequently been ignored in examinations of the possible relationship between coffee consumption and various health problems, and this could perhaps partly explain some conflicting results seen in epidemiological studies.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Mycobacterial carbohydrate antigens for serological testing of patients with leprosy.

To determine whether quantitation of antibodies to mycobacterial carbohydrate determinants would be valuable in serodiagnosis and monitoring of leprosy, we tested serum IgM antibody to Mycobacterium leprae phenolic glycolipid I and IgM and IgG antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. leprae lipoarabinomannan (LAM) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Seventy-one percent of patients with paucibacillary disease and 85.5% of patients with multibacillary disease were positive for at least one of the three antibodies. The 15% of antibody-negative patients with multibacillary disease were mostly long-term-treated patients, with inactive disease by biopsy. There was excellent agreement between M. tuberculosis LAM and M. leprae LAM in detection of antibodies. Bacillary index and levels of both IgG and IgM antibodies to LAM were positively correlated when all patients were analyzed. When patients with a history of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) were analyzed separately, there was no correlation between IgM or IgG antibody to LAM and bacillary index, a result suggesting a possible role for LAM in the pathogenesis of ENL.

Antibodies, Bacterial↗
PubMed1987

Incidence of developmental handicaps among the offspring of men treated for testicular seminoma.

Although the issue of fertility in patients successfully treated for testicular seminoma seems to be resolved, it remains to be determined whether these patients can father normal, healthy children. At NYU Medical Center we have surveyed the patients treated between 1969 and 1984 who were treated with radiotherapy for testicular seminomas. The survey requested information regarding the qualitative development in offspring produced before and after radiation treatments. In the 33 patients responding we were unable to find any detrimental effect, either emotionally, physically, or developmentally in offspring sired by fathers following radiation therapy for testicular seminoma.

Developmental Disabilities↗
PubMed1985

A role for radiotherapy in the treatment of solid and papillary neoplasms of the pancreas.

Solid and papillary neoplasms of the pancreas are rare tumors that usually occur in young women as enlarging abdominal masses. These lesions almost never metastasize but may be locally destructive. Although the usual treatment is surgery, the authors herein report a case that was treated solely by radiotherapy. They conclude that solid and papillary neoplasms of the pancreas are radiosensitive and can be successfully treated by radiation therapy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Noninvasive His Bundle electrogram: value of three vector lead recordings.

Studies were conducted in 45 patients to determine whether the reliability of the measurement of the His bundle potential from the body surface was increased by signal averaging of three simultaneously recorded electrocardiographic potentials from horizontal (X), frontal (Y) and sagittial (Z) axes as opposed to recording of any of these. Potentials from the X, Y and Z leads were amplified by 250,000, filtered between 80 hertz (12 dB/octave) and 200 hertz (24 dB/octave) and signal averaging of 1,000 beats was performed. The His bundle potential could be clearly defined in 25 of the 45 patients in the X, Y, or Z lead. His bundle potentials were evident in the X lead in 17 (68 percent) of these 25 patients, in the Y lead in 19 (77 percent) and in the Z lead in 11 (44 percent). No single lead gave satisfactory His bundle electrographic potentials in all patients. In 20 patients the His bundle electrogram could not be recorded because terminal atrial activity overlapped activity of the His bundle potential. The three lead system defined the His bundle potential in a significantly greater number of patients than did the best single lead because it (1) displayed the vectorial lead with the largest His bundle potential, (2) permitted validation of the His bundle potential in more than one lead, and (3) displayed the vectorial lead with the most isoelectric terminal P wave. It is concluded that reliable His bundle potential measurements are obtained in a significantly greater number of patients with use of the simultaneous three lead system than with use of any single lead.

Bundle of His↗
PubMed1981

In vitro growth of lymphoma colonies from children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Growth in vitro of malignant lymphoid cells has been previously reported, but those studies involved direct establishment of cell lines from the patients' cells. In the present study, an in vitro system for both primary growth and passage of malignant lymphoblastic colony-forming cells (ML-CFC) was established, and for the first time, colony-forming cells from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients were cultured, and cell lines were established from individual colonies. Malignant lymphoid colonies grew from 9 of 16 (56%) bone marrow aspirates, which were histologically involved with lymphoma and from 5 of 29 (17%) morphologically normal bone marrow samples. ML-CFCs grew concomitantly with myeloid and monocytic CFCs and were distinguishable by their morphologic characteristics on agar, cytochemical staining characteristics, and cell surface markers. Successful passage of ML-CFCs was accomplished in five patients, and ten distinct cell lines (six null cell, three B cell, and one T cell) were established. This agar assay system provides an opportunity to study malignant lymphoma cell growth both as a primary colony and a cell line established from a primary colony.

Adolescent↗