Objective To understand the expressions of transforming growth factor ?1(TGF-?1) and its receptors(T?R) in villi and decidua during early pregnancy and their effects on early embryo development, and explore the mechanism of spontaneous abortion. Methods By immunohistochemical technique, expressions of TGF-?1 and its receptors were determined in villi and decidua from 10 cases of spontaneous abortion women after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET group), 20 cases of spontaneous abortion women (spontaneous abortion group), and 20 cases of normal early pregnancy women (control group). Results TGF-?1 and its receptors had high expressions in decidua cells, villus glands and interstitial cytoplasm in all three groups. The average light density of the expressions of TGF-?1 in the villi and decidua of IVF-ET, spontaneous abortion and control groups were 0.167 and 0.199, 0.198 and 0.201, 0.277 and 0.274, respectively. The intensity of T?R-Ⅰ in the villi and decidua of IVF-ET, spontaneous abortion and control groups were 0.144 and 0.150, 0.202 and 0.201, 0.238 and 0.281, respectively. And the expressions of T?R-Ⅱ in the villi and decidua of IVF-ET, spontaneous abortion and control groups were 0.199 and 0.145, 0.153 and 0.156, 0.300 and 0.301, respectively. The differences between the control group and both abortion groups were all significant (P

Objective To study effect of low molecular weight heparin combined with aspirin on hormone level and immune function in treatment of recurrent spontaneous abortion.Methods 118 cases patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion from January 2013 to December 2013 were divided into observation group and control group, control group was given low-dose aspirin therapy, observation group was given low molecular weight heparin combined with low-dose aspirin.hormone levels, immune function, therapy effect were compared between two groups.Result Clinical curative effect:observation group prevent miscarriage success rate 86.44% was significantly higher than control group 55.93%(χ2 =13.387, P<0.05); Hormone levels: observation group serum HCG, P, E2 levels were significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05); Immune function: observation group IFN-γ, IFN-γ/IL-4 were significantly lower than control group, IL-4 were significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05);Adverse reaction:there were no statistical differences of adverse reaction between two groups(22.03% vs 15.25%)(χ2 =0.894, P>0.05).Conclusion Low molecular weight heparin combined with aspirin therapy help to improve recurrent hormone levels and immune function, then improve prevent miscarriage success rate.

Objective To evaluate the association between recurrent miscarriages and insulin resistance.Methods The case-control studies on the association between recurrent spontaneous abortion and insulin resistance from June 1996 to April 2012 were collected from Medline,Elsevier,Chinese Journal Fulltext Database,Chinese Biological Medicine Database,data base of Wanfang,Springer link and EMBASE.RevMan 5.1 software was used for Meta analysis.Results According to the included criteria,7 clinical trials were finally selected.Total 467 cases with recurrent pregnancy loss were enrolled in study group,while 413 women with no history of abnormal pregnancies were enrolled in control group.No significant difference was found in average age and body mass index between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Meta analysis results showed that the level of fasting glucose was no statistical difference between study group and control group (WMD =2.27,95％ CI:-1.11 to 5.65,P ＞0.05); fasting insulin level was higher 2.05 mU/L in study group than that of in control group,the difference was statistically significant (WMD =2.05,95％ CI:1.03 to 3.08,P ＜ 0.01).Case number of study group on Homa-insulin resistance ＞ 4.5 was more than that of control group (OR =3.36,95％ CI:1.72 to 6.57,P ＜ 0.01).Case number of study group on glucose/insulin ratio ＜ 4.5 was more than that of the control group,statistical difference was found (OR =3.37,95％ CI:1.90 to 5.99,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Insulin resistance is associated with the susceptibility to recurrent miscarriages,and it may contribute to the occurrence of recurrent miscarriages.

Objective:To detect the value of utilizing bpMRI in prostate biopsy in the detection of prostate cancer with PSA≤20ng/ml.Methods:The clinical data of 394 patients who underwent prostate biopsy in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from November 2017 to October 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Of all the patients, 177 underwent modified systematic biopsy, named TRUS group, 217 patients accepted pre-biopsy bpMRI examination, undergoing modified systematic biopsy if Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) score < 3 or MRI-TRUS cognitive fusion targeted prostate + systematic biopsy if PI-RADS score ≥ 3, named MRI group. The median age of TRUS group was 66 (61, 74) years old, prostate specific antigen (PSA) was 9.52 (7.26, 12.30) ng / ml, and prostate volume (PV) was 36.84 (28.95, 57.72)ml. The median age of MRI group was 66 (59, 72) years old, PSA was 8.84 (6.65, 12.16) ng/ml, and PV was 39.45 (29.25, 58.69)ml. There was no difference in above parameters between the two groups. The χ 2 test was used to compare the detection rate of prostate cancer and clinically significant prostate cancer (CsPCa) between the two groups. Results:There was no significant difference in the detection rates of prostate cancer between TRUS group and MRI group [51.41% (91/177) vs. 48.39% (105/ 217), P = 0.550], but the detection rates of CsPCa were significantly different [26.55% (47/177) vs. 36.41% (79/217), P = 0.037]. In patients with PSA ≤ 10 ng / ml, there was no significant difference in the detection rates of prostate cancer between the two groups [43.62% (41/94) vs. 43.08% (56/130), P = 0.936], but there was a significant difference in the detection rates of CsPCa [17.02% (16/94) vs. 28.46% (37/130), P = 0.047]. There was no significant difference in the detection rates of prostate cancer [60.24% (50/83) and 56.17% (48/87), P= 0.504] and the detection rates of CsPCa [37.35% (31/83) vs. 48.28% (42/87), P = 0.150] between the two groups. The total detection rates of the last two needles in TRUS group and MRI group were 23.16% (41/177) and 36.63% (86/217), respectively, with significant difference ( P=0.001); the detection rates of CsPCa in the last two needles were 11.86% (26/177) and 29.03% (63/ 217), respectively, with significant difference ( P < 0.001). In MRI group, the detection rates of prostate cancer in patients with PI-RADS score <3, 3, 4, 5 were 21.21% (7/33), 25.84% (23/89), 73.24% (52/71), 95.83% (23/24), respectively; the detection rates of CsPCa were 12.12% (4/33), 17.98% (16/89), 54.93% (39/71), 83.33% (23/24), respectively. Conclusions:In patients with PSA ≤ 20 ng / ml, prostate biopsy based on bpMRI may improve the detection of CsPCa, especially in patients with PSA ≤ 10 ng/ml.

Objective To understand the current status of physical activity among urban school-aged children and its association with obesity.Methods 295 pupils,aged 9 to 13 years were selected,using the method of convenience sampling.Data on anthropometric measurements was collected,including weight and height.Questionnaire survey,clinic examination,dietary investigation of school lunch and surveillance on 7-day physical activity by pedometers,were done and Multi-linear regression was used to analyze the relationship between waist to height ratio (WHtR),fat mass percentage (FMP),body mass index (BMI) and physical activity.Single-variable and multiple non-conditional logistic regression modeling were applied to analyze data collected from obesity and physical activities.Results 15.5％ of boys and 13.1％ of girls reached 60 minutes per day of ‘ moderate-vigorous physical activities’.Compared with normal children,overweight/obesity children showed an increase of sedentary activity time,total energy expenditure,and energy expenditure of physical activity.With the increase of 1 hours daily on going to school by private car,WHtR and FMP increased by 0.01 and 2.06 units,respectively.FMP increased 0.89 units among with the increase of sedentary activity time,1 hour daily.BMI and the intake of leafy vegetables (eg.spinach,cabbage)showed a negative correlation.As the frequency of leafy vegetables consumption increased once weekly,BMI fell 0.10 units.After adjustment for sex and age,the risk of overweight/obesity was 3.82-fold (95％CI:1.17-12.47) among children who had sedentary activity time more than 120 min/ d,than those having less than 120 min/d.Conclusion Our data showed that children' s daily physical activity was not enough and measures should be taken to decrease the time of sedentary behavior and increase the energy expenditure through physical activities.

Objective To assess the cardiovascular structure and function in children with confirmed primary hypertension,and to explore the impact of hypertension and related risk factors on cardiovascular structure and function of children.Methods Parameters related to cardiac structure,vascular structure and function were measured in 213 hypertensive children,who were confirmed upon repeated measurements on separate occasions.A total of 197 healthy children were recruited as controls.Results 1) In hypertensive children,left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDd),left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESd),left ventricular mass (LVM),left ventricular mass index (LVMI),left ventricular posterior wall thickness (LVPT) and interventricular septal thickness (IVST) were all significantly higher than their counterparts (P＜0.05).No statistical differences were found in carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT),relative wall thickness (RWT) and brachial ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV).2) Compared with controls,LVEDd,LVESd,LVM,LVMI were all significantly higher in hypertensive children (P＜0.05),regardless of age group or weight-status.No statistical differences were found in ccIMT and RWT,while ba-PWV was statistically higher in controls among children aged 6-12 years.3) Data from multiple linear regression analysis noticed that LVMI was associated with age,sex,BMI and hypertension while RWT was associated with age and BMI.Conclusion In children with primary hypertension,changes of vascular structure and function were not shown but left ventricular remodeling and early changes of function had been developed in children under 12 years old.

Objective:To investigate the difference of prostate cancer (PCa) detection rate between transperineal cognitive fusion targeted biopsy (COG-TB) and software fusion targeted (FUS-TB).Methods:We retrospectively analyzed 157 patients accepted transperineal targeted biopsies from December 2018 to December 2019, including 67 cases of COG-TB and 90 cases of FUS-TB. All patients were prostate biopsy na?ve, with PSA levels ≤ 20 ng/ml and prostate imaging reporting and data system version 2.1 (PI-RADS v2.1) scores ≥ 3. There was no significant difference between COG-TB and FUS-TB in the age [(70.78 ± 8.86) vs. (70.52 ± 8.79) years old], body mass index [(24.36 ± 2.69)vs. (24.14 ± 3.15) kg/m 2], prostate volume [36.69 (27.52, 47.40) vs. 38.81 (28.80, 53.46) cm 3], PSA level [8.27 (6.0, 11.65) vs. 8.88 (6.40, 13.54) ng/ml], PSAD [0.23 (0.15, 0.36) vs. 0.21 (0.14, 0.34) ng/ml 2], suspicious digital rectal examination findings [16 (23.9%) vs. 17 (18.9%)] and PI-RADS scores [24 (35.8%), 24 (35.8%), 19 (28.4%) and 21 (23.3%) vs. 21 (23.3%), 42 (46.7%), 27 (30.0%) for PI-RADS 3, 4, and 5, respectively]. There was no significant difference in baseline characteristics between the two groups (all P<0.05). The overall and stratified detection rates of PCa and clinically significant prostate cancer (CsPCa) were compared between the two groups. The upgrading rates of Gleason score after radical prostatectomy against biopsy Gleason score were compared between the two groups. Results:There was no significant difference between COG-TB and FUS-TB in the detection rate of PCa [76.1% (51/67) vs. 68.9% (62/90), P=0.32]. Also, no significant difference was found in the detection rate of PCa stratified by PSA [0-10ng/ml: 69.1% (29/42) vs. 57.1% (28/49); 10-20ng/ml: 88.0% (22/25) vs. 82.9% (34/41); all P>0.05] and PI-RADS score [3: 45.8% (11/24) vs. 23.8% (5/21); 4: 91.7% (22/24) vs. 81.0% (34/42); 5: 94.7% (18/19) vs. 85.2% (23/27); all P>0.05]. Similarly, there was no dramatically difference between COG-TB and FUS-TB in the detection rate of CsPCa [58.2% (39//67) vs. 50.0% (45/90), P>0.05]. No significant difference was found in the detection of CsPCa stratified by PSA [0-10ng/ml: 45.2% (19/42) vs.36.7% (18/49); 10-20 ng/ml: 80.0% (20/25) vs. 65.9% (27/41) ; all P>0.05] and PI-RADS score [3: 29.2% (7/24) vs. 9.5% (2/21), 4: 66.7% (16/24) vs. 57.1% (24/42), 5: 84.2%(16/19) vs. 70.4% (19/27) ; all P>0.05]. Additionally, the two technique was not different significantly in the upgrading rate [28.9% (13/45) vs. 26.2% (11/42), P=0.78]. Conclusions:There is no significant difference between FUS-TB and COG-TB in the detection rate of PCa and CsPCa, along with the upgrading rate after RP in patients with PSA ≤ 20 ng / ml and PI-RADS v2.1 score≥3.

Objective:To explore the influencing factors of clinically significant prostate cancer (CsPCa) in patients with PI-RADS score 3.Methods:The data of 133 consecutive patients with the PI-RADS score 3 from January 2019 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent 4-needle transperineal targeted biopsy and 12-needle systematic prostate biopsy (SB). The overall age was 66 (60-72) years, and the overall PSA value was 8.22 (5.95-11.41) ng/ml. All patients underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI), and PI-RADS v2.0 score was 3. Patients were divided into two mutually exclusive groups: non CsPCa group and CsPCa group. The differences of lesion location, laterality, focality and sequence parameters of mpMRI between the two groups were compared, and multivariate binary logistic regression was used to analyze the independent predictors of PI-RADS score 3 in patients with CsPCa.Results:Biopsy results showed 57 cases of prostate cancer, including 41 cases of CsPCa, and 76 cases of non-prostate cancer. The detection rate of prostate cancer was 46.62 %(57/133), and the detection rate of CsPCa was 30.83 %(41/133). There were 41 cases in CsPCa group and 92 cases in non CsPCa group. There was no significant difference between CsPCa group and non CsPCa group in age [66 (58-70) years vs. 66 (60-72) years], body mass index [24.22 (21.82-25.71) kg/m 2 vs. 23.71 (21.99-26.12) kg/m 2], PSA [9.39 (6.35-12.55) ng/ml vs. 7.67 (5.83-10.51) ng/ml], abnormal rate of rectal digital examination [21.95% (9/41) vs. 9.78% (9/92)] (all P > 0.05). There was significant difference in PSAD [0.40 (0.16-0.65) ng/ml 2 vs. 0.17 (0.12-0.24) ng/ml 2] ( P<0.05). In MRI, PI-RADS=3 lesions were mainly located in the transitional zone [46.62 %(62/133)]. In CsPCa group, MRI lesions were located in peripheral zone in 16 cases, transitional zone in 19 cases, and both areas in 6 cases. There were 16 cases on the right, 15 cases on the left and 10 cases on both sides. The lesions were diffused in 19 cases and localized in 22 cases. In the non CsPCa group, 41 lesions were located in the peripheral zone, 43 in the transitional zone, and 8 in both areas. There were 26 cases on the right, 35 cases on the left and 31 cases on both sides. The lesions were diffuse in 56 cases and localized in 36 cases. There was no significant difference in lesion location, side and diffusion degree between the two groups ( P> 0.05). Compared with the non CsPCa group, the positive rate of all MRI sequences in CsPCa group was higher (82.93% vs. 40.22%, P < 0.001), the positive rate of T2 weighted imaging (T2WI) was higher (92.68% vs. 75.00%, P = 0.018), the positive rate of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) was higher (90.24% vs. 56.52%, P < 0.001), the maximum diameter was larger[(0.67(0.30-1.19)mm vs. 0.48(0.20-0.62)mm, P < 0.001], and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was lower[0.70(0.61-0.87) vs. 1.10(0.86-1.50), P < 0.001]. Concurrently, PSAD and lesion ADC were important predictors of CsPCa in logistic regression model [mean 10 fold cross validation AUC: 0.78(95% CI 0.65-0.88)]. Conclusions:Most of the MRI lesions in patients with PI-RADS 3 were located in the transitional zone, and the MRI lesions in CsPCa were more obvious and diffusion limited. PSAD and ADC values are independent predictors for the diagnosis of CsPCa in patients with PI-RADS score 3, and the log 2PSAD-ADC prediction model is helpful to find CsPCa from patients with PI-RADS score 3 and protect patients from unnecessary biopsy.

Objective:To compare the differences of prostate cancer (PCa) and clinically significant prostate cancer (CsPCa) positive rate and postoperative complications between transperineal cognitive prostate biopsy (COG-TPBx) and transrectal cognitive prostate biopsy (COG-TRBx) based on biparametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI).Methods:The data of 276 patients undergoing prostate biopsy from January 2019 to June 2021 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were retrospectively reviewed. 157 patients underwent COG-TPBx(TPBx group) and 119 patients underwent COG-TRBx (TRBx group). The average age [(66.39 ± 8.31) vs. (66.30 ± 8.42)years], body mass index (BMI) [(23.85±2.49) vs. (23.68±2.61) kg/m 2], PSA values [9.43(1.47-19.80) vs. 8.94(0.66-19.99) ng/ml], prostate volume [37.92(13.99-167.40) vs. 40.78(11.67-188.21) cm 3], PSA density [0.21(0.04-1.17) vs. 0.20(0.04-1.04) ng/(ml·cm 3)], and suspicious digital rectal examination [17.20% (27/157) vs. 21.10% (25/119) ] were not significantly different between TPBx group and TRBx group. The positive rate of PCa, CsPCa, as well as post-biopsy complications of the two groups were compared. Results:There were no significant differences in the positive rate of PCa [49.68%(78/157) vs. 47.06%(56/119), P=0.666] and CsPCa [38.22%(60/157) vs. 34.45%(41/119), P=0.520] between the two groups. In stratification analysis, TPBx group has a significantly higher positive rate of both PCa [54.69%(35/64)] and CsPCa[43.75%(28/64)] in apex zone than TRBx group[39.62%(21/53) and 20.75%(11/53), all P<0.05). Moreover, the postoperative complications were not significantly different in TPBx group compared to that in TRBx group [10.19% (16/157) vs. 12.61%(15/119), P= 0.567]. Conclusions:Our investigations revealed that the overall positive rate of PCa, CsPCa, and the complications were not statistically different between COG-TPBx and COG-TRBx. COG-TPBx has a significantly higher positive rate of both PCa and CsPCa in apex zone.

Objective:To explore the efficacy of single-plane bi-parameter magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.Methods:The clinical data of 343 patients who underwent transperineal template prostate magnetic resonance-transrectal ultrasound (MRI-TRUS) cognitive fusion biopsy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2020 to July 2021 were retrospectively analyzed, with median age of [65.0(59.0, 72.0)] years, median body mass index (BMI) of [24.1(22.2, 25.6)]kg/m 2, median prostate volume (PV) of [41.7(29.1, 53.3)]ml, median PSA[6.9 (5.5, 8.4) ng/ml], median PSAD of[0.17(0.12, 0.22) ng/ml 2], and abnormal rate of digital rectal examination (DRE) [6.4%(22/343)]. All patients underwent initial biopsy and bi-parameter magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) examination before biopsy, and the images were interpreted using prostate image reporting and data system version 2.1 (PI-RADS v2.1). The detection rates of prostate cancer and clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) were compared between single-plane bpMRI and bpMRI. When PI-RADS≥3 score, MRI results were positive; when PI-RADS ≤2 score, MRI results were negative. Results:In the single-plane bpMRI group, 121 MRI results were negative and 222 were positive. Positive patients included 95 with PI-RADS 3 score, 94 with PI-RADS 4 score, and 33 with PI-RADS 5 score. In bpMRI group, 141 MRI results were negative and 202 were positive. Among the positive patients, 67 patients with PI-RADS 3 score, 102 patients with PI-RADS 4 score, and 33 patients with PI-RADS 5 score. The detection rates of single-plane bpMRI and bpMRI for prostate cancer were 22.3% (27/121) and 15.6% (22/141) in MRI negative cases[22.3% (27/121) and 15.6% (22/141), P=0.17], and PI-RADS scores with 3 points [35.8% (34/95) vs. 44.8% (30/67), P=0.25], 4 points [89.4% (84/94)vs. 90.2% (92/102), P=0.85] and 5 points [90.9% (30/33) vs. 93.9% (31/33), P=1.00] showed no significant difference in stratification. The detection rate of csPCa in the single-plane bpMRI group and bpMRI group was significantly different in the MRI negative cases [7.4% (9/121) and 2.1% (3/141), P=0.04]. PI-RADS scores with 3 points [22.1% (21/95) vs. 29.9% (20/67), P=0.27], 4 points [80.9% (76/94) vs. 79.4% (81/102), P=0.80] and 5 points [84.9% (28/33) vs. 90.9% (30/33), P=0.71] showed no significant difference in stratification. Conclusions:For those suspected of prostate cancer patients with PSA 4-10 ng/ml and PI-RADS score ≥3, single-plane bpMRI or bpMRI examination has the same efficacy in term of the detection rate of prostate cancer and csPCa.