BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships between cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index (BMI), metabolic syndrome risk factors, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in male high school students in Korea. Furthermore, the effects of the cardiorespiratory fitness levels on these four factors were examined. METHODS: The level of cardiorespiratory fitness, BMI, percent body fat, waist circumference (WC), systolic blood pressure, glucose, triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), HOMA-IR, and hsCRP of 227 male high school students were measured. Analyses of multiple correlation and simple regression were applied. RESULTS: The results showed that the level of cardiorespiratory fitness correlated negatively with BMI, percent body fat, WC, TG, and HDL-C, in addition to HOMA-IR and hsCRP, and strongly influenced BMI, percent body fat, WC, TG, HDL-C, HOMA-IR, and hsCRP. Comparative analysis of our subjects showed that higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels had positive effects on BMI, metabolic syndrome risk factors, HOMA-IR, and hsCRP. CONCLUSIONS: This study found that there are close correlations between cardiorespiratory fitness and BMI, metabolic syndrome risk factors, HOMA-IR, and hsCRP. It also showed that, compared to lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, higher levels had beneficial effects on BMI, metabolic syndrome risk factors, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Adipose Tissue ; Adolescent ; Blood Pressure ; Body Mass Index ; C-Reactive Protein ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Glucose ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Insulin ; Korea ; Male ; Physical Fitness ; Risk Factors ; Triglycerides ; Waist Circumference

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Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Renal Veins* ; Thrombosis*

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Pneumonectomy*

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Humans ; Infant*

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Herpesvirus 4, Human*

We report a case of hereditary angioedema in a 48-year old female patient. She experidenced facial edema and dyspnea 5 to 6 times for a year. Similar episodes developed on some members of her family, especially her sisters and father. We examined her and her sister's serum complement levels. The results showed decreased levels of C1 esterase inhibitor and C4, compared to normal levels. We treated the patient with danazol effectively.
Angioedemas, Hereditary* ; Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein ; Complement System Proteins ; Danazol ; Dyspnea ; Edema ; Fathers ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Siblings

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Heart Valve Prosthesis* ; Heart Valves*

461 cases of renal biopsy specimens were summerized correlated with their light microscopic and immunofluorescence findings, which obtained from Jan. 1981 to Jul. 1986 at Department of Pathology, Kyung Hee School of Medicine, The results were as follws: 1) The incidence of IgM nephropathy was about 5.8% of the primary glomerulopathy. 2) Sex distribution showed male preponderance with male: female ratio of 1.7:1. 3) Age distribution were 0-9 years 7.4%, 10-19 years 29.6%, 20-29 years 37.0%, 30-39 years 7.4%, 40-49 years 7.4% and 50-59 years 11.1%. 4) The clinical symptoms were gross hematuria 7.4%, microscopic hematuria 59.2%, proteinuria (nonnephrotic) 37.0%, nephrotic syndrome 55.5%, hypertension 7.8% and edema 59.2%. 5) 9 cases (33.3%) had past histories of upper respiratory infections. 6) The distributions of the light microscopic deagnosis were minimal histologic change 11 cases (40.7%), focal glomerulonephritis 7 cases (25.9%), measangial proliferative glomerulonephritis 5 cases (18.5%), focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis 1 case (3.7%) and poststreptococla glomerulonephritis 1 case (3.7%). 7) Immunofluorescence study showed significant diffuse mesangial granular deposits of IgM and C3 in all of the 27 cases. 8) It was demonstrated that in the patients with nephrotic syndrome, the prognosis for the patients with IgM deposition were less favorable than those without IgM deposition.
Female ; Male ; Humans ; Incidence ; Biopsy

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Adaptive Immunity ; Animals ; Cell Line* ; Rats*

The therapeutic application of the soft contact lenses are popular in ophthalmic use recently. Drug effects of greater magnitude and duration may be achieved by using a soft contact lens soaked with drugs. Using mycon-soft lenses, with different diameter (14.5mm, 12.0mm) and thickness (0.2mm, 0.1mm), soaked in 2.5% hydrocortisone acetate or 2.5% hydrocortisone succinate for 15 minutes and 30 minutes according to the protocol, and elution studies were performed. Elution rate were not influenced by the thickness of contact lens and soaked time in drugs, but it was influenced by the size of contact lens. It showed that increased elution rate in larger contact lens than smaller one. It was suggested that neither hydrocortisone acetate nor hydrocortisone succinate were absorbed by the soft contact lens but were adhered to the lens surface and released from it gradually.
17-Hydroxycorticosteroids* ; Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic* ; Hydrocortisone ; Succinic Acid