Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2013
The effect of maternal exercise during pregnancy on abnormal fetal growth.
To assess the effect of maternal physical activity during pregnancy on abnormal fetal growth. ⋯ The beneficial effect of maternal physical activity on fetal growth may be caused the impact of aerobic exercise on glucose tolerance. Fitness trainers and kinesiologists, as well as health care providers, should be educated on the benefits of regular exercise during pregnancy and safe physical exercise for pregnant women.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2013
Prediction of eye color in the Slovenian population using the IrisPlex SNPs.
To evaluate the accuracy of eye color prediction based on six IrisPlex single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in a Slovenian population sample. ⋯ Blue and brown eye color can be reliably predicted from DNA samples using only six polymorphisms, while intermediate eye color defies prediction, indicating that more research is needed to genetically predict the whole variation of eye color in humans.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2013
Students' and parents' attitudes toward basic life support training in primary schools.
To assess attitudes of students and their parents toward basic life support (BLS) training in primary schools, along with their perceptions of students' fears toward applying and training BLS. ⋯ Our study showed that in Croatia both students in their last two years of primary school and their parents had a positive attitude toward BLS training in primary schools. Implementing compulsory BLS training in Croatia's primary schools could help increase students' confidence, quell their fears toward applying BLS, and possibly even increase the survival of bystander-witnessed cardiac arrests.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2013
Ultrasound measurements of carotid intima-media thickness and plaque in HIV-infected patients on the Mediterranean diet.
To evaluate the influence of food habits, specifically adherence to the Mediterranean diet, on carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and the presence of plaques in HIV-infected patients taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) and non-HIV-infected participants and to determine if HIV infection contributes independently to subclinical atherosclerosis. ⋯ We confirmed the association between lower adherence to the Mediterranean diet and increased risk of subclinical atherosclerosis and found that treated HIV infection was a risk factor for subclinical atherosclerosis in older individuals.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2013
Pancreatic cancer mortality in Serbia from 1991-2010 - a joinpoint analysis.
To analyze the trends of pancreatic cancer mortality in Serbia. ⋯ Serbia is one of the countries with the highest pancreatic cancer mortality in the world, with increasing mortality trend in both sexes and in most age groups.