DISCUSSION
Significant postvoid residuals can result in symptoms of urinary frequency, nocturia, overflow incontinence, and recurrent urinary tract infections. Measurement of this residual volume is important to rule out both neurologic abnormalities and/or obstructive voiding disorders. In managing patients with prostatic gland enlargement, it is very useful in the initial assessment and monitoring of clinical progress.
Behavioral Variables
Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). The FFQ was initially developed for a study with minority families. The FFQ includes 13 categories of food, including: animal protein, vegetable protein, low-fat dairy, high-fat dairy, high-fat snacks, nonwhole grains, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, fast food, desserts, carbonated beverages, and water. Additional questions are asked related to food preparation [...]
The variables L, T, Dt, and Dl were considered in estimating the actual bladder volume. The relationship between the volume and these variables was examined. The scatter plots of volume against each of the variables revealed curvilinear relationships (Figure 2).
Recruitment
Subjects were 44 overweight/obese African-American women. Women were recruited from a Co-Op grocery store in Hyde Park, a community located on the south side of Chicago. Recruitment methods included the distribution of brochures in all shoppers’ bags over a four-day period, as well as presentations of the study by program staff to all interested women [...]
Fifty-four consecutive patients with symptoms and clinical signs of prostatic gland enlargement had transabdominal ultrasonography at the Department of Radiology, University of llorin Teaching Hospital, llorin, between January and August 2001. Of these, two were excluded from the study, as bladder catheterization was impossible due to concomitant urethral stricture. Patients with in-dwelling bladder catheters due [...]
In this group of elderly African-American hospitalized patients, resting energy expenditure was significantly greater than Harris-Benedict equation predictions. If the Harris-Benedict predictions were applied to caloric delivery, weight loss as a result of underfeeding might be expected. The reasons for this difference may be myriad, but consideration should be given to issues of age, metabolic [...]
Breast cancer is the second cause of cancer death in African-American women, and mortality rates are significantly higher for African-American than for white women.1 Possible explanations for this disparity include: 1) high rates of obesity, 2) low levels of physical activity, 3) diets that are high in fat, low in fruit and vegetable consumption, and [...]
