Women Of Different Ages Research Articles

BONE HEALTH, MUSCLE STRENGTH AND LEAN MASS: RELATIONSHIPS AND EXERCISE RECOMMENDATIONS

ABSTRACT Although muscle strength, lean mass and bone mineral content/density (BMC/BMD) are consistently reported as major outcomes of resistance training (RT), there is still no agreement on the RT regimen that is capable of achieving this result in men and women of different ages. This study describes the effects of RT on muscle strength, lean mass and bone mineralization, highlighting the relationships between them and analyzing the effectiveness of the RT protocol. Information searches were conducted in open access online academic libraries, using the BMC/BMD indices combined with muscle strength, body composition, and resistance exercises. The results showed changes in BMC/BMD in 72% of the studies published in the last decade. Among these, 77% recommended loads ≥ 80% 1-RM, 61% involved older individuals (> 60 years) and 61% had planning protocols of between 3 and 5 months (~12-20 weeks). The results also highlight muscle strength as a promising index of variations in BMC/BMD, with a moderate to high level of association (r2>0.5), which are specific for men and women in relation to the body region with best responsiveness. Among the studies published in last decade, about 61% had protocols involving only RT, and of these, 82% observed combined changes in BMC/BMD, body composition and muscle strength. This review therefore concludes that RT is important for improving muscle strength, increasing lean mass (whole-body and regional) and preventing risk factors that could impair the mineral integrity of the bone tissue, in individuals of all ages and sexes. Level of Evidence I; Systematic review of Level I RCTs (and study results were homogenous).

Unfolding The Female Journey in Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 and Alameddine’s An Unnecessary Woman

This study explores the representations of the female journey and its interconnectedness with female development in Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) and Rabih Alameddine’s An Unnecessary Woman (2014). By re-visioning psychotherapist and author Maureen Murdock’s journey paradigm and condensing it into three essential stages (The Separation, The Descent and The Rebirth), this study maintains the applicability of the heroine’s journey to the two male-authored novels. Each heroine’s journey begins when she becomes conscious of the fact that she has been living on the margins of her own life. Consequently, she becomes determined to challenge the conceptualization of traditionally-defined femininity, break free from the oppressive gender roles that were prescribed to them by patriarchy and ultimately define themselves as whole. The significance of this study stems from the fact that it provides an interpretation of how the two heroines’ internal struggles are translated into the outside world in the framework of the postmodern novel, and that it juxtaposes the journeys of two women of different ages, times, social and cultural backgrounds, in order to foreground the universal, multi-dimensional, and transcultural nature of the journey motif.

ELISA and ICT Techniqes in the detection of anti- Rubella virus Antibodies in Aborted women in Al- Nasiriyah city, Thi-Qar, Iraq

A total of 200 serum samples were collected from Bent Al-Huda hospital in Al -Nasiriyah city, Thi- Qar province, Iraq. These samples were collected from aborted women in different ages and cases to detect of Rubella virus by Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) and Immuno chromatography (ICT) techniques. It was founded from the recent study 162 (81%) of serum samples were positive by IgG ELISA, and 105 (52.5%) were positive by IgG with ICT technique. All serum samples. were registered negative results to IgM anti- rubella virus by two techniques. The results of ELISA technique were appeared the higher rate (97.95%) for anti-Rubella virus antibodies was observed in second age group ((21-30)years) and a no significant differences were observed in the seropositivity concerning to age groups(P value:>0.05). In ICT, the higher rate (85.71%) of anti-Rubella virus antibodies was observed in the second group of ages, with the presence of significant among the age groups(P value: 0.05), while 90.9% of seropositivity fetal death cases was resulted with ICT technique, and were founded highly significant differences among the rates of seropositivity against rubella virus(P value:< 0.01). The sensitivity and specificity were registered 95% and 61% respectively with ELISA test, while the lower sensitivity and sensitivity values were with ICT test, they were 85% and 57% respectively, and the statistical analysis was appeared the existence of significant differences (P value:< 0.05) between the two tests.

Study The Effect of Cytomegalovirus and Luteinizing Hormone on Pregnancy and Spontaneously Abortion Assay by ELISA Technique

In this study indirect ELISA test was conducted on 118 serum samples for Cytomegalovirus collected from women in different ages and cases in Bent AL-Huda hospital. Indirect ELISA was applied on all these samples depending on the optical density (OD) value of sera previously prepared from blood of well know healthy and non-vaccinated women. According to ages groups the higher ratio are (56.5%) was observed in first age group. A highly significant differences were observed in the seropositivity concerning to age groups (P< 0.01). According to Cases groups the higher ratio of seropositivity were found in women (75.61%) was observed in Recurrent abortion and then in Bleeding (75 %). The Quantitative ELISA test was used to detect the Luteinizing hormone as antigens in same serum samples. the higher rate of Luteinizing hormone positivity was observed in the last age groups (83.33%). there was a highly significant difference between the ages groups. Depending on Cases the higher rate of Luteinizing hormone positivity was (87.50%) in bleeding case , there was highly significant difference in the Luteinizing hormone in Cases groups of Quantitative ELISA

Quality of bone tissue for quantitative X-ray computer tomography with a different value of bone mineral density

Objective. To study some of the qualitative features of the bone tissue of the bodies of the lumbar vertebrae in women with different bone mineral density values according to quantitative x-ray computed tomography. Materials and methods . Results of quantitative computed tomography of the lumbar vertebrae of 127 women of different ages who were in the cardiology department of the Yaroslavl Regional Clinical Hospital for hypertronic disease of the II st. without a crisis flow, divided into five groups depending on the average mineral density of the spongy bone tissue. Results and discussion . A decrease in the mineral density of cancellous bone tissue was determined by 22-26% with each subsequent group observed to an average mineral density of 50-74 mg/mm 3 ; in a group with an average mineral density of less than 50 mg/mm 3 , the reduction in this index was 38% values. In general, the decrease in the mineral density of spongy bone tissue in the observed groups was 72%, cortical 42%. The difference in density of the spongy bone in the measurement zone (density interval) between the most mineralized elements such as bone beams and the least mineralized such as bone matrix and intertrabecular space, was reduced to the level of the average mineral density of the trabecular bone 100-124 mg/mm 3 , then in the observed groups remained almost unchanged. The density of the least mineralized components of cancellous bone tissue in the measurement zone in the group of an average density value of less than 50 mg/mm 3 was close to zero. Conclusions . The degree of decrease in the mineral density of the spongy bone with the development of osteopenia and osteoporosis is much higher than in cortical bone tissue. Reduction of the bone mass of the spongy bone is accompanied by a narrowing of the density interval with a pronounced decrease in the minimum density in the measurement zone. Similar changes in cortical bone tissue are not observed. Reduction of the mineral density of the spongy bone as osteoporosis develops fairly uniformly with an increase in bone mass of less than 50 mg/mm 3 . Reduction of the mineral density of the cortical bone occurs less evenly with an increase in its decrease in the stage of osteopenia (T-test - from -1,0 to -2,5) and with the most pronounced manifestations of osteoporosis, with bone mass less than 50 mg/mm 3 .

Cellular composition and microanatomy of lymphoid formations of the vestibule of the vagina in postnatal ontogenesis

Aim - presents data on the number of cells of the lymphoid series and the cellular composition of the lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the vaginal vestibule at different age periods of ontogenesis. Materials and methods. The study material was preparations of the vaginal vestibule taken from 45 women of different ages (from newborns to 75 years). By age periods, the material was subdivided according to the standard scheme of age periodization. Cross sections of the organ wall were stained with hematoxylin - eosin and according to Van Gieson. In a number of cases, the silvering of Grimelius was performed. Obtained during the study of digital data were subjected to statistical processing. Results. Analysis of the results showed that lymphoid formations are located mainly near the glands. Glandular - lymphoid relationships are less impressed in newborns, to the maximum extent from early childhood to the 1st period of adulthood, in the elderly and senile age of cells. There are fewer lymphoid rows near the initial divisions and in the stroma of the glands. The lymphoid apparatus of the vaginal vestibule is represented by all the morphogenetic forms of the lymphoid tissue. The qualitative composition of lymphoid tissue is of the same type in all its morphogenetic forms, regardless of age. It has been established that there are close microsynthopic connections between immune structures and small glands of the vestibule. The intensity of these relationships has ontogenetic features. They are relatively weak in new - borns, are maximal in early childhood and weaken after the 1st period of adulthood. Conclusion. The study allowed us to identify previously unknown patterns of morphogenesis of lymphoid structures of the vaginal vestibule.

Complications of Urogenital Chlamydial Infection in Women

The objective of the research was to identify the spectrum of complications in women with chronic urogenital chlamydial infection.&#x0D; Materials and methods. There were examined 128 women with chronic inflammatory diseases of genital organs at the age of 16-40 years who were diagnosed with urogenital chlamydial infection and 25 apparently healthy women. In both women with chlamydial infection and healthy ones, urogenital chlamydial infection was diagnosed based on the data of clinical examination and the results of laboratory tests (the identification of chlamydial morphological structure on the pathologic specimens stained according to the Romanowsky-Giemsa method; the identification of chlamydial antigens using the direct immunofluorescence technique; the study of Chlamydia trachomatis antibody titers using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay).&#x0D; Results. According to the results of our study, chlamydiae were the most common causes of inflammatory lesions of the urogenital organs in women of different ages leading to different reproductive complications and affecting females mostly at the age of 21-30 years. In women of Group I and Group II, chronic chlamydial disease was detected; disease duration ranged from 6 months to more than 2 years. Miscarriages, infertility (primary, secondary), ectopic pregnancy (tubal, ovarian) were the severest and the most numerous reproductive complications in the examined patients.&#x0D; Conclusion. Chronic chlamydial infection is the most common disease of the female urinogenital organs leading to a wide spectrum of complications including infertility (primary, secondary), miscarriages, ectopic pregnancy (tubal, ovarian), chronic abdominal pain, sexual dysfunction (low libido, hypo/anorgasmia, painful intercourse, neurotic symptoms).

Screening for HPV infection in exfoliated cervical cells of women from different ethnic groups in Yili, Xinjiang, China

We investigated the infection status and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in women of different ages and various ethnic groups in the Yili region, Xinjiang, China. We checked the HPV genotypes of 3,445 samples of exfoliated cervical cells using the PCR–reverse dot blot method. The total infection rate of HPV was 25.60% (882/3,445). The ethnic stratification showed that the infection rates were 22.87% (196/857) in Uygur, 21.55% (122/566) in Kazak, and 27.89% (564/2,022) in Han individuals. The most prevalent high-risk genotypes were HPV16, HPV52, and HPV53 in Uygur and Kazak and HPV16, HPV52, and HPV58 in Han ethnic groups. The age stratification showed that the infection rates in Han, Uygur, and Kazak women were up to 40.9% (61/149) in those aged 26–30 years, 41.5% (22/53) in those over 61 years old, and 30.2% (29/96) in those 46–50 years old, respectively. Therefore, HPV infection and HPV genotype distribution varied among the different age groups of the three ethnic groups.

Effect of pelvic floor dysfunction on sexual function and quality of life in Chinese women of different ages: An observational study

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of female pelvic floor dysfunction on sexual function and quality of life among different age groups. An observational study was carried out on 648 patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or/and stress urinary incontinence. We assessed female sexual function and quality of life through the Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire Short Form and Incontinence Quality of Life Scale before surgeries, respectively. Patients were assigned into different age groups. The mean age of all patients was 62.04 ± 9.39 years. A total of 436 patients had POP, 120 patients had stress urinary incontinence and the remaining patients had both. Although sexual frequency decreased with increasing age, 517 patients still remained sexually active. A total of 10.83% of the patients aged ≥70 years were still sexually active, and 8.51% of them had sex less than one time per month. The Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire Short Form score and sexual frequency decreased with increasing age. However, the Incontinence Quality of Life Scale score increased with increasing age. Patients with only POP and aged ≥70 years showed a higher Incontinence Quality of Life Scale score (P < 0.001). The present study showed that POP and stress urinary incontinence are common among older Chinese women, and re associated with decreased sexual satisfaction and quality of life in China. It suggests that the existing sexual requirement of these patients should also be reconsidered before surgical assessment. Doctors should take sexual satisfaction into consideration when choosing a personalized type of surgery to improve the patients' quality of life physiologically and psychologically. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 299-304.

Modeling the possibility of occurrence of overactive bladder in women of different ages, depending on anthropo-somatotypological indicators or hormonal background with the help of discriminant analysis

One of the most important problems of modern urogynecology is the improvement of the treatment-diagnostic algorithm and prevention of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB). The purpose of the work is to construct and analyze discriminant models of the possibility of OAB occurrence in pregnant women of different age groups depending on the characteristics of anthropo-somatotypological indicators or hormonal background. 75 pregnant women with clinical signs of OAB syndrome and 60 healthy pregnant women had hormonal screening in the 1st and 3rd trimester of pregnancy and at 16 weeks postpartum using radioimmunoassay and immune enzyme methods (estradiol, progesterone, thyroid stimulating hormone and testosterone levels were determined). The anthropometry was carried out according to the method of V. V. Bunak, the components of the somatotype were determined according to the method of J. Carter and B. Heath, as well as the components of the body composition according to the method of J. Matiegka and the American Institute of Nutrition (AIN). By age, all pregnant women were divided into 3 subgroups: І - from 17 to 25 years, ІІ - from 26 to 35 years, ІІІ - from 36 to 41 years. A discriminant analysis of the possibility of OAB occurrence, depending on the anthropo-somatotypological or hormonal indices in women of different age groups, was conducted using the licensing program “Statistica 5.5”. When taken into account anthropo-somatotypological indices in women aged from 17 to 25 years, the model is correct in 86.7% of cases; in women aged from 26 to 35 years - in 90.9% of cases; in women between the ages of 36 and 41 years - in 89.3% of cases. Between healthy and OAB patients, women aged from 17 to 25 years discriminating variables are the width of the distal epiphysis of the shoulder (which has the greatest contribution to discrimination), conjugata externa, the muscle component of the body weight by AIN and the forearm's girth in the upper third; women from 26 to 35 years - dist. Іntеrtrochantericа, the width of the distal epiphyses of the forearm (the greatest contribution to discrimination), hip circumference, conjugata externa, mesomorphic component of the somatotype according to by Heath-Carter, fat mass component of the body by Matiegka, the forearm's girth in the upper third and the shoulder girth; women of age from 36 to 41 years - the width of the distal epiphysis of the leg (which has the greatest contribution to discrimination) and the length of the body. In general, the aggregate of all variables has a low level of discrimination between healthy and sick with OAB women between the ages of 17 and 25 (Wilkes Lambda statistics = 0.531; F = 5.521; p &lt;0.01) and 36-41 years (Wilkes Lambda statistics = 0.445; F = 15.62; p &lt;0.001), while among women between the ages of 26 and 35 - the average level of discrimination (Wilkes Lambda statistics = 0.386; F = 13.52; p &lt;0.001). When taken into account characteristics of the hormonal background in women of all ages, the model is correct in 100% of cases. Between healthy and OAB patients, of 17-25 years age, discriminant variables are estradiol levels at 16 weeks of postpartum (with the largest contribution to discrimination) and prolactin levels in the first trimester of pregnancy; women aged from 26 to 35 years - estradiol levels at 16 weeks of postpartum (the most contributing to discrimination), testosterone in the third trimester of pregnancy, estradiol in the third trimester of pregnancy, prolactin in the third trimester of pregnancy, estradiol in the first trimester of pregnancy, and testosterone levels in the first trimester of pregnancy; women aged from 36 to 41 years - estradiol in the third trimester of pregnancy (has the largest contribution to discrimination) and estradiol in the 16 weeks of postpartum period. In general, the totality of all variables has a low level of discrimination between healthy and sick at OAB women between the ages of 17 and 25 (Wilkes Lambda statistics = 0.619; F = 131.4; p &lt;0.001) and ages 26-35 (Wilks Lambda statistics = 0.493; F = 224.9; p &lt;0.001), while among women between the ages of 36 and 41 - the average level of discrimination (Wilkes Lambda statistics = 0.371; F = 207.4; p &lt;0.001). Thus, with the aid of discriminant analysis, reliable models of the possibility of OAB occurrence, based on anthropo-somatotypological or hormonal indices in women of different age groups, are constructed. In all age groups, the greatest contribution to discrimination between healthy and sick with OAB pregnant women, in most cases, make parameters of the width of distal epiphyses of long limb bones or the level of estradiol.

Combined oral contraceptives with natural estrogen and sexual function: the optimal method of contraception for women of different ages

Background. Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are the most common method of prevention of unwanted pregnancies in women from the early reproductive period to perimenopause, therefore their impact on quality of life, sexual function and general well-being remains the subject of active discussion. Some studies revealed various manifestations of sexual dysfunction in patients receiving COCs, therefore such questions, as well as the advantages / disadvantages of individual components (their type and dose) of drugs, are of interest to the clinician. Aim. Assess mechanisms of influence of COCs on female sexual function. Materials and methods. In order to write this review domestic and foreign publications were searched in Russian and international search systems (PubMed, elibrary, etc.) for the last 2-15 years. Relevant articles from the peer-reviewed literature were included. Results. Many studies proved a beneficial effect of estradiol valerate (E2V) which is estrogen identical to natural one in a combination with dienogest (DNG) which is 4th generation progestin in a dynamic dosing regimen on quality of life and sexual function. This beneficial effect is achieved due to combined effects of both components of the drug as well as its reception mode. Conclusion. The combination of estradiol valerate (E2V) which is estrogen identical to natural one with dienogest (DNG) which is 4th generation progestin may be the optimal method of contraception for women of any age, including the young, with decreased libido while taking other COCs.

Prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus among 9945 women from the Nanhai area of Foshan

BackgroundTo provide a scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer (CC), we investigated the distribution characteristics and genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the prevalence of multiple HPV infections in women of different ages seeking management for abnormal cytology in Foshan City.MethodsScreening for the 21 genotypes of HPV was carried out in 9945 females seeking management of abnormal cervical cytology results using rapid flow-through hybridization of nucleic acid molecules. The overall prevalence, genotype distribution and age-specific prevalence were examined.ResultsOur results indicate that the prevalence of overall, high-risk, intermediate-risk, and low-risk HPV infections was 13.5%, 12.1%, 1.3%, and 1.9%, respectively. Of the 1346 women who tested positive, 89.5% were positive for a single HPV genotype, and 10.5% were positive for ≥2 genotypes. The most frequently detected HPV genotype was HPV-16 (2.9%), followed by HPV-52 (2.9%), HPV-58 (1.5%), and HPV-CP8304 (1.0%). The highest infection prevalence was found in patients 21–30 years old (271/1670, 16.2%).ConclusionThe prevalence of HPV infection in women seeking management for abnormal cytology in Foshan City is highest in the younger population (21–30 years old). Similar to most previous surveys, HPV-58 and HPV-52 infections are as common as HPV-16 infection.

Influence of wearing personalized high heels on the posture of women of different ages: A clinical cross-sectional study

Influence of wearing personalized high heels on the posture of women of different ages: A clinical cross-sectional study

What to Name the Children? Oral Histories of Ethnically Mixed Families in Soviet Kazakhstan and Tajikistan

What to Name the Children? Oral Histories of Ethnically Mixed Families in Soviet Kazakhstan and Tajikistan Adrienne L. Edgar (bio) When Rustam Iskandarov’s son was born in 1984, Rustam, a man of mixed Tajik and Russian descent living in Tajikistan, thought carefully about what to name him. It was important that the child’s first name match the other parts of his name, Rustam explained. A Russian first name would not go well with a Tajik patronynic and surname, and the “wrong” first name could cause lifelong social problems for the boy. Ultimately, Rustam and his wife (a woman of mixed Tajik-Tatar descent) chose the name Timur for their son. Rustam explained their reasoning: “My main concern was to make sure that he would have an easier life. Because, for example, his patronymic is Rustamovich, and his last name is Iskandarov. All right, let’s say I were to give him the name Vasilii, for instance: how does Vasilii Rustamovich sound?1 That’s why I picked a neutral name like Timur. Timur is a common name here and in Russia. So, Timur Rustamovich is a synthesis and a more agreeable combination.”2 Rustam’s story illustrates the challenges faced by ethnically mixed couples in Soviet Central Asia as they chose names for their children. In every society, personal names signal individual identity and reflect community values, while also serving as “powerful determinants of inclusion and exclusion.”3 In multiethnic societies, a first name can be an important signal of the future identity and community the parents envision for their child. Bestowing a name, moreover, is a low-cost yet clear way of declaring one’s desired ethnic [End Page 269] affiliation. Unlike acquiring a new language or adopting new customs, which require a certain investment of time and energy, naming is easy and free.4 For mixed families, however, this decision was far from clear-cut; should the child have a name from the mother’s culture or the father’s? From both or from neither? What if the parents themselves were ethnically mixed, as in Rustam’s case? Among mixed families in Central Asia, whether a child was given a Turkic or Persian name, a Muslim name of Arabic origin, a Russian name, or some other sort of name revealed something of the parents’ preferences and allegiances. Yet mixed families were signaling more than just ethnic and religious identity in the names they chose for their children. In this article, I draw on oral history interviews to investigate the process of choosing names for children in Soviet-era mixed families in order to gain insight into the motivations for bestowing particular names and the experiences of the people who bear these names.5 Oral history is virtually the only source available for understanding how the process of naming worked in the past, since few people document their reasons for this decision. The process of choosing a name for a child, moreover, is so fraught with significance that it is often indelibly stamped in the memory of the parents, making it a particularly fruitful area of inquiry for the oral historian.6 This article is part of a broader project using oral history to investigate mixed marriages and ethnic identity in the late Soviet period. The research is based on more than 80 in-depth interviews conducted in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan with men and women of different ages and from a variety of regional, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. All the interviewees were participants (or former participants) in ethnically mixed marriages or the offspring of such marriages. These marriages came in a variety of different mixtures: Kazakh-Russian, Kazakh-Tatar, Russian-Tajik, Uzbek-Tajik, Russian-Korean, Kazakh-Korean, Russian-Armenian, and a number of others. I chose Kazakhstan and Tajikistan as the primary venues for this research because these two former Soviet republics represent opposing poles on the [End Page 270] spectrum of ethnicity and nationality in Soviet Central Asia. Kazakhstan, with its extremely diverse population and high rates of interethnic interaction, offered fertile ground for ethnic mixing. Tajikistan, more socially and religiously conservative and ostensibly more ethnically homogenous (even though “Tajik” as a nationality formed only in...

SITUAÇÃO PÓS-ADOÇÃO DOS ANIMAIS ADOTADOS JUNTO A UMA ONG DE PROTEÇÃO ANIMAL NO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO

Resumo Este trabalho objetivou analisar a situação dos animais adotados junto a uma ONG fluminense. Foi selecionada uma amostra de conveniência de 50 animais e os adotantes responderam a questionário cujos dados obtidos foram analisados com técnicas de estatística descritiva. De modo geral os adotantes eram casados, sexo feminino, idade variável, nível superior, renda alta, não se guiaram pela raça dos animais e adotaram principalmente mais jovens. As adoções não se deram em função da interação dos animais com idosos e crianças, os adotantes já dispunham de outro animal, os adotados passaram a residir em imóveis residenciais e o principal motivo para a adoção foi a pena. Princípios de guarda responsável eram seguidos, com alta proporção de animais castrados, predomínio de alimentação com ração, boa cobertura vacinal e desverminação periódica. Como pontos negativos temos o predomínio de animais com acesso livre às ruas, deficiência no acompanhamento veterinário e ausência de dispositivo de identificação. Houve grande vínculo dos adotantes com os animais, com alto índice de permanência, pouca dificuldade na lida e alto grau de satisfação. Esse quadro demonstra que a estratégia da adoção foi eficiente e pode trazer bons resultados no controle da densidade populacional de animais, especialmente se aliada a outras estratégias.

Клиническая оценка тяжести течения хронического цистита у женщин разных возрастных групп

The aim of the study was to estimate course the peculiarities of chronic cystitis in women of different ages. The study included 334 women with chronic cystitis (CC). The patients were divided into 3 age groups: group 1 — 20 to 39 years old; group 2 — 40 to 59 years old; group 3 — elderly age (60 years old and older). Cystoscopy was performed, the frequency of cystitis exacerbations was estimated, a survey was carried out using the PUF Scale (Pelvic Pain and Urgency/Frequency Patient Symptom Scale) questionnaire, and urination diaries were evaluated. A higher severity of symptoms was revealed in patients with leukoplakia in all age groups. However, the incidence of leukoplakia signifi cantly decreased with age. In this regard, the observed age-related increase in clinical symptoms of CC is most likely associated with the emergence of age-related pathogenesis factors. An inverse correlation between the presence of leukoplakia and mucosal edema was detected in women with the same symptoms. The two-way analysis of variance revealed two factors associated with increasing severity of chronic cystitis symptoms: age and the presence of squamous metaplasia (leukoplakia).

Factorial Invariance of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale among Senior Women in the Nurses’ Health Study Cohort

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to examine the factorial invariance of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS-A) across subgroups based on demographic, health-related, behavioral, and environmental characteristics among Nurses’ Health Study participants (N = 2,919; age M = 73.0, SD = 6.9 years) living in California, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. A series of multigroup confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate increasingly restrictive hypotheses of factorial invariance. Factorial invariance was supported across age, walking limitations, and neighborhood walking. Only partial scalar invariance was supported across state residence and neighborhood population density. This evidence provides support for using the NEWS-A with older women of different ages, who have different degrees of walking limitations, and who engage in different amounts of neighborhood walking. Partial scalar invariance suggests that researchers should be cautious when using the NEWS-A to compare older adults living in different states and neighborhoods with different levels of population density.

Comparison of resting masticatory muscle activity among women of different ages

Comparison of resting masticatory muscle activity among women of different ages

Androgenic deficiency and its impact on women`s health status

The review analyzes the current state of the problem of androgen deficiency in the female body. The features of androgens synthesis, metabolism, and impact on woman`s reproductive organs and the state of the organism as a whole are discussed. The methods of examining the homeostasis of androgens, their advantages and disadvantages are shown. The state of the problem of hypo-androgenic conditions in women of the perimenopausal and postmenopausal age, as well as the possibility of correcting the androgen deficiency in these categories of women is highlighted. In general, the features of the physiology of estrogens and progesterone have been well studied by modern science, at the same time, new fundamental research and clinical trials are needed to study the role of androgens in order to comprehensive study the role of these hormones in women of different ages. Thus, to date, not all aspects of the correction of sexual dysfunction of the female population of different age groups have been resolved. To study the role of androgens in restoring the hormonal balance of the female body, new fundamental research is needed

Nomograms of vascularization indices of uterine health women, studyed with the use of three-dimensional energy dopplerography

Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors using the Doppler method is based on the fact that the blood supply of these tumors has its own peculiarities.The aim of the research is to study the nomograms of volumetric blood flow rates of the body and cervix of healthy women of different ages by means of three - dimensional angioplasty in search of differential diagnostic criteria for simple, proliferating leiomyoma and sarcoma of the uterus in the long term.Materials and methods. 157 practically healthy women were examined. The patients were divided into women of reproductive age, women in perimenopausal women and climacteric women. With the help of 3D uterine reconstruction using the energy mapping function and VOCAL (Virtual Organ Computer Aided Analysis), an objective assessment of the hemodynamics of the body and the cervix was performed by calculating the vascularization index (VI), which characterizes the percentage ratio of blood vessels to a certain extent tissues, blood flow index (FI), which characterizes the intensity of blood flow, which shows the volume of blood cells that move in the vessels at the time of the study and vascularization – flow index (VFI), which is an indicator of perfusion of the organ.Results. As a result, the nomograms of the volumetric blood flow (VI, FI, VFI) parameters of the uterus body were improved, and the nomograms of the volumetric blood flow (VI, FI, VFI) parameters of the cervix of healthy women were designed and the patterns of their changes depending on age were determined.The authors have established that the technique of three-dimensional echography-3D - reconstruction of the uterus in angiography with the use of the VOCAL option with the determination of volumetric blood flow parameters allows to objectively evaluate the degree of vascularization of the body and cervix of healthy women of all ages, preventing a subjective approach to assessing hemodynamics, which is present in the two-dimensional energy Doppler mapping mode.Conclusions. Based on the obtained results, the development of differential diagnostic criteria for benign, borderline and malignant tumors of myometrium with the determination of quantitative parameters of 3D – energy dopplerography will be based on the prospect, which will significantly increase the level of ultrasound diagnostics in gynecologic oncology and will allow to develop a rational tactic for treating patients