Impact of atrial fibrillation detected by extended monitoring-A population-based cohort study.

Background: The clinical relevance of extended monitoring of AF in the general population is unclear. The study evaluated the detection of AF using transtelephonic electrocardiography and the clinical relevance of additional AF findings, especially with regard to stroke risk and mortality.

Methods: The data of 1678 volunteers participating in the tele-ECG-subproject of the Study of Health in Pomerania was evaluated.

Prevalence trends in lifestyle-related risk factors.

Background: The regional prevalence of risk factors can vary over time. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) addresses prevalence trends for common risk factors in a region in northeast Germany.

Methods: A longitudinal study was carried out from 1997 to 2001 (SHIP-0, with 4308 subjects), and a second, independent random sample of the population in the same region was studied from 2008 to 2012 (SHIP-Trend, with 4420 subjects).

Effects of different manual periodontal probes on periodontal measurements.

Aim: To quantify the digit preference effect for three manual periodontal probes and to calculate correction values to enable comparison of studies with equal recording protocols, but different periodontal probes.

Material And Methods: A prospective in vivo crossover study was conducted with a six-sequence three-period design. Six examiners assessed attachment loss (AL), probing pocket depth (PD) and gingiva height (GH) at four surfaces, full-mouth, in six generally healthy subjects using three manual probes: PCP11 (3-3-3-2 mm increments), PCP2 (2 mm increments), and PCPUNC15 (1 mm increments).

Subjects with sonographical hepatic steatosis should be excluded from studies to establish upper reference levels of serum transaminases.

Background And Aims: Correct upper reference limits (URL) of serum liver enzyme activities are used to select individuals in whom further diagnostic procedures for suspected liver disorders are warranted and to compare the prevalence and incidence of increased serum liver enzyme levels within and among populations. We sought to establish URL in a general adult population by not only generating a disease-free population but also further excluding subjects with ultrasonographical diagnosis of hepatic steatosis.

Methods: We used data from 4,242 subjects (2,154 women) aged 20-79 years recruited for the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania.

Low total testosterone is associated with increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in men: results from the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).

Objective: There is increasing evidence suggesting that low total testosterone concentration is associated with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in men. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between total testosterone and incident T2DM in a large population-based cohort.

Methods: Of 2117 men at baseline, 1589 were followed up 5 years later.