Bone mineral density in Kuwaiti patients with end-stage renal disease.

Objective: This study compared an ethnically uniform group of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) Kuwaiti patients with a control group of healthy Kuwaiti subjects, in terms of their bone mineral density (BMD) and anthropometric measurements.

Subjects And Methods: Included in the study were 94 males and 129 females with a mean age of 48 ± 10 years. Forty-five males and 53 females had ESRD.

Bone mineral density in premenopausal Arab women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Introduction: This study compares an ethnically uniform group of premenopausal type 2 diabetic (T2DM) Arab women with a matched control group of nondiabetic subjects, in terms of their bone mineral density (BMD) and anthropometric measurements.

Methods: The study included 252 premenopausal Arab women. Their age ranged from 26 to 50 yr with a mean+/-SD of 43.

A comparison of myocardial perfusion gated SPECT studies obtained at rest and after stress.

Objective: To perform a comparison between post-stress and rest gated single-photon emission computer tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) studies to assess post-stress stunning and the variables underlying this phenomenon.

Subjects And Methods: This was a prospective study of 318 consecutive adult patients undergoing stress and rest gated SPECT using a 2-day (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin protocol. Bruce protocol treadmill stress (n = 93) or i.