Allergic conditions in 5-8-year-old Maltese schoolchildren: prevalence, severity, and associated risk factors [ISAAC].

Allergic conditions, especially asthma, seem to be increasingly common worldwide. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) was the first study carried out worldwide using standardized questionnaires in order to create a reliable global map of childhood allergy. The Maltese Islands were one of the centres that participated in this study and in this article the data obtained from 3,506 5-8-year-old children from 24 state schools (78.

Absence of circadian variation in the onset of acute myocardial infarction in diabetic subjects.

Objectives: To investigate the circadian pattern of acute myocardial infarction in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients and to compare it with that of controls.

Background: Previous studies have shown that there is a circadian variation in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction, but there are few data on diabetic subjects.

Methods: A hospital based prospective case-control study.

Factors that influence outcome in diabetic subjects with myocardial infarction.

Objective: To compare the outcome of acute myocardial infarction in NIDDM patients and nondiabetic control subjects. The relation of glycemic control, duration of diabetes, and major diabetic complications to the outcome of acute myocardial infarction in diabetic subjects was investigated.

Research Design And Methods: This was a prospective, hospital-based, case-control study.