Predictors of knowledge level and awareness towards breast cancer among Turkish females.

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most-common malignancy of women worldwide. Though there are differences among developed and developing countries, BC remains the most common cancer type of women in Turkey.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the level of knowledge, awareness, and their potential predictors towards BC in Ankara, Turkey.

Predictors affecting breast self-examination practice among Turkish women.

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among females in Turkey. Predictors affecting the breast self-examination (BSE) performance vary in developing countries.

Objective: To determine the frequency of BSE performance and predictors of self-reported BSEs among women in the capital city of Turkey.

Relationship of cystatin C with coronary artery disease and its severity.

Objective: Cystatin C, which is an endogenous marker for renal function, is reported to be a novel marker for coronary atherosclerosis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate its role in determining the presence and also the severity of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).

Materials And Methods: Eighty-eight patients who underwent elective coronary angiography were enrolled in the study.

Distribution of psychiatric symptoms among young Turkish males and the relationship between these symptoms and socio-demographic characteristics.

Objective: Youth is a period during which individuals undergo rapid physical and psychological changes in their transition from childhood to adulthood. This study aimed to determine the psychological problems of young males from different socio-cultural backgrounds living in different cities of Turkey and to examine the socio-cultural factors possibly associated with these problems.

Methods: The study was conducted in six different cities in Turkey with the participation of 3655 young male adults.

Increased frequency of anxiety, depression, quality of life and sexual life in young hypogonadotropic hypogonadal males and impacts of testosterone replacement therapy on these conditions.

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is defined as the failure in production of gonadal hormones, thus resulting in lower amounts of testosterone. Depression, anxiety and decreased quality of life are the most common psychopathological conditions in young hypogonadal men. The aim of the present study was to assess the still debated relationship with testosterone levels and psychological symptoms in young male patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH).

The relationship of epicardial adipose tissue thickness to clinical and biochemical features in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

The amount of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), a component of body visceral adiposity, has been linked to the presence and severity of cardiovascular disease through multiple mechanisms. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by insulin resistance and subclinical inflammation, which participate in the mechanism of atherosclerosis. We searched if the patients with PCOS have increased EAT thickness (EATT), along with its relation to the measures of adiposity and insulin sensitivity.

High plasma level of long Pentraxin 3 is associated with insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objectives: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by insulin resistance. Chronic low-grade inflammation has been anticipated to play role in the pathogenesis of both insulin resistance and atherosclerosis. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is an inflammatory mediator synthesized in a variety of cells and tissues including heart, vascular endothelial cells, macrophages and adipocytes.

Evaluation of the isokinetic muscle strength, balance and anaerobic performance in patients with young male hypogonadism.

Hypogonadism is a clinical condition that occurs due to infrequent abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis in adolescence. Symptoms include weakening of muscle and bone strength. 30 young male patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) and 20 healthy young males were included in the present study.