Triglyceride Can Predict the Discordance between QCT and DXA Screening for BMD in Old Female Patients.

Purpose: This study is aimed at exploring which indicator can predict the discordance between DXA and QCT.

Methods: 192 female patients who took BMD screening tests by QCT and DXA were recruited, and the biomarkers were analyzed to study the relationship between the biomarkers and the discordance of two BMD screening methods.

Results: There are 42, 78, and 72 female patients in the normal, osteopenia, and osteoporosis groups defined by DXA and 6, 54, and 132 female patients in the corresponding group defined by QCT.

Different Re-centrifugation Conditions for Infectious Disease Screening Using the Abbott I2000.

We investigated whether an ordinary centrifuge can achieve the standard centrifugal effect required according to specifications for infectious disease screening using the Abbott i2000. Samples were collected and centrifuged following a standard operating procedure (SOP). They were then divided into three groups according to the results of the initial screening tests: a negative group, weak-positive group, and positive group.

Inhibitory Effect of Vaginal Lactobacillus Supernatants on Cervical Cancer Cells.

Lactobacilli have been shown to inhibit the proliferation of several types of cancer cells, but the effects of vaginal Lactobacilli on cervical cancer cells have seldom been reported. We incubated Caski cells with supernatants of predominant strains in the vagina and investigated their effects on cell growth and the possible mechanisms. Cell-free supernatants of Lactobacillus crispatus, L.

Preferable procedure for the screening of syphilis in clinical laboratories in China.

Background: With the rapid expansion of infectious syphilis all over the world, optimal procedures for screening syphilis are urgently required. Conventional methods for the diagnosis of syphilis are time- and labor-consuming. We compared automated chemiluminescent micro-particle immunoassay (CLIA) with conventional methods to verify whether CLIA is feasible for syphilis screening.

Quantification of Atopobium vaginae loads may be a new method for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis.

Background: Traditional methods for the diagnosis of BV is either with poor sensitivity or poor specificity. Thus, establishing a new method based on the vaginal flora is vital for the diagnosis of BV.

Methods: This article is a retrospective research.

Chemokine CXC Ligand 16 serum concentration but not A181V genotype is associated with atherosclerotic stroke.

Background: Serum chemokine CXC Ligand 16 (CXCL16) concentration is associated with atherosclerosis and CXCL16 expression may be influenced by the polymorphism, A181V. We established whether serum CXCL16 concentration or the A181V genotype is more strongly associated with atherosclerotic stroke and its associated risk factor, carotid atherosclerosis.

Methods: PCR-RFLP was used to genotype 244 atherosclerotic stroke patients (AS group), 153 stroke-free controls (patient controls) and 167 healthy controls.