Serum Ferritin Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Red Meat Consumption.

Background And Aims: Hyperferritinemia has been related with a wide spectrum of pathologies, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, and metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between hyperferritinemia and iron consumption.

Methods And Results: Serum ferritin concentration was evaluated in 66 presumed healthy men, along with other clinical and biochemical markers of chronic diseases.

Single vs. double phototherapy in the treatment of full-term newborns with nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of single (1 panel) vs. double (2 panels) phototherapy in reducing nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia in term newborns.

Methods: Term newborns with hyperbilirubinemia were prospectively randomized to receive double or single phototherapy.

Genetic epidemiology of cholesterol cholelithiasis among Chilean Hispanics, Amerindians, and Maoris.

Background & Aims: The etiology of cholesterol gallstones is multifactorial, with interactions of genes and the environment. The hypothesis that aborigine cholesterol lithogenic genes are widely spread among Chileans, a population with a high prevalence of gallstones, was tested.

Methods: Medical history and anthropometric measurements were obtained and abdominal ultrasonography was performed in 182 Mapuche Indians, 225 Maoris of Easter Island, and 1584 Hispanics.