Publications by authors named "R Sinnreich"
There is substantial public concern about the health risks of proximity to petrochemical industries. In the Haifa Bay Area (HBA), which contains Israel's densest industrial area, these concerns have been strengthened by elevated cancer mortality rates since the late 1960s. We studied the association between adolescent exposure to industrial air pollution in the HBA and adult-onset cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTotal testosterone (TT) is known to influence health and virility in men. Among men from United States and Europe, numerous sociodemographic and lifestyle factors were reported to be associated with TT. However, associations with TT and Leydig cell function in the Middle East are poorly described.
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- A study investigated the impact of Helicobacter pylori infection and atrophic gastritis on leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in 934 Arab residents of East Jerusalem, revealing H. pylori sero-positive individuals had longer LTL compared to sero-negative ones.* ! -
- Results showed that LTL decreases with age and is shorter in men; those with atrophic gastritis had significantly shorter LTL than those without.* ! -
- After adjusting for various factors, the study found that individuals with past H. pylori infections and atrophic gastritis experienced the most significant decrease in LTL, indicating a strong association between these conditions and telomere length.* !
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- The study aimed to explore the prevalence of atrophic gastritis, a condition linked to gastric cancer, in two populations: Jews and Arabs in Israel.
- Using serum tests on a sample of nearly 700 Jews and 950 Arabs, results showed that Arabs had a higher prevalence of atrophic gastritis (8.8%) compared to Jews (5.9%).
- The association with the CagA infection was different for each group, revealing that it increased the risk in Jews but decreased it in Arabs, and women were generally more affected than men.
Associations observed of Helicobacter pylori infection with haemoglobin levels are inconsistent. We examined associations of H. pylori sero-prevalence and serum pepsinogens (PGs), as non-invasive markers of atrophic gastritis, with haemoglobin levels.
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