{"title":"Severe early childhood caries among young children and its association with behavioural factors: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.","authors":"Beenu Singh, Kalpana Bansal, Pavithra Devi K, Vijay Prakash Mathur, Nitesh Tewari, Renu Sharma","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_374_2022","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_374_2022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background Several risk factors have been associated with early childhood caries (ECC). However, conclusive data are not available about the socio-demographic and behavioural factors which are associated with severe ECC (S-ECC). We assessed the severity and pattern of ECC in young children. We also looked for association of S-ECC with various sociobehavioural risk factors in a hospital-based setting. Methods We included 200 children, 1-6 years old, who reported with dental caries to a paediatric dental outpatient in a tertiary care hospital. Information about socio-demographics and various behavioural factors was recorded in a structured proforma using an interview method. The American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD) criteria were used for categorizing children into ECC and severe ECC groups (S-ECC). Qualitative variables were analysed by chi-square test. Multiple logistic regression analysis was done to find the predictors of severe S-ECC. All statistical tests were done at a significance level of p<0.05. Results The majority of children (85%) had S-ECC and anterior-posterior (AP) caries pattern (77%). A significant association was found between the age of the child (p<0.001), absence of siblings (p=0.009), continuation of bottle feed or mother's milk till the age of reporting to the hospital (p=0.007), frequency of night-time feed (p=0.048) and S-ECC. Conclusions A continued habit of milk feed from bottle/mother till the time of dental visit seeking treatment and night time-feeds more than twice had a significant association with S-ECC.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"241-247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meiwei Ning, Aohong Xu, Rong Zeng, Jinruo Xue, Boda Wang, Xiang Liu
{"title":"The effect of overweight/obesity and FTO gene polymorphism on liver function-related parameters in Chinese adolescents.","authors":"Meiwei Ning, Aohong Xu, Rong Zeng, Jinruo Xue, Boda Wang, Xiang Liu","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_264_2022","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_264_2022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background Overweight/obesity is an important risk factor for liver disease, affecting changes in liver function-related parameters. The fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene has been reported to have a link between overweight/obesity and liver fat metabolism. We studied the association of FTO rs9939609 variants with liver function-related parameters and overweight/obesity in Chinese adolescents aged 16 to 26 as freshmen. Methods We examined rs9939609 polymorphisms in 198 control and 173 overweight/obese people, and the genotypes of the samples were analyzed by Sanger sequencing. We investigated the effects of FTO gene polymorphism on overweight/obesity and liver function-related parameters. Results The values of aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in overweight/obesity group were significantly higher than those in control group. The rs9939609 AA genotype increased the risk of overweight/obesity by 3.45 times independent of body mass index (BMI) compared with TT genotype, the rs9939609 (AA) genotype was significantly associated with AST and ALT. Conclusion FTO rs9939609 variants were associated with overweight/obesity and overweight/obesity has a significant influence on the increased liver function-related parameters. The rs9939609 (AA) positively correlated with AST and ALT levels. Overweight/obese patients should pay more attention to liver function-related parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"248-252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behnam Shakerian, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Gilda Estahbanaty
{"title":"Anomalous left atrial chordal attachment to the mitral valve: A very rare cause of mitral regurgitation.","authors":"Behnam Shakerian, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Gilda Estahbanaty","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_768_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_768_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Medical Journal of Goa: Arquivos de Escola Médico-Cirurgica de Nova Goa.","authors":"Sunil K Pandya","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_909_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_909_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"284-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bharadwaj Sai Satya Murthy Malla, Ananth Rupesh Kattamreddy
{"title":"A case for banning paraquat in India: A public health concern.","authors":"Bharadwaj Sai Satya Murthy Malla, Ananth Rupesh Kattamreddy","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_875_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_875_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"270-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of Family Adoption Program (FAP) in medical colleges of India: A snapshot.","authors":"Hemangini Kishor Shah, Shreya Sasmit Lotliker","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_256_2024","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_256_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"296-297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wild bee sting causing venous thromboembolism.","authors":"L I Zhang, Yukui Ma","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_883_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_883_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why DM and MCh seats are lying vacant?","authors":"Surajit Bhattacharya, Kaushik Bhattacharya","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_135_2024","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_135_2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With a large number of the DM and MCh Super specialty seats lying vacant after the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Super specialty (NEET-SS), the reason for such a decrease in seeking a super specialty degree needs a careful analysis. To streamline the quality of medical care in India we cannot afford to neglect super specialty training and loose some of them in days to come because of lack of student interest. The reasons were broadly medical treatment replacing the surgical interventions, doctors preferring independent practices instead of hospital dependent ones, super specialties that are physically less demanding and mentally less challenging, avoiding medicolegal or litigation prone high-risk specialties and selecting only those branches which are financially lucrative as well as have plenty of job opportunities with no state bond. The tendency is also to select a super specialty that is an 'end' branch with no further fellowship or training.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"275-277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elimination of tuberculosis in India: Accelerating to the Sustainable Development Goals targets.","authors":"Soumya Swaminathan","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_1496_2024","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_1496_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"237-240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News from here and there.","authors":"","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_37_5_299","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_37_5_299","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 5","pages":"299-300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}