Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-29DOI: 10.5603/gpl.98199
Şeyma Aykut, Ömer Şevgin
{"title":"Effect of video-based exercise on premenstrual symptoms: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Şeyma Aykut, Ömer Şevgin","doi":"10.5603/gpl.98199","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.98199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aims to investigate the impact of Pilates exercises on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms, perceived stress levels, and pain intensity.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Forty-six women with PMS participated in this study and were assigned to the intervention and control groups based on their willingness to participate. The intervention group undertook Pilates practices via video recording twice a week for 8 weeks, while the control group did not engage in regular exercise during the same period. PMS symptoms were assessed using the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS), premenstrual stress levels were evaluated using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and premenstrual pain levels were assessed using the McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) at both the beginning and end of the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant difference observed in the PMSS, PSS and MPQ evaluations of the intervention group following their participation in Pilates practices (p < 0.05). Conversely, no significant difference was observed in the PMSS, PSS and MPQ evaluations of the control group at the end of the study (p > 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in PMSS evaluation (p > 0.05) at the end of the study. However, a statistically significant difference was detected in PSS and MPQ evaluations (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Pilates exercise can affectively decrease the perceived stress level and pain severity in PMS affected women. This study highlights the efficacy of Pilates for physiotherapists in PMS symptom reduction. Moreover, the implementation of a self-guided video-based home exercise program could provide patients with practical and time-efficient alternatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"102-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142523953","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-01-15DOI: 10.5603/gpl.96519
Izabela Uzar, Anna Bogacz, Elzbieta Sowinska-Przepiera, Anhelli Syrenicz, Adam Kaminski, Marlena Wolek, Boguslaw Czerny
{"title":"Assessment of the impact of VDR polymorphisms on selected hormonal, metabolic and mineral balance markers in young women with hyperandrogenism.","authors":"Izabela Uzar, Anna Bogacz, Elzbieta Sowinska-Przepiera, Anhelli Syrenicz, Adam Kaminski, Marlena Wolek, Boguslaw Czerny","doi":"10.5603/gpl.96519","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.96519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Hyperandrogenism is a frequently recognized endocrine imbalance in which there is excessive production of androgens. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms on chosen bone metabolism and biochemical parameters in women with hyperandrogenism.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Eighty young females with hyperandrogenism were enrolled in the study, in whom selected parameters of bone turnover, endocrine and metabolic parameters were determined. Two polymorphisms of the VDR gene were analyzed: rs731236 (TaqI) and rs1544410 (BsmI), using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Statistical tests were performed in this research with the program SPSS Statistics 17.0 for Windows.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The rs731236 and rs1544410 polymorphisms of the VDR gene turned out to be statistically significantly related to the concentration of insulin determined in the 60 'glucose tolerance test. There was no relationship between the studied polymorphisms of the VDR gene and the determined parameters of bone metabolism and other biochemical parameters.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The research presented that VDR gene variants may influence disturbances in carbohydrate metabolism in young women with hyperandrogenism.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"109-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985797","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-16DOI: 10.5603/gpl.95298
Lin Chen, Jie Jiang, Yong Tian
{"title":"Expression and diagnostic value of lncRNA HCG18 in gestational diabetes mellitus.","authors":"Lin Chen, Jie Jiang, Yong Tian","doi":"10.5603/gpl.95298","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.95298","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the first type of diabetes induced by abnormal maternal glucose metabolism after pregnancy. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has been found to be of great value in the study of its pathogenesis and treatment. This study aimed to explore the expression and diagnostic value of lncRNA HCG18 in GDM.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The expression levels of HCG18 in serum of participating GDM patients and healthy controls were detected by polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The correlation between the expression of HCG18 and the blood glucose level was clarified by the detection of blood glucose levels in GDM patients. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to evaluate the clinical diagnostic value of HCG18 for GDM. Furthermore, multivariate logistic analysis was used to verify the diagnostic value of HCG18 in GDM.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study concluded that the expression level of HCG18 was upregulated in the serum of GDM patients compared with the control group. ROC curve showed that the AUC was 0.916, the sensitivity was 80.5%, the specificity was 90.2%, and multivariate logistic regression analysis verified that HCG18 (OR = 6.984, 95% CI = 3.751-13.005, p < 0.001) was significantly associated with GDM, which suggesting that HCG18 has diagnostic significance for GDM. In addition, the expression of HCG18 was positively correlated with fasting blood glucose, 1h blood glucose and 2 h blood glucose of patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>LncRNA HCG18 was elevated in patient serum and might serve as a diagnostic biomarker for GDM.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41242548","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-29DOI: 10.5603/gpl.102668
Katarzyna Zych-Krekora, Oskar Sylwestrzak, Milena Skibinska, Maciej Ziebakowski, Michal Krekora
{"title":"ADAM 12 as a prognostic factor of pregnancy induced hypertension - preliminary study.","authors":"Katarzyna Zych-Krekora, Oskar Sylwestrzak, Milena Skibinska, Maciej Ziebakowski, Michal Krekora","doi":"10.5603/gpl.102668","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.102668","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"230-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142752657","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-16DOI: 10.5603/gpl.96199
Hongjuan Yang, Dongmei Gao, Xinping Yu, Chang Wang, Xiangkun Li
{"title":"Construction and validation of a histone-related gene signature for the diagnosis of endometriosis.","authors":"Hongjuan Yang, Dongmei Gao, Xinping Yu, Chang Wang, Xiangkun Li","doi":"10.5603/gpl.96199","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.96199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Endometriosis is a common chronic disease in childbearing women and a major cause of infertility. Our study aimed to identify and validate a novel gene signature for diagnosing endometriosis based on histone-related genes (HRGs), and to investigate their biological functions in endometriosis.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>RNA sequence data were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database, and HRGs were retrieved from the GeneCards database. We identified differentially expressed genes using the limma package, and constructed a diagnostic model using the rms package. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analyses were performed for visualization, annotation, and integrated discovery. Subsequently, we validated the model using the recall and decision curve analysis (DCA). Additionally, we analyzed the immune microenvironment features using CIBERSORT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 18 differentially expressed HRGs were identified in patients with endometriosis compared with controls. GO and KEGG enrichment was mainly in spindle organization, positive regulation of the cell cycle process, progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation, and cellular senescence and cell cycle. We obtained a signature of four HRGs (JUNB, FRY, LMNB1, and SPAG1). DCA revealed that the diagnostic model benefits patients with endometriosis, regardless of the incidence. CIBERSORT analysis showed that the number of plasma cells increased significantly in endometriosis samples from all four datasets.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings provide novel insights into the function of HRGs in the development of endometriosis and identify a new signature of four HRGs that may serve as valuable diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"22-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484021","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-16DOI: 10.5603/gpl.99622
Daniel Lipka, Gabriela Wilczynska-Postek, Magdalena Kolak, Andrzej Jaworowski, Hubert Huras
{"title":"Uterus-preserving treatment of placenta accreta spectrum in the first pregnancy.","authors":"Daniel Lipka, Gabriela Wilczynska-Postek, Magdalena Kolak, Andrzej Jaworowski, Hubert Huras","doi":"10.5603/gpl.99622","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.99622","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"225-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484112","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.5603/gpl.95221
Artur Skowyra, Lidia Korczynska, Jakub Kociuba, Sylwia Szczesniewska, Michal Ciebiera
{"title":"A case of a patient at reproductive age with BRCA2 and CHEK2 mutations and multiple uterine fibroids.","authors":"Artur Skowyra, Lidia Korczynska, Jakub Kociuba, Sylwia Szczesniewska, Michal Ciebiera","doi":"10.5603/gpl.95221","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.95221","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"228-229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607677","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.5603/gpl.101957
Chun Yang, Liulan Qian, Qiucheng Jia, Hao Mao
{"title":"Comparison of the efficacy and safety of dinoprostone and double-balloon catheters in cervical ripening: a propensity score matching retrospective study.","authors":"Chun Yang, Liulan Qian, Qiucheng Jia, Hao Mao","doi":"10.5603/gpl.101957","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.101957","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The methods of prompting cervical ripening (CR) include mechanical and pharmacological approaches. The former seems safer. However, this superiority may change with the application of a new labor curve. Therefore, we aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of dinoprostone and double-balloon catheters (DBC) in promoting CR in induction of labor (IOL).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A total of 877 primipara women with Bishop score ≤ 6 were divided into the dinoprostone group (n = 502) and DBC group (n = 375) according to the IOL way. The women in the dinoprostone group received dinoprostone to perform IOL, while those in the DBC group received DBC to perform IOL. The natural birth rate, time to labor onset and birth, and maternal and neonatal complications were compared between the two groups. A propensity score match (PSM) was used to eliminate the selection bias.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 516 cases were left after PSM (1:1) to Bishop score. The dinoprostone was associated with an improved Bishop score. However, there were no significant differences in the vaginal delivery rate, the stage of labor, and the time from ripening to labor onset and delivery between the two groups (p > 0.05). The incidence rates of puerperal infection and blood loss were notably higher in the DBC group than in the dinoprostone group (p < 0.05). However, there was no statistical difference in the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage between the two groups (p > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Dinoprostone is associated with a lower puerperal infection rate and improved Bishop score in IOL without an increased success rate of vaginal delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"161-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607685","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":"Effects of aerobic vs combined aerobic and resistance exercise training on maternal glucose metabolism, sympathetic nervous system control and cardiovascular hemodynamics in women with overweight/obesity during pregnancy.","authors":"Xiaolei Wang, Meifeng Zheng, Shuangmei Qin, Yimei Li, Huifang Xu","doi":"10.5603/gpl.102215","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.102215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to identify the effects of acute aerobic exercise combined with resistance exercise on maternal glucose metabolism and sympathetic nervous system-regulated cardiovascular function in overweight or obese pregnancies.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We conducted a randomized controlled trial of aerobic exercise combined with resistance training (aerobic + resistance; n = 25) compared with aerobic exercise (aerobic, n = 21) beginning at 16 wk and continuing until 36 wk of gestation in overweight or obese pregnant women. At preintervention and postintervention assessments, the glycometabolism, muscle sympathetic nervous system activity (MSNA) and cardiovascular parameters were measured and analyzed, containing fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting blood insulin (FBI), 2 h glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), MSNA bursts/min, MSNA bursts/100 heartbeats, resting heart rate (HR); diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), cardiac index (CI), cardiac output (CO), stroke volume (SV), total peripheral resistance (TPR) and total peripheral resistance index (TPRI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to aerobic group, the overweight or obese pregnant women in aerobic + resistance group showed lower FBG, FBI, 2 h glucose, HbA1c and HOMA-IR (p < 0.05). Moreover, both MSNA bursts/min and MSNA burst/100 heartbeats level were reduced in aerobic + resistance group compared to aerobic group (p < 0.0001). Finally, the resting HR, DBP, SBP, MAP, CI, CO and TPRI were significantly decreased in aerobic + resistance group compared to aerobic group (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In summary, aerobic exercise combined with resistance training was associated with improved glycometabolism, MSNA and cardiovascular function in overweight or obese pregnant women compared to aerobic exercise alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"184-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191636","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}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-02-04DOI: 10.5603/gpl.100750
Svetlana Yasenova Shumarova, Anton Gospodinov Koichev, Tsvetelina Mihaylova, Vesela Karamisheva
{"title":"Hernias and pregnancy - when and how to manage?","authors":"Svetlana Yasenova Shumarova, Anton Gospodinov Koichev, Tsvetelina Mihaylova, Vesela Karamisheva","doi":"10.5603/gpl.100750","DOIUrl":"10.5603/gpl.100750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hernia is a well-known problem by almost every surgeon, often showing symptoms during pregnancy. There are a lot of discussions regarding the tactics of treating hernias in pregnancy. For this purpose, we made a detailed review of the literature data in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, as well as an additional article found in the references of each reviewed article and analysed it synthesized to give a guideline for fast and correct treatment. The approach is strictly individualized and depends on two main and important factors: the state of emergency and the gestational week of the pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":94021,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":" ","pages":"214-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191638","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}