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To describe the baseline participant characteristics in the ASPREE-AMD study, investigating the effect of aspirin on AMD incidence and progression.

Australian participants from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial, randomized to 100mg aspirin daily or placebo, had non-mydriatic, digital color fundus images graded according to the Beckman AMD classification. Associations with AMD were determined for baseline characteristics and genetic risk variants.

ASPREE-AMD sub-study enrolled 4993 participants with gradable macular images. Median age was 73.4 years (IQR, 71.5, 76.6), 52% were female, 10% had diabetes mellitus, 73% had hypertension, and 44% were former/current smokers. Early, intermediate and late AMD (detected in 20.6%, 16.1%, 1.1%, respectively), significantly associated with age, were also associated with increasing HDL levels OR=1.52 (95%CI, 1.26, 1.84), OR=1.43 (1.17, 1.77) and OR=1.96 (1.02, 3.76), respectively. Female sex was associated with early [OR=1.37 (1.16, 1.62)], and intermediate [OR=1.35 (1.12, 1.63)] AMD, as was previous regular use of aspirin, with OR=1.46 (1.11, 1.92) and OR=1.37 (1.01, 1.85), respectively. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/lxs-196.html Current smoking had increased odds for late AMD, OR=4.02 (1.42, 11.36). Genetic risk variant rs3750846 (

) was associated with each AMD stage (

<0.001), risk variants rs570618 and rs10922109 (

with intermediate and late AMD (

<0.001), and rare variant rs147859257 (

) with late AMD (

<0.001). The randomized groups were well balanced for all analyzed AMD risk factors.

Observed associations are typical of AMD. The ASPREE-AMD clinical trial provides a unique opportunity to determine the risks and benefits of low-dose aspirin for AMD incidence and progression in elderly population.

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN 12613000755730.

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN 12613000755730.

Recent reports on catheter ablation for premature ventricular complex (PVC) or ventricular tachycardia in the context of cardiomyopathy suggest that ablation can improve cardiac function and decrease the number of PVCs. However, reports on exercise tolerance after catheter ablation for PVC are few.

A 56-year-old woman consulted her primary care doctor presenting with palpitations and fatigue on exertion. Her left ventricular systolic function had been normalized with medications after a diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy 5 years previously. Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm and ventricular bigeminy. Holter electrocardiography revealed a total of 34,867 PVCs. The highest number of consecutive PVCs recorded was three. In the cardiopulmonary exercise test, the peak oxygen consumption (VO

) was markedly reduced to 14 ml/kg/min. The patient was referred to our hospital for catheter ablation because pharmacotherapy was ineffective. PVCs originated from the left ventricular outflow tract and were successfully eliminated by ablation at the non-coronary cusp of the aortic valve using three-dimensional activation mapping with a CARTO system. The patient's symptoms on exertion improved immediately after ablation. Postoperative Holter electrocardiography revealed that the number of PVCs had decreased to one per day. Peak VO

had markedly improved to 22 ml/kg/min 2 months after catheter ablation therapy.

The elimination of frequent PVCs contributed to improved exercise tolerance.

The elimination of frequent PVCs contributed to improved exercise tolerance.Attachment insecurity and alexithymia are assumed as the probable causes of emotional dysregulation in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The present study was designed and conducted to examine the mediating role of alexithymia in the relationship between attachment styles and Borderline Personality Symptomatology (BPS). In this crosssectional study, 153 patients with BPD were selected using stratified random sampling among outpatients referring to the psychiatric clinics in three major cities of Iran. Also, they were evaluated through the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS- 20), Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and BPD Severity Index (BPDSI). On-way ANOVA and then Scheffé post-hoc analysis revealed that the scores of BPS and TAS-20, together with the scores of preoccupied, fearful, and dismissing styles, were higher in the alexithymia group, whereas the scores of secure style were greater in the non-alexithymia group. Furthermore, the results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that alexithymia mediated the association between secure, preoccupied, and fearful styles and BPS based on the model proposed by Baron and Kenny. Hence, modifying the alexithymia need to be a goal of psychotherapy. In this regard, changing the effects of the problematic attachment styles via increasing emotional awareness may be effective in modifying alexithymia and BPS.The attachment can be considered as a specific behavioral pattern that is critical to healthy growth in most communities. Medical students are exposed to high levels of psychological stress while being equipped with lower levels of resilience. This study aims to determine the relationship between attachment style and the quality of life of medical students. In this cross-sectional correlational study, 150 students of Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences in 2018 were selected based on convenience sampling with consideration of inclusion criteria. Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS) and Quality of life questionnaire (SF- 36) were used as data gathering scale. The data were analyzed with SPSS ver.19 using the Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression. The participants' mean quality of life score was 74.2 ± 16.7. In attachment style, 48.7% of the participants had secure attachment, 26.0% avoidant attachment, and 25.0% ambivalent attachment. The results of this study indicated a significant direct correlation between the quality of life scores and secure attachment style (p value less then 0.000). Also, there was a significant inverse correlation between the quality of life score and ambivalent attachment style (p value less then 0.000). Attachment style predicted students' quality of life. Moreover, the role of Attachment style highlighted potential areas for intervention to improve medical student well-being and provide a foundation for longitudinal follow-up.