5 results on '"Wissing, M"'
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2. Guidelines for the treatment and management of new-onset diabetes after transplantation
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Wilkinson, A, Davidson, J, Dotta, F, Home, Pd, Keown, P, Kiberd, B, Jardine, A, Levitt, N, Marchetti, Piero, Markell, M, Naicker, S, O'Connell, P, Schnitzler, M, Standl, E, Torregosa, Jv, Uchida, K, Valantine, H, Villamil, F, Vincenti, F, Wissing, M., and Clinical sciences
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surgical procedures, operative ,Cardiovascular diseases ,Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ,diabetes mellitus ,organ transplantation ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Journal Article ,Humans ,Review ,Immunosuppressive Agents - Abstract
Although graft and patient survival after solid organ transplantation have improved markedly in recent years, transplant recipients continue to experience an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population. A number of factors are known to impact on the increased risk of CVD in this population, including hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus. Of these factors, new-onset diabetes after transplantation has been identified as one of the most important, being associated with reduced graft function and patient survival, and increased risk of graft loss. In 2003, International Consensus Guidelines on New-onset Diabetes after Transplantation were published, which aimed to establish a precise definition and diagnosis of the condition and recommend management strategies to reduce its occurrence and impact. These updated 2004 guidelines, developed in consultation with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), extend the recommendations of the previous guidelines and encompass new-onset diabetes after kidney, liver and heart transplantation. It is hoped that adoption of these management approaches pre- and post-transplant will reduce individuals' risk of developing new-onset diabetes after transplantation as well as ameliorating the long-term impact of this serious complication.
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- 2005
3. Evaluation of the mental health continuum --short form (MHC-SF) in Setswana-speaking South Africans.
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Keyes CLM, Wissing M, Potgieter JP, Temane M, Kruger A, and van Rooy S
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A continuous assessment and a categorical diagnosis of the presence of mental health, described as flourishing, and the absence of mental health, characterized as languishing, is applied to a random sample of 1050 Setswana-speaking adults in the Northwest province of South Africa. Factor analysis revealed that the mental health continuum-short form (MHC-SF) replicated the three-factor structure of emotional, psychological and social well-being found in US samples. The internal reliability of the overall MHC-SF Scale was 0.74. The total score on the MHC-SF correlated 0.52 with a measure of positive affect, between 0.35 and 0.40 with measures of generalized self-efficacy and satisfaction with life, and between 0.30 and 0.35 with measures of coping strategies, sense of coherence, and community collective self-efficacy. The total score on the MHC-SF correlated -0.22 with the total score on the General Health Questionnaire. Criteria for the categorical diagnosis were applied, and findings revealed that 20% were flourishing, 67.8% were moderately mentally healthy, and 12.2% were languishing. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized two-continua model of mental health and mental illness found in the USA. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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4. Male recipients of kidneys from female donors are at increased risk of graft loss from both rejection and technical failure.
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Vereerstraeten, P, Wissing, M, De Pauw, L, Abramowicz, D, and Kinnaert, P
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KIDNEY transplantation , *TRANSPLANTATION immunology , *IMMUNOSUPPRESSION - Abstract
The aim of the present retrospective study was to uncover the factor(s) responsible for the poor outcome of cadaver kidney grafts from female donors in male recipients.The 741 transplantations performed at our center from August 1983 to September 1997 were distributed into four groups according to recipient and donor gender: female donor to female recipient (F to F: n=117), male donor to female recipient (M to F: n=172), female donor to male recipient (F to M: n=170), and male donor to male recipient (M to M: n=282). All the patients received immunosuppressive therapy based on corticosteroids and cyclosporine, associated or not with either azathioprine or prophylactic anti-lymphocyte globulin.Overall graft survival was lower in the F to M group than in the three other groups (p=0.009). Failures due to rejection were more frequent during the 1st post-transplant trimester in female than in male donor grafts, irrespective of recipient gender (p=0.025). All failures due to technical problems occurred during the first 3 months post-transplantation: they were more frequent in the F to M group than in the three other groups (p=0.040); this could be related to the older age of the donors in the former group. After the first post-transplant year, failures due to causes other than rejection remained low in the F to F group but increased steadily in the three other groups (p=0.007). Specific survival rates were not correlated with the time-evolution of mean serum creatinine values, daily doses and trough levels of cyclosporine in the four groups of grafts. In conclusion, the poor outcome of F to M grafts results from combined immunologic and technical factors exerting their effects early in the course of transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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5. Predictors of South African male testosterone levels: the THUSA study.
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Gray PB, Kruger A, Huisman HW, Wissing MP, and Vorster HH
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Analysis of Variance, Anthropometry, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, South Africa, Testosterone blood
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The process of urbanization occurring in many developing countries may have consequences for reproductive endocrine function. Here, we test predictions concerning variation in South African male testosterone levels among subgroups across an urbanization gradient representing differences in both geography and socioeconomic status. Subjects included 364 males aged between 20 and 82 comprising a cross-sectional study conducted between 1996 and 1998. Testosterone levels were measured from serum samples obtained between 08:00 and 11:00. In ANCOVA analysis, male testosterone levels differed significantly along this rural-to-urban gradient, with members of the most urban group having higher testosterone levels than groups of farmers and inhabitants of informal housing areas adjacent to towns. Testosterone levels declined with age and were negatively related to body mass index (BMI). Testosterone levels did not differ according to HIV status. Further exploratory ANCOVA analyses revealed that physical activity levels, depression, affect, and hostility were not significantly associated with variation in testosterone levels. These data help document causes of variation in male testosterone levels in a context of urbanization and may have implications for clinical outcomes such as the development of a male hormonal contraceptive or prostate cancer., (Am. J. Hum. Biol. 18:123-132, 2006. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2006
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