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OBJECTIVES: These were to determine (1) whether there is a birth rank effect in eating disorders, and (2) whether all-female sibships are overrepresented in the families of those with eating disorders. METHOD: The study sample consisted of 293 female patients referred from a defined catchment area, the County of Leicester, United Kingdom, to an eating disorders clinic. Diagnoses were made using DSM-III and DSM-III-R. To discern birth rank effect, this core sample was expanded to one of 673 by adding published data sets to our own. RESULTS: No evidence for either effect was found. DISCUSSION: Biases which may have obscured genuine effects are discussed. A comment is made on the implication for family theories of causation of these negative findings.
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Anorexia Nervosa , Ordem de Nascimento , Bulimia , Relações entre Irmãos , Anorexia Nervosa/etiologia , Anorexia Nervosa/psicologia , Bulimia/etiologia , Bulimia/psicologia , Características da Família , Feminino , Humanos , Razão de MasculinidadeAssuntos
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Eutanásia/psicologia , Médicos , Humanos , África do Sul , Assistência TerminalRESUMO
A study of lower-extremity stress fractures is presented with emphasis placed on metatarsal stress fractures. The metatarsals were found to be the second most common site in the study. The study documents not only the number of metatarsal stress fractures found, but also the location within the affected metatarsal. Because stress fractures are a common problem, especially for the military recruit or athlete, metatarsal stress fractures can represent a common cause of metatarsalgia.
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Fraturas de Estresse/epidemiologia , Ossos do Metatarso/lesões , Humanos , Texas/epidemiologiaRESUMO
A comparison was made of mortality from all causes, and from ischaemic heart disease, in the six Australian capital cities, for the years 1970, 1971 and 1972. Both rates were significantly higher in Brisbane and Sydney than in the other cities. Ninety per cent of the excess deaths in Brisbane men, and a large part of the excess deaths in Brisbane women and Sydney people of both sexes, were due to coronary disease. There was no relationship between either total or coronary mortality, and water softness or its magnesium content. So far these differences are unexplained.