Pain Trajectories and Predictors: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study of Women With Vulvodynia

IntroductionA significant proportion of women report a reduction of symptoms over time—even without treatment—yet the natural progression of vulvodynia and which factors may explain decrease vs persistence of pain remain unclear.AimTo identify subgroups of pain trajectories in women with vulvodynia and to predict these different trajectories by treatments undertaken, pain characteristics, and psychosocial factors.MethodsData on pain intensity, treatments undertaken, pain characteristics, and psychosocial factors were collected 3 times over a 7-year period from 173 women who screened positive for vulvodynia. Latent class growth analysis was conducted to identify homogeneous subgroups with distinct pain trajectories. A multivariate binomial logistic regression was used to examine whether treatments, pain characteristics, and psychosocial factors predicted these trajectories.Main Outcome MeasureThe main outcome was pain intensity (0–10), measured at 3 time points with the numerical rating scale.Results2 pain trajectories were identified: 1 where pain persisted (28.9%), and 1 where pain decreased over time (71.1%). Whether a treatment had been undertaken was not predictive of the course of pain over time. Women who were older at first pain onset, had pain at another location than the entrance of the vagina, and reported more anxiety were more likely to have a persistent pain trajectory relative to the decreased pain trajectory.Clinical ImplicationsFindings suggest that the evolution of pain differs among women with vulvodynia depending on pain characteristics and anxiety.Strengths & LimitationsStrengths of the study include the 7-year longitudinal design to examine the natural history of provoked vestibulodynia and the inclusion of biopsychosocial factors as predictors of pain trajectories. However, women with major medical and psychiatric illnesses or deep dyspareunia were not included, and, thus, these factors could not be examined as predictors.ConclusionAssessing baseline characteristics associated with different pain trajectories during medical visits could have positive implications for the management of vulvodynia.Pâquet M, Vaillancourt-Morel M-P, Jodouin J-F, et al. Pain Trajectories and Predictors: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study of Women With Vulvodynia. J Sex Med 2019;16:1606–1614.     

校友资源在高校大学生创新创业教育发展中的情况调查研究

为研究校友资源在高校大学生创新创业教育发展中情况,采用个案调查方法对校友资源在大学生创新创业教育发展中情况进行调查,调查内容涉及影响大学生创新创业意识、动机、教育培养、校友资源运用等多个方面,调查结果运用SPASS软件进行统计分析,最后从高校校友资源角度对高校大学生创新创业发展提出意见建议,以期为高校校友资源在高校创新创业教育发展中提供借鉴和参考。     

非活动性结核性胸膜炎与活动性结核性胸膜炎的CT扫描影像特征分析

目的: 探讨非活动性结核性胸膜炎与活动性结核性胸膜炎CT扫描影像表现。方法: 对2012年6月1日至2021年3月30日在首都医科大学附属北京胸科医院就诊的单纯非活动性结核性胸膜炎患者68例和同期活动性结核性胸膜炎44例的CT扫描影像表现进行比较。结果: (1) 68例非活动性结核性胸膜炎患者 CT扫描影像表现中胸膜粘连62例(91.2%),胸膜有钙化者28例(41.2%),叶间裂受累22例(32.4%),胸腔积液12例(17.6%),包裹性胸腔积液8例(11.8%)。(2)44例活动性结核性胸膜炎患者CT扫描影像表现中胸膜粘连30例(68.2%),未见胸膜钙化,叶间裂受累32例(72.7%),胸腔积液43例(97.7%),包裹性胸腔积液26例(59.1%)。(3)非活动性与活动性结核性胸膜炎CT扫描影像比较:胸膜粘连、胸膜钙化发生率高,差异均有统计学意义(χ²=9.630,P=0.002;χ²=23.737,P=0.000);叶间裂受累、胸腔积液、包裹性胸腔积液的发生率低,差异均有统计学意义(χ²=12.692,P=0.000;χ²=68.548,P=0.000;χ²=28.301,P=0.000)。结论: 非活动性结核性胸膜炎的CT扫描影像与活动性结核性胸膜炎比较胸膜粘连、胸膜钙化的发生率高,胸腔积液、包裹性胸腔积液、叶间裂受累的发生率低。识别非活动性和活动性结核性胸膜炎的CT扫描影像特点,对患者临床治疗有指导意义。     

Influence of Genetic Variation in the C-Reactive Protein Gene on the Inflammatory Response During and After Acute Coronary Ischemia

The aim of this research was to assess whether common genetic variants within the C-reactive protein gene ( CRP ) are related to the degree of acute rise in plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). While polymorphisms within CRP are associated with basal CRP levels in healthy men and women, less is known about the relationship of such genetic variants and the degree of CRP rise during and after acute ischemia. Plasma CRP is associated with increased rates of recurrent coronary events. We evaluated seven common genetic variants within CRP and assessed their relationship to the degree of rise in CRP levels immediately following an acute coronary syndrome in 1827 European American patients. Variants in the putative promoter region, −757T > C and −286C > T > A, were associated with the highest CRP elevations after ACS. Patients with two copies of the A allele of SNP −286C > T > A had median CRP values of 76.6 mg/L, compared to 11.1 mg/L in patients with no copies of the rare variant (p-value <0.0001), post ACS. The lowest CRP values were found for patients with minor alleles of the exonic 1059G > C and the 3'untranslated region 1846G > A SNPs. For example, patients homozygous for the minor allele of 1059G > C had 71% lower median CRP values than those homozygous for the major allele [3.5 vs 12.0 mg/L, p < 0.0001]. These trends persisted in the chronic stable phase after ischemia had resolved, and after adjustment for infarct size by peak creatinine kinase levels and clinical status by Killip class. Assessment of CRP genetic variants identified patients with higher and lower CRP elevation after acute coronary syndrome.     

Testing for familial aggregation of functional traits

In a genetic epidemiology study of a trait, prior to collecting genotype data the foremost task is to test for familial aggregation and examine heritability. Recently, functional traits have drawn attentions from investigators. Here, to test for familial aggregation of a functional trait in the family studies, a test constructed based on the leading functional principal component of heritability, which is a summary measure of temporal genetic variation in a functional trait, is proposed. The p‐value of the test can be approximated by a permutation procedure given the family structure. The asymptotic distribution of the test statistic is derived. Simulations are carried out to examine the size and the power of the test. The proposed methods are applied to the total cholesterol data in the Framingham Heart Study. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

雌二醇对不同性质的乳腺原代细胞增殖影响的体外研究

目的了解在体外条件下不同浓度的雌二醇对不同性质的乳腺组织原代细胞增殖的影响。方法用胶原酶消化法获取乳腺癌患者的各类乳腺组织原代细胞，并用MTT法检测乳腺癌组织、癌旁组织和正常乳腺组织原代细胞在体外培养下，给予不同浓度雌二醇时细胞的生长增殖情况。结果雌激素在体外对雌激素受体（ER）表达阳性的乳腺癌组织及癌旁组织原代细胞有明显的刺激生长作用；对正常乳腺组织细胞的促生长作用相对较弱，而且与肿瘤组织的ER表达情况无关。结论当体内的雌二醇水平≥10μmol／L时，乳腺癌的发病风险和复发风险会显著增加。     

大气中不同粒径颗粒物诱导人羊膜FL细胞UDS的研究

本研究以诱导人羊膜细胞ＵＤＳ为指标，对太原市大气不同粒径的颗粒物提取液进行了致突变性检验，结果表明，不同粒径颗粒物的提取液均可产生一定的遗传毒性，尤以３．３μｍ以下的颗粒物的遗传毒性较强。     

密闭液性环境干燥环境下供皮区创面愈合的比较研究

目的比较研究密闭液性环境和干燥环境下供皮区创面的愈合过程. 方法 1996年7月～1997年3月以13例成人断层供皮区创面为研究对象,其中男9例,女4例,年龄20～50岁,创面面积(100～400) cm2,取皮深度中厚,约0.44 mm.同一个创面分为实验组(密闭液性环境)和对照组(干燥环境),采用自身对照法.应用大体、组织学及电镜观察等方法进行观察. 结果密闭液性环境下创面愈合较快,创面组织中成纤维细胞较早活跃、且持续时间较长,再血管化和再上皮化均较早和较快发生. 结论密闭液性环境下创面愈合较快,与组织修复细胞较为活跃、再血管化和再上皮化较快发生有关.     

宣威昆明两地肺癌ras基因表达及突变的比较研究

目的 :比较ras基因在宣威、昆明两地肺癌中遗传变异的差异性 .方法 :采用免疫组化染色和PCR -SSCP -DNA直接测序技术 ,对 4 5例宣威地区肺癌和 4 5例昆明地区肺癌石蜡包埋组织标本中ras蛋白的表达及k -ras基因 12密码子突变进行检测 .结果 :5 5例 (5 5 / 90 )ras蛋白表达阳性 ,其中宣威肺癌组 31例 ,昆明肺癌组 2 4例 ,2 8例 (2 8/ 90 )检测到k -ras基因 12密码子突变 .对ras基因在两组肺癌中的表达及突变进行比较分析表明 :ras蛋白表达及k -ras基因 12密码子突变在宣威肺癌组中高于昆明肺癌组 ,但差异无统计学意义 (P >0 0 5 ) ,ras蛋白在Ⅰ期肺癌病例以及腺癌病例中的表达 ,宣威肺癌组均高于昆明肺癌组 ,差异有统计学意义 (P =0 0 4 5 ,χ2 =4 5 72 ,P =0 0 32 ) .结论 :ras基因的激活是肺癌发生过程中常见的分子生物学事件 ;宣威地区肺癌与昆明地区肺癌相比 ,ras蛋白在Ⅰ期病例以及腺癌病例中的表达存在着差异 .k -ras基因 12密码子在宣威地区肺癌中的突变与昆明地区肺癌相比无明显特异性