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Background: Unhealthy diet and cooking method used may infl uence the risk of breast cancer (BC), but there is only limited evidence with regard to benign breast disease (BBD). The aim of this study was to assess a relationship between cooking technique, especially fried to boiled meals ratio in the diet, and the risk of BC and BBD in a group of Polish women. Material and methods: A case-control study involving 34 BC cases, 81 BBD cases and 122 healthy controls was conducted between July 2007 and November 2011. All the women were asked about their nutritional habits, especially the way of preparing meat and fi sh dishes. Th en the ratio of fried to boiled meals was calculated. Results: High fried to boiled ratio was associated with increasing risk of BBD, but not BC. Women consuming fried dishes more oft en than boiled dishes had elevated risk of BBD: OR = 3.04 and OR = 3.65 for the second and the third tertile, respectively. Adjustment for the other confounders only slightly altered this relationship. Conclusion: Women who preferred frying as a cooking technique had increased risk of benign breast disease, but not breast cancer. Th ere is a need of more precise investigation to confi rm this association.
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Elżbieta Sochacka-Tatara
Agnieszka Pac
Marzena Florek
Paulina Rolska
Diana Hodorowicz-Zaniewska
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Temporomandibular disorders includes abnormalities of the masticatory muscles, temporo-mandibular joints and the surrounding structures. The aim of the study was to carry out a retrospective assessment of the frequency of the pain form of TMD based on the analysis of medical records of patients treated at the Prosthodontics Department at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Material and Methods: The study included the results of a medical history and a clinical examina-tion of patients, who came for consultation at the Prosthodontics Department at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, due to pain of the masticatory muscles or/and TMJ and painless symptom of TMD like limitation of the jaw movements and joints’ sounds. Out of all the analyzed results of the examination of treated patients, a group of patients with a painless and painful TMD was selected.
Results: The study involved the results of a detailed specialized functional examination of 334 patients (210 women and 124 men), ranging from 41 to 68 years. Analysis of the results of clinical examinations conducted in all patients revealed that 161 had the painless form — SG (99 women and 62 men) and 173 patients had the pain form of the TMD — CG (111 women and 62 men). In the CG 104 patients reported mostly pain in the masticatory muscles, while the remaining (69 patients) had a history of pain in one or simultaneously two TMJs.
Conclusion: The analysis of the patients forms allows to conclude that more than half of patients seeking help are patients with the painful form of the TMD and these abnormalities occur more frequently in women than in men.
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Authors and Affiliations

Małgorzata Pihut
1
Agnieszka Pac
2
Andrzej Gala
1

  1. Department of Prosthodontics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  2. Department of Epidemiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków Poland
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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components is a growing issue, including pediatric populations. However, because of many definitions used, it is difficult to assess the true fre-quency of these problems.
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of MetS and its components as well as the frequency of problems with inadequate nutritional status among adolescents.
One hundred ninety-six teenagers aged 15–18 years, living in Krakow and its vicinity were examined including measurement of blood pressure, anthropometric parameters and blood levels of cholesterol and glucose.
The prevalence of MetS was low and varied from 0.5% to 2.0% depending on the definition. Based on Cook’s definition of MetS, the most common components were hypertension (12.8%) and hypertriglycer-idemia (12.8%). Improper body weight (based on BMI) was found in 23.5% of adolescents, including 5.1% underweight, and 18.4% overweight or obese. According to the body fat percentage (BF%), 45.8% of the boys were underfat and 6.3% had too much body fat, while only 4% of the girls were below the BF% reference values and 15% above. All girls and 86.5% of boys had too low total body water. In conclusion, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in population of Krakow adolescents was relatively low, but more than 12% of the adolescents had a hypertension or hypertriglyceridemia. Based on BMI most of adolescents were found to have adequate body weight, but examination of fat content in the body high prevalence of underfat was observed, especially among boys.
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Authors and Affiliations

Agnieszka Ostromęcka
1
Elżbieta Sochacka-Tatara
1
Agnieszka Pac
1

  1. Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Introduction: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) is an instru-ment that assesses the educational environment.
Aim: The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate a Polish version of the DREEM instrument.
Material and Methods: 203 medical students who fully completed the DREEM questionnaire were included in the study. Validity was evaluated through the analysis of construct validity and reliability.
Results: After language validation the internal consistency was assessed. Cronbach’s alpha for the overall score was 0.93 and the five subscales were: perceptions of learning 0.86, perceptions of teachers 0.82, perceptions of atmosphere 0.75, academic self-perceptions 0.61, and social-self perceptions 0.61. The exploratory factor analyses, however, yielded dimensions that did not fully correspond to the original DREEM subscales.
Conclusions: Internal consistency of the Polish version of the DREEM scale as a whole was excellent, however for each of five originally developed subscales it was lower and vary a lot; construct validity of Polish version was not compatible with the original structure of the DREEM scale but was reasonable. A new five-factor solution obtained in this study could be a reliable tool for assessing the medical education environment in the Polish circumstances, but it will require confirmation in future study.
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Authors and Affiliations

Dorota Zawiślak
1
Kamila Żur-Wyrozumska
1
Mariusz Habera
1
Karolina Skrzypiec
1
Agnieszka Pac
2
Grzegorz Cebula
1

  1. Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  2. Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

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