ISSN 0954-6820 Volume 261 2007 Journal of INTERNAL MEDICINE VOLUME CONTENTS Editor-in-Chief: U. de Faire Editors: J. Anderson B. Angelin B. Fagrell S. Ljunghall Dy Blackwell Publishing Published by Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Publishing Ltd 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK Blackwell Publishing Inc. Commerce Place, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA Blackwell Publishing Asia Ltd 550 Swanston Street, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia Blackwell Verlag Kurftirstendamm 58, D-10707 Berlin, Germany Blackwell Munksgaard 1, Rosenorns Alle, P.O. Box 227, DK-1502 Copenhagen V, Denmark Japan/Blackwell Publishing Asia, Tokyo Office, SF, GS Chiyoda Building, 3-1 1—14 lidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0072, Japan Blackwell Publishing Professional 2121 State Avenue, Ames, IA SO014—8300, USA © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 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Aperia Evidence for airway surface dehydration as NO. 2, February 2007 the initiating event in CF airway disease R. C. Boucher SYMPOSIUM: IT IS ALL ABOUT INFECTION Polycystic kidney disease: genes, proteins, animal models, disease mechanisms and Introduction therapeutic opportunities S. Britton V. E. Torres & P. C. Harris Is susceptibility to tuberculosis acquired or Active sugar transport in health and disease inherited? E. M. Wright, B. A. Hirayama & D. F. Loo E. Schurr New roles for an old enzyme: Na,K-ATPase [s susceptibility to severe infection in emerges as an interesting drug target low-income countries inherited or acquired? A. Aperia P. Aaby Regulation and dysregulation of aquaporins A dendritic cell-based vaccine for treating in water balance disorders HIV infection: background and preliminary S. Nielsen, T.-H. Kwon, J. Frokier & P. Agre results J. M. Andrieu & W. Lu ORIGINAL ARTICLES Temporal trends in the incidence of HIV Glomerular filtration rate as measured by infection in antenatal clinic attendees serum cystatin C is an important in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1995-2003 determinant of plasma homocysteine and D. Wolday, H. Meles, E. Hailu, T. Messele, serum methylmalonic acid in the elderly Y. Mengistu, M. Fekadu, B. S. Parekh C. Lewerin, S. Ljungman & H. Nilsson-Ehle & T. Wuhib The association between the proximal ORIGINAL ARTICLES extension of the clot and the severity of pulmonary embolism (PE): a proposal for a The association between fibrinogen new radiological score for PE haplotypes and myocardial infarction in W. Ghanima, M. Abdelnoor, L. O. Holmen, men is partly mediated through pleiotropic B. E. Nielssen & P. M. Sandset effects on the serum IL-6 concentration M. N. Mannila, P. Eriksson, K. Leander, Haemorheological, platelet and endothelial B. Wiman, U. de Faire, A. Hamsten indices in relation to global measures of & A. Silveira cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients: a substudy of the Anglo-Scandinavian Mechanisms of exercise-induced ST-segment Cardiac Outcomes Trial depression in patients without typical C. G. C. Spencer, D. C. Felmeden, A. D. Blann angina pectoris & G. Y. H. Lip G. M. G. Sundkvist, P. Hjemdahl, T. Kahan & A. Melcher Extraintestinal focal infections in adults with nontyphoid Salmonella bacteraemia: The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome predisposing factors and clinical outcome in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk P.-L. Chen, C.-M. Chang, C.-J. Wu, N.-Y. Ko, in Young Finns Study N.-Y. Lee, H.-C. Lee, H.-I. Shih, C.-C. Lee, N. Mattsson, T. Rénnemaa, M. Juonala, R.-R. Wang & W.-C. Ko J. S. A. Viikari & O. T. Raitakari 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Journal of Internal Medicine 261: iii—vii iv VOLUME CONTENTS Use of inhaled and oral glucocorticoids, ORIGINAL ARTICLES severity of inflammatory disease and risk of hip/femur fracture: a population-based Association between aortic calcification case-control study and total and cardiovascular mortality F. de Vries, S. Pouwels, J. W. J. Lammers, in older women H. G. M. Leufkens, M. Bracke, C. Cooper N. Rodondi, B. C. Taylor, D. C. Bauer, & T. P. van Staa L.-Y. Lui, M. T. Vogt, H. A. Fink, W. S. Browner, S. R. Cummings & Physical activity and exercise performance K. E. Ensrud predict long-term prognosis in middle-aged women surviving acute coronary syndrome Psychosocial stress and atherosclerosis: F. Al-Khalili, I. Janszky, A. Andersson, family and work stress accelerate B. Svane & K. Schenck-Gustafsson progression of coronary disease in women. The Stockholm Female Coronary Intracoronary enalaprilat during angioplasty Angiography Study for acute myocardial infarction: alleviation H.-X. Wang, C. Leineweber, R. Kirkeeide, of postischaemic neurohumoral and }3 . Svane, K. Schenck-Gustafsson, T. Theorell i inflammatory stress? <« > K. Orth-Gomer U. Schaefer, T. Kurz, H. Bonnemeier, A. Dendorfer, F. Hartmann, H. Schunkert HAART and the heart: changes in & G. Richardt coronary risk factors and implications for coronary risk in men starting LETTER TO THE EDITOR antiretroviral therapy J. A. C. Sterne, M. May, H. C. Bucher, Hypercholesterolaemia impairs monocyte B. Ledergerber, H. Furrer, M. Cavassini, function in CAD patients E. Bernasconi, B. Hirschel, M. Egger F. S. Czepluch, A. Bergler & J. Waltenberger & the Swiss HIV Cohort Study One-year adherence to clinic visits after highly active antiretroviral therapy: a predictor of clinical progress in HIV patients NO. 3, March 2007 W. B. Park, P. G. Choe, S.-H. Kim, J]. H. Jo, J. H. Bang, H. B. Kim, N. J. Kim, M. Oh & K. W. Choe REVIEW ARTICLES Clinical impact of selective serotonin reuptake Prevention of serious vascular events inhibitors therapy with bleeding risks by aspirin amongst patients with M. S. Turner, D. B. May, R. R. Arthur peripheral arterial disease: randomized, & G. L. Xiong double-blind trial Critical Leg Ischaemia Prevention Study Biochemical and bioimaging markers (CLIPS) Group for risk assessment and diagnosis in major cardiovascular diseases: a road Effects of rotating shift work on to integration of complementary biomarkers of metabolic syndrome diagnostic tools and inflammation S. M. Marcovina, F. Crea, J. Davignon, S. Sookoian, C. Gemma, T. F. Gianotti, J. C. Kaski, W. Koenig, U. Landmesser, A. Burgueno, A. Alvarez, C. D. Gonzalez P. L. Pieri, J. Schulz-Menger, L. J. Shaw & C. J. Pirola & J. Sobesky Rosiglitazone and carotid IMT EDITORIAL COMMENT progression rate in a mixed cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and the Patients with vascular calcifications are at insulin resistance syndrome: main results increased risk of cardiovascular events: from the Rosiglitazone Atherosclerosis implications for risk factor management Study and further research B. Hedblad, A. Zambanini, P. Nilsson, C. Iribarren L. Janzon & G. Berglund 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Journal of Internal Medicine 261: iii-vii VOLUME CONTENTS LETTER TO THE EDITOR Elevated concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine are associated with Low plasma volume and absent feeling deterioration of glucose tolerance in women of thirst — a special syndrome with a link with previous gestational diabetes mellitus to haemochromatosis? F, Mittermayer, A. Kautzky-Willer, B. Werner, J. E. Svensson & M. Rundgren C. Winzer, K. Krzyzanowska, T. Prikoszovich, S. Demehri, O. Wagner & M. Wolzt The soluble forms of CD28, CD86 and CTLA-4 constitute possible immunological markers in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm P. Sakthivel, V. Shively, M. Kakoulidou, NO. 4, April 2007 W. Pearce & A. K. Lefvert Erratum REVIEW ARTICLES The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions D. B. Meya & K. P. W. J. McAdam Myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries: a conundrum with multiple aetiologies and variable prognosis: an update I. Kardasz & R. De Caterina NO. 5, May 2007 Ethyl pyruvate: a novel anti-inflammatory agent SYMPOSIUM M. P. Fink Developmental origins of adult disease: an introduction EDITORIAL COMMENT P. M. Nilsson & A. Holmdng Low-carbohydrate diets: a place in health promotion? The origins of the developmental origins W. C. Willett theory D. J. P. Barker ORIGINAL ARTICLES Epidemiology, genes and the environment: Low carbohydrate-high protein diet and lessons learned from the Helsinki Birth mortality in a cohort of Swedish women Cohort Study P. Lagiou, S. Sandin, E. Weiderpass, A. Lagiou, J. G. Eriksson L. Mucci, D. Trichopoulos & H.-O. Adami The Uppsala studies on developmental Mortality and prognostic factors in patients origins of health and disease with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome I. Koupil undergoing noninvasive ventilation S. Budweiser, S. G. Riedl, R. A. ]6rres, Experimental IUGR and later diabetes F, Heinemann & M. Pfeifer M. S. Martin-Gronert & S. E. Ozanne Prognostic value of plasma soluble P-selectin Programming of the stress response: and von Willebrand factor as indices of a fundamental mechanism underlying platelet activation and endothelial damage/ the long-term effects of the fetal dysfunction in high-risk patients with environment? hypertension: a sub-study of the D. I. W. Phillips Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial Developmental plasticity and human G. I. Varughese, J. V. Patel, ]. Tomson, disease: research directions A. D. Blann, E. A. Hughes & G. Y. H. Lip P. D. Gluckman & M. A. Hanson 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Journal of Internal Medicine 261: iii—vii vi VOLUME CONTENTS ORIGINAL ARTICLES The membrane protein universe: what's out there and why bother? Irbesartan reduces common carotid artery G. von Heijne intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients when compared with atenolol: ORIGINAL ARTICLES the Swedish Irbesartan Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Investigation versus Atenolol Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone (SILVHIA) study 472 levels in relation to blood pressure: D. Mértsell, K. Malmgvist, C. Held & T. Kahan a population-based study in older men and women Increased catecholamines and heart rate M. B. Snijder, P. Lips, J. C. Seidell, in children with low birth weight: perinatal M. Visser, D. J. H. Deeg, J]. M. Dekker contributions to sympathoadrenal & R. M. van Dam overactivity S. Johansson, M. Norman, L. Legnevall, Secular trends in cardiovascular risk Y. Dalmaz, H. Lagercrantz & M. 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Nagafuchi, K. Umene, F. Yamanaka, B. Albiger, 8. Dahlberg, B. Henriques-Normark S. Oohashi, M. Shindo, H. Kurisaki, J. Kudoh, & S. Normark N. Shimizu, T. Hara & M. Harada Gallstone disease H.-U. Marschall & C. Einarsson 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Journal of Internal Medicine 261: iii—vii