There are no studies done to evaluate the distribution of mammographic breast density and factors associated with it among Pakistani women. Participants included 477 women, who had received either diagnostic or screening mammography at two hospitals in Karachi Pakistan. Mammographic breast density was assessed using the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. In person interviews were conducted using a detailed questionnaire, to assess risk factors of interest, and venous blood was collected to measure serum vitamin D level at the end of the interview. To determine the association of potential factors with mammographic breast density, multivariable polytomous logistic regression was used. High-density mammographic breast density (heterogeneously and dense categories) was high and found in 62.4% of women. There was a significant association of both heterogeneously dense and dense breasts with women of a younger age group < 45 years (OR 2.68, 95% CI 1.60–4.49) and (OR 4.83, 95
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February 02, 2021 EIGHTEEN areas have been identified as sites for the conduct of independent phase 3 clinical trials for three candidate vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.
The vaccines were developed by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Clover Biopharmaceuticals and Sinovac Biotech.
Janssen, which developed candidate vaccine JNJ-78436735, will conduct trials in Makati City, San Pablo and Cabuyao in Laguna, Iloilo City and Bacolod City.
Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Australian subsidiary of Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals of China, will hold clinical trials for its S-Trimer vaccine, or SCB-2019, in the cities of Quezon, Makati, Manila, Taguig, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa, as well as in Calamba, Laguna and Dasmariñas, Cavite.