Is self-efficacy regarding physical activity superior to self-assessed activity level , in long-term prediction of cardiovascular events in middle-aged men?
Self-efficacy to perform physical activity was strongly and independently associated with cardiovascular events and was superior to self-assessed physical activity in predicting cardiovascular events during 13-years of follow-up in a group of middle-aged men, without known CVD or treatment with cardiovascular drugs.
This study has confirmed that gastric juice ascorbic acid concentration is lower in the presence of H. pylori infection.