Is atopy associated with asthma in adults living in rural and urban southwestern Nigeria?
Atopy is associated with adult asthma in southwest Nigeria. Larger studies to confirm the nature of this association and to examine the role of helminthic infection and other environmental factors on the expression of asthma are needed.
Combined deficiencies of vitamins E and C are required to worsen early atherosclerosis in an apolipoprotein E-deficient mouse model. However, a more severe cellular deficiency of vitamin C alone promotes atherosclerosis when vitamin E is replete.