Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Septic Shock Based on Sepsis-3 Definition: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study by Pham Dang Hai, Le Lan Phuong, Nguyen Manh Dung, Le Thi Viet Hoa, Do Van Quyen, Nguyen Xuan Chinh, Vu Duy Minh, Pham Nguyen Son

“…From May 2017 to December 2018, patients aged ≥18 years admitted to the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock based on the sepsis-3 definition were included. …”
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Uncontrolled hypertension among adult hypertensive patients in Addis Ababa public hospitals: A cross-sectional study of prevalence and associated factors. by Asmamaw Deguale Worku, Asinake Wudu Gessese

“…After adjusted analysis, age ≥ 60 years (AOR = 2.88, 95% CI: 1.37, 6.04), the presence of comorbidities (AOR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.23, 3.96), being overweight (AOR = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.20, 4.24), non-adherence to antihypertensive medication (AOR = 5.21, 95% CI: 2.76, 9.83), non-adherence to a low-salt diet and dietary approaches to stop hypertension (AOR = 2.74, 95% CI: 1.35, 5.53), taking three or more antihypertensive medications (AOR = 3.10, 95% CI: 1.16, 8.25), and non-adherence to physical exercise (AOR = 2.84, 95% CI 1.49, 5.39) were factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension.…”
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Environmental maternal exposures and the risk of premature birth and intrauterine growth restriction: The Generation Gemelli study protocol of newborn exposome. by Leonardo Villani, Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Roberta Pastorino, Alessandra Maio, Francesca Stollagli, Chiara Tirone, Marta Barba, Angela Maria Cozzolino, Denise Pires Marafon, Martina Porcelli, Annamaria Sbordone, Maria Letizia Patti, Anthea Bottoni, Angela Paladini, Simona Fattore, Domenico Marco Romeo, Ornella Parolini, Wanda Lattanzi, Guido Rindi, Luca Tamagnone, Marco Marazza, Maurizio Genuardi, Elisabetta Tabolacci, Eugenio Maria Mercuri, Antonio Chiaretti, Tina Pasciuto, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Vincenzo Valentini, Giovanni Scambia, Walter Ricciardi, Giovanni Vento, Antonio Lanzone, Stefania Boccia

“…The study will also evaluate the association of maternal exposures and the health and growth of infants and children up to 24 months of age.<h4>Methods</h4>The study entails the set-up of a case-control study within a birth cohort. …”
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Multi-Scale Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Jobs-Housing Balance in Shenzhen in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic by Duan Lipeng, Gu Zhihui, Zhang Yan, Liu Qian

“…During the pandemic, regions with high dependency ratios, low average ages, and low educational levels exhibited delayed optimization of employment self-containment compared to regions with poor public transportation accessibility. …”
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Association between maternal gestation weight gain and preterm birth according to pre-pregnancy body mass index and HbA1c by Xiaoxiao Zhang, Binbin Yin, Kaiqi Wu, Lei Fang, Yan Chen

“…Meanwhile, we adjusted for possible confounding factors, including maternal age, infant sex, family history of diabetes, education, pregnancy mode, delivery mode, parity, and gravidity.Results The study involved 23,699 pregnant women, of which 1124 (4.70%) were PTB. …”
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Geographic Socioeconomic Influences on Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Academic and Safety Net Hospital System by Joseph Kim, Song Zhang, Ang Gao, Donglu Xie, Salahuddin Kazi, David R. Karp, Christie M. Bartels, E. Blair Solow

“…Patients were stratified by the upper versus lower ADI decile group and matched by age, sex, race, ethnicity, insurance, and CCI using propensity score analysis. …”
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U-shaped associations between body mass index and serum liver enzyme levels by Zixi Huang, Hualong Liu, Wen Zhuo, Yuliang Chen, Ying Huang, Xin Chen, Teng Lu, Zhenyan Xu

“…A total of 15,464 participants, including 8430 males (54.5%), were included in the study, with a median age of 43.7 years. Smooth curve regression revealed that BMI followed U-shaped curves with respect to serum levels of liver enzymes (AST, ALT, and GGT). …”
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Osteoporosis Awareness, Self-Efficacy and Health Beliefs Among Staff in an Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zhou Y, Xu Z, Zhang Z, Su J

“…Male gender was associated with higher exercise efficacy and calcium barriers scores. Older age and long years of working experience were associated with higher susceptibility score. …”
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Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index: A Promising, Non-Invasive Biomarker for Crohn&rsquo;s Disease Activity and Severity Assessment by Deng Y, Fu T, Gao D, Zhou J, Nie X, Wang F, Yu Q

“…Model validation was performed using the Concordance index (C-index), calibration analysis and decision curve analysis (DCA).Results: In this study, 254 patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) were enrolled, including 171 males and 83 females, with ages ranging from 13 to 74. SII was significantly elevated in active CD (p< 0.001), correlating with disease severity (p< 0.001). …”
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Epidemiological Study of Hepatitis B, C and HIV Cases among the Foreigners Visiting Sulaimani City from 2013 Through 2016 by Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Asan Baram Hasan, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…In 2016 the highest prevalence of HBV infection was among Syrians which was 2.5% while highest HCV prevalence was among Europeans 0.82%. Ages of the patients ranged between (18-65) years, 85.4% were males, 65.2% of males and 45.7% of females were married. …”
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Plasma Diaphanous Related Formin 1 Levels Are Associated with Altered Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case Control Study by Xing Li, Mingyu Liao, Jiaqing Shao, Weixin Li, Liu Shi, Dong Wang, Juan Ni, Qiuyue Shen, Fan Yang, Guiliang Peng, Ling Zhou, Yuling Zhang, Zheng Sun, Hongting Zheng, Min Long

“…Diaphanous related formin 1 (DIAPH1) is a novel component of advanced glycation end product (AGE) signal transduction that was recently found to participate in diabetes-related disorders, obesity, and androgen hormones. …”
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Esophageal Impedance-pH Monitoring and Pharyngeal pH Monitoring in the Diagnosis of Extraesophageal Reflux in Children by Anna Plocek, Beata Gębora-Kowalska, Jakub Białek, Wojciech Fendler, Ewa Toporowska-Kowalska

“…The study enrolled 23 consecutive children (15 boys and 8 girls; median age 8.25 [range 3-16.5] years) with suspected EERD. …”
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Serum choline, leptin and interleukin-6 levels in fibromyalgia syndrome-induced pain: a case–control study by Elif Baris, Izel Topaloglu, Elif Akalin, Emre Hamurtekin, Seray Kabaran, Ayse Gelal, Reyhan Ucku, Mualla Aylin Arici

“…Abstract Background Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) predominantly affects middle-aged women, characterized by musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and cognitive issues. …”
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Orthopedic Frailty Score and adverse outcomes in patients with surgically managed isolated traumatic spinal injury by Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Parker Chang, Marcelo A F Ribeiro

“…Background With an aging global population, the prevalence of frailty in patients with traumatic spinal injury (TSI) is steadily increasing. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria by Chikaodili N. Ihudiebube-Splendor, Chinyelu B. Okafor, Agnes N. Anarado, Nonyelum N. Jisieike-Onuigbo, Anthonia U. Chinweuba, Ada C. Nwaneri, Joyce C. Arinze, Paulina C. Chikeme

“…The Wald statistic in Logistic regression model indicated the coefficient of age (p = 0.026), educational attainment (p = 0.046), EBF knowledge (p = 0.016), and sources of information about EBF (p = 0.027) to be significant predictors of good intention to practise EBF. …”
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The effect of post-exercise heat exposure (passive heat acclimation) on endurance exercise performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Thomas P. J. Solomon, Matthew J. Laye

“…Results Ten studies (199 participants: 156 male, 43 female, age 20–32 years) were included. The effect of post-exercise heat exposure on performance in hot conditions (33–40 °C) was trivial (ratio of means = 1.04) with poor precision (95%CI 0.94–1.15, P = 0.46) and low predictive certainty (95%PI 0.81–1.33). …”
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Spatiotemporal models with confounding effects: application on under-five mortality across four sub-Saharan African countries by Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Ding-Geng Chen, Ding-Geng Chen, Temesgen T. Zewotir, Najmeh Nakhaei Rad

“…Bayesian spatiotemporal hierarchical modeling with an integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) program was used to model the spatiotemporal distribution of U5M among children across 37 districts located in four disconnected sSA regions: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ghana.ResultsA total of 170,356 under-five children from 37 districts were considered, and 15,467 died before the age of five. The relative risk of U5M in the first DHS was 2.02, which sharply decreased to 0.5 in the recent phase. …”
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Recurrence of atrial fibrillation and late cardiovascular events in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation after restoration of sinus rhythm by U.P. Chernyaha-Royko, N.S. Pavlyk, M.S. Sorokivskyy, A.V. Aker, O.J. Zharinov

“…Patients with and without events had no significant differences in age, gender, weight, risk factors, HM ECG data and background pathology. …”
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Ketamine Boluses Are Associated with a Reduction in Intracranial Pressure and an Increase in Cerebral Perfusion Pressure: A Retrospective Observational Study of Patients with Sever... by Bradley A. Dengler, Oliver Karam, Colleen A. Barthol, Aaron Chance, Laura E. Snider, Clare M. Mundy, Michael T. Bounajem, William C. Johnson, Moustafa M. Maita, Paola M. Mendez-Gomez, Ali Seifi, Shaheryar Hafeez

“…The patient cohort consisted of 44 patients with a median age of 30 years and a median presenting Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 5. …”
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Feature Selection for Physical Activity Prediction Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Personalize Intervention Timing: Longitudinal Observational Study by Devender Kumar, David Haag, Jens Blechert, Josef Niebauer, Jan David Smeddinck

“…MethodsA total of 43 healthy participants (aged 19‐67 years) completed 4 EMA surveys daily over 3 weeks. …”
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