The association of energy or macronutrient intake in three meals with depression in adults with cardiovascular disease: the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination... by Hongquan Xie, Yueying Chen, Jijiao Tang, Yuteng Ma, Ying Liu, Xiyun Ren

“…Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine associations between energy or macronutrient intake and depression after adjusting for a series of confounding factors, including age, gender, education level, household income, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, marital status, skipping breakfast/lunch/dinner, total energy, carbohydrate, protein, dietary fiber, SFA, MUFA, and PUFA intake, T2DM and hypertension status, and BMI. …”
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Impact of the initiation of isCGM soon after type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosis in adults on glycemic indices and fear of hypoglycemia: a randomized controlled trial by Jerzy Hohendorff, Jerzy Hohendorff, Agata Grzelka-Wozniak, Marta Wrobel, Michal Kania, Michal Kania, Lidia Lapinska, Dominika Rokicka, Dorota Stoltny, Irina Kowalska, Krzysztof Strojek, Dorota Zozulinska-Ziolkiewicz, Maciej T. Malecki, Maciej T. Malecki

“…Main secondary outcomes included changes in mean glucose and time in range (TIR) from baseline to 4 weeks after randomization.ResultsThe full analysis set included 23 patients (12 from the intervention group and 11 from the control group), aged 25.6 ± 5.1 years (14 men, 9 women). All participants were on multiple daily insulin injections. …”
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Yoga programme for type-2 diabetes prevention (YOGA-DP) among high risk people in India: a multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol by Mark Hamer, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kinra, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Tess Harris, Pallavi Mishra, Sheila Margaret Greenfield, Sarah Anne Lewis, Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath, Rukamani Nair, Somnath Mukherjee, David Ross Harper

“…Eligible participants should be aged 18–74 years, at high risk of T2DM (fasting plasma glucose level 5.6–6.9 mmol/L) and safe to participate in physical activities. …”
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Effects of Physical Activity Level, Strength, Balance, and Body Composition on Perceived Health in Healthy Adults by José Manuel Delfa-de-la-Morena, Pedro Pinheiro Paes, Frederico Camarotti Júnior, Débora Priscila Lima de Oliveira, Rubem Cordeiro Feitosa, Byanka Santos Cavalcante de Oliveira, Juan-José Mijarra-Murillo, Aranzazu Martínez Moya, Miriam García-González, Francisco De Asís-Fernández

“…Results: A total of 64 males with a mean age of 55 ± 5 years and a mean body mass index of 27 ± 4 kg/m² were recruited. …”
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Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance is associated with outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients by Andrew A. Lawson, Kae Watanabe, Lindsay Griffin, Christina Laternser, Michael Markl, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Joshua D. Robinson, Nazia Husain

“…Results: Among 113 PHTR, mean age was 13.0 ± 5.1 years, with 6.0 ± 4.0 years since transplant. …”
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Emerging Resistance and Virulence Patterns in <i>Salmonella enterica</i>: Insights into Silver Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Strategy by Irina Gheorghe-Barbu, Ilda Czobor Barbu, Rareș-Ionuț Dragomir, Ioana Cristina Marinaș, Miruna Silvia Stan, Radu Pericleanu, Andreea Ștefania Dumbravă, Liviu-Iulian Rotaru, Simona Paraschiv, Leontina Mirela Bănică, Ionuț Pecete, Dan Oțelea, Violeta Corina Cristea, Mircea Ioan Popa, Marilena Monica Țânțu, Marius Surleac

“…Results: From the total of 309 <i>Salmonella</i> isolates (65.05% from children under 4 years of age) belonging to four subtypes and four serovars, 27.86% showed resistance to at least one antibiotic, most frequently to tetracycline, ampicillin, and piperacillin. …”
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Differential Role of NKG2A/HLA-E Interaction in the Outcomes of Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with <i>M. bovis</i> BCG or Other Therapies by Inmaculada Ruiz-Lorente, Lourdes Gimeno, Alicia López-Abad, Pedro López Cubillana, Tomás Fernández Aparicio, Lucas Jesús Asensio Egea, Juan Moreno Avilés, Gloria Doñate Iñiguez, Pablo Luis Guzmán Martínez-Valls, Gerardo Server, Belén Ferri, José Antonio Campillo, María Victoria Martínez-Sánchez, Alfredo Minguela

“…The HLA-B −21M/T genotype was an independent predictive parameter of the progression-free survival (HR = 2.08, <i>p</i> = 0.01) and the OS (HR = 2.059, <i>p</i> = 0.039) of BC patients treated with BCG, together with age and tumor histopathologic characteristics. The MM genotype was associated with higher counts of circulating CD56^bright, fewer KIR2DL1/L2⁺ NK cells, and lower NKG2A expression, but not with differential in vitro NK cell functionality. …”
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Identification of Inflammatory Biomarkers for Predicting Peripheral Arterial Disease Prognosis in Patients with Diabetes by Kian Draper, Ben Li, Muzammil Syed, Farah Shaikh, Abdelrahman Zamzam, Batool Jamal Abuhalimeh, Kharram Rasheed, Houssam K. Younes, Rawand Abdin, Mohammad Qadura

“…Results: The cohort of 392 patients was matched for age, sex, and comorbidities. Five proteins were identified (TNFa: tumor necrosis factor alpha, BMP-10: bone morphogenic protein 10, CCL15/MIP1 delta: chemokine (c-c motif) ligand 15/macrophage inflammatory protein 1 delta, MMP-10: matrix metalloprotease 10, and HTRA2/Omi: HTRA2, also known as Omi) as having a significantly higher level of expression in the DM PAD group. …”
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Prediction Models of Severity in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis by Iulia Ratiu, Renata Bende, Camelia Nica, Oana Budii, Calin Burciu, Andreea Barbulescu, Tudor Moga, Bogdan Miutescu, Roxana Sirli, Mirela Danila, Alina Popescu, Felix Bende

“…<b>Results:</b> 108 subjects (mean age of 60.1 ± 18.6, 65.7% females) diagnosed with acute biliary pancreatitis were included. …”
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Clinical validation of an artificial intelligence-based decision support system for diagnosis and risk stratification of heart failure (STRATIFYHF): a protocol for a prospective, m... by Prithwish Banerjee, Guy A MacGowan, Frans H Rutten, Iacopo Olivotto, Petar M Seferović, Jonathan Mant, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Oscar Fernandez, Josep Darbà, Nduka C Okwose, Jose Zamorano, Duncan Edwards, David Sinclair, Lazar Velicki, Amy Groenewegen, Lars S Maier, Dimitris Fotiadis, Sarah Jane Charman, Annamaria Del Franco, Maria Tafelmeier, Andrej Preveden, Cristina Garcia Sebastian, Amy S Fuller, Anne Pauline Nelissen, Petros Malitas, Aikaterini Zisaki, Zoran Bosnic, Petar Vracar, Fausto Barlocco, Marta Jiménez-Blanco Bravo, Nenad Filipovic, Bano Fatima, Williams Kate, Fornaro Alessandra, Milovancev Aleksandra, Ascanio Meritxell, Aguera Ainoa, Pičulin Matej, Flis Borut, Boucharas Dimitrios, Manousos Dimitris, Tsiknakis Manolis, Kassiotis Thomas, Sustersic Tijana, Milicevic Bogdan, Hobbs FD Richard, Kaagman Onno

“…The secondary outcomes are the demographic and clinical predictors of risk, diagnosis and progression of HF.Methods and analysis STRATIFYHF is a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal study that will recruit up to 1600 individuals (n=800 suspected/at risk of HF and n=800 diagnosed with HF) aged ≥45 years old, with up to 24 months of follow-up observations. …”
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Diagnostic Effectiveness of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 in Assessing the Risk of Developing Graft Dysfunction in Liver Recipient Children by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, A. G. Olefirenko, O. E. Gichkun, L. V. Makarova, R. A. Monakhov, P. O. Shevchenko

“…Materials and methods. 95 children aged 3 to 73 months with liver cirrhosis of various etiologies were surveyed. …”
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Patient Voices: Multimethod Study on the Feasibility of Implementing Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in a Comprehensive Cancer Center by Cinzia Brunelli, Sara Alfieri, Emanuela Zito, Marco Spelta, Laura Arba, Linda Lombi, Luana Caselli, Augusto Caraceni, Claudia Borreani, Anna Roli, Rosalba Miceli, Gabriele Tine', Ernesto Zecca, Marco Platania, Giuseppe Procopio, Nicola Nicolai, Luigi Battaglia, Laura Lozza, Morena Shkodra, Giacomo Massa, Daniele Loiacono, Giovanni Apolone

“…ResultsFrom June 2020 to September 2021, a total of 435 patients were screened, 421 (96.7%) were eligible, and 309 completed the ePROMs (309/421, 73.4%; 95% CI 69.8%-77.5%; mean age 63.3, SD 13.7 years). Organization problems and patient refusal were the main reasons for not administering the ePROMs (outpatients: 40/234, 17.1% and inpatients: 44/201, 21.9%). …”
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Factors influencing in-hospital mortality for salvage percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in cirrhotic patients with recalcitrant variceal bleeding after... by J E J Krige, E G Jonas, M Setshedi, S J Beningfield, U K Lotze, M M Bernon, S Burmeister, J C Kloppers

“…Thirty-four patients (29 men, 5 women), mean age 52 years (range 31 - 80), received sTIPS for uncontrolled (n=11) or refractory (n=23) AVB. …”
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Multiparameter body composition analysis on chest CT predicts clinical outcomes in resectable non-small cell lung cancer by Yilong Huang, Hanxue Cun, Zhanglin Mou, Zhonghang Yu, Chunmei Du, Lan Luo, Yuanming Jiang, Yancui Zhu, Zhenguang Zhang, Xin Chen, Bo He, Zaiyi Liu

“…Results A total of 2712 patients (mean age, 61.53 years; 1146 females) were evaluated. …”
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Computational analysis of reproducibility and image quality of 2011 and 2017 models of Heidelberg Spectralis SD-OCT machines by Kyoung A Viola Lee, Corey Tesdahl, Keith Zimmerman, Kimberly Jun, Sabrina Khalil, Alexander Shahin, Abdullah Abou-Samra, Ramesh Ayyala, Radouil Tzekov

“…Subjects and participants: Fourteen healthy individuals (28 eyes, age range: 22-54 years) underwent TRT measurements using both Old and New OCT models, with each eye receiving three consecutive scans per visit. …”
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Post-extrasystolic variation of ST segment and T wave as a mortality risk predictor after myocardial infarction by Ralf J. Dirschinger, Ralf J. Dirschinger, Alexander Müller, Petra Barthel, Alexander Steger, Michael Dommasch, Axel Bauer, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Georg Schmidt, Daniel Sinnecker, Daniel Sinnecker

“…The findings were validated in an independent cohort of 1.788 general population subjects aged 60 years or older.ResultsThe area under the ROC curve for PEST was 0.72, with an optimum cutoff at ≤ −6.69 mV2. …”
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Behavioral factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results from a web-based case-control survey in the Capital Region of Denmark by Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Helle Collatz Christensen, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Amalie Lykkemark Moeller, Birgitte Lindegaard, Mille Dybdal Cajar, Florence Chia Chin Tan, Mogens Karsboel Boisen, Sebastian Moretto Krog, Rúna Nolsoee, Peter Lommer Kristensen, Thomas Broe Christensen, Maria Elisabeth Lendorf

“…Controls were matched on sex, age, test date and municipality.Exposure Activities during the 14 days prior to being tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 or during the same period for matched controls and precautions taken during the entire pandemic.Main outcomes and measures SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence rate ratios (IRR).Results Response rate was 41.4% (n=93 121). …”
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Early Outcomes from Proton Craniospinal Irradiation for Leptomeningeal Metastasis From Solid Tumors by Keng Lam, MD, Lewis F. Nasr, MD, Clark R. Andersen, MS, Kathryn E. Marqueen, MD, Jing Li, MD, PhD, Chenyang Wang, MD, Thomas H. Beckham, MD, PhD, Nazanin K. Majd, MD, PhD, Ashley E. Aaroe, MD, Monica Loghin, MD, Barbara J. O'Brien, MD, Susan L. McGovern, MD, PhD

“…Results: We identified 45 patients who completed pCSI. The median age was 54 years (range, 23-79); 73% were female, and 53% lived more than 100 miles from our center. …”
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Long-term functioning status of COVID-19 survivors: a prospective observational evaluation of a cohort of patients surviving hospitalisation by Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Felipe Fregni, Marta Imamura, Vinicius Delgado Ramos, Lucas Ramos De Pretto, Simon K H A A Van Cauwenbergh, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Denise Matheus, Flavia Kuhn, Ana Alice Amaral de Oliveira, Gabriella Souza Naves, Aline Rossetti Mirisola, Fernando de Quadros Ribeiro, Andre Tadeu Sugawara, Mauricio Cantarino, Rafael Andrade Santos Antunes Cavalca, Vanessa Pagano, Melina Valentim Marques, Elizabeth Mendes da Silva, Alessandra Pereira Gomes

“…It analyses participants' sociodemographic background, COVID-19 clinical manifestations, and clinical and functional evaluations.Setting Tertiary-level university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.Participants Study participants are COVID-19 survivors admitted to hospital care for at least 24 hours to treat acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.Outcome measures Epworth Sleepiness Scale, EuroQoL-5 Dimensions-5 Levels, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Fatigue, Functional Independence Measure, Functional Oral Intake Scale, Handgrip Strength, Insomnia Severity Index, Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnea Scale, MRC sum score, Modified Borg Dyspnea Scale, pain Visual Analogue Scale, Post-COVID-19 Functional Status, Timed Up and Go, WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0, 1-Minute Sit to Stand Test.Results Many participants required invasive mechanical ventilation (41.57%, 333 of 801). Mean age was 55.35±14.58 years. With a mean of 6.56 (SD: 1.58; 95% CI: 6.45 to 6.67) months after hospital discharge, 70.86% (567 of 800) reported limited daily activities, which were severe in 5.62% (45 of 800). …”
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Sex disparity in the association between alcohol consumption and sarcopenia: a population-based study by Longbao Yang, Longbao Yang, Qiuju Ran, Qiuju Ran, Yee Hui Yeo, Zhang Wen, Zhang Wen, Shuyue Tuo, Shuyue Tuo, Yong Li, Yong Li, Jia Yuan, Jia Yuan, Shejiao Dai, Shejiao Dai, Jinhai Wang, Jinhai Wang, Fanpu Ji, Fanpu Ji, Fanpu Ji, Fanpu Ji, Xinxing Tantai, Xinxing Tantai

“…Therefore, this study comprehensively investigated the association of alcohol consumption with sarcopenia in a nationally representative sample of US adults.MethodsThis population-based study included adults aged 18 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III. …”
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