Poor clinical response in rheumatoid arthritis is the main risk factor for diabetes development in the short-term: A 1-year, single-centre, longitudinal study. by Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Ursini, Paola Cipriani, Vasiliki Liakouli, Francesco Carubbi, Onorina Berardicurti, Giovambattista De Sarro, Roberto Giacomelli

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>Despite of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) provided different sets of recommendations for the management of cardiovascular risk in inflammatory arthritis patients, it must be pointed out that cardiometabolic comorbidity, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), remains still underdiagnosed and undertreated in patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…”
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Search for surrogate markers to predict end stage kidney disease in long term lithium users by M. J. van der Aa, A. A. Bonenkamp, U. M. H. Klumpers, R. W. Kupka, T. Nijenhuis, A. P. M. Kerckhoffs

“…Therefore, comparable ESKD populations were sought, based on baseline eGFR, age, somatic comorbidity and sex. Articles were scored on comparability and risk of bias. …”
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Tamsulosin use in benign prostatic hyperplasia and risks of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and mortality: An observational cohort study of elderly Medicare enrollees. by Kin Wah Fung, Fitsum Baye, Seo H Baik, Clement J McDonald

“…We used Cox regression analysis to assess the relative risk of each of the outcomes for each study drug compared to the most prescribed drug, tamsulosin, while controlling for demographic, socioeconomic and comorbidity factors.<h4>Results and conclusions</h4>The study analyzed 1.1 million patients for a mean follow-up period of 3.1 years from being prescribed one of the study drugs. …”
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Loss of SNHG4 Attenuated Spinal Nerve Ligation-Triggered Neuropathic Pain through Sponging miR-423-5p by Xia Pan, Cheng Shen, Yayi Huang, Long Wang, Zhongyuan Xia

“…Neuropathic pain is an intractable comorbidity of spinal cord injury. Increasing noncoding RNAs have been implicated in neuropathic pain development. lncRNAs have been recognized as significant regulators of neuropathic pain. lncRNA Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 4 (SNHG4) is associated with several tumors. …”
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Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis: An Analysis of the National Readmissions Database by Justin D. Sawyer, MD, Justin Davis, MD, Steven Scaife, MS, Michael W. Neumeister, MD, Timothy H.F. Daugherty, MD

“…Readmission is more likely in patients with more medical comorbidities, tobacco users, and lower socioeconomic status. …”
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Exploring genetic structures and shared sites between alcohol, cheese intake, and inflammatory bowel disease by Zhifang Huang, Weichao Yuan

“…Furthermore, both conjFDR and MTAG analyses identified multiple shared genetic loci, with nine genes (Y_RNA, DENND1B, GCKR, KPNA7, CLN3, SLC39A8, FUT2, ERAP2, and SMAD3) being.ConclusionThe present study provides genetic evidence supporting the comorbidity of alcohol and cheese intake with IBD, offering novel insights into potential strategies for the prevention and treatment of IBD through the modulation of alcohol and cheese consumption.…”
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Emergency contracting and the delivery of elective care services across the English National Health Service and independent sector during COVID-19: a descriptive analysis by Rocco Friebel, Michael Anderson, Laia Maynou, Jon Fistein

“…Discharge data from the Hospital Episode Statistics and private healthcare data from the Private Health Information Network was stratified by specialty, procedure, length of stay and patient complexity in terms of age and Charlson Comorbidity Index.Results COVID-19 significantly reduced publicly funded elective care activity, though changes were more pronounced in the independent sector (−65.1%) compared with the NHS (−52.7%), whereas reductions in privately funded elective care activity were similar in both independent sector hospitals (−74.2%) and NHS hospitals (−72.9%). …”
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Long‑term outcomes of adjustable gastric banding: a 15‑year prospective randomized trial comparing 2 band types in 103 patients by Žygimantas Juodeikis, Gintautas Brimas

“…Weight loss outcomes, comorbidity resolution, long-term complications, and quality of life measures were assessed at 1, 5, and 15 years postoperatively. …”
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Cardiac events and procedures following COVID-19 compared with other pneumonias: a national register study by Knut Stavem, Peder Langeland Myhre, Kristian Berge, Tarjei Øvrebotten, Birgitte Tholin

“…Those with COVID-19 were more often male and had fewer comorbidities and fewer prior hospitalisations. Patients with COVID-19 had a lower hazard of new-onset cardiac disease compared with viral (HR 0.79 [95%CI 0.66 to 0.93]) and bacterial pneumonia (HR 0.66 [95%CI 0.57 to 0.78]), adjusted for age, sex, comorbidity, hospital admission prior year and respiratory support. …”
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Persons with Diabetes’ Perceptions of Family Burden and Associated Factors by Israel Bekele Molla, Million Abera Berhie, Kebebe Adugna Debele, Gugsa Nemera Germossa, Fikadu Balcha Hailu

“…Farmer (AOR 5.419; CI: 1.18, 24.872), living with partners and family (AOR: 0.110, CI: 0.018, 0.659), comorbidity (AOR 5.419; CI: 1.18, 24.872), oral hypoglycemic agent (AOR: 0.380, CI: 0.191, 0.758), and being never hospitalized before because of diabetes (AOR: 0.044, CI: 0.003, 0.571) was statistically associated with a family burden. …”
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Access to weight reduction interventions for overweight and obese patients in UK primary care: population-based cohort study by Martin C Gulliford, A Toby Prevost, Helen P Booth

“…Weight management interventions were more often accessed by women, older patients, those with comorbidity and those in deprivation. Follow-up of body weight subsequent to interventions was infrequent.Conclusions Limited evidence of weight management interventions in primary care electronic health records may result from poor recording of advice given, but may indicate a lack of patient access to appropriate body weight management interventions in primary care.…”
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The Krushinsky – Molodkina genetic rat strain as a unique experimental model of seizure states by I. I. Poletaeva, Z. A. Kostyna, N. M. Surina, I. B. Fedotova, Z. A. Zorina

“…The importance of genetic background factor (demonstrated in the case of study of comorbidity (audiogenic epilepsy, anxiety and depression)) could be crucial in the studies of other CNS anomalies. …”
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Eltrombopag for the treatment of refractory connective tissue disease-related thrombocytopenia: a pilot study of 52 cases by Siying Deng, Bei Wang, Ziwei Hu, Shaozhe Cai, Lingli Dong

“…In the analyses, protopathy, comorbidity, and prior treatment were associated with efficacy. …”
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Increased Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Increased Severity of Functional Impairment After Five Years: A Nationally Representative Retrospective Cohort Study by Elisabeth C. DeMarco, Samantha Zocher, Blake Miyamoto, Leslie Hinyard, Divya S. Subramaniam

“…Using multivariate linear regression, poorer mental health status and increased comorbidity burden significantly predicted severity of functional limitation. …”
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ASA score is an independent predictor of 1-year outcome after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury by Olivia Kiwanuka, Philipp Lassarén, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Charles Tatter, Jonathan Tjerkaski, David W. Nelson, Eric P. Thelin

“…Incorporating this simple comorbidity measure could enhance outcome prediction and support more personalized acute management. …”
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The role of simultaneous stereotactic biopsy and radiofrequency ablation in the management of brain neoplasms in countries with limited financial resources by Mohamed Ashraf Mahmoud, Abdelrahman El Gayar, Shafik T El Molla, Hesham Radwan, Tarek H El Serry, Ashraf Al Abyad

“…The mean and median ages were 53.6 years (range 25–72) and 54 years, respectively. 72.6% had at least a single baseline comorbidity. From the ablated tumors, 17 were primary, 4 were metastatic, and 1 was in-field necrosis. …”
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Psychiatric Referrals in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India: A Retrospective Study by Akansha Bhardwaj, Dimple Gupta, Rashmi Prakash, Nimmi A. Jose

“…Hypertension was the most common physical comorbidity. The most common diagnosis for known case of psychiatric illness and follow ups were psychotic disorders (27.3% and 26.3%). …”
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Network analysis of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with heart failure by Qiuge Zhao, Xiaofei Sun, Yanting Zhang, Yuzhen Zhang, Cancan Chen

“…Targeting these symptoms can contribute to interventions for patients with HF at risk of—or suffering from—anxiety and depressive symptoms, which can be effective in reducing the comorbidity of anxiety and depression.…”
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Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit by Jingjing Li, Chang Wei, Jiachen Lu

“…A large number of empirical studies have shown that Internet Gaming Disorder has a high level of comorbidity with other diseases, including depression, anxiety, obesity, internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, however, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. …”
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Association between Serum Uric Acid Level and Metabolic Syndrome and Its Sex Difference in a Chinese Community Elderly Population by Miao Liu, Yao He, Bin Jiang, Lei Wu, Shanshan Yang, Yiyan Wang, Xiaoying Li

“…Physicians should recognize MetS as a frequent comorbidity of hyperuricemia and take early action to prevent subsequent disease burden.…”
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