Role of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors after Initiation of Statin Therapy: A PharmLines Inception Cohort Study by Dennis Steenhuis, Stijn de Vos, Jens Bos, Eelko Hak

“…Drug treatment for CVEs after statin initiation is increased in patients with diabetes type 2, in aged patients, males, smokers, and those with poor adherence, while there was no association with baseline cholesterol levels and blood pressure. …”
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Sheehan Syndrome Presenting with Psychotic Manifestations Mimicking Schizophrenia in a Young Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, Janith Galhenage, Madhubhashinee Dayabandara, Noel Somasundaram

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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Alopecia Areata at a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia by Aysha A. Alshahrani, Rawan Al-Tuwaijri, Zainah A. Abuoliat, Mesnad Alyabsi, Mohammed I. AlJasser, Rayan Alkhodair

“…Common comorbid conditions include hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, and atopic diseases.…”
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Coronary Artery Disease and the Profile of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South South Nigeria: A Clinical and Autopsy Study by Okon Ekwere Essien, Joseph Andy, Victor Ansa, Akaninyene Asuquo Otu, Alphonsus Udoh

“…These risk factors include hypertension, alcohol use, diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking, poor physical activity, and obesity. …”
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Extending TextAE for annotation of non-contiguous entities by Jake Lever, Russ Altman, Jin-Dong Kim

“…., the entity “type 1 diabetes” in the phrase “type 1 and type 2 diabetes.” …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Population of the Area I in the Municipality of Cienfuegos by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…<br /> <strong>Results:</strong> 35-44-year age group and female sex predominated, as well as white married individuals. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and smoking was 6.4% and 28.6%, respectively. …”
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Effect of Gelam Honey on the Oxidative Stress-Induced Signaling Pathways in Pancreatic Hamster Cells by Kalaivani Batumalaie, Sher Zaman Safi, Kamaruddin Mohd Yusof, Ikram Shah Ismail, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Rajes Qvist

“…Oxidative stress induced by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species is critically involved in the impairment of β-cell function during the development of diabetes. Methods. HIT-T15 cells were cultured in 5% CO2 and then preincubated with Gelam honey extracts (20, 40, 60, and 80 µg/mL) as well as quercetin (20, 40, 60, and 80 µM), prior to stimulation by 20 and 50 mM of glucose. …”
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Nationwide cohort study of primary open angle glaucoma risk and cardiovascular factors among in Korean glaucoma suspects by Kyoung In Jung, Yong Chan Kim, Hee Jong Shin, Chan Kee Park

“…Through multivariate Cox regression analysis, glaucoma suspects with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, or coronary heart disease exhibited a greater risk of conversion to POAG than those without these comorbidities ([HR, 1.354; 95%CI, 1.201 to 1.527] for diabetes, [HR, 1.139; 95%CI, 1.019 to 1.273] for systemic hypertension, [HR, 1.128; 95%CI, 1.013 to 1.26] for dyslipidemia, [HR, 1.124, 95%CI, 1.007 to 1.254] for coronary heart disease).This nationwide study observed that among glaucoma suspects, having cardiovascular risk factors/disease was associated with higher risk of developing POAG.…”
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Glucose-Lowering Agents Developed in the Last Two Decades and Their Perioperative Implications by Basavana Goudra, Geno J. Merli, Michael Green

“…The benefits of both GLP-1RAs and SGLT-2is extend beyond the treatment of diabetes. As a result, perioperative physicians may encounter their use outside of their traditional indications. …”
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Is Mean Platelet Volume Really a Severity Marker for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome without Comorbidities? by Sinem Nedime Sökücü, Cengiz Özdemir, Levent Dalar, Levent Karasulu, Şenay Aydın, Sedat Altın

“…MPV was not correlated with OSAS severity in patients without any overt cardiac disease or diabetes. These findings raise doubts about the suggestion that MPV might be a marker for OSAS severity, as recommended in earlier studies. …”
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Age Differences in Long Term Outcomes of Coronary Patients Treated with Drug Eluting Stents at a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Gail A. Shammas, Peter Sharis, Michael Jerin

“…We conclude that older age was not a predictor of TLF at 2-year follow-up after adjusting for renal insufficiency, number of stents used per patient, gender, diabetes and type of DES used.…”
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Mechanistic insights toward progress in alogliptin beyond glycemic control: translational perspective by Faraha Ahmed, Syed Sufian Ahmad, M. Mumtaz Alam, M. Shaqiquzzaman, Abul Kalam Najmi, Mohammad Ahmed Khan

“…Main body Alogliptin is approved for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in majority of the countries. …”
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Chorea Hyperglycemia Basal Ganglia Syndrome in a 63-Year-Old Male by Michael Sperling, Roshan Bhowansingh

“…CHBG is a rare manifestation of poorly controlled diabetes but is the one that clinicians should be aware of. …”
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Low Vital Capacity and Electrocardiographic ST-T Abnormalities in Asymptomatic Adults by Kei Nakajima, Yulan Li, Hiroshi Fuchigami, Hiromi Munakata

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that, compared with the highest quartile of %PFVC (≥99.7%), the lowest quartile of %PFVC (≤84.2%) was persistently associated with ST-T abnormalities even after further adjustment for diabetes or metabolic syndrome (odds ratio (95%CI): 2.44 (1.16–5.14) and 2.42 (1.15–5.10), resp.). …”
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Higher serum Metrnl levels are associated with increased vascular calcification in hemodialysis patients by Conghui Liu, Wenwen Ren, Aihua Zhang

“…Higher Metrnl levels, older age, diabetes mellitus, and higher serum tCO2 and iPTH levels are independent determining factors for high AAC scores in HD patients.…”
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Differences in risk factor profiles for peripheral artery disease compared to coronary, cerebral and carotid artery by Stefan Acosta, Yufeng Du, Yan Borné, Anders Gottsäter

“…Smoking and diabetes mellitus had a larger impact on incident PAD than incident coronary, cerebral or precerebral artery manifestations. …”
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In Stent Restenosis Predictors after Carotid Artery Stenting by Mirco Cosottini, Maria Chiara Michelassi, Walter Bencivelli, Guido Lazzarotti, Silvia Picchietti, Giovanni Orlandi, Giuliano Parenti, Michele Puglioli

“…Multiple stents deployment, and with less evidence, diabetes, or neoplasms has to be considered to facilitate restenosis.…”
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Diagnostic Model of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Used Artificial Intelligence Methods by Yong Li

“…The strongest predictors of in-hospital mortality were age, gender, cardiogenic shock, AF, VF, third degree atrioventricular block, in-hospital bleeding, underwent PCI during hospitalization, underwent CABG during hospitalization, hypertension history, diabetes history, and myocardial infarction history. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Determinants in Adults: A Sample from Community-Based Settings in the United Arab Emirates by Wegdan Bani-issa, Kamal Eldeirawi, Sondos Harfil, Randa Fakhry

“…VDD is a significant problem for UAE adults and requires attention by public health policy makers. Diabetes, obesity, and depression need to be considered when screening for vitamin D.…”
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Physical activity and metabolic syndrome in primary care patients in Spain. by Rafael Manuel Micó-Pérez, Natalia Hernández Segura, Vicente Martín-Sánchez, Alfonso Barquilla-García, Sonsoles M Velilla-Zancada, José Polo-García, Miguel Ángel Prieto-Díaz, Vicente Pallares-Carratala, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Leovigildo Ginel-Mendoza, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on a sample of 2,359 patients without cardiovascular disease or diabetes, included in the cohort of the IBERICAN study. …”
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