The relationship between maternal vitamin D levels and osteopenia development in preterm infants: A cross-sectional study by Razieh Sadat Tabatabaei, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Atefeh Ashrafi, Farimah Shamsi

“…Those with osteopenia had significantly lower vitamin D (p = 0.032) and calcium levels compared to non-osteopenic neonates (p = 0.043), although maternal vitamin D mean was not a significant risk factor for OP (p = 0.313). Conclusion: The results suggest that maternal vitamin D levels do not have a significant association with the incidence of osteopenia in neonates, as the mean maternal vitamin D concentration was not identified as a risk factor for this condition. …”
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Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Mimi C Yu, Jian-Min Yuan, Sugantha Govindarajan, Ronald K Ross

“…In Canada and the United States, excessive alcohol intake, cigarette smoking and oral contraceptive use in women also are risk factors for HCC.…”
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Correlation of sarcopenia with progression of liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a study from two cohorts in China and the Un... by Fan Zhang, Longgen Liu, Wenjian Li

“…After adjusting for confounding variables, sarcopenia was identified as an independent risk factor for the progression of liver fibrosis in patients with MASLD. …”
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miR-208a-3p discriminates osteoporosis, predicts fracture, and regulates osteoclast activation through targeting STC1 by Hongbing Qian, Fei Jia, Huiling Qin

“…Moreover, miR-208a-3p was also identified as a risk factor for fracture. STC1 was identified as a direct target of miR-208a-3p and was negatively regulated by miR-208a-3p. …”
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The Impact of C-Peptide and Diabetes Mellitus on Coronary Ectasia and Effect of Coronary Ectasia and C-Peptide on Long-Term Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Kenan Toprak, Mustafa Kaplangoray, Ali Palice

“…In multivariate regression analysis, high C-peptide levels were determined as an independent risk factor for CAE (OR 2.417; 95% CI 2.212–2.641; p<0.001). …”
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Early Diabetic Nephropathy and Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Attending Sudan Childhood Diabetes Centre by Hana Ahmed, Tayseer Elshaikh, Mohamed Abdullah

“…This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy (DN) and retinopathy (DR) and their relationship to certain risk factors in children with T1DM attending the Sudan Childhood Diabetes Centre. …”
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Predictive Value of Electromechanical Activation Time for In-Hospital Major Cardiac Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients by Jing Zhang, Wen-Xian Liu, Shu-Zheng Lyu

“…Elevated EMATc was an independent risk factor for MACEs (odds ratio [OR] 1.1443, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.016–1.286, P=0.027). …”
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Siesta characteristics mediated the association between siesta duration and sleep quality in Chinese incoming college freshmen by Huiying Wang, Jiali Li, Yaohui Han, Shilei Zhai, Yumeng Liu, Peipu Shen, Guifang Shen, Lishun Xiao

“…Longer siesta duration has been identified as a risk factor for sleep quality, especially in incoming undergraduate and male students. …”
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The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review. by Mary Abed Al Ahad, Frank Sullivan, Urška Demšar, Maya Melhem, Hill Kulu

“…Air-pollution was shown to act consistently as risk factor for all-causes, cardiovascular, respiratory, cerebrovascular and cancer mortality and hospital admissions. …”
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Blockchain oracles for decentralized agricultural insurance using trusted IoT data by Manoj T, Krishnamoorthi Makkithaya, Narendra V. G., Vijaya Murari T

“…A mechanism called oracle is required for the trusted access of agricultural risk factor data to smart contracts from external sources such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, web services and databases. …”
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EVALUATION OF ORAL BEHAVIOR IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH SELF-REPORTED SLEEP BRUXISM by Steliana Gabriela Buștiuc, Gheorghe Raftu, Raluca Briceag, Elena Claudia Sin, Mihaela Macrina Manolache, Cristina Nucă, Salim Camer, Aureliana Caraiane

“…Oral behaviours have been clearly identified as a risk factor for the development of painful TMD. The aim of this study was to identify oral behaviors in a group of patients with self-reported sleep bruxism (SB). …”
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The Timing of Femur Fracture Fixation is an Important Factor for Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation by Hyung Chul Choi, Kwang Hwan Jung, Kyu Hyouck Kyoung, Seong Ho Choi

“…However, the long-term use of MV is a major risk factor for late mortality. The surgical correction of long bone fractures plays a critical role not only in improving functional outcomes, but also in reducing physiological derangements, including MV duration. …”
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sCD40L Is Increased and Associated with the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnant Women with Isolated TPOAb Positivity by Xinxin Chen, Qingyao Wang, Xiangguo Cong, Shuyi Jiang, Shuxiang Li, Qiong Shen, Lei Chen

“…About a quarter of pregnant women with isolated positive TPOAb might have GDM. sCD40L was an independent risk factor for GDM in women with isolated TPOAb positivity.…”
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Incidental Adrenal Enlargement: An Overview from a Retrospective Study in a Chinese Population by Le-le Li, Wei-jun Gu, Jing-tao Dou, Guo-qing Yang, Zhao-hui Lv, Yi-ming Mu, Ju-ming Lu

“…Nodular adrenal enlargement was a risk factor.…”
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Role of hyperhomocysteinemia in atherosclerosis: from bench to bedside by Wende Tian, Jianqing Ju, Baoyi Guan, Tongxin Wang, Jiqian Zhang, Luxia Song, Hao Xu

“…Among these, hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) has emerged as a significant and modifiable risk factor, contributing to endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and vascular inflammation. …”
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Vitamin Status as a Determinant of Serum Homocysteine Concentration in Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy by Pandelis Fotiou, Athanasios Raptis, George Apergis, George Dimitriadis, Ioannis Vergados, Panagiotis Theodossiadis

“…Our findings suggest that hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to wood smoke and impact of the combined exposure to tobacco by C.A. Torres-Duque, C. Jaramillo, A. Caballero, N.J. Proaños-Jurado, M.J. Pareja-Zabala, J.B. Soriano, M. González-García

“…Exposure to wood smoke (WS) is a risk factor for COPD in women, but the effect of the combined exposure to tobacco smoke (TS) in the general population and among COPD patients, and the characteristics of WS-COPD are unclear. …”
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Investigation of the Predictive Factors of Recurrent Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenoma by Aykut Ozcan, Meric Balikoglu, Kaan Okan Alkan, Varol Gulseren

“…Since cystectomy is the only independent risk factor, oophorectomy should be the primary treatment for patients >40 years of age who have no desire for childbearing. …”
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The Value of Four Anthropometric Indicators for Identifying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chinese Hypertensive Patients by Bokai Cheng, Nan Lu, Ge Song, Jiaojiao Qiu, Jing Dong, Shuang Cai, Yongkang Su, Jin Sun, Anhang Zhang, Qiligeer Bao, Man Li, Shouyuan Ma, Yan Zhang, Ping Zhu, Shuxia Wang

“…Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has been classified separately as an independent risk factor for hypertension. However, comparisons between different body size indices and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in hypertensive populations have not been reported yet. …”
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Pulmonary Artery and Pulmonic Valve Vegetations in a Young Pregnant Filipino with Patent Ductus Arteriosus by Valerie R. Ramiro, Jezreel L. Taquiso, Stephanie Martha O. Obillos, Charlene F. Agustin, Jose Donato A. Magno, Eric Oliver D. Sison

“…An unrepaired patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a risk factor for IE. A previous IE is also a risk factor that predisposes to IE recurrence. …”
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