Clinicopathological characteristics and long-term prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer patients with HER2-Low expression: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort stud... by Xin Liu, Kaihua Zhao, Ziyan Zhang, Meiyan Liu, Hongwu Chu, Xiao Zou

“…Compared to HER2-zero, HER2-low status is linked to better long-term prognosis and serves as an independent low-risk factor for RFS in TNBC patients.…”
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Serum Cystatin S (CST4): A Novel Prognostic Marker for Gastric Cancer by Chao Gu, Shan Chen, Lining Huang, Chenliang Cao, Renshun Yuan, Zhongyang Kou, Weiwei Chen, Haihua Shi, Xiaodong Gu

“…The cohort was divided into training and test sets at a ratio of 3:1 for Cox regression analyses, which identified CST4 as an independent risk factor for overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). …”
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Alcohol in Europe: epidemiology, policies and sustainable health targets to fill the gaps of prevention by Emanuele Scafato, Claudia Gandin, Silvia Ghirini, Alice Maton

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the harmful use of alcohol stands as a primary risk factor affecting the global population’s health. …”
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Coronary Atherosclerosis and Aortic Valve Disease as Long-Term Sequelae of Radiation Therapy in Childhood by Majken van den Handel Vestergaard, Ann Bovin, Erik Lerkevang Grove

“…We stress the awareness of prior mediastinal radiation therapy as an important risk factor for premature coronary atherosclerosis and valvular heart disease, particularly in younger patients without classical risk factors for coronary artery disease.…”
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Sexual functions in individuals with inflammatory bowel diseases by Marta Kotkowicz-Szczur, Edyta Szymańska, Rafał Kisielewski, Jarosław Kierkuś

“…Moreover, mood disorders, in particular depression, which is a major risk factor for sexual dysfunctions, are reported to be common in chronic illnesses such as IBD. …”
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Management of High Blood Pressure in Those without Overt Cardiovascular Disease Utilising Absolute Risk Scores by Mark R. Nelson

“…However, estimating absolute risk rather than measurement of a single risk factor such as blood pressure is a superior method to identify who is most at risk of having an adverse cardiovascular event such as stroke or myocardial infarction, and therefore who would most likely benefit from therapeutic intervention. …”
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Sázka na nejistou kartu. Armádní služba a sociální úpadek Raduitů de Souches na přelomu 17. a 18. století by Vítězslav Prchal

“…They were not only the inherent part of aristocratic warrior careers, but they also, in the situation of yet undeveloped fiscal mechanisms of a premodern state that was still searching for ways how to finance its permanent army, represented a risk factor which, to a considerable extent, decided about success or failure not only of the particular individuals, but as well their families and other generations of the dynasty, in the strictly socially stratified society of the early modern period. …”
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Residual Hemothorax after Chest Tube Placement Correlates with Increased Risk of Empyema Following Traumatic Injury by Riyad Karmy-Jones, Michele Holevar, Ryan J Sullivan, Ani Fleisig, Gregory J Jurkovich

“…Studies of potential risk factors of empyema have included use of antibiotics, site of injury and technique of chest tube placement. …”
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Acetylsalicylic Acid Use in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Peptic Ulcer Bleeding by Justin Cheung, Jennifer Rajala, Daniel Moroz, Qiaohao Zhu, Michael Stamm, Gurpal Singh Sandha

“…BACKGROUND: Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is used in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but is also a risk factor for peptic ulcer disease (PUD) bleeding.…”
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Peranan Diet Rendah Serat terhadap Timbulnya Hemoroid di RSUP. Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Afifah Muthmainnah, Masrul ., Asril Zahari

“…Low-fiber diet, hemorrhoid history in the family, and habits of defecate position are not the risk factor for hemorrhoid in this research. The type of work is a risk factor for hemorrhoid.…”
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Do all patients with rheumatic Diseases have a higher risk of COVID 19? Initial results from the Karnataka Rheumatology Association COVID 19 Cohort Study (KRACC) by Vineeta Shobha, K Chanakya, Vikram Haridas, Sharath Kumar, Pramod Chebbi, Benzeeta Pinto, Vikramraj Jain, Subramaniam Ramaswamy, Shiv Prasad, Abhishek Patil, Vijay K Rao, G C Yathish, B G Dharmanand, Ramesh Jois, Ashwini Kamath, Chethana Dharmapalaiah, K N Sangeeta, Ramya Janardana, C Srinivasa, A S Harshini, Nagaraj Srinivasulu, Yogesh Preet Singh, Shweta Singhai, K M Mahendranath, S Chandrashekara

“…Underlying lung disease was the most important risk factor apart from older age, diabetes, hypertension, and a higher glucocorticoid dosage.…”
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Relationship between high-sensitivity C reactive protein and the risk of gallstone disease: results from the Kailuan cohort study by Tong Liu, Wenqiang Li, Sarah Tan Siyin, Nan Yao, Ning Duan, Guoshuai Xu, Jun Qu, Siqing Liu

“…Whether hs-CRP represents an independent risk factor for GSD is still unclear. We prospectively investigated hs-CRP in relation to the occurrence of GSD based on the Kailuan study.Study design Prospective cohort study.Setting The Kailuan cohort study was conducted in Tangshan City in northern China.Participants 95 319 participants who were free from GSD were recruited in this study. …”
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Intestinal flora composition and fecal metabolic phenotype in elderly patients with sleep disorders combined with type 2 diabetes by Zhuohao Yin, Huaze Xie, Fuyuan Liu, Xue Kong, Wei Chen, Yangfan Gong, Wei Ge

“…Abstract Objectives This study aimed to determine whether type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an independent risk factor for sleep disorders in the elderly and explore the possible intestinal flora factors of sleep disorders combined with T2D in this population. …”
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Classification of Emerging Scoliosis in Congenital Scoliosis After Hemivertebra Resection and Short Segmental Fusion by Chenkai Li, Xiaohan Ye, Bingtai Han, You Du, Yiwei Zhao, Dihan Sun, Shengru Wang, Jianguo Zhang

“…Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic analysis were used to identify the risk factors of ES. Results Among 261 patients, 13 patients (5.0%) experienced ES. …”
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Public health economic modelling in evaluations of salt and/or alcohol policies: a systematic scoping review by Joseph Prince Mensah, Chloe Thomas, Robert Akparibo, Alan Brennan

“…Systolic blood pressure was a key intermediate risk factor in the excessive salt-to-disease modelling pathway for 40 (83%) of the salt modelling studies. …”
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Long-Term Prospective Study of the Influence of Estrone Levels on Events in Postmenopausal Women with or at High Risk for Coronary Artery Disease by Antonio de Padua Mansur, Tereza Cristina B. F. Silva, Julio Yoshio Takada, Solange Desirée Avakian, Célia Maria C. Strunz, Luiz Antonio Machado César, José Mendes Aldrighi, José Antonio F. Ramires

“…Fasting blood for estrone and heart disease risk factors were collected at baseline. Women were grouped according to their estrone levels (<15 and ≥15 pg/mL). …”
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Is body mass index associated with the incidence of endometriosis and the severity of dysmenorrhoea: a case–control study in China? by Qi Chen, Yifei Gao, Yunhui Tang, Luling Lin, Mingzhi Zhao, George Qiaoqi Chen, Shouzhen Chen

“…Obesity was also a risk factor for severe dysmenorrhoea.…”
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Unlocking the link: predicting cardiovascular disease risk with a focus on airflow obstruction using machine learning by Xiyu Cao, Jianli Ma, Xiaoyi He, Yufei Liu, Yang Yang, Yaqi Wang, Chuantao Zhang

“…For AO patients, education, gender, ethnicity are key CVD risk factors.…”
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HDL-free cholesterol influx into macrophages and transfer to LDL correlate with HDL-free cholesterol content by Dedipya Yelamanchili, Baiba K. Gillard, Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Miguel Caínzos Achirica, Khurram Nasir, Alan T. Remaley, Corina Rosales, Henry J. Pownall

“…This study of HDL composition and function of normolipidemic subjects provides the basis for further investigation and establishment of HDL-FC content as an ASCVD risk factor.…”
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A Small Increase in Serum Creatinine within 48 h of Hospital Admission Is an Independent Predictor of In-Hospital Adverse Outcomes in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial... by Jiajia Zhu, Wenxian Liu, Jiang Li, Changsheng Ma, Dong Zhao

“…Other risk factors included age ˃65 years, history of heart failure, use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, aspirin or ACEI/ARB, LVEF <40%, Killip class III-IV, and increased SBP and heart rate. …”
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