Vitamin D Level of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Semra Çetinkaya, Şenay Savaş Erdeve, Erhan Ozel, Mutlu Uysal Yazici, Emine Gulsah Torun

“…Aims: Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for autoimmune diseases such as diabetes mellitus. …”
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Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease by Milian Carralero Romero, Alián Pérez Marrero, Liliana Espinosa Castro

“…Smoking (35.9 %) as the most prevalent risk factor. The correlation between type IV and grade III (15.9 %) predominated. …”
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Extra-Axial Hematoma and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Induced Aplastic Anemia: The Role of Hematological Diseases in Subdural and Epidural Hemorrhage by Richard P. Menger, Rimal H. Dossani, Jai Deep Thakur, Frank Farokhi, Kevin Morrow, Bharat Guthikonda

“…Thrombocytopenia, regardless of cause, is a risk factor for the development of spontaneous subdural hematoma. …”
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Long-term consequences of adolescent exposure to the synthetic cannabinoid AB-FUBINACA in male and female mice by Cristina Izquierdo-Luengo, María Ponce-Renilla, Marc Ten-Blanco, María Andrea Arnanz, Rosa María Tolón, Inmaculada Pereda-Pérez, Fernando Berrendero

“…Summary: The consumption of synthetic cannabinoids during adolescence is reported to be a risk factor for the appearance of psychiatric disorders later in life. …”
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Serum Osteoprotegerin Is a Potential Biomarker of Insulin Resistance in Chinese Postmenopausal Women with Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes by Peng Duan, Min Yang, Meilin Wei, Jia Liu, Ping Tu

“…Increased serum OPG levels (OR = 1.009, p=0.006) may be a risk factor for insulin resistance. The present study suggests that OPG might be implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes and is a potential biomarker of insulin resistance in subjects with diabetes and prediabetes.…”
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Maternal and Umbilical Cord Heat-Shock Protein 70 Levels in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Aybike Tazegul, Sedat Abuşoğlu, Görkem Aktaş, Nasuh Utku Doğan, Berat Berrin Gençoğlu Bakbak, Cetin Celik, Ali Unlu, Özlem Seçilmiş, Ayşegül Kebapçılar, Setenay Yılmaz, Mete Bertizlioğlu

“…The obtained results seem to indicate that elevated umbilical cord Hsp-70 values may potentially be used as indicators of risk factor for early term delivery in pregnancies.…”
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Apathy and Emotion-Based Decision-Making in Amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease by Sophie Bayard, Jean-Pierre Jacus, Stéphane Raffard, Marie-Christine Gely-Nargeot

“…The role of an abnormal IGT performance as a risk factor for the development of apathy needs to be investigated in other clinical populations and in normal aging.…”
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COVID-19 and APOL-1 High-Risk Genotype-Associated Collapsing Glomerulonephritis by Sasmit Roy, Srikanth Kunaparaju, Narayana Murty Koduri, Vikram Sangani, Mytri Pokal, Venu Madhav Konala, Mamtha Balla, Sreedhar Adapa

“…The APOL-1 gene, associated with the African American population, has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for FSGS affected with COVID-19. Our case highlights a similar case of COVID-19 in a 65-year-old AA descendant with biopsy-proven FSGS and genetically confirmed APOL-1 alleles.…”
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Are Parental Stress and Rewards Influenced by Child Temperament? Analysis of the Moderating Role of Social Support and Gender in Spanish Parents by Olga Gómez-Ortiz, María Ortiz-Alba, Daniel Falla, Eva M. Romera

“…Conclusions: Finally, we discuss the protective role played by social support and the possible risk factor of childhood emotionality in parents’ appraisal of the parenting task, depending on the gender of the parents.…”
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The Potential of Antibodies Against the Phosphatidylserine / Prothrombin Complex as a Biomarker in Antiphospholipid Syndrome by Piotr Pasek, Witold Czyż, Julia Kulbacka, Julia Kacperczyk, Marta Chuncia-Ileczko, Michalina Wójcikiewicz, Filip Arczewski, Karol Dziedzic, Maciej Wojszczyk, Damian Zys, Julia Ryniecka

“…Conclusion The presence of aPS/PT may be considered an independent risk factor for thrombosis. However, further research is needed to fully validate its clinical relevance in various clinical scenarios. …”
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Still No Substantial Evidence to Use Prophylactic Antibiotic at Operative Vaginal Delivery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yifru Berhan, Sisay Kirba, Achamyelesh Gebre

“…Postpartum maternal infection is still a common problem worldwide, mainly due to obstetric risk factors. The use of prophylactic antibiotic at operative vaginal delivery (OVD), taking it as a standalone risk factor, has been controversial. …”
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Retrospective study of long-term outcomes of enzyme replacement therapy in Fabry disease: Analysis of prognostic factors. by Maarten Arends, Marieke Biegstraaten, Derralynn A Hughes, Atul Mehta, Perry M Elliott, Daniel Oder, Oliver T Watkinson, Frédéric M Vaz, André B P van Kuilenburg, Christoph Wanner, Carla E M Hollak

“…Of other cardiovascular risk factors, hypertension significantly predicted the risk for clinical events. …”
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Association of P2X7 polymorphisms on Type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility and diabetic complications. by Guoni Huang, Jing Cheng, Wenfeng Liu, Tong Yang, Tao Ye, Qian Zhang, Qi Chen, Yuzhong Xu

“…Additionally, rs208294 was identified as a risk factor for peripheral neuropathy (OR = 2.101, p = 0.016).…”
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The Association between Platelet Glycocalicin and High Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer by Zeng-yao Liu, Qing-chun Jia, Wen Wang, Yu-xi Liu, Rui-tao Wang, Jia-yu Li

“…Elevated platelet volume is the risk factor for the development and poor overall survival of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. …”
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Predictive role of preoperative sarcopenia for long-term survival in rectal cancer patients: A meta-analysis. by Qiutong Su, Jia Shen

“…Furthermore, subgroup analysis based on neoadjuvant therapy indicated that sarcopenia was a risk factor for worse OS and DFS in patients who received (OS: HR = 2.44, P<0.001; DFS: HR = 2.16, P<0.001) but not in those who did not receive (OS: HR = 2.44, P<0.001; DDFS: HR = 1.86, P = 0.002) neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. …”
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A Systematic Review of Parental Occupational Pesticide Exposure and Geographical Proximity to Agricultural Fields in Association with Neural Tube Defects by Karoline Felisbino, Shayane da Silva Milhorini, Nathalia Kirsten, Mariane Yoshie Sato, Davi Paula da Silva, Juliana Danna Kulik, Izonete Cristina Guiloski

“…Therefore, an analysis of the available evidence suggests that pesticides are a risk factor in the development of NTDs.…”
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Older Age and Abnormal Pulmonary Ventilation Function Do Not Increase the Risk of Pulmonary Hemorrhage Caused by CT-Guided Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy by Xuejuan Yu, Chunhai Li, Dexiang Wang, Bo Liu, Haipeng Jia, Wei Zhou

“…The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in risk factors for pulmonary hemorrhage in elderly and young patients with percutaneous computed tomography-guided needle biopsies (PCNBs). …”
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Body Mass Index and Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Receiving Care in a University Hospital by Mercedes Camprubi, Sandra Cabrera, Jordi Sans, Georgina Vidal, Teresa Salvadó, Alfredo Bardají

“…Although obesity is a well-established cardiovascular risk factor, some controversy has arisen with regard to its effect on hospital mortality in patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome. …”
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Impaired Hippocampal Glutamate and Glutamine Metabolism in the db/db Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Jens Velde Andersen, Jakob Dahl Nissen, Sofie Kjellerup Christensen, Kia Hjulmand Markussen, Helle Sønderby Waagepetersen

“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer’s disease, and changes in brain energy metabolism have been suggested as a causative mechanism. …”
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The impact of polypharmacy on health outcomes in the aged: A retrospective cohort study. by Irene Boateng, Carlos Rodriguez Pascual, Paul Grassby, Zahid Asghar, Kinda Ibrahim

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Polypharmacy was found to be a risk factor for mortality and hospitalization. The risk increased with an increase in age, potentially inappropriate medicines and comorbidities.…”
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