How Did the COVID‐19 Pandemic Change Cigarette Smoking Behavior? by Jason Semprini

“…Methods Following a preregistered plan, we accessed population‐based data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2010–2023) to analyze three primary outcomes: (1) currently smoking, (2) number of cigarettes per day, and (3) quit smoking in the past year. …”
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Sex Modified the Association between Sleep Duration and worse Cognitive Performance in Chinese Hypertensive Population: Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Xinlei Zhou, Junpei Li, Chao Yu, Wangsheng Fang, Yanyou Xie, Li Wang, Si Shen, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Tao Wang, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Jianglong Tu, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…Additionally, hypertension was found to be one of the important risk factors for cognitive decline and abnormal sleep duration was also a significant risk factor for hypertension. …”
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Predictive Factors of Early Recurrence in Patients with Distal Cholangiocarcinoma after Pancreaticoduodenectomy by Yasuhiro Ito, Yuta Abe, Tomohisa Egawa, Minoru Kitago, Osamu Itano, Yuko Kitagawa

“…In a multivariate analysis, a higher incidence of lymphatic invasion was the only independent risk factor for early recurrence (odds ratio: 5.772, 95% confidence interval: 1.123–29.682, P=0.036). …”
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Diagnostic value of miR-193a-5p in severe pneumonia and its correlation with prognosis by Xiaoji Su, Lijuan Zhu, Jiajia Zhuo, Shihai Zhang

“…High expression of miR-193a-5p was linked to survival in children with severe pneumonia and was a risk factor for adverse prognosis. Conclusion Serum levels of miR-193a-5p were markedly elevated in children with severe pneumonia, which may be of significance for the early diagnosis of the disease and prognostic assessment.…”
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Impact of Visit-to-Visit Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly by Fei Chen, Ying Pan, Ziqing Liu, Rong Huang, Jing Wang, Jian Shao, Yaqin Gong, Xiyi Sun, Xiaobo Jiang, Weihao Wang, Zhaoqiang Li, Shao Zhong, Qi Pan, Kaixin Zhou

“…However, whether variability in the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a risk factor for CVD remains unknown. Research Design and Methods. …”
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Prolonged adhesiolysis to pregnancy interval is associated with placenta accreta spectrum in women with intrauterine adhesion by Lan Xiang, Duoxiang Sun, Juan He, Yali Zhuang

“…A Kaplan–Meier analysis showed the median interval time to PAS was 16.00 months (95% CI 15.11–16.89).Conclusions We assume that prolonged adhesiolysis to pregnancy interval may be considered a significant risk factor for PAS in IUA women.…”
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Educational intervention on the cervical-uterine cancer prevention in women from the Las Flores doctor’s office 7. Nuevitas by Magdiel Galiano Silva, Tania Sánchez Roja, Rebeca Rodríguez Mesa, Maira Pérez Basulto, Vilda Magalys Valdez Cervante, Yenly Loucratf Primelle

“…The analyzed variables were age, educational level, knowledge about risk factors and suspicious manifestations, and about the cytological test.…”
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Hormones and Hormonal Anabolics: Residues in Animal Source Food, Potential Public Health Impacts, and Methods of Analysis by Belachew B. Hirpessa, Beyza H. Ulusoy, Canan Hecer

“…The incidence of hormone residues in such types of food and food products beyond the tolerance acts as a risk factor for the occurrence of potential public health problems. …”
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Speckled-egg staining appearance of cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient by Matthew Alexander Stack, John-Paul Lavik, Jack G. Schneider, Brynne E. Cross

“…Despite the patient’s lack of any classic comorbidities associated with invasive cryptococcal disease, his advanced age was likely a risk factor.…”
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Age as the Impact on Mortality Rate in Trauma Patients by Onchuda Wongweerakit, Osaree Akaraborworn, Burapat Sangthong, Komet Thongkhao

“…Age is a significant risk factor for mortality in trauma patients. The mortality significantly increased at the age of 70 and higher.…”
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The Association between KIF6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs20455 and Serum Lipids in Filipino-American Women by Irma B. Ancheta, Cynthia A. Battie, Dan Richard, Christine V. Ancheta, Nancy Borja-Hart, Annabelle S. Volgman, Yvette Conley

“…The Trp719Arg allele of KIF6 rs20455, a putative risk factor for CHD especially in those with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), was investigated in Filipino-American women (FAW, n=235) participating in health screenings in four cities. …”
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Effects of phonophoresis gel lipolytic assets in abdominal adiposity by Rodrigo Marcel Valentim da Silva, Patricia Froes Meyer, Jaiane Ferreira de Souza, Jamille Lira de Oliveira Félix, Edjane Barbosa Santana Delgado, Luana de Oliveira Queiroz, Melyssa Lima de Medeiros

“…Abdominal obesity or android obesity, a known risk factor for diseases, constitutes also an aesthetic problem that prevents to eliminate localized fat in the abdomen. …”
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Plastic harmful ingredients reduce the level of neurofilament light chain protein by Long Li, Xiaoxiu Ma, Junwei Liu, Yongli Wu

“…Finally, the latent profile analysis categorized exposures into high, medium, and low patterns, confirming that higher exposure to plastic hazardous ingredients posed a significant risk factor for elevated NFL levels in the blood. Exposure to plastic hazardous ingredients significantly increases the risk of NFL, the present contributes to early detection and intervention to reduce the incidence of neurodevelopmental disorder.…”
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HPV Infection in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Relationship to the Prognosis of Patients in Northern China by Fangli Cao, Hui Han, Fang Zhang, Baozhong Wang, Wei Ma, Yanwen Wang, Guiming Sun, Miao Shi, Yubo Ren, Yufeng Cheng

“…Human papillomavirus (HPV) as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has previously been studied, but importance of HPV status in ESCC for prognosis is less clear. …”
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Hypertension Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Middle-Aged Adults in Chongqing, China by Xianglong Xu, Yunshuang Rao, Zumin Shi, Lingli Liu, Cheng Chen, Yong Zhao

“…Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease in China, and yet little is known about health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its associations with demographic and social-economic characteristics in middle-aged patients with hypertension. …”
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Cathepsin K Deficiency Impaired Ischemia-Induced Neovascularization in Aged Mice by Xueling Yue, Haiying Jiang, Ying Xu, Manli Xia, Xian-Wu Cheng

“…Background. Aging is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cysteine protease cathepsin K (CatK) has been implicated in the process of angiogenesis, but the exact roles of individual CatK in vessel formation during aging are poorly understood. …”
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The effect of green tea consumption on cholesterol reduction: a study among social service employees in East Nusa Tenggara by Patricia Flamli Uma Mukin, Anita Lidesna Shinta Amat, Elisabeth Levina Sari Setianingrum, Magdarita Riwu

“… Background: Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, with elevated cholesterol levels prevalent in Indonesia. …”
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Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit by Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Lietter Aguilar Jure, Yenisel Chang Cuesta, Inte Santana Carballosa, Victor René Navarro Machado, Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: in the wide context of the COVID-19 epidemic, secondary bacterial infections represent an important risk factor for the entity's adverse outcomes.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize patients admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and negative for COVID-19.…”
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Key Taxa of the Gut Microbiome Associated with the Relationship Between Environmental Sensitivity and Inflammation-Related Biomarkers by Satoshi Takasugi, Shuhei Iimura, Miyabi Yasuda, Yoshie Saito, Masashi Morifuji

“…In previous research, we found that high environmental sensitivity can be a risk factor for increased inflammation and gut permeability, particularly when gut microbiome diversity is low. …”
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Genetic polymorphism of xenobiotic biotransformation genes, TNF-α and IL-4 in obstructive jaundice by A. A. Natalsky, S. V. Tarasenko, A. A. Nikiforov, O. V. Zaytsev, O. D. Peskov

“…Carriage of C allele of СYP2E1 gene is a risk factor of development of biliary diseases. The interrelation of A allele of TNF-α gene G-308A (OR=2,68, 95% CI 1,23-5,84) with high risk of obstructive jaundice due to choledocholithiasis was revealed. …”
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