Impact of Abdominal Obesity on Thyroid Auto-Antibody Positivity: Abdominal Obesity Can Enhance the Risk of Thyroid Autoimmunity in Men by Jazyra Zynat, Suli Li, Yanrong Ma, Li Han, Fuhui Ma, Yuyuan Zhang, Bei Xing, Xinling Wang, Yanying Guo

“…Abdominal obesity is a risk factor for TPOAb positivity in men, suggesting that abdominal obesity can enhance the risk of thyroid autoimmunity in men.…”
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Water Risk and Mining Firms’ Stock Return by Maryam Davallou, Shirin Mehrali

“…ResultsThe significance of the water risk effect on stock returns of mining companies indicates the pricing and the confirmation power of this risk factor to explain the changes in stock returns over time, in a way that one unit increase in water risk will cause a decrease of about 3% in the excess return of the firm’s stock three quarters later. …”
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Functional Genetic Variant in ATG5 Gene Promoter in Acute Myocardial Infarction by Yexin Zhang, Xiaohui He, Jiarui Li, Wentao Yang, Yinghua Cui, Shuchao Pang, Haihua Wang, Bo Yan

“…Therefore, the genetic variant identified in AMI may affect the activity of the ATG5 gene promoter and change the ATG5 level, contributing to AMI as a rare risk factor.…”
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Association between elevated cystatin C levels and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome: a systematic review and updated meta-analysis by Nianying Fu, Xiaotao Tan, Jie He

“…Moreover, the increase in cystatin C levels may serve as a risk factor for stroke and MACC in patients with OSAHS. …”
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Faktor Risiko yang Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Infeksi Toksoplasma pada Ibu Hamil di RSUD Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru Tahun 2010-2013 by Rika Andriyani, Kiki Megasari

“…The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors associated with the incidence of toxoplasma in pregnant women at Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru in 2013. …”
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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Positive Critically Ill Children by Yudy Fonseca, MD, Alise Davies, PA, Stephanie Jarrin, MD, Liliana Simon, MD, Cortney Foster, DO, Sun Kai, Adnan Bhutta, MD

“…A multivariable logistic regression showed that race was an independent risk factor for COVID in PE-positive patients. CONCLUSIONS:. …”
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Systematic review of the impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on mortality and adverse clinical outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease by Paul Roderick, Julie Parkes, Theresa Hydes, Ryan Buchanan, Oliver J Kennedy, Simon Fraser

“…The latter was the only study to report outcomes for non-fatal CVEs and observed NAFLD to be an independent risk factor for this (propensity-matched HR=2.00, p=0.02). …”
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Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio Predicts Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients after Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Zhebin You, Tailin Guo, Fan Lin, Chunjin Lin, Jiankang Chen, Xiaoming Li, Yan Chen, Kaiyang Lin

“…Logistic regression analysis was applied to analyze whether FAR was an independent risk factor for CIN. Results. Overall, 29 (5.1%) patients developed CIN. …”
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Clinical Impact of Viral Load on the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver-Related Mortality in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Ran Noh, Doo Hyuck Lee, Byoung Woon Kwon, Yong Hyun Kim, Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song

“…Serum HCV RNA titer may be considered an independent risk factor for the development of HCC but not liver-related mortality.…”
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SOME ASPECTS OF TEETH ERUPTION. A LITERATURE REVIEW by L.V. Smaglyuk, Н.V. Voronkova, A.Y. Karasiunok

“…Thus, the altered passive eruption is an unusual physiological variation in the morphology of the dental-gum complex, which leads to aesthetic disorders and is considered a risk factor for periodontal disease. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the presence of altered teeth eruption when planning the orthodontic treatment. …”
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Association of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) Polymorphisms with Asthma Risk: A Meta-Analysis by Fenfang Zou, Jianpeng Zhang, Guoan Xiang, Hongbin Jiao, Hongmei Gao

“…The present meta-analysis suggests that MMP-9 Arg668Gln, rs17577 polymorphism may be the risk factor for asthma susceptibility.…”
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The MRI-based vertebral bone quality score is a predictor of pedicle screw loosening following instrumented posterior lumbar fusion by Yung-Hsueh Hu, Jian-Hong Chou, Yu-Cheng Yeh, Ming-Kai Hsieh, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Wen-Jer Chen, Lih-Hui Chen, Po-Liang Lai, Chi-Chien Niu

“…Conclusions: A higher VBQ score was an independent risk factor for pedicle screw loosening following instrumented TLIF. …”
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Adolescent mice exposed to TBI developed PD-like pathology in middle age by Rong Sha, Mingzhe Wu, Pengfei Wang, Ziyuan Chen, Wei Lei, Shimiao Wang, Shun Gong, Guobiao Liang, Rui Zhao, Yingqun Tao

“…Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is identified as a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease (PD), which is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). …”
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Associations between a polygenic risk score and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in a Chinese population: a case-control study by Ying Li, Mengjiao Yang, Lu Yuan, Ting Li, Xinli Zhong, Yanying Guo

“…The areas under the curve (AUCs) was significantly increased from 0.703 (0.678, 0.728) in the traditional risk factor model to 0.765 (0.741, 0.788) by including PRS. …”
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The Underlying Molecular Basis and Mechanisms of Venous Thrombosis in Patients with Osteomyelitis: A Data-Driven Analysis by Peisheng Chen, Yinhuan Liu, Xiaofeng Lin, Bin Yu, Bin Chen, Fengfei Lin

“…Emerging evidence indicates OM is a risk factor for increasing incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) development. …”
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A systematic review of barriers to early presentation and diagnosis with breast cancer among black women by Ruth H Jack, Jill Maben, Elizabeth A Davies, Emma Ream, Grace Lucas, Claire EL Jones, Lindsay JL Forbes

“…Factors contributing to delay included: poor symptom and risk factor knowledge; fear of detecting breast abnormality; fear of cancer treatments; fear of partner abandonment; embarrassment disclosing symptoms to healthcare professionals; taboo and stigmatism. …”
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Short-term predictive value of sST2 in patients with STEMI following primary PCI: a prospective observational study by Shan Huang, Lu-Jiao Yu, Guang-Feng Sun, Zi-Xin Zhang

“…Conclusion sST2 level after primary PCI was an independent risk factor of MACEs in STEMI patients through 30 days follow-up.…”
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Sex and gender differentials in the prevalence of obesity and its association with multimorbidity among reproductive-aged individuals in India by Jogesh Murmu, Abhinav Sinha, Ritik Agrawal, Bhagyashree Rout, Srikanta Kanungo, Sanghamitra Pati

“…It makes a considerable contribution to chronic diseases as it is a major risk factor for other chronic illnesses. Multimorbidity, or the presence of two or more chronic illnesses, is becoming more common in LMICs, resulting in poor health outcomes. …”
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Prognostic value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in ischemic heart failure patients following percutaneous coronary intervention by Xin Huang, Tienan Sun, Biyang Zhang, Meishi Ma, Zheng Chen, Zehao Zhao, Shutong Dong, Yujie Zhou

“…The multivariate Cox regression demonstrated RLP-C was an independent risk factor for MACE, whether assessed as a continuous variable[hazard ratio (HR), 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.50, 1.15-1.98, p = 0.003] or categorized into tertiles[HR, 95% CI: 2.57, 2.03-3.26, p < 0.001, tertile 3 vs tertile 1]. …”
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Sociodemographic, Clinical and Genetic Correlates of Aggressive and Auto-Aggressive Behaviour in Alcohol-Dependent Individuals &ndash; Preliminary Study by Czarnecki D, Holec EA, Chodkiewicz J, Ziółkowski M, Gorzkiewicz M

“…Genetic variation in MAOA loci may be a risk factor for impulsive behaviour like suicidal behaviour, and especially aggression.Keywords: gene polymorphisms, aggression, suicide behaviour, alcohol-dependence…”
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