Increased Toll-Like Receptor 2 Expression in Peptidoglycan-Treated Blood Monocytes Is Associated with Insulin Resistance in Patients with Nondiabetic Rheumatoid Arthritis by Shih-Wei Wang, Tsun-Mei Lin, Chiou-Huey Wang, Hsiao-Han Liu, Jer-Yiing Houng

“…The close relationship between increased TLR-2 expression in blood monocytes and insulin resistance in RA patients is shown in this study. Traditional risk factors for metabolic disorders, including the waist circumstance, body mass index (BMI), triglyceride (TG), and ratio of TG to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, were closely correlated with HOMA (homoeostasis model assessment) index in patients with nondiabetic RA. …”
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Adolescent with Rhabdomyolysis due to Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism by Raquel Farias Moeller, Nassim Zecavati, Rosa Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, Shoshana Aleinikoff, Wolfgang Rennert

“…Statin use, quail ingestion, infection by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and hypothyroidism, though rare, are risk factors for the development of rhabdomyolysis. We describe the case of a 15-year-old female who presented with myalgias, weakness, and pigmenturia following marching band practice. …”
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Multidisciplnary approach applied to activity analysis within a dynamic setting: driving light vehicles for postal delivery of mail and parcels by Florence Hella, Anca Radauceanu, Jean-Jacques Atain-Kouadio, Raphaël Payet, Régis Colin

“…These findings contributed to the construction of an epidemiological study aimed to analyze risk factors related to driving light vehicles for postal delivery activities.…”
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Comment protéger la santé des travailleurs dans un système qui ne repose pas sur les notions d’aptitude et d’inaptitude ? by Robert Plante, Luc Bherer, Michel Vézina

“…In Québec, in occupational health, the public health approach has been favoured over the individual medical approach because it is consistent with the objectives of the law, namely this community taking charge of its problems, and the reduction and even elimination of risk factors. Individual medical activities are limited to cases where the relevance and effectiveness of preventive benefits have been demonstrated. …”
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Common Mental Disorders in Brazilian Graduate Students by Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina, Assis do Carmo Pereira Junior, Gabriela Di Donato, Marina Aleixo Diniz Rezende, Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti, Vanderlei José Haas, Adriana Inocenti Miasso

“…The findings reveal the vulnerability of graduate students to CMDs and risk factors amenable to institutional intervention. …”
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The impact of uric acid on acute coronary syndrome prognosis in elderly patients by Yifan Li, Tiantian Sang, Naqiang Lv, Jinxing Liu, Yingzhen Gu, Xiaorong Han, Wei Zhang, Aimin Dang

“…Both hyperuricemia and high UA levels were independent risk factors for long-term MACE in advanced-age ACS patients, with HR values of 1.546 (1.049–2.280, p = 0.028) and 1.491 (1.011–2.198, p = 0.044), respectively.Conclusion Elevated UA levels were identified as independent risk factors for MACE in elderly patients with ACS. …”
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The correlation between serum MHR and NLR and the severity of coronary lesions in NSTE-ACS patients of different genders by Yanping Yang, Xiaobing Lv, Kai Tan, Kai Li, Shaohua Li, Xia Meng, Yunyun Chen, Fuqing Wang, Hui Xin

“…Fibrinogen, apolipoprotein B/A, and neutrophils are identified as independent risk factors for arterial stenosis in female NSTE-ACS patients, while LVEF and high-density lipoprotein are protective factors. …”
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Contribution of integrase inhibitor use, body mass index, physical activity and caloric intake to weight gain in people living with HIV by Giovanni Guaraldi, Jovana Milic, Elena Bacchi, Federica Carli, Marianna Menozzi, Iacopo Franconi, Alessandro Raimondi, Giacomo Ciusa, Valentina Masi, Michela Belli, Stefano Guaraldi, Emanuele Aprile, Maria Mancini, Cristina Mussini, Jordan E. Lake, Kristine M. Erlandson

“…PAFs and 95% CIs were estimated to quantify the proportion of the outcome that could be avoided if the risk factors were not present. Results: 118 PLWH switched to INSTI and 163 remained on current ART. …”
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Unsupervised machine learning model for phenogroup-based stratification in acute type A aortic dissection to identify postoperative acute gastrointestinal injury by Yuhu Ma, Xiaofang Yang, Chenxiang Weng, Xiaoqing Wang, Baoping Zhang, Ying Liu, Rui Wang, Zhenxing Bao, Peining Yang, Hong Zhang, Yatao Liu

“…The random forest model showed that the top four risk factors for AGI in phenogroup B were cardiopulmonary bypass time, operation time, aortic clamping time, and ventilator time, which were significantly different from other phenogroups. …”
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The role of activated partial thrombin time in mediating the impact of poorly glycemic control on diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Hui Zhang, Minghui Chen, Lijie Sun, Wenwen Zhu, Wenwen Zhu, Tong Niu, Huzaifa Fareeduddin Mohammmed Farooqui, Hongxiao Wang, Bing Song, Jumei Wang, Haoqiang Zhang

“…Furthermore, both elevated HbA1c and decreased APTT were identified as risk factors for DPN in T2DM individuals. Mediation analysis showed that APTT mediated the indirect effect of HbA1c on the conduction velocities of sensory fibers in both the ulnar nerve and sural nerve (95% CI: -0.3448, -0.0135; -0.3523, -0.0180). …”
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Association of a multiplex immune marker panel with incident cognitive impairment and dementia: The Northern Manhattan Study by Mohammad Abdurrehman Sheikh, Michelle P. Moon, Clinton B. Wright, Jose Gutierrez, Minghua Liu, Tatjana Rundek, Ken Cheung, Mady Hornig, Mitchell S.V. Elkind

“…The effect of the immune markers was comparable to traditional risk factors, with CCL2 (per SD) having almost the same effect as 1 year of aging and CXCL9 (per SD) showing approximately twice this magnitude. …”
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Thyroid Function in Korean Adolescents with Obesity: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015) by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyo-Kyoung Nam, Jae Hyun Kim, Young-Jun Rhie, Sochung Chung, Kee-Hyoung Lee, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…Hyperthyrotropinemia was associated with abnormal metabolic risk factors including abdominal obesity and elevated triglyceride.…”
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Impact of witnessing abuse of their mother and childhood trauma on men's perpetration of intimate partner violence in the cross-sectional UN multi-country study on men and violence... by Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Naeema Abrahams, Nwabisa Shai, Leane Ramsoomar, Bianca Dekel, Andrew Gibbs, Jani Nöthling, Samantha Willan, Esnat Chirwa

“…Trauma exposure and witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) in childhood are recognised risk factors for IPV. Using the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific dataset, we describe the pathways through which they influence adult IPV perpetration. …”
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Neural tube defects in a war-torn Tigray regional state of Ethiopia: a retrospective study of 54,626 deliveries by Birhane Alem Berihu, Afework Mulugeta, Tony Magana, Masresha Tessema, Tafere Gebreegziabher, Yibrah Berhe, Abadi Leul Welderufael, Hayelom Kebede Mekonen

“…Anencephaly, spina bifida, and encephalocele were common, contributing to stillbirths. Risk factors include maternal age (20–29), rural residency, first pregnancies, lack of folic acid and multivitamins, and neonatal factors like male sex and preterm birth. …”
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Hubungan Perdarahan Postpartum dengan Paritas di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Periode 1 Januari 2010 - 31 Desember 2012 by Nola Eriza, Defrin , Yuniar Lestari

“…Parity is one of the risk factors for the occurrence of postpartum hemorrhage. …”
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Diagnostic features, management and prognosis of type 2 myocardial infarction compared to type 1 myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kyle White, Ian Scott, Mansey Kinarivala

“…All review stages were conducted by two reviewers.Main outcomes and measures Risk factors, presenting symptoms, cardiac investigations such as troponin and angiogram, management and outcomes such as mortality.Results 40 cohort studies comprising 98 930 patients with T1MI and 13 803 patients with T2MI were included. …”
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) colonisation as a predictor for subsequent CRE infection: A retrospective surveillance study by Courtney M. Tubb, Marco Tubb, Jonathan Hooijer, Rispah Chomba, Jeremy Nel

“…Objectives: We aimed to determine CRE colonisation prevalence, the incidence of subsequent CRE infections and the risk factors associated with each. Method: We retrospectively reviewed hospital records from 686 patients admitted to a medical high-care ward at a tertiary hospital in Gauteng, South Africa, between October 2019 and May 2022. …”
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Hubungan Indeks Massa Tubuh dengan Kejadian Preeklampsia di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Cintya Andriani, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto, Bobby Indra Utama

“…The exact cause of preeclampsia still unknown, but there are risk factors that affect the preeclampsia’s incident. …”
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Comparison between traditional logistic regression and machine learning for predicting mortality in adult sepsis patients by Hongsheng Wu, Biling Liao, Tengfei Ji, Keqiang Ma, Yumei Luo, Shengmin Zhang

“…Utilizing stepwise regression with the “backward” method, independent risk factors, including systolic pressure, lactic acid, NLR, RDW, IL-6, PT, and Tbil, were identified. …”
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Ursolic acid attenuates obesity-related metabolic dysfunction via modulation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma in male Wistar rats fed with high-carbohydrate high... by Oluwatosin O. Omodara, Mohammed U. Kawu, Ibrahim G. Bako, Daniel H. Mhya, Theophilus T. Dawus

“…The development of these risk factors is connected to persistent low-grade inflammation. …”
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