Higher Prevalence of Diabetes in Pontine Infarction than in Other Posterior Circulation Strokes by Jinmao Zhu, Youfu Li, Yanxia Wang, Shuanggen Zhu, Yongjun Jiang

“…After adjusting for confounding factors, diabetes was an independent risk factor for pontine infarction (OR 1.63, 95% CI 1.27-2.09, P<0.05). …”
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New Onset of Symptomatic Peptic Ulcer Disease Postpartum Secondary to Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use by Maggie Tallmadge, Margaret MacBeth, Anna Palatnik

“…The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) medications is a risk factor for peptic ulcer disease (PUD). PUD in the postpartum period is rare, despite the common use of NSAIDs. …”
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Hypertension and Its Impact on Stroke Recovery: From a Vascular to a Parenchymal Overview by Benjamin Maïer, Nathalie Kubis

“…Hypertension is the first modifiable vascular risk factor accounting for 10.4 million deaths worldwide; it is strongly and independently associated with the risk of stroke and is related to worse prognosis. …”
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Prospective Association Between Tobacco Use and at-Risk Alcohol Consumption Among Swedish Adolescents: Outlining the Influence of Tobacco Product, Frequency of Use and Gender in th... by Johanna Andersson, Kristina Berglund, Robin Irmel, Louise Adermark

“…Introduction: Tobacco use is not only a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality but also associated with alcohol misuse. …”
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Risk of Dementia in Patients with Depression or Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Ting-Chun Fang, Yu-Hsuan Wu, Yi-Huei Chen, Ching-Heng Lin, Ming-Hong Chang

“…This study aimed to clarify whether Parkinson’s disease (PD) and depression were independent risk factors or with synergic effects in dementia. Methods. …”
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Value Premium and Country Risk as Dimensions to Estimate Conditional Returns: a Study of the Brazilian Market by Lilian de Castro Medeiros, Aureliano Angel Bressan

“…In this context, this article examines value premium in the Brazilian market and investigates the influence of the country risk variable as an additional risk factor for estimating conditional returns in this market not captured by value premium. …”
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Endogenous Fusarium Endophthalmitis in Diabetes Mellitus by S. Balamurugan, Ashish Khodifad

“…While diabetes mellitus is a well-known risk factor for endogenous endophthalmitis, we did not find any reported case of Fusarium endophthalmitis in a case of diabetes mellitus. …”
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Detection and Quantification of the Relationship between the Ratio of Triglycerides over High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and the Level of Serum Uric Acid: One Cross-Sectional... by Yuexi Li, Yuhan Luo, Qiaoli Wang, Xiaoqin Liu

“…Hyperuricemia acts as an independently known risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and gout. …”
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Exploring the influences of education, intelligence and income on mental disorders by Fuquan Zhang, Ancha Baranova, Hongbao Cao

“…Our MVMR analysis showed that (1) higher EA was a direct protective factor for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and insomnia but a direct risk factor for schizophrenia, BD and ASD; (2) higher intelligence was a direct protective factor for schizophrenia but a direct risk factor for major depressive disorder (MDD) and ASD; (3) higher income was a direct protective factor for seven mental disorders, including schizophrenia, BD, MDD, ASD, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD and anxiety disorder.Conclusions Our study reveals that education, intelligence and income intertwine with each other. …”
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Impact of maternal prenatal stress by glucocorticoids on metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes in their offspring: A systematic scoping review. by Claudia Eberle, Teresa Fasig, Franziska Brüseke, Stefanie Stichling

“…Especially by focusing on pre-gestational, gestational but also lactation phases "stress" is to be considered as an own trans-generational risk factor which is associated with adverse metabolic as well cardiovascular outcomes in mothers and their children. …”
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Screening for Ischemic Heart Disease with Cardiac CT: Current Recommendations by Matthew J. Budoff

“…Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the US and worldwide, and no widespread screening for this number one killer has been implemented. Traditional risk factor assessment does not fully account for the coronary risk and underestimates the prediction of risk even in patients with established risk factors for atherosclerosis. …”
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Realized Jump Risk and Equity Return in China by Guojin Chen, Xiaoqun Liu, Peilin Hsieh, Xiangqin Zhao

“…For the large capital-size stocks, large cap stock portfolios, and index, one-month lagged jump risk factor significantly explains the asset return variation. …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN PROLONGED STANDING AND PLANTAR FASCIITIS by Ni Ketut Maya Purvitagiri, Linda Dewanti, Sulis Bayusentono, Indrayuni Lukitra Wardhani

“…Previous study mention that prolonged standing is one of the risk factor of PF, however other study suggests that there is low evidence of prolonged standing may cause PF. …”
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Characterization of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Gastric Ulcer by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Magalys Blanca Olivert Cruz, Juan Luís de Pasos Carrazana, Alfredo Basilio Quiñones Ceballos, Mabel Vega Galindo, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay

“…Chronic gastritis did not constitute a risk factor for acute gastritis(OR 0,86 IC: 0,09-7,08). …”
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The influence of maternal gestational weight gain on adverse perinatal outcomes by Qingshan Yan, Qingshan Yan, Wenya Cai, Wenya Cai, Yong Guo

“…Insufficient GWG increased the risk of GDM (OR=2.203, P&lt;0.05), SGA (OR=1.474, P&lt;0.05) and was also a risk factor for early/mid-term preterm infants (OR=3.326, P&lt;0.05) and late preterm infants (OR=1.715, P&lt;0.05).ConclusionExcessive GWG is a risk factor for the occurrence of HDP and LGA, while insufficient GWG increases the risk of GDM, SGA and preterm infants (especially early/mid-term preterm infants). …”
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Body Mass Index Is Associated with Dietary Patterns and Health Conditions in Georgia Centenarians by Dorothy B. Hausman, Mary Ann Johnson, Adam Davey, Leonard W. Poon

“…When controlled for race, gender, residence, and total fruit and vegetable intake, BMI ≥25 was an independent risk factor for diabetes or having a systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, whereas BMI ≤20 was a risk factor for anemia. …”
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Phosphate, Calcification in Blood, and Mineral Stress: The Physiologic Blood Mineral Buffering System and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk by Andreas Pasch, Willi Jahnen-Dechent, Edward R. Smith

“…Phosphate is an important cardiovascular risk factor and lowering elevated blood phosphate concentrations is a main therapeutic target in kidney patients. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Dynamics Serum sCD163, sTREM-1, PCT, and CRP in Differentiating Sepsis, Severity Assessment, and Prognostic Prediction by Longxiang Su, Lin Feng, Qing Song, Hongjun Kang, Xingang Zhang, Zhixin Liang, Yanhong Jia, Dan Feng, Changting Liu, Lixin Xie

“…Both sCD163 and SOFA scores are risk factors impacting the survival time. Conclusion. …”
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Oral glucose tolerance testing as a complement to fasting plasma glucose in screening for type 2 diabetes: population-based cross-sectional analyses of 146 000 health examinations... by Patrik Wennberg, Mattias Brunström, Anna Rosén, Julia Otten, Andreas Stomby, Simon Vallin

“…Analyses were further stratified by age, sex and risk factor burden to identify groups at high or low risk of IGT and T2D on testing. …”
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Prognostic Impact of DNA-Image-Cytometry in Neuroendocrine (Carcinoid) Tumours by H. Raatz, A. Böcking, S. Hauptmann

“…However, in the multivariate analysis the only independent risk factor was the histological differentiation. The 5c‐exceeding rate is a good objective risk factor, which can be used particularly in cases in which only a fine needle biopsie is available. …”
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