Exploring the Association Between Triglyceride-Glucose Indices and Their Derivatives With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve... by Zhou Y, Xue F

“…Subgroup analysis revealed a stronger association of TyG-WHtR with OSA in the 41– 59 age group (AOR = 1.459, 95% CI: 1.254– 1.698) and the low-income group (AOR = 1.451, 95% CI: 1.241– 1.698). …”
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Long-term drought and risk of infant mortality in Africa: A cross-sectional study. by Pin Wang, Tormod Rogne, Joshua L Warren, Ernest O Asare, Robert A Akum, N'datchoh E Toure, Joseph S Ross, Kai Chen

“…The mean (standard deviation) number of months in which children experienced any drought during pregnancy and survival period (from birth through death before 1 year of age) was 4.6 (5.2) and 7.3 (7.4) among cases and non-cases, respectively. …”
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Nurses' Sleep Quality and Its Influencing Factors During the First Explosive COVID‐19 Outbreak in Zhejiang, China, After the Relaxation of Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures:... by Lifen Lu, Di Sheng, Yaling Zhu, Xiaowei Xia, Guanghui Chen, Jiali Liang, Xiulan Shen, Gui Zheng

“…The regression analysis revealed that anxiety, the BRS score, comorbidities, hospital grade, clinical front‐line, age and COVID‐19 infection independently predicted sleep quality. …”
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The Needs for Visual Improvement of Patients Presented at Low-Vision Center in Wenzhou, China by Xiaoman Li, Guofu Chen, Ruzhi Deng, Na Lin, Lingzhi Ni, Longfei Jiang, Haishuang Lin, Frank Thorn, Jie Chen

“…Hobbies, reading, engaging in occupation, and watching TV were the most common needs for visual rehabilitation in patients with visual impairment. Gender and age showed a modest influence on the choice of different needs.…”
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Noninvasive diagnostic methods of liver fibrosis in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: role of indirect serological markers by A. F. Sheptulina, Ye. N. Shirokova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Results. In PBC group (median age Me [interquartile range] was 54 years [49-62]) 50,5% (n=48) of patients had significant liver fibrosis (F≥2) and 21,1% (n=20) - liver cirrhosis (F4). …”
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Study for Improving Maternal Pregnancy And Child ouTcomes (IMPACT): a study protocol for a Swedish prospective multicentre cohort study by Anders Larsson, Henrik Imberg, Marius Kublickas, Anna-Karin Wikström, Peter Lindgren, Lina Bergman, Bo Jacobsson, Anna Sandström, Stefan Hansson, Peter Conner, Ylva Carlsson

“…Introduction First-trimester pregnancy risk evaluation facilitates individualised antenatal care, as well as application of preventive strategies for pre-eclampsia or birth of a small for gestational age infant. A range of early intervention strategies in pregnancies identified as high risk at the end of the first trimester has been shown to decrease the risk of preterm pre-eclampsia (<37 gestational weeks). …”
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Radiofrequency ablation for solitary T1N0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma in the danger triangle area: a preliminary analysis by Dan-ling Zhang, Sheng Chen, Yuhan Qiu, Jian-chuan Yang, Zhiliang Hong, Jianwei Li, Song-song Wu

“…Objectives To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for solitary T1N0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in the danger triangle area.Methods 94 participants (mean age 44.45 ± 13.08; 73 females) with solitary T1N0M0 PTC in the danger triangle area who underwent percutaneous RFA at the hospital from January 2018 to April 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Arbovirus exposure and subclinical myocardial dysfunction in an Indigenous population in Northeast Brazil: a cross-sectional study by Jandir Mendonça Nicacio, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Ricardo Khouri, Vanessa Cardoso Pereira, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Pedro Vinícius Amorim de Medeiros Patriota, Sávio Luiz Pereira Nunes, Jeová Cordeiro de Morais Júnior, Manoel Barral-Netto, João Augusto Costa Lima, Anderson da Costa Armstrong

“…Results One hundred seventy-four participants were included, with a median age of 45.0 years (interquartile range 38.0–55.0). …”
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The UK Breast Cancer in Pregnancy (UKBCiP) Study. Incidence, diagnosis, management and short-term outcomes of breast cancer first diagnosed during pregnancy in the United Kingdom:... by Marian Knight, Andrew Brand, Claudia Hardy, Philip Banfield, Julie Jones

“…The higher proportion of IVF pregnancies among affected women needs further investigation, as it may not be entirely explained by relatively advanced maternal age. With caveats, management followed that outside pregnancy, but there was considerable variation in practice. …”
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The prevalence of small airways disease and association with handgrip strength in young Hispanic farmworkers by Yutong Dong, Pam Cromer, Debbie Layman, Michelle Altvater, Yanbin Dong, Haidong Zhu

“…Multivariate linear regression showed that lower absolute and relative HGS were associated with worsened small airway function. Age and FEF25-75%predicted were associated with FEV1/FVC. …”
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Trends and Clinical Implications of Pediatric Pulmonary Function After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review by Xiaowei Zhao, Yuqi Zhao, Guoyu Ding, Xue Li, Xiaoyue Zhang, Yanli Leng, Hongmei Wang

“…However, trends in post‐transplant pulmonary function vary due to factors such as pre‐transplant lung conditions, patient age, and treatment protocols. Innovative diagnostic methods, such as parametric response mapping (PRM) and multiple breath washout (MBW), show promise in enhancing early detection and management of pulmonary complications. …”
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A Novel Nomogram for Predicting the Risk of Pneumonia After Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Sun Y, Zhang L, Huang B, He Q, Hu B

“…In the multivariate analysis, ten variables were included in the model: age (β= 0.023, P< 0.001), hospital days (β=0.392, P< 0.001), baseline mRS score (β=0.484, P< 0.001), baseline GCS score (β=− 0.285, P< 0.001), hs-CRP (β=0.328, P< 0.001), hematoma volume (β=0.376, P< 0.001), brainstem hemorrhage (β=0.956, P=0.002), intraventricular hemorrhage (β=0.629, P=0.001), and β-blocker (β=0.899, P< 0.001) In the training subset, the areas under curve were 0.805 (95% CI, 0.773– 0.833). …”
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Associations of macrosomia with sociodemographic, anthropometric, lifestyle factors and perinatal outcomes in Southwest Nigeria by Ikeola A. Adeoye, Joshua I. Fakorede, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Kofoworola I. Adediran

“…On bivariate analysis parity (p = 0.009), maternal age (p = 0.012), history of macrosomia (0.021), consumption of protein-rich diets with non-alcoholic beverages (p = 0.021), sex of infants (p = 0.018), and engagement in physical activity (p = 0.036) were significantly associated with macrosomia. …”
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A clinical decision model for failed adrenal vein sampling in primary aldosteronism by Sophie N. M. ter Haar, Sofie J. van Goor, Eleonora P. M. Corssmit, Arian R. van Erkel, Bartholomeus E. P. B. Ballieux, Olaf M. Dekkers, Olaf M. Dekkers, Michiel F. Nijhoff

“…The Youden index calculated cut-off values, targeting a specificity &gt;90% for PA subtype differentiation.ResultsThe cohort, averaging 48.5 ± 9.5 years in age, comprised 21 women and 33 men, among whom 26 presented with unilateral and 28 with bilateral disease. …”
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Thirty-six-year trends (1986–2022) in cigarette smoking and snus use in northern Sweden: a cross-sectional study by Stefan Söderberg, Maria Wennberg, Viktor Oskarsson, Jonas Andersson, Erica Sjödin, Maria Nordendahl, Lena Heldorsson Fjellström, Carolina Lundholm

“…Cigarette smoking and snus use were self-reported via questionnaires, and age-adjusted percentages of cigarette smoking (including occasional use) and snus use were calculated via logit models.Setting General population of Norrbotten and Västerbotten (the two northernmost counties of Sweden).Participants 6678 women and 6320 men, aged 25 to 74 years, were included for analysis. …”
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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of children with culture-negative osteoarticular infections: a meta-analysis based on cohort studies by Xingguang Chen, Jue Liu, Mingfeng Xue, Ting Zhuang, Feng Yao, Jialing Lu, Xiaodong Wang

“…In addition, there were no significant differences in gender, age, race, trauma history, patient delay, antibiotic usage before admission or clinical symptoms between the two groups. …”
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Molecular Characterization of the Onset and Progression of Colitis in Inoculated Interleukin-10 Gene-Deficient Mice: A Role for PPARα by Bianca Knoch, Matthew P. G. Barnett, Janine Cooney, Warren C. McNabb, Diane Barraclough, William Laing, Shuotun Zhu, Zaneta A. Park, Paul MacLean, Scott O. Knowles, Nicole C. Roy

“…Bacterial inoculation resulted in severe colitis in Il10-/- mice from 10 to 12 weeks of age. Innate and adaptive immune responses showed differences in gene expression relating to colitis severity. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of 0.01% Atropine Eye Drops Combined with Auricular Acupoint Stimulation on Myopia Progression by Xie-He Kong, Yue Zhao, Zhi Chen, Li Zeng, Rong Han, Xiao-Qing Dong, Xiao-Cong Guo, Zheng Shi, Guang Yang, Yan-Ting Yang, Dan Zhang, Xing-Tao Zhou, Xiao-Peng Ma

“…A total of 104 children were stratified by age and randomly assigned at 1 : 1 to receive 0.01% A or 0.01% A + AAS treatment for 6 months. …”
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Cardiac CT reveals high prevalence of coronary artery disease in esophageal cancer eligible for radiotherapy by Akinori Takada, Satoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Toyomasu, Takamitsu Mase, Tomoko Kawamura, Suguru Araki, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Masaki Ohi, Hajime Sakuma, Yoshihito Nomoto, Kakuya Kitagawa

“…Methods: We examined the prevalence of coronary artery stenosis, abnormal myocardial perfusion, and late enhancement using pre-RT cardiac computed tomography (CT) data of 41 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer who were referred for RT between January 2017 and June 2023 and had no history of ischemic heart disease. Results: The median age of the 41 patients was 71 years, with 40 patients being male. …”
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Digital health interventions for improving access to primary care in India: A scoping review. by Lenny Vasanthan, Sindhu Kulandaipalayam Natarajan, Andrew Babu, Mohan S Kamath, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan

“…The literature search was conducted in Medline/PubMed, Embase, Web of Science-Core Collection, Scopus, AgeLine, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Group Specialised Register databases, using the keywords, such as 'Access', 'Healthcare', 'Assistive technology', 'Digital health' 'Vulnerable', 'India' and 'Healthcare technology'. …”
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