Research status of ambulatory blood glucose monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (动态血糖监测在2型糖尿病患者中应用研究现状) by LIU MingLei (刘明磊), WU Quanying (武全莹), YU Shuyi (于淑一)

Subjects: “…dynamic blood glucose monitoring system…”
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Performance of a Point-of-Care Test Kit (Anigen Rapid^®) to Diagnose Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Infection in Domestic Cats Using Saliva Instead of Blood in Australia by Jennifer Green, Adele Scannell, Evelyn Hall, Mark E. Westman

“…The primary aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of saliva as a proxy for blood in cats using Anigen Rapid^® FIV point-of-care (PoC) kits and as an easy collection technique applicable for all veterinary clinics and shelters. …”
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A Subgroup of First-Degree Relatives of Crohn's Disease Patients Shows a Profile of Inflammatory Markers in the Blood Which is More Typical of Crohn's Disease Patients Than of Normal Individuals

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Increased Fat-Free Body Mass and No Adverse Effects on Blood Lipid Concentrations 4 Weeks after Additional Meat Consumption in Comparison with an Exclusion of Meat in the Diet of Young Healthy Women by Klaus J. Petzke, Susen Lemke, Susanne Klaus

“…Additional meat intake can increase FFM without adverse effects on blood lipid concentrations. Long-term studies are required. …”
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Retracted: Acupuncture Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Drug Therapy for the Treatment of Cerebral Infarction (Phlegm-Blood Stasis Syndrome) and Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Study by Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

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Sequential exploratory mixed-method research of an eHealth intervention on blood pressure, sleep quality and physical activity in obstructive sleep apnoea: rationale and methodology of the Moore4Medical trial protocol by Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Ferran Barbé, Oriol Martínez-Navarro, Francisco José Verdejo-Amengual, Fran Valenzuela-Pascual, Joan Blanco-Blanco, Rabie Adel El Arab, Esther Rubinat-Arnaldo, Maria Masbernat-Almenara, Francesc Rubí‑Carnacea, Blanca Manuel Martí

“…The primary outcome will be blood pressure changes at 3 months. Secondary outcomes are subjective sleep quality, sleep apnoea-related parameters, daytime sleepiness, physical activity, empowerment and motivation for change, quality of life, anthropometry, cost–benefit and adherence.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for the study has been obtained from the Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova (CEIC-2511). …”
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Potential epidemiological impact of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association high blood pressure guideline on the Chinese population: a cross-sectional study in rural areas of Liaoning Province by Zhao Li, Guozhe Sun, Yingxian Sun, Zhaoqing Sun, Yue Dai, Jia Zheng, Yuanyuan Dong, Xiaofan Guo, Yanxia Xie, Yali Wang, Rongrong Guo, Liqiang Zheng

“…Objectives The present study estimated the percentage of rural Chinese adults with hypertension and recommended pharmacological antihypertensive treatment according to the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline compared with the 2010 Chinese Guideline for the Management of Hypertension.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Three counties in rural areas of northeastern China.Participants A total of 11 747 eligible individuals aged ≥35 years from rural areas of northeastern China were selected for the present analysis.Main outcome measures The percentage of rural Chinese adults with hypertension and recommended pharmacological antihypertensive treatment according to the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline and the 2010 Chinese Guideline for the Management of Hypertension, and the proportion of rural Chinese adults taking antihypertensive medication with blood pressure (BP) above the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline and the 2010 Chinese guideline treatment goal.Results The mean age of the study population was 53.9±10.8 years and 53.7% of the participants were women. …”
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Theory-based mobile phone text messaging intervention for blood pressure control (TEXT4BP) among hypertensive patients in Nepal: study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Buna Bhandari, Padmanesan Narasimhan, Abhinav Vaidya, Rohan Jayasuriya

“…Introduction Uncontrolled blood pressure is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease and death in Low-income and middle-income countries. …”
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Assessment of platelet-to-white blood cell ratio on short-term mortality events in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure: evidence from a cohort study from Jiangxi, China by Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Maobin Kuang, Maobin Kuang, Maobin Kuang, Maobin Kuang, Jiajun Qiu, Jiajun Qiu, Jiajun Qiu, Jiajun Qiu, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Guotai Sheng, Guotai Sheng, Yang Zou, Guobo Xie

Subjects: “…platelet-to-white blood cell ratio…”
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Continuous overnight monitoring of body temperature during embryo transfer cycles as a proxy for establishing progesterone fluctuations by comparison with P4 blood progesterone results: a prospective, observational study by T.G. Knowles, J.A. García-Velasco, M. Toribio, N. Garrido, A.I. Barrio Pedraza, C. Colomé Rakosnik, A. Salazar Vera, R. Milnes

“…Abstract Background A prospective, observational study to identify relationships between body temperature and levels of peripheral P4 blood progesterone, and examine if these differ according to body temperature cycle pattern. …”
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Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and In-Hospital Mortality among Congestive Heart Failure Patients with Diabetes among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Kai Zhang, Yu Han, Yu Xuan Gao, Fang Ming Gu, Tianyi Cai, Rui Hu, Zhao Xuan Gu, Jia Ying Liang, Jia Yu Zhao, Min Gao, Bo Li, Dan Cui

“…Background. Elevated red blood cell distribution width (RDW) levels are strongly associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). …”
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Comparison of the Detection Rate and Specificity of Irregular Red Blood Cell Antibodies Between First-Time Pregnant Women and Women With a History of Multiple Pregnancies Among 18,010 Chinese Women by Shujie Wu, Yinglin Wu, Ganping Guo, Rungui Xie, Yuanjun Wu

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CD4+CD25highCD127low Regulatory T Cells in Peripheral Blood Are Not an Independent Factor for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation by Jolanta B. Perz, Selma Gürel, Stefan O. Schonland, Ute Hegenbart, Anthony D. Ho, Peter Dreger

“…It remains unclear whether low peripheral blood Treg have an impact on the risk for acute (aGVHD) and chronic GVHD (cGVHD). …”
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Potential antioxidant and cytoprotective effects of essential oil extracted from Cymbopogon citratus on OxLDL and H2O2 LDL induced Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) by Jamuna S., Sakeena Sadullah M.S., Ashokkumar R., Gokul Shanmuganathan, Senguttuvan Sivan Mozhi, Niranjali Devaraj S.

“…This study has been designed to explore the protective effect of C. citratus (lemon grass) against modified LDL (OxLDL and H2O2 LDL) induced cytotoxicity in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC). The essential oil extracted from C. citratus (EOC) was subjected to FT-IR spectroscopic analysis for the identification of functional groups. …”
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Assessment of Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Normal Glucose Tolerance, Hyperinsulinemia with Normal Blood Glucose Tolerance, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, and Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes (Prediabetes Insulin Resistance Research) by Guang Yang, Chunlin Li, Yanping Gong, Fusheng Fang, Hui Tian, Jian Li, Xiaoling Cheng

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Interleukin-4 (IL-4) enhances and soluble interleukin-4 receptor (sIL-4R) inhibits histamine release from peripheral blood basophils and mast cells in vitro and in vivo by B. Niggemann, T. Zuberbier, U. Herz, K. Enssle, U. Wahn, H. Renz

“…Anti-IgE stimulated histamine release from peripheral blood basophils and mast cells of atopic donors was enhanced after preincubation with IL-4, whereas after preincubation with sIL-4R it was inhibited. …”
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Development and validation of an integrated model for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis with portal vein thrombosis combined with endoscopic characters and blood biochemistry data: a retrospective propensity score matching (PSM) cohort study by Jie Yang, Xu Zhang, Jia Chen, Xianghong Hou, Minghong Shi, Longlong Yin, Longchun Hua, Cheng Wang, Xiaolong Han, Shuyan Zhao, Guolan Kang, Ping Mai, Rui Jiang, Hongwei Tian

“…Variables were collected from blood test and endoscopic signs using machine learning method (ML). …”
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The Association of Depression and the Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Blood Pressure, HbA1c, and Body Mass Index among Patients with Diabetes: Results from the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes Study by Lindsay B. Kimbro, W. Neil Steers, Carol M. Mangione, O. Kenrik Duru, Susan L. Ettner

“…Depressed patients did not have significantly different blood pressure levels than those who were not depressed. …”
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Efficacy of Ma'aljobon Aftimouni (Cuscuta Reflexa and whey) on HbA1c and blood glucose levels in patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A randomized triple-blind clinical trial by Fatemeh Mehrabi, Ali Safdari, Azam Moslemi, Mehdi Salehi, Ali Agharazi, Mohammad Reza Rezvanfar

“…The findings revealed a significant reduction in fasting blood sugar levels post-intervention in the Ma'aljobon Aftimouni group (134.27 ± 21.79 vs. 152.3 ± 31.37, mean difference 18.03 ± 5.63, 95 % CI: 6.53 to 29.53, p = 0.003). …”
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Retrospective observational study of the association of peak blood glucose during the second 24 hours of admission with hospital-acquired complications in non-critical care admissions to a tertiary referral teaching hospital by Andrew Georgiou, Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Barbara Depczynski, Sue Mei Lau

“…The aim was to determine the relationship between the day 2 peak blood glucose and the occurrence of hospital-acquired complications (HACs) or in-hospital mortality. …”
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