Real-world effectiveness of hemodialysis modalities: a retrospective cohort study by Yan Zhang, Anke Winter, Belén Alejos Ferreras, Paola Carioni, Otto Arkossy, Michael Anger, Robert Kossmann, Len A. Usvyat, Stefano Stuard, Franklin W. Maddux

“…Subgroup analyses were performed for age, dialysis vintage, COVID-19 status, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Results At baseline, 55% of patients were receiving hemodialysis and 45% of patients were receiving hemodiafiltration. …”
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Impact of Age on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes after Pancreatoduodenectomy for Periampullary Neoplasms by Mario Gruppo, Francesca Tolin, Boris Franzato, Pierluigi Pilati, Ylenia Camilla Spolverato, Francesca Zingales, Imerio Angriman, Romeo Bardini

“…No significance was shown for diabetes, radicality of resection, stage of disease, operative time, length of stay, postoperative complications according to the Clavien-Dindo Score, postoperative mortality, pancreatic fistula, and reoperation rates. 69.9% of the patients in group I underwent adjuvant treatment vs. 39.4% of the older ones (p=0.012). …”
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Incidencia del perímetro abdominal en la resistencia a esfuerzos intermitentes de universitarios físicamente activos by Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Mónica Carolina Delgado-Molina, Wilson Ortiz Sanguino, Leidy Estefania Rodriguez-Acuña, Andres Alonso Acevedo-Mindiola, Rafael Enrique Lozano-Zapata

“…Se realizó la toma del perímetro de cintura teniendo en cuenta los criterios de la Federación Internacional de Diabetes. La tabulación y análisis de datos se llevó a cabo en el paquete estadístico PSPP, con la prueba de normalidad de Kolmogorov - Smirnov para hombres y Shapiro - Wilk para mujeres, y el coeficiente correlacional de Spearman (p < 0,05) (valor p de 0,05). …”
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Association between dietary betaine intake and overweight or obesity by Maierheba Kuerbanjiang, Wenzhuo Yu, Ting Shang, Yuchen Liu, Dina Muheyati, Mei-Xia Lv, Muhairemu Jielili, Jia Han

“…Abstract Betaine exhibits significant physiological functions in organisms and has positive impacts on obesity, alcohol-induced and metabolic-associated liver disease, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers. …”
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Effect of potent nucleos(t)ide analog on alpha fetoprotein changes and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B by Qianqian Ma, Junzhao Ye, Ling Luo, Yanhong Sun, Wei Wang, Shiting Feng, Bing Liao, Bihui Zhong

“…The combination of shear wave elastography (SWE), mPage-B score, age and type 2 diabetes mellitus had an area under the curve of 0.838 (P < 0.001) in predicting the occurrence of HCC. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia by Abuobaida Yassin, Heba M. Shalaby

“…Various risk factors were reported, including smoking, substance abuse, contact with active TB patients, diabetes mellitus, and a history of TB. Coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms lasted 8 weeks or more for most individuals (73.7%), with weight loss, fever, and sweating being prevalent. …”
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Age-stratified analysis of the BMI-kidney stone relationship: findings from a national cross-sectional study by Liuliu Zhou, Wei Gu, Yufeng Jiang, Haimin Zhang

“…Weighted logistic regression models were employed to adjust for multiple confounders, including sex, age, race/ethnicity, education level, smoking history, alcohol consumption, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and physical activity. …”
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Utility of a novel point-of-care test for albuminuria in communities at high risk for chronic kidney disease in Thailand by Aminu K Bello, Kriang Tungsanga, Nattachai Srisawat, Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, Somkanya Tungsanga, Rungrawee Nantanawijit, Patcharakorn Kiatamornrak, Win Kulvichit, Umphan Ngoensawat, Sasipa Tachaboon, Janejira Dinhuzen, Watchadaporn Chaisuriyong, Kittinan Komolpis, Sadudee Peerapornratana

“…The inclusion criteria were asymptomatic adult participants diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes and/or aged over 60 years. We measured serum creatinine and quantitative urine albumin–creatinine ratio (UACR) and administered POCT urine albumin strip test (Albii, K. …”
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Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in out-patients of the Russian Federation: DIREG 2 study results by V. T. Ivashkin, O. M. Drapkina, I. V. Mayev, A. S. Trukhmanov, D. V. Blinov, L. K. Palgova, V. V. Tsukanov, T. I. Ushakova

“…The high prevalence of NANCFLD was revealed in primary or secondary patients admitted healthcare institutions for any reason including those with suspected NAFLD (patients with obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia).…”
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Hallazgos ecocardiográficos en pacientes hospitalizados por COVID-19 y su relación con la mortalidad intrahospitalaria y al año del alta by Jairo A. Rendón-Giraldo, Camila Lema-Calidonio, Clara I. Saldarriaga-Giraldo

“…Las comorbilidades más frecuentes fueron hipertensión arterial en el 45% de los pacientes y la diabetes en el 28%. Los pacientes que fallecieron de manera intrahospitalaria fueron significativamente mayores (67 vs. 62 años; p < 0.01), presentaban dilatación del ventrículo derecho (p < 0.01) hipertensión pulmonar (p = 0.03) y disfunción diastólica (p = 0.04). …”
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Impact of #PCOSweightloss: A global X hashtag analysis study of weight loss narratives in the PCOS community by Munaza Afaq, Kumar Vashisht, Areen Al-Dhoon, Divya Abraham, Atanas G. Atanasov, Maima Matin, Zara Arshad, Rahul Kashyap, Faisal A. Nawaz

“…Top co-occurring hashtags associated with #PCOSweightloss included #PCOS, #healthyfood, #pcosmood and #diabetes. Physicians were key contributors to the discourse, contributing to 30% of the ten most engaging posts and 20% of the top ten influencers. …”
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Timing of risk factors, prodromal features, and comorbidities of dementia from a large health claims case–control study by Stefan Teipel, Manas Akmatov, Bernhard Michalowsky, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Jens Bohlken, Jakob Holstiege

“…These included established risk factors, such as depression, hypertension, hearing impairment, nicotine and alcohol abuse, obesity, hypercholesterolaemia, traumatic brain injury, and diabetes. The greatest risk, with odds ratios greater than 2.5, was conferred by delirium, memory impairment, mental retardation, personality and behavioral disorders, sensory disorders, schizophrenia, and psychosis. …”
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Caracterización de pacientes hipertensos en un centro de aislamiento para la COVID-19 by Adys Castro Barberena, Viana Elina Santiesteban Vázquez, Laura Naranjo Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero, Marlén Llanes Torres, Amarilis Martínez Guerra

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> predominaron los mayores de 60 años y del sexo femenino, aquellos que presentaron más de 10 años de evolución de la hipertensión arterial y con diabetes mellitus como patología asociada. Durante la estancia en el hospital un menor número de hipertensos presentó cifras elevadas de tensión arterial. …”
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Application value of central venous-arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure difference in postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients with acute aortic dissection by Lei Wang, Zhen Hong Wang, Duan Qi Zhu, Xin Yi Xie, Xin Chen, Xiao Liang Wang

“…In addition, logistic regression analysis revealed that advanced age, serum S100β levels, female gender, CPB time, unilateral brain perfusion time, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and smoking history were all independent risk factors for postoperative POCD (all P < 0.05). …”
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Relationship between effective blood flow rate and clinical outcomes in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a single-center study by Zhoucang Zhang, Jiarui Li, Jiaxiang Ding, Shenglei Zhang, Mei Wang, Jinsheng Xu

“…After adjusting for relevant factors including age, sex, vintage, diabetes, CVD, receiving hemodiafiltration (HDF) treatment and spKt/V, Cox models indicated a low time-averaged eBFR (≤ 275 ml/min) was associated with increased risks of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 14.18; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.14–64.1) and new MACE (HR 3.76; 95% CI, 1.91–7.40) in MHD patients. …”
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes of Group B Streptococcus colonization: a retrospective study by Guixiu Jin, Lanhua Liu, Xiaolong Wang, Junling Fei, Zhenling Zhu, Ziyan Jiang, Min Liu

“…Results Overall, the rate of GBS positivity was 10.63% (551/5183), and the rate of maternal GBS screening was 88.4%. Diabetic pregnant women were more likely to become colonized with GBS. …”
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The association between frailty and falls among individuals aged 60 years and older residing in community settings and experiencing hip fractures in China: a cross-sectional study by Lan Jiang, Shulong Ding, Juxia Wang

“…Appropriate adjustments were made for confounding factors, such as age, gender, marital status, education level, smoking, drinking, body mass index (BMI), hearing and vision impairment, hypertension, diabetes, medication history, exercise, and hip fracture.Results After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 5224 subjects from CHARLS (male: 52.2%, female: 47.8%) and 174 patients from the trauma and orthopedic ward (male: 36.2%, female: 63.8%) were included. …”
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Investigating the association of microRNA polymorphisms and lifestyle factors with the susceptibility to common gastrointestinal cancers in an Indian population- A case control stu... by Charles Emmanuel Jebaraj Walter, Zioni Sangeetha Shankaran, Sai Sushmitha Kontham, Kotteeswaran Ramachandran, Nandini Prakash, Thanka Johnson, Sri Nisha JR

“…Multifactor dimensionality reduction analysis demonstrated that miRSNPs alter GI cancer risk by interacting with exposures like diabetes mellitus, alcohol consumption, diet and socioeconomic status in the study subjects. …”
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IMPORTANCE OF SOURCE CONTROL IN THE SUBGROUP OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS FOR SEPTIC SHOCK PATIENTS: ANALYSIS OF 390 CASES by Uğur Önal, Deniz Akyol, Olcay Buse Kenanoğlu, Merve Mert, Dilşah Başkol, Seichan Chousein Memetali, Gamze Şanlıdağ, Cansu Bulut, Arda Kaya, Ayşe Uyan Önal, Nazlıhan Yalçın, Günel Guliyeva, Şükrü Dirik, Oğuzhan Acet, Damla Akdağ, Melike Demir, Osman Bozbıyık, Berk Göktepe, Tufan Gümüş, İlkin Çankayalı, Kubilay Demirağ, Mehmet Uyar, Hilal Sipahi, Hüseyin Aytaç Erdem, Meltem Işıkgöz Taşbakan, Bilgin Arda, Şöhret Aydemir, Sercan Ulusoy, Oğuz Reşat Sipahi

“…On the other hand, female gender (p<0.001, odds ratio(OR)=1.714-5.054, 95%CI=1.714-5.054), diabetes mellitus (p= 0.014, OR=2.284, 95%CI=1.179-4.424), carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative etiology (p=0.011, OR=4.386, 95%CI=1.398-13.759), SOFA≥10 (p<0.001, OR=3.036, 95%CI=1.802-5.114), lactate >3 mg/dl (p<0.001, OR=2.764, 95%CI=1.562-4.891) and lack of source control (p=0.001, OR=2.796, 95%CI=1.523-5.133) were significantly associated with OMM in logistic regression analysis. …”
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An Unusual Case of Ototoxicity with Use of Oral Vancomycin by Umut Gomceli, Srija Vangala, Cosmina Zeana, Paul J. Kelly, Manisha Singh

“…A 42-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and previously treated Clostridium difficile colitis presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea for two weeks. …”
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