Risk factors associated with degenerative glenohumeral osteoarthritis by Ravi Prakash, Nitin B Jain, Ziyi Chen, Folefac D Atem, Michael S Khazzam, Rashmi Pathak, Daniel Tai, Ursa BezanPetric, Estefanie Garduno Rapp

“…Univariate, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and multivariate analyses identified risk factors, including age, body mass index (BMI), sex, work-related shoulder problems, shoulder disability, dislocation, previous trauma, surgery, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, depression, heart disease, OA, night pain and overall sleep quality.Results A total of 1827 cases and 1556 controls were identified for GH OA. …”
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Anticholinergic burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms in older patients with cognitive impairment by Sabrina Pistorio, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Vittoria Canzanella, Raffaella Merenda, Gianluigi Cuomo, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Leonardo Bencivenga, Maria Vargas, Annalaura Manes, Mauro Cataldi, Giuseppe Rengo, Giuseppe Rengo, Michela Zanetti, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Grazia Daniela Femminella

“…No statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of demographics (age, sex) and anamnestic variables (education, marital status, family history of dementia, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, dyslipidemia, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease and use of alcohol). …”
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Factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a litiasis residual en pacientes sometidos a litotricia láser by Saul E. Velázquez-Guerrero, Luis A. Gastélum-Félix, Julio A. Ruiz-Torres, Uziel F. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Juan A. Lugo-Machado

“…Las comorbilidades incluyeron diabetes mellitus en cinco (20,83 %), hipertensión arterial sistémica en ocho (33,00%), obesidad en nueve (37,50 %) y enfermedad renal crónica en dos (8,33 %). …”
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SEED (Stoke Disease Early Detection Application) - Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Mobile Berbasis Android untuk Mendiagnosis Gejala Dini Penyakit Stroke Menggunakan K-Nearest Neighbor (K-... by Dedin Anike Putra, Muhammad Dimas Setiawan Sanapiah, Azifatul Istna Hanifah, Tri Afirianto

“…Fitur-fitur yang digunakan untuk proses klasifikasi diantaranya adalah : 1) tinggi badan, berat badan, indeks masa tubuh, tekanan darah, riwayat fibrilasi atrium, riwayat keluarga, kebiasaan merokok, aktivitas fisik, tingkat kolesterol, serta diabetes. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian, didapatkan tingkat validasi kebutuhan sebesar 100%, tingkat akurasi pengklasifikasian sebesar 88%. dan tingkat penerimaan pengguna sebesar 78%. …”
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Long-term effectiveness of radiofrequency renal denervation in patients with resistant arterial hypertension (10-year follow-up results) by O.L. Rekovets, Yu.M. Sirenko, O.O. Torbas, S.M. Kushnir, G.F. Prymak

“…Long-term results of renal artery denervation showed no cases of cardiovascular events, development of diabetes or cardiovascular death over 10 years. RDN contributed to a reduction in the number of antihypertensive drugs from 5.5 to 3.67 after 10 years of therapy against the background of 100 % achievement of the target BP level.…”
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Coinfection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and polyomavirus in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 detected by enrichment next-generation sequencing: a case... by Gunadi, Esensi Tarian Geometri, Pramana Adhityo, Ali Zainal Abidin, Marcellus, Dyah Ayu Puspitarani, Fadila Dyah Trie Utami, Kristy Iskandar, Hendra Wibawa, Mohamad Saifudin Hakim

“…She had no family history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and she was well. Her vital signs were as follows: heart rate, 84 beats per minute; respiratory rate, 22 breaths per minute; temperature, 39 °C; and pulse oximetry, 96% on room air. …”
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Pre-treatment nutrition-related indicators and the prognosis of patients with newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer: an ambispective cohort study by Shirui Wang, Jingyu Zhu, Ningjuan Wu, Nannan Wang, Xiaohe Dang, Minyi Zhao, Juan Zhao, Ding Ma, Xiaofeng Yang

“…Univariate and multivariable analyses were conducted on nutrition-related indicators, including body mass index (BMI), albumin (ALB), hemoglobin (Hb), diabetes mellitus (DM), and hyperlipidemia, along with clinicopathological characteristics that might affect patients’ first-line chemotherapy response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). …”
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Factors Affecting Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Study by Selen T, Merhametsiz Ö, Öneç K, Ercan Z, İslam M, Altun G, Pınar M, Demir ME

“…In the univariate analysis, dialysis duration (HD duration), diabetes mellitus (DM), and vascular access type were found to be statistically significant. …”
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Impact of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibitors on Lipoprotein(a) by Frederick Berro Rivera, MD, Sung Whoy Cha, MD, Cruz Linnaeus Louisse, MD, Genquen Philip Carado, MD, John Vincent Magalong, MD, Vincent Anthony Tang, MD, Mary Grace Enriquez, MD, Martha Gulati, MD, MS, Byambaa Enkhmaa, MD, PhD, Neha Pagidipati, MD, MPH, Nishant P. Shah, MD

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High-dependency unit care after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis by Beatriz Guimarães, Andreia Coelho, Marina Dias-Neto, Ricardo Castro-Ferreira, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Marta Machado, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Armando Mansilha, Alexandra Canedo

“…However, we identified two previously unidentified associations: first, diabetics were more prone to develop complications and were more likely to benefit from HDU stay. …”
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Clinical profile of an unselected population with heart failure treated with vericiguat in real life: differences with the VICTORIA trial by Alberto Esteban-Fernández, Alberto Esteban-Fernández, Alejandro Recio-Mayoral, Raquel López-Vilella, Raquel López-Vilella, Gregorio de Lara, Moisés Barrantes-Castillo, Inés Gómez-Otero, Inés Gómez-Otero, Julio Nuñez-Villota, Julio Nuñez-Villota, Julio Nuñez-Villota, Julio Nuñez-Villota, Carolina Robles-Gamboa, José López-Aguilera, Ángel Iniesta-Manjavacas, Paula Fluviá, Francisco Pastor-Pérez, Laia Belarte-Tornero, Gonzalo Alonso-Salinas, Pablo Díez-Villanueva

“…Patients in VERISEC were older and had more comorbidities (diabetes, advanced chronic kidney disease) compared to VICTORIA, with 20% having an estimated glomerular filtration rate below 30 ml/min. …”
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The association of RBP4 with chronic kidney diseases in southern Chinese population by Tong Chen, Tong Chen, Tong Chen, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Shiquan Wu, Siyu Long, Ling Feng, Wenqian Lu, Wenya Chen, Guoai Hong, Li Zhou, Fang Wang, Yuechan Luo, Hequn Zou, Hequn Zou, Weihua Liu

“…BackgroundRetinol binding protein 4 (RBP4), as a novel adipokine, has been proven to be highly related to insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, hyperuricemia and other metabolic diseases, which are all risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Inverse association between obesity and suicidal death risk by Joonyub Lee, Seung-Hwan Lee, Mee-Kyoung Kim, Hyuk-Sang Kwon, Jae-Seung Yun, Yeoree Yang, Kun-Ho Yoon, Jae-Hyoung Cho, Chi-Un Pae, Kyungdo Han, Jang Won Son

“…Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was performed to estimate the risk of suicidal death with respect to BMI categories after adjusting for potential confounders (age, sex, income, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, drinking, exercise, self-abuse, waist circumference, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorder, cancer, anxiety, and substance use disorder). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden inequality of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Jingxun Guo, Jingxun Guo, Zhen Liu, Zhen Liu, Pengjun Wang, Heming Wu, Kai Fan, Kai Fan, Jianbo Jin, Jianbo Jin, Lan Zheng, Lan Zheng, Zeyu Liu, Zeyu Liu, Renyi Xie, Renyi Xie, Renyi Xie, Cheng Li, Cheng Li, Cheng Li, Cheng Li

“…BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant global health issue, often linked to diabetes, hypertension, and glomerulonephritis. However, aggregated statistics can obscure heterogeneity across subtypes, age, gender, and regions. …”
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The association between metabolomic profiles of lifestyle and the latent phase of incident chronic kidney disease in the UK Population by Tingting Jin, Yunqi Wu, Siyi Zhang, Ya Peng, Yao Lin, Saijun Zhou, Hongyan Liu, Pei Yu

“…Notably, among these metabolites, each 1 mmol/L increase in triglycerides in large LDL particles accelerated the onset of CKD by 24%. Diabetes, hypertension, and smoking were associated with a 56.6%, 31.5% and 22.3% faster onset of CKD, respectively. …”
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N‐terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide reference values in community‐dwelling older adults by Ulrike Braisch, Wolfgang Koenig, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Michael Denkinger, Nele Friedrich, Stephan B. Felix, Till Ittermann, Marcus Dörr, Dhayana Dallmeier

“…Based on predictors a reference population of 441 subjects (ActiFE, n = 227; SHIP‐TREND‐0, n = 214) without history of diabetes, cardiovascular, or pulmonary diseases and with systolic blood pressure (BP) <140 mmHg, diastolic BP ≥60 and ≤90 mmHg, haemoglobin in men ≥14 and ≤18 g/dL and in women ≥12 and ≤16 g/dL, GFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2, CRP <5 mg/L, BMI ≥18 and ≤33 kg/m2, and hs‐cTnI <40 ng/L were built with NT‐proBNP median levels and 97.5% quantiles reported stratified by sex and age. …”
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Determining the incidence, risk factors and biological drivers of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as part of the constellation of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) o... by Erika Austhof, Kelly M Heslin, Xiaoxiao Sun, Kristen Pogreba Brown, Caitlyn M McFadden, Caroline Scranton, Ivan Vujkovic-Cviji, Dominic Rodriguez, Laura Falk, Gayatri Arani, Victoria Obergh, Kate Bessey, Kerry Cooper

“…This R01 study is being funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1R01DK135483-01) from 2023 to 2028.Methods and analyses This study combines a longitudinal epidemiologic cohort study and in-depth, novel biologic analyses. …”
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Deep Neck Infections: The Effectiveness of Therapeutic Management and Bacteriological Profile by Geanina Bandol, Mihail Dan Cobzeanu, Mihaela Moscalu, Octavian Dragos Palade, Liliana Moisii, Florentina Severin, Emilia Patrascanu, Florin Mocanu, Andrei Ionut Roman, Bogdan Mihail Cobzeanu

“…Laryngotracheal infections were significantly associated with complications (25.53%) (<i>p</i> = 0.0004). Diabetes mellitus (DM) and immunocompromised status were strongly associated with complications (<i>p</i> < 0.001 and <i>p</i> = 0.0056, respectively), establishing these conditions as significant risk factors. …”
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Implementation of a genotyped African population cohort, with virtual follow-up: A feasibility study in the Western Cape Province, South Africa [version 2; peer review: 2 approved,... by Robert J Wilkinson, Francisco Lakay, Nicki Tiffin, Joel A Dave, Catherine Riou, Peter Raubenheimer, Anna K Coussens, Tsaone Tamuhla, Melissa J Blumenthal, Maleeka Abrahams

“…We demonstrated feasibility of nested case control genome wide association studies using these data for phenotypes type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and severe COVID-19. Results 2267346 variants were analysed in 459 participant samples, of which 229 (66.8%) are female. 78.6% of SNPs and 74% of samples passed quality control (QC). …”
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Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Model Based on Machine Learning by YUE Haitao, HE Chanchan, CHENG Yuyou, ZHANG Sencheng, WU You, MA Jing

“…Stepwise Logistic regression identified age, gender, BMI, ethnicity, education level, income level, being informed of hypertension, being informed of prehypertension, being informed of pregnancy-induced hypertension, current use of antihypertensive medication, being informed of hyperlipidemia, being informed of diabetes, smoking status, alcohol consumption within the last 30 days, heavy drinking status, and self-assessed health as factors influencing CHD. …”
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