Patients’ Experiences of Living with Atrial Fibrillation: A Mixed Methods Study by Marie Stridsman, Anna Strömberg, Jeroen Hendriks, Ulla Walfridsson

“…Introduction. Awareness of epidemiological and clinical consequences of atrial fibrillation (AF) has increased, as have disease-related costs. …”
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Overuse Injury, Substance Use, and Resilience in Collegiate Female Athlete by Chelsea L Martin, Ellen Shanley, Chris Harnish, Amy M Knab, Shefali Christopher, Srikant Vallabhajosula, Garrett S Bullock

“… # Purpose To provide an updated epidemiological profile of overuse injury and substance use and examine the relationship between resilience, overuse injury, and substance use among collegiate female athletes…”
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Bacterial, fungal and parasitic co-infections in leprosy: A scoping review. by Luis Alberto Ribeiro Fróes, Tereza Setsuko Toma, Marie Jachiet, Laurie Rousset, Rosana Evangelista Poderoso, Maria Angela Bianconcini Trindade

“…The purpose of this review was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the most reported bacterial, fungal, and parasitic co-infections in leprosy.…”
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Detection and subtyping of Blastocystis sp. in human and animal stool samples using high-resolution melting analysis by Ghodratollah Salehi Sangani, Ahmad Hosseini-Safa, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash, Pooria Salehi Sangani, Mehdi Zarean, Elham Moghaddas, Saeid Zoghdar Moghadam, Lida Jarahi, Ali Gholizadeh, Fariba Berenji

“…This supports the potential for HRM to improve epidemiological surveillance and understanding of cross-species transmission.…”
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Intertwined depressive and cognitive trajectories and the risk of dementia and death in older adults: a competing risk analysis by Jufen Liu, Ziyang Ren, Yushan Du, Lirong Nie

“…Depressive symptoms and cognitive function were measured using the 8-item Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status, respectively. …”
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Potential biomarkers and immune infiltration linking endometriosis with recurrent pregnancy loss based on bioinformatics and machine learning by Jianhui Chen, Qun Li, Xiaofang Liu, Fang Lin, Yaling Jing, Jiayan Yang, Lianfang Zhao

“…ObjectiveEndometriosis (EMs) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue in the non-uterine cavity, resulting in dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and infertility. Epidemiologic data have suggested the correlation between EMs and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), but the pathological mechanism is unclear. …”
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Association of cigarette smoking with cardiometabolic risk factors: A cross-sectional study by Samar Sultan, Fouzy Lesloom

“…Introduction Despite strong and consistent epidemiological evidence linking cigarette smoking to several cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the association between smoking intensity and CVD risk factors remains unclear. …”
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Risk Factors of Bacteremia following Multiple Traumas by Hak-Jae Lee, Eol Choi, Nak-Joon Choi, Hyun-Woo Sun, Jae-Suk Lee, Jeong-Woo Lee, Tae-Yoon Kim, Yoon-Joong Jung, Suk-Kyung Hong

“…The aim of this study was to identify risk factors and to describe epidemiological patterns for early onset (EOB) and late onset (LOB) bacteremia after trauma. …”
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An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Rufai Safianu, Jacob Plange-Rhule

“…Experimental and epidemiological studies as well as studies involving clinical trials show the existence of adverse effect of salt consumption on the blood pressure of adults. …”
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Ambient Air Pollution and Chronic kidney disease risk in Deltan communities: A Policy Brief, 2023 [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Luca Mora, Elaine Carnegie, Ogochukwu Okoye

“…Ambient air pollution is an emerging environmental risk factor for CKD; however, epidemiological data and evidence are lacking for susceptible populations in developing countries. …”
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Effect of leisure-time physical activity on depression and depressive symptoms in menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Rong Liu, Xun Tang

“…In addition, exercise was found to reduce the depression (SMD = 11.45; 95% CI, −1.75 to −1.15), and depression assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (WMD = −5.76; 95% CI, −6.63 to −4.89) or Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) (WMD = −6.86; 95% CI, −9.24 to −4.49). …”
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Alcohol intake exacerbates experimental autoimmune prostatitis through activating PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway-mediated Th1 differentiation by Shun Xu, Shun Xu, Shun Xu, Jing Chen, Jing Chen, Jing Chen, Shaoyu Yue, Shaoyu Yue, Shaoyu Yue, Yifan Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Shengyu Zhao, Shengyu Zhao, Shengyu Zhao, Yongtao Hu, Yongtao Hu, Yongtao Hu, Cheng Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Wenrui Guan, Wenrui Guan, Wenrui Guan, Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Ligang Zhang, Ligang Zhang, Ligang Zhang, Chaozhao Liang, Chaozhao Liang, Chaozhao Liang

“…BackgroundEpidemiological investigations have revealed a significant association between alcohol consumption and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). …”
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The Role of Indoxyl Sulfate in Exacerbating Colorectal Cancer During Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: Insights into the Akt/β-Catenin/c-Myc and AhR/c-Myc Pathways in HCT-116 Col... by Yu Ichisaka, Chihiro Takei, Kazuma Naito, Manami Higa, Shozo Yano, Toshimitsu Niwa, Hidehisa Shimizu

“…Epidemiological studies suggest an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) aggravation in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Gastric cancer incidence, mortality and burden in adolescents and young adults: a time-trend analysis and comparison among China, South Korea, Japan and the USA by Jian Li, Yao Zhang, Si Lin Wu, Yi Fu, Ji Sheng Wang

“…Objectives To evaluate and compare the burden of gastric cancer in adolescents and young adults (GCAYA) among China, South Korea, Japan and the USA, four countries with similar or different rates of gastric cancer (GC) incidence, development levels and cancer control strategies.Design This population-based observational study collected the epidemiological data of GCAYA from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019. …”
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Interpretation of indoor air surveillance for respiratory infections: a prospective longitudinal observational study in a childcare settingResearch in context by Caspar Geenen, Steven Traets, Sarah Gorissen, Michiel Happaerts, Kurt Beuselinck, Lies Laenen, Jens Swinnen, Sien Ombelet, Joren Raymenants, Els Keyaerts, Emmanuel André

“…Interpretation: Our results suggest that air sampling could provide sensitive, responsive epidemiological indicators for the surveillance of respiratory pathogens. …”
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Association of whole grain food consumption with lung cancer risk: a prospective cohort study by Kanran Wang, Junhan Zhao, Dingyi Yang, Mao Sun, Yongzhong Wu, Wei Zhou

“…Abstract Background Whether the intake of whole grain foods can protect against lung cancer is a long-standing question of considerable public health import, but the epidemiologic evidence has been limited. Therefore we aim to investigate the relationship between whole grain food consumption and lung cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) cohort. …”
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Prospective surveillance study to detect antimalarial drug resistance, gene deletions of diagnostic relevance and genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in Mozambique: protocol by Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Caterina Guinovart, Pedro Aide, Francisco Saute, Alfredo Mayor, Bryan Greenhouse, Baltazar Candrinho, Joshua L Proctor, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Clemente da Silva, Eduard Rovira-Vallbona, Craig Bonnington, Caitlin Bever, Arlindo Chidimatembue, Maria Rodrigues, Neide Canana, Paulo Arnaldo, Simone Boene, Sonia Enosse

“…Genetic data will be incorporated into epidemiological and transmission models to identify the most informative relationship between genetic features, sources of malaria transmission and programmatic effectiveness of new malaria interventions. …”
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The association between digital technology use and depression among older people in China: a moderated mediation model by Qinmei Wu, Wei He, Jinfu Wang, Litao Du, Xiangli Xue, Qiang He, Yang Pan, Si Chen, Xianliang Zhang

“…Depression was assessed using the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Logistic regression examined the association between digital technology use and depression. …”
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Burden of brain and other central nervous system cancer in China, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of observational data from the global burden of disease study 2019 by Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, Fan Zhang, E Wang, Xinran Hou, Zongbin Song, Zhuoyi Liu, Wenyong Long, Zheng Long, Maoen Zhu

“…Objective To evaluate the trends in disease burden and the epidemiological features of central nervous system (CNS) cancer in China from 1990 to 2019.Design A population-based observational study.Setting The incidence, prevalence, death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to CNS cancer in China, stratified by sex, age and provincial region, were collected from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Participants Data were publicly available and individuals were not involved.Results In 2019, the incident cases of CNS cancer in China were 347 992 (95% UI 262 084–388 896), and the age-standardised rate (ASR) of incidence was 5.69 (95% UI 4.36–6.78) per 100 000 person-years increased by 27.9% compared with that in 1990; meanwhile, CNS cancer caused 63 527 (95% UI 47 793–76 948) deaths in China in 2019, and the ASR of death was 3.5 (95% UI 2.62–4.21) per 100 000 person-years decreased by 9.6%. …”
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Risk Factors for Skin Cancer in the Salud Delicias Area by Yanet Hernández Caballero, María del Carmen Pérez Cuesta, Leticia Rómulo Ávila, Yoenny Peña García

“…<br /><strong>Method</strong>: an epidemiological, observational, analytical study of cases and controls was carried out in the period 2017-2021. …”
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