Association of Wrist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Type II Diabetics in a Ghanaian Population by Christian Obirikorang, Yaa Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Enoch Odame Anto, Emmanuel Toboh, Evans Adu Asamoah, Bright Amakwaa, Emmanuella Nsenbah Batu, Peter Brenya

“…The overall prevalence of dyslipidaemia, metabolic syndrome (MetS), and hypertension was 42.4%, 76.3%, and 39.8%, respectively. …”
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Concordance between the Different Cardiovascular Risk Scores in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasis Arthritis by Cristina Gonzalez-Martin, Silvia Grande Morais, Sonia Pertega-Diaz, Teresa Seoane-Pillado, Vanesa Balboa-Barreiro, Raquel Veiga-Seijo

“…The most prevalent risk factors were overweight and obesity, followed by smoking and hypertension. The prevalence of patients with moderate/high cardiovascular risk varies according to the score used, the levels of concordance being the scores of Framingham and Dorica.…”
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Causal machine learning models for predicting low birth weight in midwife-led continuity care intervention in North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia by Wudneh Ketema Moges, Awoke Seyoum Tegegne, Aweke A. Mitku, Esubalew Tesfahun, Solomon Hailemeskel

“…Meconium aspiration, perinatal mortality, pregnancy-induced hypertension, vacuum babies in need of resuscitation, and previous surgeries on their reproductive organs were identified as the top five features affecting LBW. …”
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Gender-Related Differences in Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Premature Coronary Artery Disease: Insight from the FOCUS Registry by Ya’nan Qu, Ji’e Yang, Feng Zhang, Chenguang Li, Yuxiang Dai, Hongbo Yang, Yang Gao, Yueyi Pan, Kang Yao, Dong Huang, Hao Lu, Jianying Ma, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

“…Young women were older and more likely to have hypertension and diabetes than men (all p<0.001). In contrast, males with PCAD had higher BMI and higher prevalence of current smoking as well as previous vessel revascularizations (all p<0.05). …”
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Cardiovascular Disease Screening in Primary School Children by Alena Bagkaki, Fragiskos Parthenakis, Gregory Chlouverakis, Emmanouil Galanakis, Ioannis Germanakis

“…Adiposity (10.8%) and hypertension (3.2%) as risk factors for CVD were documented in 10.8% and 3.2% of the total population, respectively. …”
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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease – A multicenter observational study from India by Sham Santhanam, Pravin Patil, Mohit Goyal, C B Mithun, Parthajit Das, Kavitha Mohanasundaram, Neeraj Jain, Vijaya Prasanna, Keerthi Talari, Himanshu Pathak, Parshant Aggarwal, Deepika Ponnuru, Vikram Raj Jain, Sharath Kumar

“…The mean forced vital capacity was 61.89% ± 14.8% of the predicted. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was detected in 162 (35.8%) patients. …”
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Efficacy and safety of dexamethasone or triamcinolone in combination with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for diabetic macular edema: A systematic review and meta-a... by Bo Zhou, Hua Liu, Feng Xiong

“…However, the combination therapy significantly increased the risk of elevated intraocular pressure (RR 5.783, 95% CI 3.007 to 11.121, 95% PI 0.520 to 56.931) and ocular hypertension (RR 8.885, 95% CI 2.756 to 28.649, 95% PI 1.262 to 39.208). …”
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Interaction Effects of Lipoprotein Lipase Polymorphisms with Lifestyle on Lipid Levels in a Korean Population: A Cross-sectional Study by Jung-A Pyun, Sunshin Kim, KyungChae Park, Inkyung Baik, Nam H Cho, InSong Koh, Jong-Young Lee, Yoon Shin Cho, Young Jin Kim, Min Jin Go, Eugene Shim, KyuBum Kwack, Chol Shin

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Impact of Prior Chronic Kidney Disease and Newly Detected eGFR Impairment at Admission on Outcomes and Prognosis of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients &ndash; A Single-Center Cohort St... by Kania M, Terlecki M, Batko K, Rajzer M, Malecki MT, Krzanowski M

“…Micha&lstrok; Kania,1,2 Micha&lstrok; Terlecki,2,3 Krzysztof Batko,2 Marek Rajzer,2,3 Maciej T Malecki,1,2 Marcin Krzanowski2,4 1Department of Metabolic Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland; 2University Hospital, Krakow, Poland; 3Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Arterial Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland; 4Department of Nephrology and Transplantology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, PolandCorrespondence: Marcin Krzanowski, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Nephrology, 2 Jakubowskiego Str, 30-688, Krakow, Poland, Email marcin.krzanowski@uj.edu.plBackground and Hypothesis: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major prognostic factor in COVID-19. …”
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Ozone exposure and cardiovascular disease: A narrative review of epidemiology evidence and underlying mechanisms by Qiaoyi Hua, Xin Meng, Jicheng Gong, Xinghua Qiu, Jing Shang, Tao Xue, Tong Zhu

“…An increasing body of epidemiological studies has demonstrated that O3 exposure heightens the incidence and mortality of CVD, including specific subtypes such as ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and heart failure. Certain populations display heightened vulnerability to these effects, particularly children, the elderly, obese individuals, and those with pre-existing conditions. …”
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The Epidemiology of Migraine Headache in Arab Countries: A Systematic Review by Ashraf El-Metwally, Paivi Toivola, Khalid AlAhmary, Salwa Bahkali, Ali AlKhathaami, Shatha A. Al Ammar, Ibrahim M. Altamimi, Saleh M. Alosaimi, Munazza Jawed, Sami Almustanyir

“…The most commonly reported comorbidities with migraine included anxiety, hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome, and depression. …”
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Discovery of robust and highly specific microbiome signatures of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Emmanouil Nychas, Andrea Marfil-Sánchez, Xiuqiang Chen, Mohammad Mirhakkak, Huating Li, Weiping Jia, Aimin Xu, Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Max Nieuwdorp, Rohit Loomba, Yueqiong Ni, Gianni Panagiotou

“…Results Here, we collected public metagenomic data and integrated the taxonomy profiles with in silico generated community metabolic outputs, and detailed clinical data, of 1206 Chinese subjects w/wo metabolic diseases, including NAFLD (obese and lean), obesity, T2D, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. We identified highly specific microbiome signatures through building accurate machine learning models (accuracy = 0.845–0.917) for NAFLD with high portability (generalizable) and low prediction rate (specific) when applied to other metabolic diseases, as well as through a community approach involving differential co-abundance ecological networks. …”
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The role of partial splenic artery embolization in the management of refractory esophageal variceal bleeding due to portal vein thrombosis by Büşra Tetik Dinçer, Nafiye Urgancı, Aylin Hasanefendioğlu Bayrak, Özlem Durmaz, İlgin Özden

“…Conclusions In this case, splenic artery embolization was observed to be an effective, repeatable, and safe treatment method for patients with hypersplenism caused by portal hypertension and refractory esophageal variceal bleeding.…”
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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. Interaction effects between BMI and key variables such as sex, race/ethnicity and other factors were also analyzed. …”
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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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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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Relieving or Aggravating the Burden: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) of Electronic and Conventional Cigarette Users (Dual Users) in Indonesia by Faizal R. Moeis, Risky K. Hartono, Renny Nurhasana, Aryana Satrya, Teguh Dartanto

“…Results Our study finds: (1) dual users are positively associated to report having NCDs, such as liver failure (AOR=2.38; 95% CI: 2.32–2.44), diabetes (AOR=1.53; 95% CI: 1.50–1.57), hypertension (AOR=1.49; 95% CI: 1.48–1.51), and gum diseases (AOR=1.74; 95% CI: 1.73–1.74) compared to single users and(2) e-cigarette single users are positively associated with reporting to have NCDs and dental problems, such as asthma (AOR=3.11; 95% CI: 3.01–3.22), diabetes (AOR=16.01; 95% CI: 14.57–17.59), broken tooth (AOR=1.04; 95% CI: 1.03–1.06) and they have disease complication compared to conventional cigarette single users. …”
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CRISPR-Cas9 in Cardiovascular Medicine: Unlocking New Potential for Treatment by Klaudia Bonowicz, Dominika Jerka, Klaudia Piekarska, Janet Olagbaju, Laura Stapleton, Munirat Shobowale, Andrzej Bartosiński, Magdalena Łapot, Yidong Bai, Maciej Gagat

“…This article examines the potential of CRISPR-Cas9 in the treatment of various CVDs, including atherosclerosis, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies, hypertension, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). …”
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Prediction of the risk of 3-year chronic kidney disease among elderly people: a community-based cohort study by Tao Wang, Zhitong Zhou, Longbing Ren, Zhiping Shen, Jue Li, Lijuan Zhang

“…Nine variables (age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, exercise, previous hypertension, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin and serum creatinine) were included in the prediction model. …”
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Pre-diagnostic risk factors for brain cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Golestan Cohort Study by Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Negar Rezaei, Maryam Sharafkhah, Gholamreza Roshandel, Hossein Poustchi, Sadaf Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh

“…Patients diagnosed with brain cancer had higher prevalence of hypertension, opium use, and smoking compared to cancer free participants. …”
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