Joint association of systemic immune-inflammation index and phenotypic age acceleration with chronic respiratory disease: a cross-sectional study by Yuan Zhan, Ruonan Yang, Jie Feng, Genlong Bai, Xiangyun Shi, Jiaheng Zhang, Jingbo Zhang

“…Furthermore, the joint-indexes analysis revealed that compared to individuals with lower SII and PhenoAgeAccel, those with higher SII and PhenoAgeAccel exhibited remarkably stronger associations with CRD (adjusted OR [aOR], 1.56; 95% CI, 1.31–1.85; P < 0.001), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (aOR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.22-2.00; P = 0.001) and asthma (aOR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.16–1.70; P = 0.001), which were predominant among those aged above 40 years, females and smokers. …”
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Sex differences in the association between lipids and cognitive function in older adults by Jiahao Chen, Yinming Wang, Wenyan Guo, Muyuan Jiang, Zixuan Gai, Huinan Zhang, Mulei Chen, Yifan Fan

“…In the females, after adjustment for potential confounding factors, high TC levels were negatively related to DSST scores (OR = −3.590, 95% CI: – 6.343 to – 0.837), and high TG levels were found positively associated with DSST scores (OR = 2.323, 95% CI: 0.159–4.488). …”
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Systemic inflammation response index (SIRI)-based risk of pneumonia following successful PCI in STEMI patients by Dan Yan, Saibin Wang

“…Patients in the SIRI ≥ 4.04 group exhibited greater vulnerability to pneumonia after successful PCI than did those in the SIRI < 4.04 group (OR: 5.20, 95% CI: 3.53–7.72, p < 0.001). According to the ROC curve, the SIRI is highly predictive of pneumonia after PCI for STEMI patients, with an AUC of 0.766 (95% CI: 0.724–0.808). …”
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Association of domain-specific physical activity with nocturia: a population-based study by Yangtao Jia, Rui Shen, Xinke Dong, Fangzheng Yang, Libin Zhou, Huimin Long

“…Specifically, PA (OR 0.7523, 95% CI 0.6307–0.8974, P = 0.002) and LTPA (OR 0.7664, 95% CI 0.6314–0.9304, P = 0.007) were negatively associated with nocturia. …”
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The Association Between the CALLY Index and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with COPD: Results from the Cohort Study of NHANES 2007&ndash;2010 by Ding Y, Liu Y, Yu J, Cai C, Fu L, Zhu J, Yang S, Jiang Y, Wang J

“…The CALLY index was a major predictor of survival in COPD patients [fully adjusted model: in the 3rd quartile, HR = 1.61, 95% CI: 1.02– 2.52, p = 0.039; in the 2nd quartile, HR = 2.11, 95% CI: 1.22– 3.65, p = 0.008; in the 1st quartile, HR = 3.12, 95% CI: 2.00– 4.85, p < 0.001]. …”
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Relationship of smoking cessation duration and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults in China: a national cross-sectional study by Wenhang Zuo, Jin Peng, Jinhui Wu

“…There were significant differences in global cognitive function among those who quit smoking for ≥9 years (9–19 years, β = 0.75, 95%CI 0.32–1.18; ≥20 years, β = 0.94, 95%CI 0.42–1.46). …”
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Association of oxidative balance scores with cardiovascular and all cause mortality in patients with asthma by Wei Zhao, Yiyuan Sun, Bohui Zhu

“…Restricted cubic spline curves showed that OBS was linearly associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in asthmatics. …”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prostate cancer by Hongyang Gong, Xiaomei Lin, Shaoqun Huang

“…Subgroup analysis, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and multivariable logistic regression were employed to examine the association between MDS and the prevalence of PCa. …”
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Sex differences in the association between composite dietary antioxidant index and hyperlipidemia: Insights from NHANES. by Xiaofan Miao, Bixia Li, Zhixian Zhu, Tao Yang

“…In a fully adjusted multivariable binary logistic regression model, CDAI was negatively associated with the prevalence of hyperlipidemia (OR = 0.99, 95% CI:0.98-0.99). In addition, participants in the highest quartile had a lower risk of hyperlipidaemia compared with the lowest quartile of CDAI (OR = 0.83, 95%CI: 0.76-0.92). …”
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Association of CVAI, LAP and SMI with risk of haematological toxicity after immunochemotherapy in patients with DLBCL: a retrospective study by Caifeng Liao, Hurong Lai, Yansong Tu, Ling He, Chuyang Lin, Huaijun Tu, Jian Li

“…Results: In the fully adjusted model, the risk of grades 3–4 haematological toxicity in group with the highest CVAI and LAP was reduced by 75.1% (OR: 0.249, 95% CI: 0.102–0.606, p = 0.002) and by 77.3% (OR: 0.227, 95% CI: 0.095–0.542, p = 0.001) compared to the group with the lowest CVAI and LAP. …”
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Healthy lifestyle and its change attenuated the risk of hypertension among rural population: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Tingyun Ren, Yinghao Yuchi, Wei Liao, Ning Kang, Ruiying Li, Chongjian Wang

“…And compared with participants with unhealthy lifestyle consistently, those changing lifestyle from unhealthy to healthy had lower levels of blood pressure [β (95% CI): SBP: −1.603 (−2.539, −0.668). DBP: −1.713 (−2.326, −1.100)] and hypertension risk [OR (95%CI): 0.744 (0.594, 0.931)]. …”
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Gender differences in the prognostic impact of uric acid in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Xuefeng Wu, Jianming Li, Zhaoyan Xu, Yingqing Feng

“…In the entire cohort, each mg/dL increase in uric acid was associated with a 4% increase in the risk of the composite endpoint (HR: 1.04, 95%CI:1.01–1.09). This association was more pronounced in females, with a 9% increase in the risk of the composite endpoint per mg/dL increase in uric acid (95%CI: 1.02–1.17). …”
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Both Low and High Postprocedural hsCRP Associate with Increased Risk of Death in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Treated by Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Runzhen Chen, Chen Liu, Peng Zhou, Yu Tan, Zhaoxue Sheng, Jiannan Li, Jinying Zhou, Yi Chen, Li Song, Hanjun Zhao, Hongbing Yan

“…Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) was higher in the lowest (<2.26 mg/L, HR: 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08-3.33; P=0.025), second highest (10.16-12.56 mg/L, HR: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.09-3.16; P=0.023), and highest quintiles (≥12.56 mg/L, HR: 2.02, 95% CI: 1.21-3.36; P=0.007) of postprocedural hsCRP, compared to the second lowest quintile (2.26-4.85 mg/L). …”
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Association between renal mean perfusion pressure and prognosis in patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: insights from the MIMIC IV database by Yipeng Fang, Aizhen Dou, Hui Xie, Yunfei Zhang, Weiwei Zhu, Yingjin Zhang, Caifeng Li, Yanchao Su, Ying Gao, Keliang Xie

“…Cox regression analysis established Traj-1 and Traj-2 as independent risk factors for increased mortality relative to Traj-3 (60–70 mmHg), with hazard ratios (HRs) of 4.67 (95%-CI 3.28–6.67) and 1.45 (95%-CI 1.20–1.76). MPP > 60 mmHg was significantly associated with reduced 90-d mortality (HR 0.65, 95%-CI 0.55–0.77). …”
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Impaired pulmonary function increases the risk of gout: evidence from a large cohort study in the UK Biobank by Zijian Kang, Jianzheng Zhang, Chen Zhu, Ying Zhu, Hanlei Jiang, Qiang Tong, Sheng-Ming Dai

“…After adjustment for covariates, both PRISm (odds ratio [OR] 1.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17–1.31) and COPD (OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.07–1.22) were significantly associated with gout. …”
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Genetic determinants of COVID-19 severity and mortality: ACE1 Alu 287 bp polymorphism and ACE1, ACE2, TMPRSS2 expression in hospitalized patients by João Locke Ferreira de Araújo, Átila Duque Rossi, Jessica Maciel de Almeida, Hugo José Alves, Isabela de Carvalho Leitão, Renata Eliane de Ávila, Anna Carla Pinto Castiñeiras, Jéssica da Silva Oliveira, Rafael Mello Galliez, Marlon Daniel Lima Tonini, Débora Souza Faffe, Shana Priscila Coutinho Barroso Barroso, Gustavo Gomes Resende, Cássia Cristina Alves Gonçalves, Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castiñeiras, Amilcar Tanuri, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Renato Santana Aguiar, Cynthia Chester Cardoso, Renan Pedra de Souza

“…Background The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and the transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) are central human molecules in the SARS-CoV-2 virus-host interaction. …”
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Nonlinear effect of body mass index on postoperative survival following isolated heart transplantation by Reid Dale, PhD, Nataliya Bahatyrevich, MD, MS, Matthew Leipzig, BSc, Maria Elizabeth Currie, MD, PhD

“…The nonlinear spline terms for recipient BMI were statistically significant (p < 0.01). …”
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The association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study by Yangyang Zheng, Jinhui Hou, Shiqi Guo, Jinghai Song

“…The association between DI-GM and MAFLD was investigated using weighted logistic regression, restricted cubic spline (RCS), and subgroup analyses. Results A notable inverse association was identified between DI-GM and the prevalence of MAFLD, with each 1-point increase in DI-GM corresponding to a 6.1% reduction in MAFLD prevalence (OR = 0.939, 95% CI: 0.901–0.980). …”
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Daily walking habits can mitigate age-related decline in static balance: a longitudinal study among aircraft assemblers by Kazuhiko Watanabe, Shoko Iizuka, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Saki Tsushima, Sora Hirohashi, Tomohiro Yoshimi, Masayoshi Zaitsu

“…The one-leg standing time significantly decreased with age (adjusted β = − 0.22; 95% confidence interval [CI] − 0.31 to − 0.14). Meanwhile, walking habits showed a preventive effect (β = 1.76; 95% CI 0.49 to 3.04). …”
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Threshold-effect of ferritin levels with pathoglycemia in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study based on China health and nutrition survey data by Chenyu Yang, Jintao Li, Chao Li, Jinyu Yang, Yanpei Gao, Guohua Li, Xintian Liu, Xiaoqin Luo

“…The OR(OR = 0.61, 95% CI, 0.41–0.90)was lowest between 20 to < 40 ng/ml in women with prediabetes mellitus. …”
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