Association between Atherogenic index of plasma and gallstones in the United States adults: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2017–2020 by Shuang Yang, Jianhui Song, Zhengbo Yang, Nanbo Li, Ju Wu, Shuangshuang Hou

“…In the fully adjusted logistic regression model, each 1-unit increase in AIP was associated with 59 % higher odds of gallstones (OR = 1.59, 95 % CI: 1.06, 2.38). Compared to the lowest quartile of AIP, the highest quartile showed 82 % higher odds of gallstones (OR = 1.82, 95 % CI: 1.23, 2.69). …”
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Brighter children? The association between seasonality of birth and child IQ in a population-based birth cohort by Vincent W V Jaddoe, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen, Henning Tiemeier, Albert Hofman, Frank C Verhulst, Nina H Grootendorst-van Mil

“…We explored how adjusting for socioeconomic status and maternal IQ, childbirth outcomes, pregnancy vitamin D status, nutritional intake, exposure to infections, and child age relative to peers in class changed the relation between season of birth and child IQ.Results We found that spring birth was associated with lower non-verbal IQ (estimate: more than 1 point; β−1.24 (95% CI −2.31 to −0.17), p=0.02; seasonal trend β−0.40 (95% CI −0.74 to −0.07), p=0.02) than birth in summer. …”
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Association of tea consumption with all-cause/cardiovascular disease mortality in the chronic kidney disease population: an assessment of participation in the national cohort by Jin Li, Xing-Ling Chen, Xiao-Lu Ou-Yang, Xiao-Jiao Zhang, Yue Li, Shu-Ning Sun, Ling-Jun Wang, Zhong-Qi Yang, Shi-Hao Ni, Lu Lu

“…Cox and restricted cubic spline regression was used to examine the linear or nonlinear association of tea consumption with mortality. …”
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Association between lactate dehydrogenase levels and all-cause mortality in ICU patients with heart failure: a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database by Panxu Guo, Hongfu Ding, Xiaowan Li, Danying Xie, Ke Wang, Wanmin Su, XiaoJuan Yang, Fang Nie, Peixi Wang

“…Elevated LDH levels were independently associated with increased in-hospital and 1-year mortality rates, with adjusted HR of 1.39 (95% CI: 1.16, 1.67) and 1.29 (95% CI: 1.14, 1.45), respectively. …”
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Stress hyperglycemia ratio as an important predictive indicator for severe disturbance of consciousness and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with cerebral infarction:... by Xiaosheng Li, Li Guo, Yuzhen Zhou, Churan Yuan, Yong Yin

“…The AUC value for predicting severe disturbance of consciousness by the SHR index is 0.5419 (95% CI: 0.5188–0.5661). The AUC value for predicting in-hospital mortality based on the SHR index is 0.6264 (95% CI: 0.5881–0.6662). …”
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The mediating role of inflammatory biomarkers in the association between serum copper and sarcopenia by Dapeng Zeng, Bo Chen, Hao Wang, Shenghao Xu, Shibo Liu, Zehao Yu, Xiangjun Pan, Xiongfeng Tang, Yanguo Qin

“…Conversely, higher serum Se/Cu (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.23–0.89, P = 0.023) and Zn/Cu (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.27–0.90, P = 0.024) were associated with a decreased risk of sarcopenia. …”
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Impact of maternal age on birth weight-related adverse outcomes in newborns: a retrospective study in south-central China by Zhi Huang, Yan Zhang, Jinlian Wang, Xia Tan, Aiping Zhang

“…Maternal age increased the risk for large for gestational age (LGA) (OR = 1.016, 95% CI: 1.006–1.027, P = 0.002) and preterm birth (OR = 1.028, 95% CI: 1.008–1.049, P = 0.005). …”
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Association of relative fat mass with asthma: inflammatory markers as potential mediators by Meicen Zhou, Ting Zhang, Ziyi Zeng, Shuqin Zeng, Shaopu Wang, Hua Wang

“…Below this threshold, each unit increase in RFM was positively associated with a 2% increase in the odds of asthma (Odds ratio (OR) 1.02, 95% Confidence interval (CI): 1.00—1.03), while above it, the association strengthened, with a 5% increase in the odds per unit (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.04—1.07). …”
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Interactive effect of phenylalanine with duration of diabetes on the risk of small vessel disease in Chinese patients with T2DM by Jun Zheng, Wei Zhang, Yu-Yang Miao, Xue-Rui Li, Wei-Ming Luo, Xi-Lin Yang, Zhong-Ze Fang, Qiang Zhang

“…Phenylalanine <42μmol/L was associated with a markedly increased risk of SVD (OR 1.76, 95%CI 1.23 to 2.51), which was enhanced by a duration of T2DM of ≥5 years to 4.83 (95%CI 2.97-7.87) with significant additive interactions. …”
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Correlation between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and all-cause and cerebrovascular mortality among hypertension patients by You Li, Cheng Yu

“…Using a restricted cubic spline (RCS), the association between the NPAR and mortality risk was investigated. …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index and mortality risks in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients: a national cohort study by Yue Cao, Lingxiao Li, Feipeng Qiu, Weixing Wen, Hao Zhang, Yangxin Chen, Xiaoyan Cai, Yuli Huang

“…Cox models showed that TyG was linked to a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.70 for all-cause mortality (95% CI: 1.23–2.34, P < 0.01) and an HR of 2.90 for cardiovascular mortality (95% CI: 1.91–4.42, P < 0.001). …”
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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV datab... by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…After fully adjustment, MCR models indicated a heightened mortality risk for the ICU (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.08–2.22; p = 0.02), 30-day (HR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.46–2.38; p &lt; 0.001), 90-day (HR = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.42–2.15; p &lt; 0.001), and 365-day (HR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.50–2.19; p &lt; 0.001) in the high BAR group as opposed to the low BAR group. …”
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Associations of dietary inflammation index and composite dietary antioxidant index with all-cause mortality in COPD patients by Sue Zhao, Yingjie Su, Hongzhong Yang

“…The multivariate Cox proportional hazards model showed that increased DII was associated with an increase in all-cause mortality (HR (95% CI): 1.11(1.04, 1.18), p = 0.002). In contrast, CDAI was negatively correlated with all-cause mortality (HR (95% CI): 0.95(0.91, 0.99), p = 0.01). …”
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Baseline atherogenic index of plasma and its trajectory predict onset of type 2 diabetes in a health screened adult population: a large longitudinal study by Yongbing Sun, Xinbei Lin, Zhi Zou, Caiwen Zhao, Ao Liu, Jing Zhou, Zhonglin Li, Xiaoling Wu, Shewei Dou, Jiadong Zhu, Tao Li, Xue Lv, Yong Wang, Yongli Li

“…Compared to the lowest quartile, the highest quartile had a hazard ratio (HR) of 2.10 (95% CI: 1.74, 2.53). The LCTM identified three trajectory patterns for AIP: with the low-stable group as the reference, the medium-stable and high-stable groups had HRs of 1.72 (95% CI: 1.50, 1.96) and 2.50 (95% CI: 2.06, 3.03), respectively, indicating a significantly elevated risk of T2DM (P < 0.05). …”
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Association between composite dietary antioxidant indices and anemia: NHANES 2003-2018. by Qian Wu, Zhiyu Wang, Jieyu Xia, Hui Xu, Gang Huang, Guangyong Feng, Xiaoxia Gou

“…Weighted multivariable logistic regression and restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis was conducted to investigate the association between CDAI and anemia. …”
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Prognostic value of inflammatory markers for all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the coronary care unit: a retrospective study based on MIMIC-IV dat... by Fen Cao, Jun-jun Jiang, Gui Zhang, Jun Liu, Ping Xiao, Yang Tian, Wei Zhang, Sheng Zhang, Feng Hou, Zhong-Wu Bao, Kun Wu, Yong-zhi Zhu

“…The NLR was non-linearly and positively associated with in-hospital mortality [Q4: OR (95%CI) 2.61; (1.261–5.626), p = 0.012], 30-day mortality [Q4: OR (95%CI) 2.005; (1.048–3.925); p = 0.038], 90-day mortality [Q4: OR (95%CI) 2.191; (1.235–3.948); p = 0.008] with Q1 as the reference group. …”
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Association between serum carotenoids levels and endometriosis risk: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Jian Huang

“…Quartile 1: odds ratio [OR] = 0.62, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.42–0.90; Quartile 4 vs. Quartile 1: OR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.36–0.81, P for trend = 0.001). …”
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Development of an Injury Burden Prediction Model in Professional Baseball Pitchers by Garrett Bullock, Charles Thigpen, Gary Collins, Nigel Arden, Thomas Noonan, Michael Kissenberth, Ellen Shanley

“…Pitchers were evaluated in spring training arm for shoulder range of motion and injuries were followed throughout the season. …”
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Effect of maternal height on the risk of caesarean section in singleton births: evidence from a large-scale survey in India by Himanshu Chaurasia, Strong P Marbaniang, Hemkhothang Lhungdim

“…Mothers with a height of 120 cm (adjusted OR (AOR): 5.08; 95% CI 3.83 to 6.74) were five times more likely, while mothers with height of 180 cm were 23% less likely (AOR: 0.77; 95% CI 0.62 to 0.95) to undergo CS as compared with mothers with height of 150 cm.Conclusions Shorter maternal height is linked to a higher risk of CS. …”
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Nonlinear association between red cell distribution width/albumin ratio and peripheral arterial disease in the NHANES: a cross-section study with propensity score matching analysis by Jinmin Cao, Zhixiong Deng, Li Xiang, Feng Wang, Ting Yang

“…The restricted sample cubic spline of RDW/ALB and risk of developing PAD demonstrated a nonlinear relationship. …”
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