Association of handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness with intrinsic capacity impairment among older adults in China by Decheng Li, Yunhe Wang, Shuai Guo, Ziyang Ren, Binbin Su, Lichuan Zhang, Zuliyaer Talifu, Xiaoying Zheng

“…HGS asymmetry (OR = 1.26, 95 % CI: 1.11–1.43) and weakness (OR = 2.09, 95 % CI: 1.78–2.45) were both independent risk factors for IC impairment. …”
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Association between weight-adjusted waist index and cognitive impairment in Chinese older men: a 7-year longitudinal study by Jie Lin, Hongchen Shen, Wenjuan Yang, Guojun Zhang, Jie Sun, Wenqin Shen, Li Huang, Huajian Chen

“…Specifically, for every 1 cm/√kg increase in WWI, the risk of cognitive impairment increased by 17% (HR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.02–1.35). Using 11.52 cm/√kg as the cutoff point for WWI, we found that High WWI was associated with a 44% increased risk of cognitive impairment compared with Low WWI (HR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.07–1.96). …”
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The relationship of platelet distribution width with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients by Chunyu Lu, Shuiqin Cheng, Wenjing Fan, Zhihong Zhang, Jinquan Wang

“…After adjusting for confounders, Cox proportional hazards models showed that the PDW value was positively correlated with the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (HR = 1.162, 95% CI 1.057–1.278, p = 0.002 and HR = 1.200, 95% CI 1.041–1.382, p = 0.012). …”
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Association between remnant cholesterol and depression in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a population-based cohort study by Yang Zhou, Yan Lin, Yanhui Yang, Wang Lei, Juan Xu, Yuanzeng Zhu

“…Following adjustment for confounding factors, individuals in the higher RC level quartile exhibited a higher depression risk (Q3: odds ratio [OR]: 1.75, 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 1.29–2.39; Q4: OR: 2.68, 95% CI: 1.96–3.68, P for trend < 0.001), with a linear correlation between RC levels and depression (P for nonlinearity = 0.108). …”
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Associations between phenol and paraben exposure and the risk of developing breast cancer in adult women: a cross-sectional study by Yao Xiong, Zhiyu Li, Xiong Xiong, Zixuan Luo, Kaixin Zhong, Jiawei Hu, Shengrong Sun, Chuang Chen

“…The results from the weighted multivariable regression models indicated that exposure to elevated concentrations of TRS increased the risk of developing BC by 2.33 (Q2: 95% CI = 1.45–3.75, p < 0.001) and 1.94 times (Q3: 95% CI = 1.21–3.09, p = 0.006), respectively. …”
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Association of LDL‐C/HDL‐C Ratio With Hyperuricemia: A National Cohort Study by Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Deyun Luo, Bingli Chen, Chenyi Lai, Chenyu He, Luo Yan, Haifeng Ding, Shiyang Li

“…Multivariable logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCSs) analysis, and linear correlation analysis were conducted to evaluate the association between LHR and risk of developing HUA. …”
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The association between dietary sodium density and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in US adults by Peilin An, Silin Wang, Lingyun Liu, Xuelin Li, Xin Lv, Xin Lv

“…An additional unit of dietary sodium density was associated with a 24% increased risk of HT (OR 1.24, 95% CI 1.01–1.50) in adjusted model. A breakpoint at 2.43 mg/kcal in dietary sodium density was identified using a piecewise regression model. …”
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Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity Is Associated With All‐Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease by Xiao‐Hua Feng, Yi Chen, Xue‐Qi Chen, Wei‐Hong Zhao

“…With every increase of 1 m/s in ePWV measurement, there is a corresponding 31% (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.31, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.28–1.34) increase in the rate of mortality from all causes and a 32% (HR: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.27–1.37) increase in the rate of mortality from CVD. …”
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U-shaped association between TC/HDL-C ratio and osteoporosis risk in older adults by Chuanwei Zhao, Xiaochun Zhang, Xu Zhang, Bo Zhao, Yane Yang, Mu Lin, Wenli Qiao, Zeyao Hu, Haijie Yang

“…Multivariable logistic regression models assessed the association between the TC/HDL-C ratio and osteoporosis prevalence. Restricted cubic splines were used to explore non-linear associations and threshold effects. …”
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Associations between Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index and the Risk of Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis: A Large Cross-sectional Study by Hui Liu, Mingming Deng, Gang Luo, Jie Chen

“…Multivariate logistic regression analyses and restricted cubic spline (RCS) were used to determine the associations between CVAI and MASLD or fibrosis. …”
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The association between peripheral eosinophil count and chronic kidney disease: evidence from NHANES 1999–2018 by Shisheng Han, Meng Jia, Wenli Yuan, Yi Wang, Yan Lu, Yanqiu Xu, Li Shang

“…The restrictive cubic spline curve analysis suggested that these associations occurred within the range of 0 to 400 cells/uL for PEC. …”
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Association between hemoglobin glycation index and poor outcome after endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke by Yan Yang, Mei Liu, Shungui Huang, Chen Zhu, Guangzong Li, Bin Wang, Xiaojing Luo, Lingwen Zhang, Weizheng Song

“…The restricted cubic spline curve showed that there was a U-shape relationship between HGI and the risk of poor outcome (P for non-linearity &lt; 0.001). …”
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The burden of acute respiratory infection attributable to fine particulate matter brought by dust storms among children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries by Hong Lu, Mingkun Tong, Ruohan Wang, Ning Kang, Xueqiu Ni, Jianyu Deng, Jiajianghui Li, Pengfei Li, Tianjia Guan, Tong Zhu, Tao Xue

“…In 2017, based on the dust-specific ERF, across the 100 LMICs, the number of dust-associated U5-ARI was estimated to be 159,000 (95% CI: 153,000–165,000), which was consistently higher than the estimates from ERFs based on total PM2.5 mass (142,000 [95% CI: 97,000–181,000] or 114,000 [95% CI: 80,000–153,000]). …”
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The association between oxidative balance score with constipation and diarrhea in US adults: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2007–2010 by Yaoling Cao, Zhihao Yang, Qinqing Tang

“…Results After adjusting for all covariates, a multivariate binary logistic regression analysis revealed that the OBS was negatively correlated with constipation in males [odds ratios (OR) (95% confidence intervals (CI)): 0.937 (0.888, 0.988), P = 0.017], and diarrhea in females [OR (95%CI): 0.951 (0.916, 0.987), P = 0.009]. …”
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Association of serum neurofilament light chain with cognitive impairment: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Tianjiao Meng, Qinwen Fei, Tian Lv, Shiqin Chen

“…When exploring the association between cognitive test scores and serum NfL levels, regression models and restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression models were employed to adjust for potential confounding factors. …”
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Association between the triglyceride–glucose index and the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Zheng Wang, Haoyu Zhang, Xiaozhou Xie, Jie Li, Yuchen Jia, Jiongdi Lu, Chongchong Gao, Feng Cao, Fei Li

“…Cox regression analysis and restricted cubic spline were used to analyze TyG index association with AKI risk. …”
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Association between a body shape index and colorectal cancer in US population: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Hui Liu, Jialu Kang, Wei Liu, Yongqing Shen

“…In addition, restricted cubic spline curves (RCS) were utilized, and subgroup analyses along with interaction tests were also carried out. …”
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Association between Life’s Crucial 9 and overactive bladder: the mediating role of weight-adjusted-waist index by Hongyang Gong, Hongyang Gong, Shuqin Duan, Shaoqun Huang

“…We used subgroup analyses, restricted cubic spline curves (RCS), and multivariate logistic regression to explore the relationship between LC9 and OAB. …”
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Association between body esteem and sugar-sweetened beverage intake among Chinese undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study by Jiawen Zhu, Yuanyuan Zhu, Zihe Zhao, Qianling Huang, Changju Liu, Zhi Zeng

“…After adjusting for covariates, body esteem-appearance was found to be negatively associated with high sugar-sweetened beverage intake (OR = 0.962, 95% CI = 0.935–0.989, p = 0.007), while body esteem-attribution was positively associated with high sugar-sweetened beverage intake (OR = 1.091, 95% CI = 1.046–1.139, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma and cardiovascular disease risk in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stage 1 to 3: a longitudinal study by Yu Zhang, Yue Song, Yinfei Lu, Tao Liu, Ping Yin

“…After adjusting for confounders, cumulative AIP were associated with the developing CVD (OR=1.139, 95% CI: 1.017-1.275, P=0.0245). Compared to group 1 (best AIP control), the OR (95% CI) for incident CVD were 1.278 (0.959-1.702) for group 2, 1.329 (1.076-1.641) for group 3, and 1.195 (0.974-1.465) for group 4. …”
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