Professional Baseball Player Type and Geographic Region of Origin Impacts Shoulder External and Internal Rotation Strength by Lori A. Michener, Adam J. Barrack, Bernard Y. Liebeskind, Ryan J. Zerega, Jonathan C. Sum, Ryan L. Crotin, Hillary A. Plummer

“…North American pitchers had lower ER \[MD= -0.4 (95%CI:-0.7,-0.2);p=0.002\] and IR \[MD= -0.2 (95%CI:-0.4,-0.1);p=0.006\] than Latin American pitchers on the throwing arm. …”
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The Association Between Internet Addiction and the Risk of Suicide Attempts in Chinese Adolescents Aged 11-17 Years: Prospective Cohort Study by Sihong Li, Xingyue Jin, Lintong Song, Tianqing Fan, Yanmei Shen, Jiansong Zhou

“…We also used a restricted cubic splines model to investigate the pattern of the association. …”
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Association between composite dietary antioxidant index and hyperlipidemia in adults based on the NHANES by Kaidi Nie, Tingting Deng, Yiling Bai, Yuxian Zhang, Zhixuan Chen, Xile Peng, Lina Xia, Jiao Liu

“…Specifically, each unit increase in log-transformed CDAI was linked to a 14% decrease in hyperlipidemia risk (OR = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.77–0.95). Participants in the top CDAI quartile had a 15% lower hyperlipidemia prevalence compared to those in the bottom quartile (OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.77–0.95). …”
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Association between serum uric acid and dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Yan He, Jiajia Jiang, Zhang Xia, Guozheng Xu, Mingyang Zhao, Peiyu Ye, Xiaoqing Ma, Jinmei Zhang, Jiale Zhong, Sen Qiao, Shulong Shi

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between hyperuricaemia and dyslipidaemia. Restricted cubic splines (RCS) analysis was performed to determine the optimal SUA level for the lower risk of dyslipidaemia.Results After adjustment for the potential confounders, hyperuricaemia was significantly associated with dyslipidaemia (OR=3.72, 95% CI: 2.28, 6.07) and hypertriglyceridaemia (OR=2.63, 95% CI: 1.68, 4.12). …”
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Association of Immune Nutrition Indices with the Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure in the NHANES (1999–2018) by Feifei Zhang, Yuetao Xie, Litian Liu, Huiliang Liu, Ohua Feng, Yingxiao Li, Yi Dang

“…Results: After full adjustments, PNI is independently related to all-cause mortality (HR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.92–0.97) and cardiovascular mortality (HR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.90–0.99). …”
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A nomogram prediction model for mild cognitive impairment in non-dialysis outpatient patients with chronic kidney disease by Qin Yang, Yuhe Xiang, Guoting Ma, Min Cao, Yixi Fang, Wenbin Xu, Lin Li, Qin Li, Yu Feng, Qian Yang

“…The restricted cubic spline diagram was drawn to further analyze the relationship between the continuous numerical variables and MCI. …”
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Prognostic value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in ischemic heart failure patients following percutaneous coronary intervention by Xin Huang, Tienan Sun, Biyang Zhang, Meishi Ma, Zheng Chen, Zehao Zhao, Shutong Dong, Yujie Zhou

“…The multivariate Cox regression demonstrated RLP-C was an independent risk factor for MACE, whether assessed as a continuous variable[hazard ratio (HR), 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.50, 1.15-1.98, p = 0.003] or categorized into tertiles[HR, 95% CI: 2.57, 2.03-3.26, p < 0.001, tertile 3 vs tertile 1]. …”
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Effects of stress hyperglycemia ratio upon long-lasting prognosis in coronary artery disease patients with or lacking chronic renal impairment: findings from a Chinese multi-center... by Jielan Wu, Jin Liu, Ziyao Yuan, Shangyi Tang, Weipeng Zhang, Yulong Xiang, Jinming Chen, Qiqiang Lin, Wei Guo, Yibo He, Haozhang Huang, Xiaozhao Lu, Jingru Deng, Huangtao Ruan, Rengui Jiang, Shiqun Chen, Yong Liu

“…However, this was not the case in CAD cohorts without CKD [all-cause mortality (12.9% vs. 11.9%; HR adjusted 1.04, 95%CI 0.98–1.10, P = 0.206); cardiovascular mortality (5.1% vs. 4.4%; HR adjusted 1.09, 95%CI 0.99–1.20, P = 0.084)]. …”
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The association of lipid accumulation product with inflammatory parameters and mortality: evidence from a large population-based study by Yi Chi, Yiqing Zhang, Huang Lin, Shanshan Zhou, Genlin Jia, Wei Wen

“…In the multivariable-adjusted model, AVI was positively associated with both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality [Hazard Ratio (HR) = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.06–1.11 for all-cause mortality; HR = 1.07, 95% CI = 1.03–1.12 for cardiovascular mortality]. …”
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Higher systemic immune-inflammation index is associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in adults: a nationwide population-based study by Jiayu Zhao, Zhipeng Wu, Zhipeng Wu, Fengyin Cai, Xuejv Yu, Zhenyu Song

“…In addition, the restricted cubic spline (RCS) was used to explore the dose-response relationship between SII and PD. …”
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Assessment of stress hyperglycemia ratio to predict all-cause mortality in patients with critical cerebrovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database by Yuwen Chen, Jian Xu, Fan He, An’an Huang, Jie Wang, Bingchen Liu, Qucheng Wei

“…Cox regression analysis revealed that SHR was independently associated with both in-hospital mortality (per standard deviation (SD) increase: hazard ratio (HR) 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.23–1.48) and ICU mortality (per SD increase: HR 1.37, 95% CI 1.21–1.54). …”
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Association Between the Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) Score and All-cause Mortality Risk in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Heart Failure by Jiuyi Wang, Kai Wang, Guibo Feng, Xin Tian

“…The restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis indicated a linear relationship between ALBI levels and the risk of all-cause mortality. …”
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Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with STEMI: from a prospective cohort study combing bidirectional Mendelian randomizatio... by Xiaoxiao Zhao, Jiannan Li, Shaodi Yan, Yu Tan, Runzhen Chen, Nan Li, Jinying Zhou, Chen Liu, Peng Zhou, Yi Chen, Hongbing Yan, Hanjun Zhao, Li Song

“…ASXL1 CHIP mutation which displayed a striking correlation with cardiac death (HR: 3.14; 95% CI 1.24–7.93; P < 0.05) with consistent associations observed among T2DM subgroup (HR: 4.51; 95% CI 1.30–15.6; P < 0.05). …”
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Oxidative stress and retinopathy: evidence from epidemiological studies by Xiangliang Liu, Yu Chang, Yuguang Li, Yingrui Liu, Wei Song, Jin Lu, Naifei Chen, Jiuwei Cui

“…Results Participants in the highest OBS tertile had a 28% lower risk of retinopathy compared to those in the lowest tertile (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.54–0.95, P = 0.023). RCS analysis showed a significant overall association between higher OBS and reduced retinopathy risk, without a nonlinear pattern. …”
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The influence of baseline platelet on mortality risk in stroke and cancer patients: a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES database by Yuqi Pei, Wei Ouyang, Peiyun Qi, Zhongjie Yan, Yaoru Li, Xiangjian Zhang, Cong Zhang, Lili Cui

“…Mortality in higher-platelet group (> 209 × 109/L, n = 57) was decreased than lower-platelet group (≤ 209 × 109/L, n = 56) (Model 1 HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.24—0.77, p = 0.005) (Model 2 HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.35—0.96, p = 0.03). …”
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The association between lipid-related obesity indicators and severe headache or migraine: a nationwide cross sectional study from NHANES 1999 to 2004 by Xu Sun, Jimei Song, Rixun Yan, Jianwei Diao, Yibo Liu, Zhangzhi Zhu, Weichi Lu

“…After adjusting for relevant covariables, WHtR, BRI, BMI, LAP, WTI and VAI were all associated with migraine and WHtR (OR = 6.38, 95% CI: 2.25,18.09, P < 0.01) showed the best predictive ability. …”
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Associations of the triglyceride-glucose index and remnant cholesterol levels with the prevalence of Carotid Plaque in patients with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study by Xin Xu, Tianrong Pan, Xing Zhong, Yijun Du, Deyuan Zhang

“…According to restricted cubic splines (RCS), RC levels increased linearly with carotid plaque presence (P - nonlinear > 0.05). …”
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The association of perirenal adipose tissue accumulation with left ventricular hypertrophy and the mediating role of insulin resistance: a cross-sectional study involving 1112 indi... by Wei Wang, Yang Chen, Xiu Ping Qiu, Xiu Li Guo

“…PrFT and TG/HDL-c emerged as independent variables for LVH, with odds ratios of 1.33 (95%CI:1.24-1.43, P&lt;0.001) and 1.20 (95%CI:1.05-1.36, P=0.006), respectively. …”
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Association between Healthy Eating Index-2020, alternative Mediterranean Diet scores, and gastrointestinal cancer risk in NHANES 2005–2018 by Weijie Wang, Yu Chang, Geng Chen

“…Compared to the lowest tertile of HEI-2020, participants in the highest tertile had a 30% reduced risk of GI cancers (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.50 to 0.98, p = 0.037). Compared to the lowest tertile of aMED scores, participants in the highest tertile had a 37% reduced risk of GI cancers (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.92, p = 0.014). …”
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Supporting implementation of universal prevention initiatives in K-12 schools: impacts on fidelity through organizational readiness and team functioning in a cluster-randomized tri... by Christopher M. Fleming, Hannah G. Calvert, Lindsey Turner

“…Surveys were collected in spring 2019 and 2020 regarding organizational readiness and team functioning. …”
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