Positive Association between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Hyperuricemia in Chinese Adults with Hypertension: An Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Chao Yu, Tao Wang, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…Strong linear associations of the TyG index with serum uric acid and hyperuricemia were confirmed by restricted cubic spline analysis. Compared with subjects in the lowest quartile (7.13 to 8.44) of the TyG index, subjects in the 2nd–4th quartiles had 1.25 (95% CI: 1.10 to 1.41), 1.63 (95% CI: 1.43 to 1.86), and 2.79 (95% CI: 2.41 to 3.24) times greater incident risk of developing hyperuricemia. …”
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Bacteriological Contamination of Drinking Water Supply from Protected Water Sources to Point of Use and Water Handling Practices among Beneficiary Households of Boloso Sore Woreda,... by Matusala Gizachew, Amha Admasie, Chala Wegi, Etagegnehu Assefa

“…High school and above level of education (AOR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.03, 11.57), getting higher monthly income (AOR = 2.37, 95%CI: 1.96, 5.85), households with small family size (AOR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.15, 2.83), frequency of water collection twice a day (AOR = 2.88, 95% CI:1.56, 5.33), and presence of water payments (AOR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.24, 0.72) were significantly associated with water handling practice. …”
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Sex-specific associations between body composition and depression among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Yijing Li, Juan Li, Tianning Sun, Zhigang He, Cheng Liu, Zhixiao Li, Yanqiong Wu, Hongbing Xiang

“…Additionally, compared to females with a low-fat high-muscle phenotype, those with LA-LM (OR = 3.97, 95%CI:2.16–7.30), HA-LM (OR = 5.40, 95%CI:2.34–12.46), and HA-HM (OR = 6.36, 95%CI:3.26–12.37) phenotypes were more likely to develop depression. …”
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Association of pan-immune-inflammatory value with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: findings from NHANES 2017–2020 by Lian-Zhen Huang, Ze-Bin Ni, Qi-Rong Yao, Wei-Feng Huang, Ji Li, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Yan Zhang

“…Positive associations between LnPIV and MASLD were observed in all three models (Model 1: OR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.28–1.66, P < 0.001; Model 2: OR = 1.41, 95% CI: 1.24–1.60, P < 0.001; Model 3: OR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.16–1.65, P = 0.004). …”
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Association between various blood glucose variability-related indicators during early ICU admission and 28-day mortality in non-diabetic patients with sepsis by Jingyan Zhou, Zhiheng Chen, Hao-Neng Huang, Chun-Quan Ou, Xin Li

“…However, over the threshold, the 28-day mortality risk increased by 2.82% (95% CI: 1.80–3.85%), 1.13% (95% CI: 0.66–1.60%), 1.96% (95% CI: 0.98–2.95%), 1.37% (95% CI: 0.57–2.16%), 11.19% (95% CI: 6.56–15.98%) and 39.04% (95% CI: 29.86–48.81%) for each unit increases in GluCV, GluSD, M-value, J-index, LBGI and HBGI, respectively. …”
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Changes in Physical Activity Across Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Based on Smartphone Step Count Data Linked to a Japanese Claims Database: Retrospective Cohort Study by Yoshihide Inayama, Ken Yamaguchi, Kayoko Mizuno, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Ayami Koike, Nozomi Higashiyama, Mana Taki, Koji Yamanoi, Ryusuke Murakami, Junzo Hamanishi, Satomi Yoshida, Masaki Mandai, Koji Kawakami

“…Patients with cancer exhibited a 9.6% (95% CI 7.1%-12.1%; P<.001) reduction in step counts from baseline at the start of the diagnosis month, which further deepened to 12.4% (95% CI 9.5%-15.2%; P<.001) at 3 months and persisted at 7.1% (95% CI 4.2%-10.0%; P<.001) at 12 months, all relative to baseline. …”
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Sex-modulated association between thyroid stimulating hormone and informant-perceived anxiety in non-depressed older adults: Prediction models and relevant cutoff value by Asma Hallab

“…There was a significant association between TSH and informant-perceived anxiety in the total study population (ORModel1 = 0.86, 95%CI 0.76–0.97, p = 0.011), even after adjusting for bio-demographical (adj.ORModel2 = 0.85, 95%CI 0.75–0.96, p = 0.007), and socio-cognitive confounders (adj.ORModel3 = 0.84, 95%CI 0.73–0.96, p = 0.009). …”
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Relationship between METS-IR and ABSI index and the prevalence of nocturia: a cross-sectional analysis from the 2005–2020 NHANES data by Fei Xue, Yating Zhou

“…Generalized additive models and smoothing splines were used to describe relationship dynamics. …”
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Hemoglobin glycation index and mortality risk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease patients: a novel U-shaped association by Mengjie Zhao, Ning Sun, Yurong Cheng, Wantong Zhang, Jinjin Ji, Qiuyan Li, Fang Lu, Weiliang Weng

“…The study utilized restricted cubic splines (RCS) to visually depict the relationship between HGI and mortality risk. …”
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between serum vitamin D and continuous metabolic syndrome score among children and adolescents: roles of levels of inflammation in per... by Yanyan Li, Zhuang Ma, Yan Li, Ting Xiong, Ziyang Zhang, Bingxuan Kong, Wenlong Lu, Xiu Zhao, Rongfei Zheng, Yuhan Tang, Ping Yao, Zhe Su, Yuanjue Wu, Jingfan Xiong

“…GLM revealed that compared to Q1, with the quartiles of serum 25(OH)D concentrations increase, the β value ranged from 0.028 (95% CI: − 0.093, 0.037) to 0.001(95%CI: − 0.067, 0.069), and then to -0.074 (95%CI: -0.146, -0.003, P for trend = 0.0659). …”
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The association of body roundness index and body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality: a study from the population aged 40 and above in the United States by Jianqiang Zhang, Huifeng Zhang

“…After adjusting for all confounding factors, the association between BRI and frailty was stronger (OR: 1.20, 95% CI: 1.13–1.27, P < 0.0001), and the association between BMI and frailty was slightly weaker (OR: 1.14, 95% CI: 1.08–1.21, P < 0.0001). …”
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Correlation between estimated glucose disposal rate, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular mortality among individuals with metabolic syndrome: a population-based analysis, eviden... by Dawei Xing, Jing Xu, Xiaochun Weng, Xiaolu Weng

“…Logistic regression analyses revealed a significant inverse correlation between eGDR and the risk of having CVD (OR:0.845, 95%CI:0.807–0.884, p < 0.01). Multivariate Cox regression analysis and restricted cubic splines analysis demonstrated that eGDR is non-linearly correlated with both the mortality of CVD (HR: 0.906, 95% CI: 0.850–0.967, p = 0.003) and all-cause mortality (HR: 0.944, 95% CI: 0.912–0.977, p = 0.001), with an identified inflection point at 5.918. …”
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Reliability of an Observational Biomechanical Analysis Tool in Adolescent Baseball Pitchers by Steven F DeFroda, Dai Sugimoto, Steven J Staffa, Donald S Bae, Ellen Shanley, Charles A Thigpen, Peter K Kriz

“…ACES total score demonstrated excellent intra-rater reliability within each rater (ICC for rater 1 = 0.99 (95% CI; 0.98, 0.99); ICC for rater 2 = 0.94; 95% CI: 0.84, 0.97); ICC for rater 3 = 0.98 (95% CI: 0.96, 0.99)). …”
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Prevalence of HIV and Associated Risks of Sex Work among Youth in the Slums of Kampala by Monica H. Swahn, Rachel Culbreth, Laura F. Salazar, Rogers Kasirye, Janet Seeley

“…Engaging in sex work was associated with being female (AOR 10.4; 95% CI: 3.9, 27.4), being an orphan (AOR 3.8; 95% CI: 1.7, 8.4), ever drinking alcohol (AOR 8.3; 95% CI 3.7, 19.0), and experiencing any rape (AOR 5.3; 95% CI: 2.9, 9.5). …”
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Oxidative balance score and its association with chronic inflammatory airway diseases and mortality: a population-based study by Zhuanbo Luo, Shiyu Chen, Peixu Chen, Feng Qiu, Weina Huang, Chao Cao

“…After adjusting for all confounders, we found that the highest quartile of OBS was significantly associated with lower prevalence of total CIAD (OR = 0.71, 95% CI 0.64–0.81), asthma (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.52–0.73), chronic bronchitis (OR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.44–0.92), and COPD (OR = 0.48, 95% CI 0.31–0.77) compared to the lowest quartile. …”
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The weight-adjusted-waist index predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertension by Yu Zheng, Zixing Nie, Yifan Zhang, Tao Sun

“…As a continuous variable, WWI was linked to higher rates of mortality from all-cause (HR = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.14, 1.33) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) (HR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.23, 1.66) with hypertension in Model 3 adjusted for variables. …”
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The relationship between weight-adjusted waist index and peripheral artery disease by Zhe Wu, Yang Liu, Bin Wang

“…The results of multiple logistic regression showed that WWI was significantly positively associated with the risk of PAD after full adjustment for covariates (OR: 1.407, 95% CI: 1.100–1.799). Additionally, compared to the first quartile of WWI, the risk of PAD significantly increased in the second quartile (OR: 2.042, 95% CI: 1.333–3.129), third quartile (OR: 2.134, 95% CI: 1.354–3.364), and fourth quartile (OR: 2.491, 95% CI: 1.435–4.325). …”
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Association of urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with urinary incontinence in adults: A cross-sectional study by ChunXiang Bao, Jie Luo, ShuYing Miao

“…Increasing prevalence of SUI was associated with the highest quantiles of 3-hydroxyfluorene (3-FLU) (OR = 1.72, 95%CI = 1.27–2.33, P for trend = 0.002), 2-hydroxyfluorene (2-FLU) (OR = 1.75, 95%CI = 1.29–2.38, P for trend = 0.008), and 1-hydroxypyrene (1-PYR) (OR = 1.44, 95%CI = 1.05–1.96, P for trend = 0.012) compared with the lowest quantiles in women. …”
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Relationships between blood concentrations of cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, and manganese and the risk of chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2011–2... by Shenghua Yao, Dan Xu

“…With regard to blood cadmium concentrations, the ORs for CKD in Q2, Q3, and Q4 were 1.06 (95% CI: 0.92–1.22), 1.21 (95% CI: 1.05–1.39), and 1.52 (95% CI: 1.31–1.76), respectively. …”
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Association of Serum Gamma-Glutamyltransferase with In-hospital Heart Failure in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary I... by An-Cheng Hou, Jian-Tong Hou, Wei-Ning Zhou, Yan-Jin Wei, Zhi-Hong Ou, Cun-Fei Liu

“…Each 1-unit increase in the lnGGT level was related to a 1.88-fold increased risk of HF (odds ratio, OR, 1.88; 95% CI, 1.19–2.96; p = 0.007). Restricted cubic splines suggested a linear relationship between GGT and in-hospital HF (p for nonlinearity = 0.158). …”
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