Relationship of METS-IR with cardiometabolic multimorbidity in China: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study by Chunyan Zhou, Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Chenyu He, Shiyang Li, Shiyang Li

“…Subgroup analyses and interaction tests were also performed.ResultsDuring a median 109 (108–109) months of follow-up, 745 (10.7%) participants were diagnosed with new-onset CMM. …”
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Efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions for neonatal pain: an overview of systematic reviews by Xufei Luo, Qiao Shen, Zixuan Huang, Hongyao Leng, Xianlan Zheng

“…Scientific implementation strategies should be developed to promote the clinical use of these effective non-pharmacological interventions. …”
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Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…Each year of patient’s age increased the risk of no postoperative decrease in IVS thicknesses by 12% every month.…”
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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Results: The frail cohort experienced more unplanned readmission (4.3 vs 6.6 %, p < 0.001). During hospital stays, the frail cohort experienced more overall complications (9.8 vs 13.8 %, p < 0.001). …”
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Risk factors of multidrug resistant tuberculosis among patients with tuberculosis at selected multidrug resistance treatment initiative centres in southern Ethiopia: a case-control... by Fantahun Admassu, Ermias Abera, Addisalem Gizachew, Tagesse Sedoro, Taye Gari

“…Controls were all patients with bacteriological (molecular) proven drug-susceptible TB strains and whose recent smear results were turned to negative and registered as cured. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors of MDR-TB infections.Main outcome measure Identifying the risk factors for MDR-TB.Results A total of 392 participants (79 cases and 313 controls) were interviewed. …”
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Ankle Arthrodesis: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Complications in Diabetic vs Nondiabetic Patients Using US Nationwide Inpatient Sample Data by Assil Mahamid MD, David Maman MD, Summer Sofer, Mykhail Pavlenko MD, Amr Mansour MD, Marah Hodruj MD, Yaron Berkovich MD, Eyal Behrbalk MD

“…Background: Ankle arthrodesis (AA), or ankle fusion, is a surgical procedure used to treat severe ankle pathologies, particularly in patients with chronic pain and reduced mobility due to conditions like osteoarthritis, posttraumatic arthritis, and Charcot arthropathy. …”
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Advances in the carbon-ceramic composites oxidation and ablation resistance: A review by Anna Didenko, Alexey Astapov

“…The protective oxide layers slow down the mass transfer of reagents (due to the high gas density caused by the presence of phases in a viscous-fluid state) and resist mechanical erosion and denudation (due to the framework structure provided by the partial sintering of refractory phase grains). …”
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Incremental Healthcare Costs and Outpatient Antifungal Treatment of Patients with Aspergillosis in the United States by Emily Durden, Donna McMorrow, Paul Juneau, Robert Fowler, Paresh Chaudhari, David Horn

“…**Results:** Aspergillosis cases (N=5,499; mean age: 57.8 years; 48.6% female; 64.2% with cancer) were matched to 5,499 controls (mean age: 58.3 years; 48.4% female; 60.6% with cancer). …”
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Is vaginal breech delivery associated with higher risk for perinatal death and cerebral palsy compared with vaginal cephalic birth? Registry-based cohort study in Norway by Guro L Andersen, Solveig Bjellmo, Sissel Hjelle, Pål Richard Romundstad, Torstein Vik, Marit Petra Martinussen, Dag Moster

“…Objective This paper aims to study if vaginal breech delivery is associated with increased risk for neonatal mortality (NNM) or cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway where vaginal delivery accounts for 1/3 of all breech deliveries.Design Cohort study using information from the national Medical BirthRegister and Cerebral Palsy Register.Setting Births in Norway 1999–2009.Participants 520 047 term-born singletons without congenital malformations.Main outcome measures NNM, CP and a composite outcome of these and death during birth.Results Compared with cephalic births, breech births had substantially increased risk for NNM but not for CP. …”
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Connotation, research status, and development directions of clean coal geology in China by Yuegang TANG, Shaoqing WANG, Xiaoshuai WANG, Xin GUO, Yafeng WANG, Liping XUE, Harold H. Schobert

“…This study summarizes the compositions and distributions of beneficial and harmful components in coals and analyzes the geologic factors affecting CCT, which are primarily associated with endogenetic and exogenetic geological processes during coal formation and involve tectonics, metamorphism, volcanic eruption, magmatic intrusion, aeolian-fluvial transport and deposition, redox reactions, and groundwater. …”
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Transformation and fate of Fe(III) in petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated soil and groundwater by Essouassi Elikem, David Bulmer, Kris Bradshaw, Ardalan Hayatifar, Matthew B. J. Lindsay, Steven D. Siciliano, Derek Peak

“…Fe speciation in these samples was characterized using X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. …”
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Concurrent Extraction and Analysis of Atmospheric Particulate Matter-bound PBDEs, PAHs, Nitrated PAHs, and OPEs by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Bo-Wun Huang, Chien-Er Huang, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…After a series of cleanup and fractionation steps involving silica gel and alumina columns, PBDEs were analyzed using high-resolution gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRGC-HRMS), while PAHs, N-PAHs, and OPEs were analyzed using GC-MS/MS. …”
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Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Multiple Primary Colorectal and Prostate Cancer by I. S. Ignatov, V. V. Balaban, E. A. Bezrukov, A. V. Nikishina, M. He, P. V. Tsarkov

“…The study included 39 patients: 24 patients with a metachronous variant of multiple primary cancer and 15 patients with a synchronous variant of the disease, which amounted to 1.1 % of all patients who underwent a preoperative consultation during the specified period. There were no significant differences in age, localization of tumors in the colon, methods of their treatment, access in surgical treatment of colorectal cancer, frequency of conversions and postoperative complications (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Utilization, Demand, And Willingness to Pay for Telehealth Services: A Study of Patients in Selected Vietnamese Provinces by Hung Ta, Hoan Van Vu, Thu Xuan Mai, Hieu Thi Minh Nguyen, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Hoat Ngoc Luu

“… Objective: Telehealth has become essential in healthcare delivery, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides solutions to access disruptions and enhances healthcare accessibility and efficiency. …”
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Obesity mediates the association between psoriasis and diabetes incidence: a population-based study by Zuojiao Xu, Kaihua Ma, Yinuo Zhai, Jing Wang, Yan Li

“…Age-stratified analysis showed that diabetes was more prevalent among older adults compared to younger individuals at the same BMI levels. …”
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Patient’s Information Toward Some Modifiable Risk Factors of Ischemic Heart Disease by Bayan Omar Sharif, Aras Hamad Rasul, Osman Ibrahim Mahmud, Farman Nuri Abdulla

“…Reliability of the instrument was determined through the use of internal consistency reliability (split half) approach which was estimated as r = (0.83) the data were collected through the use of interview technique (face to face approach), the computer files is used to organizing and coding it. …”
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Donafenib combined with sintilimab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a single arm phase II trial by Xiaoyang Hong, Yongjian Guo, Wenbo Shi, Kangshun Zhu, Licong Liang, Liteng Lin, Ye Chen, Jingwen Zhou, Jingjun Huang, Jiabai Huang, Yaozhu Wu, Wensou Huang, Mingyue Cai

“…As 3 patients (50.0%) experienced DLTs during safety run-in, the initial dose of donafenib was adjusted to 200 mg once daily for subsequent patients. …”
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The prevalence and prognostic significance of Sarcopenia and Adipopenia in Pleural Mesothelioma by Andrew C. Kidd, Gordon W. Cowell, Geoffrey A. Martin, Jenny Ferguson, Dean A. Fennell, Matt Evison, Kevin G. Blyth

“…Overall survival associations were evaluated using Kaplan–Meier methodology ± Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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Detection of Antichlamydial Antibody in Patients With Ectopic Pregnancy and Normal Pregnancy by Srwa Jamal Murad

“…The results shows that the mean age of normal pregnancy were (28.3±4.6) group compared with mean age ectopic pregnancy (29.5±4.9) group. …”
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Physically Active Adults with Low Back Pain do not Demonstrate Altered Deadlift Mechanics: A Novel Application of Myotonometry to Estimate Inter-Muscular Load Sharing by Jared M. McGowen, Stephanie R. Albin, Carrie W. Hoppes, Jeffrey S. Forsse, John Abt, Shane L. Koppenhaver

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the stiffness of trunk (lumbar multifidus \[LM\] and longissimus thoracis \[LT\]) and lower extremity (vastus lateralis \[VL\] and biceps femoris \[BF\]) muscles between individuals with and without LBP during the lying, standing, and deadlifting body positions…”
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