Association of liver fibrosis with aneurysm size and mortality risk in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair by Mohamad Jamalinia, Seyed Alireza Mirhosseini, Maryam Ranjbar, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Ahmad Hosseinzadeh

“…FIB-4 cut-off range of 2.58–2.74 was associated with higher mortality risk in adjusted HR. Specifically, FIB-4 ≥ 2.67 increased mortality by 78% (aHR:1.78, 95% CI: 1.06 – 3.00). …”
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Serum decorin and biglycan levels as predictive biomarkers for lung fibrosis severity and mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Shaaf Ahmad, Kaleem Maqsood, Farwa Liaqat, Nabila Roohi

“…This study aims to investigate the predictive potential of serum biomarkers, specifically decorin and biglycan, in assessing the severity and mortality risk among COVID-19 patients.MethodsFor this study, healthy controls and COVID-19 patients (n = 240) among them 186 with moderate and 54 with severe symptoms from Ittefaq Hospital and Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan were recruited satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Study on the rheological properties of nano-SiO2 composite modified basalt mineral fiber asphalt mortar by Haiwei Gao, Nanxiang Zheng, Xiang Zhang, Zhihui Li, Zhuohong Cong

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Association of the rs562556 PCSK9 Gene Polymorphism with Reduced Mortality in Severe Malaria among Malian Children by Olesya Fedoryak, Charles Arama, Issa Diarra, Bouréma Kouriba, Michel Chrétien, Majambu Mbikay

“…Among carriers, there was one mortality case (1.6%), compared to 15 cases (10.5%) among noncarriers (p=0.0251), suggesting that the G allele is associated with better survival in severe malaria. …”
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ANALYSIS OF PNEUMONIAASSOCIATED MORTALITY OF MONKEYS IN CAPTIVITY AND THE ROLE OF METHICILLIN-SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) IN THE RECOVERED MICROFLORA SPECTRUM by V. A. Kalashnikova, A. V. Demerchyan

“…Pneumonia-associated mortality of different monkey species in captivity in 2017 has been analyzed. …”
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Empiric antibiotic therapy resistance and mortality in emergency department patients with bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study by Leonhard M. von Beck, Gabriella Anna Rapszky, Veronika E. Kiss, Szilard Sandor, Szabolcs Gaal-Marschal, Tamas Berenyi, Csaba Varga, Bank G. Fenyves

“…Conclusion The mortality of patients with bloodstream infection is high. …”
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Fuzzy Reliability Analysis of the COVID-19 Mortality Rate Using a New Modified Kies Kumaraswamy Model by Fathy H. Riad, Bader Alruwaili, Ehab M. Almetwally, Eslam Hussam

“…Finally, we fitted a COVID-19 mortality real data set to the suggested distribution in order to compare its efficiency to that of its rivals.…”
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Incidence Density Rate of Neonatal Mortality and Predictors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zebenay Workneh Bitew, Ayinalem Alemu, Ermias Getaneh Ayele, Desalegn Abebaw Jember, Michael Tamene Haile, Teshager Worku

“…Background. Neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan countries is remarkably high. …”
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Estimating Mortality Related to O3 and PM25 under Changing Climate and Emission in Continental Southeast Asia by Giang Tran Huong Nguyen, Thuan Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hikari Shimadera, Katsushige Uranishi, Tomohito Matsuo, Akira Kondo

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Walking for transport and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study of Australian community-dwelling older adults by Rory Wolfe, Neville Owen, Ben Beck, Yang Chen, David W Dunstan, Alice Owen, Robyn L Woods, Danijela Gasevic, Joanne Ryan, Shivangi Shah, Carlene Britt

“…All-cause mortality was verified by two independent sources. …”
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Hemostatic Interventions and All-Cause Mortality in Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvic Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by XuWen Zheng, MaoBing Chen, Yi Zhuang, Jin Xu, Liang Zhao, YongJun Qian, WenMing Shen, Ying Chu

“…To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the all-cause mortality associated with the most commonly used hemostatic treatments in patients with hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures. …”
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Ecological study of the association between the English national vaccination programme and area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality by Clare Bambra, Adam Todd, Fiona Matthews, David Sinclair, Natalie Bennett

“…Objective To understand how area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality changed during the national vaccination programme in England and to identify the extent to which these inequalities might be explained by unequal vaccination uptake.Design Ecological study.Setting 307 Lower Tier Local Authorities in England, March 2020 – December 2022.Main outcome measure Inequality in age-standardised mortality rates 28 days after a positive COVID-19 test by area-level deprivation from March 2020 to December 2022. …”
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Demographics and regional trends of ischemic heart disease-related mortality in older adults in the United States, 1999-2020. by Fakhar Latif, Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Wajeeh Ur Rehman, Mohammed Hamza, Jishanth Mattumpuram, Komail Khalid Meer, Helme Silvet, Alon Yarkoni, Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, Nabil Braiteh, Keyoor Patel, Abdulqadir J Nashwan

“…The ≥ 85-year group consistently exhibited higher IHD-related mortality rates compared to the 75-84 years group. …”
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Decrease of PPARδ in Type-1-Like Diabetic Rat for Higher Mortality after Spinal Cord Injury by Cheng-Chia Tsai, Kung-Shing Lee, Sheng-Hsien Chen, Li-Jen Chen, Keng-Fan Liu, Juei-Tang Cheng

“…Diabetic animals show a higher mortality after SCI. However, the relationship between the progress of diabetes and PPARδ in SCI remains unknown. …”
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Nutritional assessment using subjective global assessment identifies energy malnutrition and predicts mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis by Takao Miwa, Tatsunori Hanai, Kayoko Nishimura, Sachiyo Hirata, Shinji Unome, Yuki Nakahata, Kenji Imai, Atsushi Suetsugu, Koji Takai, Masahito Shimizu

“…Abstract This study aimed to evaluate whether the subjective global assessment (SGA) could effectively predict energy malnutrition, as assessed by indirect calorimetry, and mortality in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis. …”
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Association between serum total bilirubin levels and 28-day all-cause mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage by Dachang Qiu, Guangwei Li, Yongfei Dong, Yongfei Dong

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Association of estimated glucose disposal rate with metabolic syndrome prevalence and mortality risks: a population-based study by Xiaoli Chen, Aihua Li, Qilin Ma

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Grazing mortality as a controlling factor in the uncultured non-cyanobacterial diazotroph (Gamma A) around the Kuroshio region by T. Sato, T. Sato, T. Yamaguchi, K. Hidataka, S. Sogawa, T. Setou, T. Kodama, T. Kodama, T. Shiozaki, K. Takahashi

“…In this study, we investigated the diazotroph community structure using <i>nifH</i> amplicon sequencing and quantified the growth and microzooplankton grazing mortality rate of Gamma A using a combination of dilution experiments and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in well-lit waters at the northern edge of the Kuroshio Current off the southern coast of Japan. …”
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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

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Positive Fluid Balance Is Associated with Higher Mortality and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lung Injury by Heidi R. Flori, Gwynne Church, Kathleen D. Liu, Ginny Gildengorin, Michael A. Matthay

“…The primary outcome was mortality; the secondary outcome was ventilator-free days. …”
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