Association between lifestyle risk factors and mortality in the Mexico City prospective study by Paloma Ferrero-Hernández, Gary O’Donovan, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Diego G. D. Christofaro, Carlos Cristi-Montero, Adilson Marques, Marcelo de Maio Nascimento, Claudio Farías-Valenzuela, Leandro F. M. Rezende, Gerson Ferrari

“…Data on sociodemographic, lifestyle risk factors and medical histories was collected through a self-reported baseline questionnaire in a census-style door-to-door interviews. …”
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From Clinical Trial Evidence to Clinical Guidelines: Perspectives on REWIND from Clinicians in the Gulf and Levant Region by Talal Ashour, Sami Azar, Akram Echtay, Muhammad Farooqi, Tarek Fiad, Mohamed Hassanein, Ahmed Hassoun, Abdul Jabbar, Amin Jayyousi, Kari Ranta, Hani Sabbour, Fatih Tangi, Ibrahim Turfanda

“…Background: Current guidelines recommend that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) with proven cardiovascular benefit should be considered for first-line therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who have/are at high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). …”
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Longitudinal impact of preregistration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers: a non-randomised trial with 4-yea... by Ben Darlow, Jennifer Roberts, Patrick McHugh, Melanie Brown, Eileen McKinlay, Peter Gallagher, Lesley Gray, Gordon Purdie, Christine Wilson, Sue Pullon, Louise Beckingsale, Kaye Cheetham, Ruth Crawford, Sue Floyd, Janice Handley, Jackie Herkt, Lisa Kuperus, Alison Meldrum, Margot Skinner, Rose Schwass, Julie Weaver, James Windle, Lyndie Foster-Page

“…Mixed-model analysis of covariance, adjusting for baseline characteristics, compared scores between groups at each time point. …”
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Modelling the air quality impacts of a zero emission zone scenario in the city of Milan by Andrea Piccoli, Valentina Agresti, Marco Bedogni, Giovanni Lonati, Guido Pirovano

“…In this specific case study, the modelling chain is applied to the metropolitan city of Milan for the reference year 2017 first, and then for two hypothetical mobility scenarios referred to 2030: the temporal evolution of baseline simulation as planned by the NEC (National Emission reduction Commitments) directive and by local emission containment measures (BAS30) and the BAS30 scenario with the implementation of the mobility policy (ZEZ30). …”
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The role of health literacy in intervention studies targeting children living with overweight or obesity and their parents—a systematic mixed methods review by Heidi Holmen, Heidi Holmen, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Christine Tørris, Astrid Torbjørnsen, Kari Almendingen, Kirsti Riiser, Kirsti Riiser

“…Health literacy was assessed at baseline in two studies and measured as an outcome over time in one study. …”
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A randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of teprotumumab for active thyroid eye disease in Japanese patientsResearch in context by Yuji Hiromatsu, Eri Ishikawa, Ai Kozaki, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Mika Tanabe, Ken Hayashi, Yukihiro Imagawa, Kazutoyo Kaneda, Masashi Mimura, Xiaoxian Dai, Tomoko Hayashida, Takashi Akamizu

“…Primary endpoint was proptosis responder rate (percentage of patients with ≥2-mm proptosis reduction from baseline) at week 24 in the intent-to-treat population. …”
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Longitudinal impact of past-year reproductive coercion on contraceptive use dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from eight population-based cohortsResearch in context by Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Georges Guiella, Rosine Mosso, Peter Gichangi, Simon P.S. Kibira, Fredrick Makumbi, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Michele R. Decker

“…Methods: Two rounds of longitudinal population-based cohorts across eight sites in sub-Saharan Africa, from November 2020 to January 2023, were used to prospectively examine past-year RC’s impact on future contraceptive dynamics (discontinuation and switching vs. continuation for contraceptive users at baseline; adoption vs. continued non-use for contraceptive non-users at baseline) using bivariate and multivariable multinomial and logistic regression. …”
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Evaluation of primary HPV-based cervical screening among older women: Long-term follow-up of a randomized healthcare policy trial in Sweden. by Qingyun Yao, Jiangrong Wang, K Miriam Elfström, Björn Strander, Joakim Dillner, Karin Sundström

“…However, among women with a negative test result at baseline, women in the primary HPV arm had an 84% lower risk of ICC compared to women in the primary cytology arm (IRR: 0.16; 95% CI [0.04, 0.72]; p = 0.0163). …”
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Consecutive prediction of adverse maternal outcomes of preeclampsia, using the PIERS-ML and fullPIERS models: A multicountry prospective observational study. by Guiyou Yang, Tünde Montgomery-Csobán, Wessel Ganzevoort, Sanne J Gordijn, Kimberley Kavanagh, Paul Murray, Laura A Magee, Henk Groen, Peter von Dadelszen

“…The main limitation of this study is that the baseline performance of the PIERS-ML model was assessed on its development data; however, its baseline performance has also undergone external evaluation.…”
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Smart phone-based transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation as adjunctive therapy for hypertension (STAT-H trial): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Yu Wang, Xiao Wang, Ying Lin, Chao-Qun Yan, Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Shi-Yan Yan, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang, Si-Bo Kang, Bao-Hong Mi, He-Wen Li, Xue-Zhou Wang

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Cross‐Sectional Imaging Modalities in Correlation to the Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction Score: The Next Frontier in Adjunctive Endovascular Stroke Therapy by Johannes Kaesmacher, Kilian M. Treurniet, Manon Kappelhof, Tomas Dobrocky, Johanna Ospel, Adnan Mujanovic, Jens Fiehler, Bernard Yan, Mayank Goyal, Albert J. Yoo, Bruce Campbell, Osama O. Zaidat, Jeffrey L. Saver, Nerses Sanossian, Radoslav Raychev, Yvo B. W. E. M. Roos, Urs Fischer, Charles B. L. M. Majoie, Jan Gralla, David S. Liebeskind

“…We then argue that depending on the timing of the studied intervention – either between cross‐sectional imaging and endovascular treatment or after first intracranial catheter angiography – the TDT used to determine the eTICI grade should be based on the occlusion as seen on admission cross‐sectional vascular imaging or prethrombectomy catheter angiography, respectively. …”
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Subjective cognitive decline predicts longitudinal neuropsychological test performance in an unsupervised online setting in the Brain Health Registry by Jae Myeong Kang, Manchumad Manjavong, Chengshi Jin, Adam Diaz, Miriam T. Ashford, Joseph Eichenbaum, Emily Thorp, Elizabeth Wragg, Kenton H. Zavitz, Francesca Cormack, Anna Aaronson, R. Scott Mackin, Rachana Tank, Bernard Landavazo, Erika Cavallone, Diana Truran, Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Michael W. Weiner, Rachel L. Nosheny

“…Methods This study included BHR participants aged 55 + who completed both the baseline ECog and repeated administrations of the CANTAB® Paired Associates Learning (PAL) visual learning and memory test. …”
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Sacubitril/valsartan in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with end‐stage of renal disease by Seonhwa Lee, Jaewon Oh, Hyoeun Kim, Jaehyung Ha, Kyeong‐hyeon Chun, Chan Joo Lee, Sungha Park, Sang‐Hak Lee, Seok‐Min Kang

“…The mean dose of SV was 90 ± 43 mg/day at baseline and 123 ± 62 mg/day at last follow‐up (follow‐up duration: median 132 days). …”
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How intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor initial dosing impacts patient outcomes in diabetic macular oedema by Rishi P. Singh, David Tabano, Blanche L. Kuo, Andrew LaPrise, Theodore Leng, Eunice Kim, Meghan Hatfield, Vincent Garmo

“…Eligible adults had documented DME within 2 months of first anti-VEGF treatment (index date), data available for 12 months beforehand, and ≥ 1 visual acuity (VA) recording ≤ 60 days before index date. …”
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Comparison of biodegradable and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis by Tingting Wei, Can Huang, Yifan Zeng, Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yalin Liu

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A Novel Electrical Load Forecasting Model for Extreme Weather Events Based on Improved Gated Spiking Neural P Systems and Frequency Enhanced Channel Attention Mechanism by Yuanshuo Guo, Jun Wang, Yan Zhong, Tao Wang, Zeyuan Sui

“…We conducted extensive comparative experiments with ten baseline models on three real-world datasets, compared with GSNP model and TCN-GSNP model, the coefficient of determination (R2) of the FATCN-LF-FAGSNP model increases and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), mean absolute error (MAE) and relative absolute error (RAE) reduce, the LF accuracy (measured by R2) of the proposed hybrid model gets 99.7% in seasonal LF task. …”
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A Simple Nomogram to Predict Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Undergoing Coronary Angiography by Li Lei, Yibo He, Zhaodong Guo, Bowen Liu, Jin Liu, Zhiqiang Nie, Guanzhong Chen, Liwei Liu, Mengfei Lin, Wenhe Yan, Shiqun Chen, Chen Jiyan, Yong Liu

“…The endpoint was CI-AKI defined as serum creatinine elevation of ≥0.3 mg/dL or 50% from baseline within the first 48–72 hours following the procedure. …”
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Radiomics signature for dynamic monitoring of tumor inflamed microenvironment and immunotherapy response prediction by Enriqueta Felip, Paolo Nuciforo, Elena Garralda, Joan Frigola, Ramon Amat, Garazi Serna, Francesco Grussu, Kinga Bernatowicz, Olivia Prior, Marta Ligero, Christina Zatse, Rodrigo Toledo, Manel Escobar, Raquel Perez-Lopez

“…Despite demonstrating progression disease at the first follow-up, patients within the inflamed status group, identified by CT-TIME, exhibited significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS), with some surpassing 5 months, suggesting a potential phenomenon of pseudoprogression. …”
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Study protocol for key interventions to improve the follow-up adherence postcervical precancerous lesion treatment in Ethiopia: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Adamu Addissie, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Eric Sven Kroeber, Sefonias Getachew, Muluken Gizaw, Abel Shita, Alemnew Destaw, Eyerusalem Getachew, Miresa Midaksa, Sophie Rossner

“…The interventions will be delivered three times annually: 4 months from baseline, then at 8 months and finally at 12 months before the appointment due date. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose (TyG) related indices and cardiovascular diseases and mortality among individuals with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver dis... by Yanan Qiao, Yue Wang, Cheng Chen, Yueqing Huang, Chunhua Zhao

“…Methods Data of 97,331 MASLD patients, with a median age of 58.0 years and free of CVD at baseline, were obtained from the UK Biobank. The TyG index, along with its combination with adiposity parameters (i.e. body mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], and waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]), were calculated. …”
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