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No association of NAFLD-related polymorphisms in PNPLA3 and TM6SF2 with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in an Austrian population study
Single-nucleotide-polymorphisms in PNPLA3-rs738409 and the TM6SF2-rs58542926, associated with metabolic-dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), have been discussed as potentially protective for cardio...
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Open AccessFrailty’s influence on 30-day mortality in old critically ill ICU patients: a bayesian analysis evaluating the clinical frailty scale
Frailty is widely acknowledged as influencing health outcomes among critically ill old patients. Yet, the traditional understanding of its impact has predominantly been through frequentist statistics. We endea...
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Open AccessFrailty as a predictor of mortality and readmission rate in secondary mitral regurgitation
Selection in patients with functional mitral regurgitation (MR) to identify responders to interventions is challenging. In these patients, frailty might be used as a multidimensional parameter to summarize the...
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Open AccessDiverticulosis and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic literature review
There is a hypothesis of an association between diverticulosis and metabolic syndrome (MS) or its components, but data on this topic are inconsistent, and a systematic review has not been performed. We conduct...
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Open AccesssST2 Levels Show No Association with Helicobacter pylori Infection in Asymptomatic Patients: Implications for Biomarker Research
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a prevalent stomach bacterium that can cause a range of clinical outcomes, including gastric cancer. In recent years, soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 (sST2) has gained a...
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Open AccessThe association between educational status and colorectal neoplasia: results from a screening cohort
Educational status is used as a proxy for socioeconomic status. While lower levels of education are generally associated with poorer health, the data on the relationship between educational status and colorect...
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Open AccessThe impact of ethnic background on ICU care and outcome in sepsis and septic shock – A retrospective multicenter analysis on 17,949 patients
Previous studies have been inconclusive about racial disparities in sepsis. This study evaluated the impact of ethnic background on management and outcome in sepsis and septic shock.
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Open AccessA retrospective cohort study comparing differences in 30-day mortality among critically ill patients aged ≥ 70 years treated in European tax-based healthcare systems (THS) versus social health insurance systems
In Europe, tax-based healthcare systems (THS) and social health insurance systems (SHI) coexist. We examined differences in 30-day mortality among critically ill patients aged ≥ 70 years treated in intensive ...
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Open AccessCardiovascular health care and health literacy among immigrants in Europe: a review of challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Europe is a destination for many migrants, a group whose proportion of the overall population will increase over the next decades. The cardiovascular (CV) risk distribution and outcomes, as well as health lite...
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Open AccessManagement of intoxicated patients – a descriptive outcome analysis of 4,267 ICU patients
Intoxications are common in intensive care units (ICUs). The number of causative substances is large, mortality usually low. This retrospective cohort study aims to characterize differences of intoxicated comp...
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Open AccessA sex-specific propensity-adjusted analysis of colonic adenoma detection rates in a screening cohort
The prevalence of colorectal adenoma and advanced adenoma (AA) differs between sexes. Also, the optimal age for the first screening colonoscopy is under debate. We, therefore, performed a sex-specific and age-...
