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Association between baseline office blood pressure level and the incidence and development of long-term frailty in the community-dwelling very elderly with hypertension
Frailty is the most important risk factor causing disability in the elderly. Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases in the elderly...
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Association between baseline glycated hemoglobin level and atrial fibrillation recurrence following cryoballoon ablation among patients with and without diabetes
ObjectivesThe study aims to assess the effect of baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence following...
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Imaging ovarian cancer – from baseline characteristics to high-risk image factors
BackgroundImaging ovarian cancer (OC) includes evaluating peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) and enlarged cardio phrenic lymph nodes (CPLN) by computed...
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Real-World Effectiveness of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine in People With HIV-1 in Test-and-Treat Settings or With High Baseline Viral Loads: TANDEM Study Subgroup Analyses
IntroductionDolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC) was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2019 for the treatment of antiretroviral...
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The prognostic role of the low and very low baseline LDL-C level in outcomes of patients with cardiac revascularization; comparative registry-based cohort design
BackgroundAlthough low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level is considered one of the main prognostic factors in patients with coronary...
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High baseline total lesion glycolysis predicts early progression of disease within 24 months in patients with high-tumor-burden follicular lymphoma
Despite the introduction of rituximab-containing regimens, approximately 20% of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) still experience progression...
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Effects of a small-sided games training program in youth male soccer players: variations of the locomotor profile while interacting with baseline level and with the accumulated load
PurposeThis study aimed to (1) analyze the impact of a small-sided game training program in the locomotor profile of youth male soccer players (while...
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Associations of the baseline level and change in glycosylated hemoglobin A1c with incident hypertension in non-diabetic individuals: a 3-year cohort study
BackgroundDiabetes mellitus increases the risk of develo** hypertension. The relationship between glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level and...
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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein level in stable-state bronchiectasis predicts exacerbation risk
BackgroundElevation of systemic inflammatory markers were found to correlate with increased disease extent, reduced lung function and higher risk of...
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Risk of venous thromboembolism in relation to high physical activity level in men over 27 year follow up
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common type of cardiovascular disease. An association between high level of physical activity (PA) and...
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High-intensity versus low-level laser in musculoskeletal disorders
PurposeTo evaluate the current evidence comparing low level to high level laser therapy to reveal any superiorities in the treatment of...
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Baseline serum PINP level is associated with the increase in hip bone mineral density seen with Romosozumab treatment in previously untreated women with osteoporosis
SummaryBaseline serum PINP value was significantly and independently associated with the increased bone mineral density (≥ 3%) in both total hip and...
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Baseline gut microbiota and metabolome predict durable immunogenicity to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
The role of gut microbiota in modulating the durability of COVID-19 vaccine immunity is yet to be characterised. In this cohort study, we collected...
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Ocular residual astigmatism (ORA) does not seem to correlate with baseline refractive error among refractive surgery candidates
PurposeOcular residual astigmatism (ORA) is defined as the difference between refractive astigmatism and anterior corneal astigmatism. A high ORA may...
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Muti-factor analysis of sport activity level after high tibial osteotomy
BackgroundAlthough many studies have shown that high tibial osteotomy is appropriate for active patients, there are limited multifactorial studies on...
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Determinants of a decline in a nutrition risk measure differ by baseline high nutrition risk status: targeting nutrition risk screening for frailty prevention in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
ObjectivesNutrition risk is a key component of frailty and screening, and treatment of nutrition risk is part of frailty management. This study...
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Radiographic findings involved in knee osteoarthritis progression are associated with pain symptom frequency and baseline disease severity: a population-level analysis using deep learning
PurposeTo (1) develop a deep-learning (DL) algorithm capable of producing limb-length and knee-alignment measurements, and (2) determine the...
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Association between baseline serum uric acid and development of LDL-C level in patients with first acute myocardial infarction
BackgroundData on the relationship of baseline serum uric acid (SUA) with development of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level in...
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A high level of thyroid-stimulating hormone is a risk factor for the development of chronic kidney disease in men: a 10-year cohort study
Hypothyroidism has been reported to be associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the impact of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) on new...
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A high high-density lipoprotein level is associated with Gleason score upgrade in Chinese patients diagnosed with high-grade prostate carcinoma
BackgroundThe high incidence of Gleason score upgrading (GSU) made urologists underestimate the disease, leading to the inaccurate therapeutic...