Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Manifestation as Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young, Healthy Male by Prerak Juthani, Rohan Bhojwani, Neil Gupta

“…This case demonstrates that cardiovascular complications must be considered in the COVID-19 population, even without the clear presence of other risk factors for heart disease.…”
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Preeclampsia and Stroke: Risks during and after Pregnancy by Cheryl Bushnell, Monique Chireau

“…The relationship between preeclampsia and stroke involves shared risk factors for both disorders, including chronic endothelial dysfunction and increased risk for long-term hypertension following preeclampsia (one of the major risk factors for stroke). …”
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Kaposi Sarcoma in people living with HIV: is it water under the bridge? by chiara papalini, Lucia Brescini, Laura Curci, Sabrina Bastianelli, Francesco Barchiesi, Andrea Giacometti, Daniela Francisci

“…A lot of literature illustrated risk factors associated with KS occurrence, while the aim of our study is to investigate possible factors influencing 5-year survival.   …”
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Schémas d’incisions et de fracture des différents morphotypes de dents adaptés au recueil de pulpes dentaires et à l’analyse d’ADN by Anne-Marie Grimoud, Christine Keyser, Loïc Calvo, Bertrand Pajot

“…There are numerous risk factors for cross-contamination of tissue samples for DNA. …”
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Feasibility of Bariatric Surgery as a Strategy for Secondary Prevention in Cardiovascular Disease: A Report from the Swedish Obese Subjects Trial by Lotta Delling, Kristjan Karason, Torsten Olbers, David Sjöström, Björn Wahlstrand, Björn Carlsson, Lena Carlsson, Kristina Narbro, Jan Karlsson, Carl Johan Behre, Lars Sjöström, Kaj Stenlöf

“…After 2 years, the surgery group displayed significant reductions in cardiovascular risk factors, relief from cardiorespiratory symptoms, increments in physical activity, and improved quality of life. …”
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Herpesvirus Infections After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy and Bispecific Antibodies: A Review by Joseph Sassine, Emily A. Siegrist, Roy F. Chemaly

“…In this narrative review, we explore the burden and risk factors of various herpesvirus infections in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy or bispecific antibodies (BsAb) for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. …”
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Inflammation and Hypertension: Are There Regional Differences? by Patricio López-Jaramillo, Carlos Velandia-Carrillo, Julie Álvarez-Camacho, Daniel Dylan Cohen, Tatiana Sánchez-Solano, Gabriela Castillo-López

“…The surveillance of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, is a global health priority in order to estimate the burden and trends, to appropriately direct resources, and to measure the effect of interventions. …”
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Effect of Preventive Hormonal Therapy on Breast Density: A Systematic Qualitative Review by Virginie Lienart, Birgit Carly, Xin Kang, Laura Guzy, Anna-Maria Sajovitz, Fabienne Liebens

“…Breast density (BD) is recognized as one of the strongest independent risk factors of breast cancer (BC). Unlike most other risk factors, BD can be modified, suggesting that it may be a biomarker for preventive interventions. …”
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Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation by Elizabeth J. Carey, Bashar A. Aqel, Thomas J. Byrne, David D. Douglas, Jorge Rakela, Hugo E. Vargas, Adyr A. Moss, David C. Mulligan, K. Sudhakar Reddy, Harini A. Chakkera

“…The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for NODAT in liver transplant recipients off corticosteroids. …”
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Preoperative Risk Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis in cT1 Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study from Eastern China by Chengyan Zhang, Guanchao Pang, Chengxi Ma, Jingni Wu, Pingli Wang, Kai Wang

“…Univariate analysis followed by polytomous logistic regression was performed to estimate different risk factors of lymph node metastasis between N1 and N2 diseases. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and DFU-related osteomyelitis amongst industrial workers wearing occupational safety footwear by Sunetra Mondal, Moushumi Lodh, Sambit Sahoo, Kaushik Paul, Debasis Biswas, Chaitanya Krishna, Ashok Parida, Arunangshu Ganguly, Riddhi DasGupta

“…Abstract Professionals like deep-miners and factory-workers wear specialized safety-shoes to protect against occupational hazards (OF). The risk factors, clinico-microbiologic profile and complications of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) in these professionals remain unexplored. …”
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Recording of Falls in Elderly Fallers in Northern Greece and Evaluation of Aging Health-Related Factors and Environmental Safety Associated with Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dimitrios Lytras, Evaggelos Sykaras, Paris Iakovidis, Konstantinos Kasimis, Ioannis Myrogiannis, Anastasios Kottaras

“…Elderly falls constitute a global problem with huge social and economic aspects. Fall risk factors are both intrinsic (physical and psychological) and extrinsic (related with environmental safety). …”
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Investigation of the Prevalence and Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Group of Elderly Individuals Residing in an Island Area of Ningbo by Wei Sheng, Youchang Huang, Zaichun Deng, Hongying Ma

“…Body mass index, family history of respiratory diseases, and exposure to biomass smoke from cooking were not risk factors for COPD. (3) Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age and smoking were independent risk factors for COPD. (4) Receiver operating curve analysis revealed that, at a cutoff of 19.5, the highest sum of sensitivity and specificity was 69.7% and 75.5%, respectively. …”
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Predictive model for determining the indications for automated 3D ultrasound for screening patients at low risk of developing breast tumors by A. E. Garanina, A. V. Kholin

“…The most significant risk factors for the detection of breast cancer were identified. …”
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The Clinical and Economic Burden of Colorectal Anastomotic Leaks: Middle-Income Country Perspective by Ulysses Ribeiro Jr., Daiane O. Tayar, Rodrigo A. Ribeiro, Priscila Andrade, Silvio M. Junqueira Jr.

“…This study was aimed at evaluating the clinical and economic consequences of AL and its risk factors. Methods. A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2012 and 2013 based on the billing information of 337 patients who underwent low anterior resection (LAR). …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Associated Factors among School Children in Wondo District, Ethiopia by Mustafa Geleto Ansha, Kemal Ahmed Kuti, Ephrem Girma

“…Thus, intensified effort is needed to address risk factors contributing to infection and control disease. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Hepatitis B, C and HIV Cases among the Foreigners Visiting Sulaimani City from 2013 Through 2016 by Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Asan Baram Hasan, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…Dental procedures, surgery, blood transfusion and family history were common risk factors. HBV infection was highest among Syrian foreigners. …”
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Laser Induced Spectroscopy (LIBS) Technology and Environmental Risk Index (RI) to Detect Microplastics in Drinking Water in Baghdad, Iraq by Estabraq Mohammed Ati, Shahla Hussien Hano, Rana Fadhil abbas, Reyam Naji Ajmi and Abdalkader Saeed Latif

“…The presence of the measured micropolymer species in water was immediately classified and detected using a laser production resolution spectrometer as well as signal and plasma scattering spectra, various MP polymers “polyethylene terephthalate, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyvinyl chloride” are five polymers that were successfully detected in drinking water to validate the ability to identify health risk factors based on potential environmental risk index (RI) and potential environmental risk factors (Tin), the results are calculated to show that risk predicates have evolved over a decade depending on the risk factors. …”
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Analysis of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes of Pregnant Women with Syphilis and Maternal-Infant Serological Association in Changzhou, China, 2015–2019 by Chaorong Bian, Zhiqiang Qin, Jieying Zhang, Mengtao Sun, Manman Gu, Kejin Chen

“…For mothers with syphilis infection, we found no treatment during pregnancy (OR =1.70) and an initial titer greater than 1 : 8 (OR =2.28) to be risk factors. For treated pregnant women, increasing age (OR =1.08), lack of standardized treatment (OR =1.87), and initial titer greater than 1 : 8 (OR =1.69) were risk factors, while previous parity was a protective factor (OR =0.62). …”
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A Fortified Method to Screen and Detect Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Hypertensive Adults: A Korean Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study by Hyo Eun Park, Sung-Bin Chon, Sang Hoon Na, Heesun Lee, Su-Yeon Choi

“…We tried to fortify the rule to detect LVH using cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) in chest X-ray and well-known risk factors besides electrocardiography. Materials and Methods. …”
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