A Narrative Review of Prognostic Gene Signatures in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using LASSO Cox Regression by Nur Fatinazwa Mohd Faizal, Saptarsi Shai, Bansi P. Savaliya, Lee Peng Karen-Ng, Rupa Kumari, Rahul Kumar, Vui King Vincent-Chong

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Implications of the Intestinal Microbiota in Diagnosing the Progression of Diabetes and the Presence of Cardiovascular Complications by Alina Mihaela Leustean, Manuela Ciocoiu, Anca Sava, Claudia Florida Costea, Mariana Floria, Claudia Cristina Tarniceriu, Daniela Maria Tanase

“…Key factors that cause cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes include hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, hypertension, autonomic dysfunction, and decreased vascular response capacity. …”
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THE COURSE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY COVID-19 DISEASE, COMPLICATED BY COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM PATHOLOGY by T.A. Trybrat, Yu.M Kazakov, O.O. Honcharova, S.V Shut, V.D. Sakevich

“…Among the cardiovascular pathology (35%) we observed coronary heart disease: stable angina pectoris FC (functional class) II-III - 85%, postinfarction cardiosclerosis - 30%, hypertension - 65%. Thus, a more pronounced intoxication syndrome of the variety of symptoms among women with acute respiratory COVID-19 disease, complicated by community-acquired pneumonia, is observed in women than in men, which must be taken into account, both in the diagnosis and treatment, assessment of prognosis of the development of the disease. …”
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Urological, vascular, and infectious implications of kidney transplant: a single-center experience by Juan G. Prada, Sofía Manjarrés-Sierra, Isabella Lince-Rivera, Carolina Martínez-Pinedo, Carolina Martínez-Pinedo, Germán Patiño, Hugo E. López

“…The most common chronic kidney disease etiologies were: idiopathic (25.5%), glomerulopathies (24.7%), and hypertension (23.5%). Seventy patients (28.8%) presented a complication, of which 31 were urological, 27 were infectious, and 12 were vascular. …”
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Inclusion of hypocretin-1 improved performance of poor sleep quality prediction for elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke: a prospective cohort study by Ting Fu, Weiwei Zhang, Rongrong Guo, Shuang He, Saiying Yu, Huiying Wang, Yunfeng Zhang, Ying Wu

“…The study developed a predictive model using hypocretin-1, hypertension, stroke history, the National Institutes of Health Stroke score, and depression. …”
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Differences in metabolic characteristics between Metabolically Healthy Obesity (MHO) and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity (MUO) in weight reduction therapy by Shiori Kawai, Hajime Yamakage, Kazuhiko Kotani, Mitsuhiko Noda, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Koshi Hashimoto

“…Metabolically Healthy Obesity (MHO) is generally recognized as the absence of any metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases, including type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, in obese individuals; however, it is not clearly defined. …”
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Chiari malformation with concurrent papilledema: a patient-level meta-analysis of case reports and case series by Alejandro Pando, Daniel J. Valdivia, Daniel A. Brenner, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Hai Sun, James K. Liu, Ira Goldstein

“…Abstract Background Chiari I malformation, characterized by the displacement of cerebellar tonsils, and Chiari 1.5, involving cerebellar tonsils and brainstem displacement, share symptoms with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, including headache, paresthesia, vision issues, shoulder/arm pain, diplopia, numbness, and motor weakness. …”
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Geospatial approach to study the food environment according to the DASH diet guidelines, an Argentinian experience by Micaela Natalia Campero, Carlos Matías Scavuzzo, María Georgina Oberto, Georgina Noel Marchiori, Regina María Popelka, María Daniela Defagó

“…Objetivo: Diseñar e implementar una metodología para explorar las características del entorno alimentario en un barrio céntrico de la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, a partir de la disponibilidad de comercios y tiendas de alimentos acorde con las recomendaciones de la dieta DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). Materiales y métodos: Se relevaron 223 comercios para determinar el tipo de establecimiento y la disponibilidad de alimentos en base a los enfoques mencionados y se georeferenciaron en base a coordenadas extraídas de la plataforma Google Earth. …”
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Comparison of desflurane and sevoflurane as maintenance inhalational anaesthetic agents for adult patients undergoing neurosurgeries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rando... by Hori Hariyanto, Monika Widiastuti, Carla Oktaviani Pandrya, Kevin Anderson Surya, William Audi

“…We did not find any significant difference in the intra- and/or postoperative events, such as emergence agitation, nausea and vomiting, shivering, hypertension, hypotension, tachycardia, bradycardia, pain and convulsions, between the two groups of intervention. …”
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Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) versus Perfluoropropane (C3F8) in the Intraoperative Management of Macular Holes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Idan Hecht, Michael Mimouni, Eytan Z. Blumenthal, Yoreh Barak

“…Neither agent was clearly associated with increased risk of ocular hypertension, cataract formation, or other adverse events. …”
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Association Between Walking Speed and Urinary Incontinence in the Older Women. Which Patients Should be Referred to Geriatricians? by Volkan Atmis, Basak Guler

“…Two hundred and fifty-eight (66.32%) had hypertension, 122 (31.36%) had diabetes mellitus, 51 (13.11%) had asthma/Chronic obstructive lung disease, 49 (12.59%) had coronary artery disease and 9 (2.31%) had cerebrovascular disease. …”
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Cardiac Rehabilitation in Women and Men after an Acute Myocardial Infarction by Elizabeth Sellén Sanchén, Vivian Gil García, Nordan Pedroso Almarales, Yunior Rodríguez López, Joaquín Sellén Crombet

“…There was notable improvement in the ergometric and hemodynamic parameters after 6 weeks of rehabilitation. The hypertensive reaction and dysp-nea decreased in most cases at the end of the study. …”
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Changes in kidney function after adrenalectomy in patients with primary aldosteronism by Yumi Tomiie, Yatsuka Hibi, Rie Nobe, Keito Yokoi, Yusuke Koshima, Kimio Ogawa, Tsuneo Imai, Zenichi Morise

“…Multivariate regression analysis showed that a longer duration of hypertension, lower preoperative serum potassium concentrations, and lower serum potassium concentrations before potassium supplementation were significant independent predictors (p<0.05). …”
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Episcleral spread of ciliochoroidal melanoma following surgeries: a case report by E.E. Grishina, I.D. Kim, E.N. Izotova

“…</p> <p> <b>Keywords</b>: uveal melanoma, ciliochoroidal melanoma, secondary ophthalmic hypertension, extrabulbar extension of uveal melanoma, diagnostic errors. …”
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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Adverse Events of Endocrine Therapies in Women with Breast Cancer: A Disproportionality Analysis of Reports in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System by Shaimaa Elshafie, Lorenzo Villa‐Zapata, Randall L. Tackett, Iman Y. Zaghloul, Henry N. Young

“…Standardized queries were used to identify cases of cardiovascular (myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, stroke) and metabolic (hypertension, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia) disorders. …”
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Measuring the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient in Hospital Jitra: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Norazila Abdul Ghani, Sharifah Nor Faiza Syed Hassan, Rusyidah Zainol Abidin, Zarmisha Zakaria, Fatin Farhana Ahmad Nasir, Ahmad Zulfitri Azmi

“…Results: 60.4% of the patients were female and 85.7% Malay with mean age of 62.15 years old. Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and heart disease were the most common comorbidities among them; 92.3%, 78.0%, and 23.1%, respectively. …”
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Laparoscopic Banded One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: A Single-Center Series by Michela Campanelli, Emanuela Bianciardi, Domenico Benavoli, Giulia Bagaglini, Giorgio Lisi, Paolo Gentileschi

“…Thirty-four patients presented with type 2 diabetes (39.5%), 42 patients (49%) diagnosed with hypertension, 24 presented with OSAS (28%), and 21 (24%) hypercholesterolaemia patients were included. …”
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A narrative review about cognitive impairment in Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): Another matter to face through a holistic approach by Marica Meroni, Miriam Longo, Erika Paolini, Paola Dongiovanni

“…It is well established that MASLD represents the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome whose definition includes the presence of obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), dyslipidemia, hypertension and hypercoagulability. All these conditions contribute to a chronic inflammatory status which may impact on blood brain barrier (BBB) integrity leading to an impaired function of central nervous system (CNS). …”
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Associations between White Blood Cell Count and the Development of Incidental Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Goh Eun Chung, Jeong Yoon Yim, Donghee Kim, Min-Sun Kwak, Jong In Yang, Su Jin Chung, Sun Young Yang, Joo Sung Kim

“…Multivariate regression analysis after adjusting for age, BMI, hypertension, smoking, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, and glucose levels revealed that NAFLD was significantly associated with the highest WBC quartile compared to the lowest quartile [OR 1.85, 95% CI, 1.10−3.10 for women and OR 1.68, 95% CI, 1.08−2.61 for men]. …”
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Effects of Teriparatide on Bone Mineral Density and Prevention of Fragility Fractures in Saudi Arabian Subjects with Osteoporosis: A Two-Year Clinical Study from a Single Center by Mir Sadat-Ali, Abdallah Al-Omran, Khalid AlTabash, Dakheel A. AlDakheel, Salma Elansassy, Tarek Hegazi, Mona Al Muhaish

“…The data gathered before starting medication were age, sex, previous therapy, history of fractures, and other diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiac disease. At the time of the final assessment after 24 months, a history of fractures if any during the treatment was collected and a DXA scan was done. …”
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