Liver Elastography for Liver Fibrosis Stratification: A Comparison of Three Techniques in a Biopsy-Controlled MASLD Cohort by Antonio Liguori, Giorgio Esposto, Maria Elena Ainora, Irene Mignini, Raffaele Borriello, Linda Galasso, Mattia Paratore, Maria Cristina Giustiniani, Laura Riccardi, Matteo Garcovich, Antonio Gasbarrini, Luca Miele, Maria Assunta Zocco

“…At multivariate regression analysis, S-Shearwave Imaging was associated with advanced fibrosis (≥F3) independently from age, diabetes and platelets (OR 2.94, CI 1.69–5.11, <i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Study of the relationships of polymorphisms of the folate cycle genes with the levels of homocysteine and folic acid as risk factors of cardiovascular disorders in the post-covid p... by A.A. Shuprovych, O.V. Zinych, N.M. Kushnareva, K.P. Komisarenko

“…Group 3 differed by a higher degree of obesity, a higher frequency of hypertension disease and chronic heart failure (in 85% of patients in group 3, against 41 and 50% in groups 1 and 2), a higher number of platelets, a longer duration of hospitalization due to COVID-19, a higher level of D-dimer. …”
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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with adverse obstetric outcomes among pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Cristina Reverzani, Daniel Zaake, Faridah Nansubuga, Herman Ssempewo, Leonard Manirakiza, Anthony Kayiira, Gilbert Tumwine

“…Among adverse maternal outcomes, vitamin D deficiency was associated with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.16 to 4.10, p value &lt;0.001), in particular gestational hypertension (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.21 to 4.94, p value 0.014), and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia/haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets syndrome (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.45 to 6.08, p value 0.003), with increased preterm birth (OR of 4.0, 95% CI 1.78 to 10.84, p value&lt;0.001) and with delivery of babies with low birth weight (OR 4.2, 95% CI 2.63 to 13.62, p value 0.001).Conclusions The study found a high prevalence (40.2%) of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women delivering at St. …”
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Hepatocellular carcinoma risk scores for non-viral liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Laura Burke, Alexander Hinkson, Vincent Haghnejad, Rebecca Jones, Richard Parker, Ian A. Rowe

“…Only the ‘aMAP’ score (age, male sex, albumin, bilirubin, and platelets) had sufficient external validation for quantitative analysis, with a pooled c-statistic of 0.81 (95% CI 0.80–0.83). …”
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