Disease activity in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy according to time since diagnosis and positivity to antisynthetase autoantibodies: data from the Myo-Spain regist... by Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez, Ivan Castellví, Ana Pros, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro, Laura Nuño-Nuño, Julia Martínez-Barrio, Vega Jovaní, Fredeswinda Romero-Bueno, Esther Ruiz-Lucea, Eva Tomero, Ernesto Trallero-Araguás, Javier Narváez, Jordi Camins-Fàbregas, Alberto Ruiz-Román, Jesús Loarce-Martos, Susana Holgado-Pérez, V Miguel Flores-Rodríguez, Francisca Sivera, Carolina Merino-Argumanez, Antonio Juan-Mas, Irene Altabás-González, María Martín-López, Joaquín María Belzunegui-Otano, Carmen Carrasco-Cubero, Mercedes Freire-González, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa, Nuria Lozano-Rivas, Julio David Suarez-Cuba, Olga Martínez, Rafaela Ortega-Castro, Patricia Alcocer, Alejandro Gómez-Gómez, Olga Sánchez-Pernaute, José Luis Tandaipan, Irene Carrión-Barberà, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez, Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena, Paola Vidal-Montal, Vera Ortiz-Santamaria, Noemi Garrido-Puñal, Anne Riveros, Esmeralda Delgado-Frías, Juan Miguel López-Gómez, Carmen Barbadillo, José María Pego-Reigosa, Beatriz E. Joven-Ibáñez, Jesús Alejandro Valero-Jaimes, Elena Naveda, Ana Isabel Turrión-Nieves, Daniel Seoane-Mato, Francisco Javier Prado-Galbarro, M Ángeles Puche-Larrubia

“…Results A total of 554 patients with different diagnostic subgroups of IIM were included (136 incident and 418 prevalent cases), with 215 ASA-positive patients (58 incident and 157 prevalent cases). …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of calculated serum osmolarity to predict dehydration in older people: adding value to pathology laboratory reports by Lee Shepstone, John F Potter, Lee Hooper, Asmaa Abdelhamid, Amy Jennings, Paul R Hunter, W Garry John, Neil P Walsh, Adam Ali, Diane K Bunn, Susan Kerry, Gregor Lindner, Carmen A Pfortmueller, Fredrik Sjöstrand, Susan J Fairweather-Tait

“…Of 39 osmolarity equations, 5 showed reasonable agreement with directly measured osmolality and 3 had good predictive accuracy in subgroups with diabetes and poor renal function. Two equations were characterised by narrower limits of agreement, low levels of differential bias and good diagnostic accuracy in receiver operating characteristic plots (areas under the curve >0.8). …”
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KEAP1 mutations as key crucial prognostic biomarkers for resistance to KRAS-G12C inhibitors by Linyan Tian, Chengming Liu, Sufei Zheng, Huiyang Shi, Fang Wei, Wenxin Jiang, Yucheng Dong, Haiyan Xu, Enzhi Yin, Nan Sun, Jie He, Yan Wang

“…Conclusion This research affirms KRAS-G12C inhibitors as promising treatments, especially for certain patient subgroups, and underscores KEAP1 mutations as key biomarkers for resistance. …”
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Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients: first follow-up findings from the PREDIcT-HTN study in Northern Bangladesh by Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Probal Sutradhar, Sarowar-E. Alam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hijazi, Syed Azizur Rahman, Mohamad Alameddine

“…Most patients (78%) displayed moderate adherence, and 15% showed poor medication adherence. Certain patient subgroups had higher rates of poor adherence: females (17.1%) compared to males (12.2%), rural residents (22.4%) compared to city-dwellers (12.2%), and newly diagnosed patients (17.2%) compared to those diagnosed 2–5 years earlier (12.6%). …”
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The Differential Expressions and Associations of Intracellular and Extracellular GRP78/Bip with Disease Activity and Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Guoyin Liu, Jianping Wu, Yongqiang Wang, Yuansheng Xu, Chun Xu, Guilin Fang, Xin Li, Jianmin Chen

“…Among patients with RA, six different subgroups were established based on their disease activity and progression. …”
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Elevated Circulating Adipocyte-Fatty Acid Binding Protein Levels Predict Incident Ischemic Cardiovascular Events in a Longitudinal and Prospective AMI Aging Study by Zhao X, Zhao H, Chen R, Zhou J, Li N, Li J, Yan S, Liu C, Zhou P, Chen Y, Song L, Yan H

“…Initially, participants were stratified into three groups according to the tertile levels of FABP4, followed by further categorization based on various lipid profiles and specific inflammatory markers.Results: On follow-up (median 751 days, maximum 1506 days), a total of 158 ischemic events were recorded. 1) In multivariable models meticulously adjusted for age, gender, traditional coronary heart disease factors, Killip classification, and discharge medications, the association of elevated levels of FABP4 (Tertile 3 HR 1.618 [1.061 to 2.468], p=0.026), augmented concentrations of PTX3 (Tertile 3 HR 1.811 [1.211 to 2.710], p=0.004), or LL-37 (Tertile 3 HR 0.651 [0.433 to 0.981], p=0.040) with ischemic risk was markedly intensified. 2) Multivariate HRs associated with 1 standard deviation (SD) (mg/dL) increase in the FABP4 parameters were as follows in different subgroups. 1-SD difference in FABP4 was associated with a 23%, 23%, 21 and 29% increase in ischemic events over after fully adjusted the confounding risk factors among male, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes respectively. 3) The Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrated significant differences between the tertiles of FABP4 index levels among all enrolled participants (p=0.0180).Conclusion: This study reinforces the utility of FABP4 for enhancing risk stratification specifically among older patients diagnosed with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.Keywords: FABP4, lipid profile, PTX3, LL-37, ischemic vascular events…”
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Identification of a novel disulfidptosis-related gene signature in osteoarthritis using bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation by Mingjie Wei, Xiangwen Shi, Wenbao Tang, Qian Lv, Yipeng Wu, Yongqing Xu

“…The proportion of EC subgroups with high SLC3A2 expression increased, mainly enriching pathways related to inflammation, such as the IL-17 signaling pathway and TGF-beta signaling pathway. …”
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Impact of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on in-hospital mortality: an age- and HIV status-specific retrospective cohort study in Uganda by Odong Christopher, Wang Yanmei, Makabayi Emmanuel Yeko, Doreen Mary Nanyunja, Kuule Julius Kabbali

“…Among age stratification-subgroups: age < 40yrs: 0.93[95%CI: 0.89–0.97, p < 0.001, β = -0.07]; 40-60yrs: 0.98[95%CI: 0.966–0.999, p = 0.039, β = -0.02]; ≥ 60yrs, p < 0.005 with p-value-interaction for age = 0.046; and HIV-positive: 0.94[95%CI: 0.905–0.974, p < 0.001, β = -0.06] with p-value-interaction = 0.021. …”
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Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Different Dental Resin-Based Materials After Submersion in Acidic Beverages by Răzvan Constantin Brânzan, Ionuț Tărăboanță, Cristina Angela Ghiorghe, Simona Stoleriu, Vlad Cârlescu, Andra Claudia Tărăboanță-Gamen, Sorin Andrian

“…Then, the samples were distributed into four subgroups according to the submersion solution: <i>a</i> (<i>n</i> = 10): artificial saliva, <i>b</i> (<i>n</i> = 10): coffee, <i>c</i> (<i>n</i> = 10): cola and <i>d</i> (<i>n</i> = 10): red wine. …”
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Gender and ethnoracial disparities in Veterans’ trauma exposure prevalence across differing life phases by Fernanda S. Rossi, Yael I. Nillni, Alexandria N. Miller, Annie B. Fox, Johanne Eliacin, Paula P. Schnurr, Christopher C. Duke, Jaimie L. Gradus, Tara E. Galovski

“…Conclusions Findings help uncover disparities within Veteran subgroups. They inform mental health treatment and prevention services to better meet the needs of all Veterans across differing life phases.…”
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Expansion and Assessment of a Web-Based 24-Hour Dietary Recall Tool, Foodbook24, for Use Among Diverse Populations Living in Ireland: Comparative Analysis by Grace Bennett, Shuhua Yang, Laura A Bardon, Claire M Timon, Eileen R Gibney

“…As the Irish population is becoming increasingly diverse, there is an urgent need to understand the habitual food intake and diet quality of multiple population subgroups, including different nationalities and ethnic minorities, in Ireland. …”
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High risk for life-threatening adverse events of fluoroquinolones in young adults: a large German population-based cohort study by Julia Wicherski, Jonas Peltner, Cornelia Becker, Katrin Schüssel, Gabriela Brückner, Andreas Schlotmann, Helmut Schröder, Winfried V. Kern, Britta Haenisch

“…Conclusions This study contributes real-world evidence to endpoint-specific differences of risks in patient subgroups which need to be considered to improve fluoroquinolone drug safety.…”
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Pooling the complex survey data across the 64 lower and middle-income countries: A study on antibiotic usage in under-five children by Md Fakrul Islam, Prosenjit Basak Arka, Mahfuzer Rohman, Md Sabbir Hossain, Md Rashed Babu, Hasin Anupama Azhari, Md Jamal Uddin

“…As a result, it's crucial to look at the variables that affect antibiotic exposure and highlight the subgroups among whom antibiotic abuse is the most prevalent. …”
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Integrating single-cell RNA-Seq and bulk RNA-Seq data to explore the key role of fatty acid metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma by Hua Dai, Xin Tao, Yuansen Shu, Fanrong Liu, Xiaoping Cheng, Xiushen Li, Bairui Shu, Hongcheng Luo, XuXiang Chen, Zhaorui Cheng

“…Subsequent to this, consensus clustering analysis was implemented to stratify patients into distinct subgroups, contingent upon the expression patterns of lipid metabolism genes. …”
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Healthcare provision for displaced people in transit: Analyses of routinely collected data from INTERSOS clinics at the Ukrainian border with Moldova and Poland by Saleh Aljadeeah, Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour, Nataliia Khanyk, Eszter Szocs, Aliki Traianou, Ana Tomas, Chrysanthi Tatsi, Elżbieta Czapka, Alessandro Verona, Tessa van Boekholt, Ion Chesov, Apostolos Veizis

“…In the shadow of a forced displacement crises triggered by the conflict in Ukraine, there is an urgent need to give more attention to subgroups of the population that are often neglected in humanitarian crises. …”
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Validation of the Polish version of the Functional Oral Intake Scale against flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initi... by Magdalena Milewska, Barbara Jamroz, Mariusz Panczyk, Joanna Chmielewska-Walczak, Tomasz Czernicki, Marta Dabrowska-Bender, Marcin Folwarski, Marcin Folwarski, Dorota Szostak-Wegierek

“…Significant differences in FOIS-PL scores were evident across patient subgroups stratified by PAS severity (PAS ≤ 2, PAS 3–5, PAS &gt; 5) and IDDSI levels. …”
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Comparative- and Cost-Effectiveness Research Determining the Optimal Intervention for Advancing Transgender Women With HIV to Full Viral Suppression (Text Me, Alexis!): Protocol fo... by Cathy J Reback, Thomas Blue, Ali Jalali, Raphael Landovitz, Michael J Li, Raymond P Mata, Danielle Ryan, Philip J Jeng, Sean M Murphy

“…Though the effectiveness of both interventions has been established, their comparative effectiveness, required resources or costs, cost-effectiveness, and heterogeneous effects on subgroups, including those with substance use disorder, have not been evaluated. …”
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Real-World Persistence and Effectiveness of Upadacitinib versus Other Janus Kinase Inhibitors and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Australian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Peter Youssef, Sabina Ciciriello, Talib Tahir, Joanna Leadbetter, Belinda Butcher, Miriam Calao, Nicole Walsh, Catherine O’Sullivan, Tegan Smith, Geoffrey Littlejohn

“…DAS28CRP(3) remission rates were greater at 3 months for UPA than other JAKis (75.0% versus 61.5%) and TNFis (72.7% versus 59.5%). In unmatched subgroups, compared to cycling between TNFis, switching to UPA from other JAKis or TNFis resulted in longer persistence (JAKi-to-UPA: 25.3 [16.1, not reached]; TNFi-to-UPA: 27.8 [23.2, 35.4]; TNFi-to-TNFi: 9.6 [8.4, 10.7]) and greater DAS28CRP(3) remission rates over 9 months. …”
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Association of over-the-counter mouthwash use with markers of nitric oxide metabolism, inflammation, and endothelial function—a cross-sectional study by Kai Guo, Kaumudi Joshipura, Karina Ricart, Rakesh P. Patel, Barbara A. Gower, Oelisoa Mireille Andriankaja, Evangelia Morou-Bermudez

“…In the participants who used mouthwash twice a day or more use, TNF-α was positively associated with serum nitrate (β = 3.36, 95% CI: 2.07, 4.65), salivary nitrite (β = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.39, 1.69) and salivary nitrate (β = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.25, 0.71); sICAM-1 was positively associated with serum nitrate (β = 1.58, 95% CI: 0.86, 2.29). In both subgroups of mouthwash users, sVCAM-1 was positively correlated with serum nitrate and salivary nitrate. …”
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Construction of the bromodomain-containing protein-associated prognostic model in triple-negative breast cancer by Wei Chen, Yushuai Yu, Chenxi Wang, Zirong Jiang, Xiewei Huang, Yidan Lin, Hongjing Han, Qing Wang, Hui Zhang

“…Differential expression analysis was performed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs): DEGs1 in key cells, DEGs2 between tumours and controls and DEGs3 in high and low BRDRGs score subgroups in TCGA-TNBC. Differentially expressed BRDRGs (DE-BRDRGs) were determined by overlapping DEGs1, DEGs2 and DEGs3. …”
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