U-shaped association between average daily sleep duration and depression among individuals with hypertension: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2017–2020 by Zhimao Cai, Ye Ye, Sixia Chen, Hualang Cai, Jiashuang Lin, Hui Peng, Wei Yang, Lingli Zeng, Rourou Li, Mengjia Chen, Weifeng Chen

“…Results Compared to the reference group with average daily sleep duration of 7–9 h, both short (< 7 h) and long (≥ 9 h) sleep durations were significantly linked to depression. …”
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Prevalence of AOX1 and CYP1A2 gene polymorphisms associated with response to favipiravir therapy in novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 among ethnic groups of the North Caucasus by A. T. Leinsoo, N. P. Denisenko, Sh. P. Abdullaev, S. N. Tuchkova, A. V. Kryukov, S. N. Mammaev, Zh. A. Sozaeva, M. S.-Kh. Sozaeva, K. A. Akmalova, L. Z. Bolieva, A. I. Dobroselskaya, M. L. Maksimov, K. B. Mirzaev, D. A. Sychev

“…The frequency of distribution of AOX1 and CYP1A2 gene variants was studied among 897 conditionally healthy volunteers (362 men — 40.4% and 535 women — 59.6%; average age — 34.6±6.3%), from 8 ethnic groups of the North Caucasus: Ossetians, Balkars, Kabardians, Avars, Dargins, Laks, Kumyks and Lezgins (n=100 for each), as well as 97 Russians (reference group).Results. As a result of the analysis, a significant difference was found in the allele frequencies for the rs10931910 AOX1 genetic polymorphism between Balkars and Russians (p &lt;0.05), Laks and Russians (p &lt;0.05), and especially between Dargins and Russians (p &lt;0.0001). …”
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Vutrisiran in Transthyretin Amyloidosis by Ronald M. Witteles, MD, Pablo Garcia-Pavia, MD, PhD, Caroline Morbach, MD, Julian D. Gillmore, MD, PhD, Mark S. Taylor, MBBS, PhD, Isabel Conceição, MD, William B. White, MD, Cynthia Kwok, MSPH, Marianne T. Sweetser, MD, PhD, Katherine L. Boyle, MD, David Adams, MD, PhD

“…In the combined vutrisiran group, AERs and serious AERs for specific adverse events were comparable to those reported in either of the placebo reference groups and those previously reported during the initial randomized treatment periods of the HELIOS-A and HELIOS-B studies. …”
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Moderating effects of a healthy lifestyle on the association of pre-metabolic syndrome with multiple chronic disease comorbidities by Youqiong Xu, Youqiong Xu, Xinchao Zhang, Xinchao Zhang, Jinxi Fang, Jinxi Fang, Wenchu Xu, Wenchu Xu, Qihui Chen, Qihui Chen, Yitao Zhu, Yitao Zhu, Haiping Hu, Haiping Hu, Xiangyu Cao, Xiangyu Cao, Xiaoyang Zhang, Xiaoyang Zhang

“…Integrate healthy lifestyles and explore their association with multiple comorbidities using normal metabolism and healthy lifestyles as reference groups. PreMetS [OR = 1.38, 95%CI: 1.16–1.64] and MetS [OR = 1.61, 95%CI: 1.32–1.97] were associated with a significantly higher risk of multiple comorbidities compared with the normal population, and the risk of multiple comorbidities tended to increase as the number of metabolic disorder components increased (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Youth Uptake of Digital Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Across Sociodemographic Groups (2018-2022): A Total Population Study from Stockholm, Sweden by Lovisa Hellsten, MPH, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, PhD, Anna M. Nielsen, RM, PhD, Gunnar Brandén, PhD, Anna Mia Ekström, MD, PhD, Kyriaki Kosidou, MD, PhD

“…Significantly lower uptake was also observed in the lowest income quintile (digital: adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.34; 95% CI, 0.31-0.36; in-person: aOR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.42-0.45) compared with the highest quintile (reference group). Among digital visits, chat was more equitably used than video consultations across sociodemographic groups, including smaller differences between the highest and lowest income quintiles (chat: aOR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.54-0.65; video: aOR, 0.25; 95% CI, 0.23-0.27). …”
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Gestational weight gain adequacy and intrapartum oxytocin and cesarean section use: Observational population‐based study in France by Melissa Amyx, Jennifer Zeitlin, Béatrice Blondel, Camille Le Ray

“…GWG was calculated as the difference between end of pregnancy and prepregnancy weight (both self‐reported) and categorized as insufficient, adequate (reference group), or excessive by prepregnancy body mass index (BMI; underweight <18.5, normal weight 18.5–24.9, overweight 25–29.9, obese ≥30 kg/m2) using the 2009 Institute of Medicine thresholds. …”
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Association Between Locoregional Private Equity Investment in Retina Practices and Academic Vitreoretinal Caseload by Franco JJ, Pan WW, Mian SI, Wubben TJ

“…In particular, there remains a dearth of literature assessing the impact of PE acquisition on non-PE practices; herein, we assess the effect of locoregional PE investment on the rate of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for retinal detachment (RD) repair performed at a US academic center.Methods: Patients who underwent RD PPV (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT] codes 67108 or 67113) or routine PPV (reference group; CPT 67040, 67041, or 67042) at a single US academic center from 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2023 were identified. …”
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RpoB mutation patterns in Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a Jiangxi Province study, 2021–2023 by Zhan Qiu Mao, Qi Long Zhang, Huilie Zheng, Zhen Qiong Liu, Fei Mei Li, Ling Shan Xu, Li Chao Liang, Ling Hua Shu, Hui Qiong Yang

“…While individuals aged ≥ 65 years constituted the largest absolute number of RR-TB cases, the highest relative risk was observed in children aged 5–14 years (OR = 2.68, 95% CI 1.16–6.22, P = 0.02) compared to the ≥ 65 reference group. probe E missing emerged as the predominant mutation site, particularly prevalent in pulmonary specimens and among individuals aged 55–64 years, with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.001). …”
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Risk factors for stall unoccupancy in Holstein dairy cows milked 3 times per day in a rotary milking parlor: A case control study by A. Singh, H. Somula, M. Wieland

“…Taking cows in late lactation (≥200 DIM) as reference group, the OR (95% CI) of RSU were 0.56 (0.35–0.92) for early-lactation (<100 DIM) cows and 0.84 (0.56–1.26) for mid-lactation (101–200 DIM) cows. …”
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A European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defining an integrative palliative, geriatric, and rehabilitative approach to care and support for older people living with f... by Lieve Van den Block, Kim de Nooijer, Sophie Pautex, Lara Pivodic, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Caroline Nicholson, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Sandra Martins Pereira, Rebecca Tiberini, Barbara Hanratty, Rose Miranda

“…The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Reference Group on Aging and Palliative Care aimed to develop a White Paper defining an optimal integrative palliative, geriatric, and rehabilitative approach to care and support for this population. …”
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Effects of a multicomponent exercise regimen on subchondral bone and cartilage in postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Ville-Markus Konola, Jari Parkkari, Juhani Multanen, Riku Nikander, Timo Rantalainen, Johanna Vesanto, Satu Pekkala, Merja Kalaja, Johanna K. Ihalainen, Benjamin Waller, Matti Munukka, Harri Sievänen, Mika Nevalainen, Hannu Kautiainen, Victor Casula, Juha Paloneva, Tommi Vasankari, Arttu Peuna, Simo Saarakkala, Miika T. Nieminen, Ari Heinonen

“…The intervention group will participate in a progressive multicomponent exercise regimen, including step aerobics and resistance training alternating every 2 weeks, for 50 min three times a week for 8 months. The reference group will be conducting home exercise program representing standard rehabilitative management for KOA patients. …”
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The relationship between mixed exposure to blood metal and serum neurofilament light chain levels in the general U.S. population: an unsupervised clustering approach by Jiyu Nie, Jiyu Nie, Lin Wen, Zhentian Lai, Zhentian Lai, Chuhang Lin, Chuhang Lin, Haiyin Li, Haiyin Li, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Shen Xie, Shen Xie, Xiaosong Ben, Chunxia Jing, Chunxia Jing

“…Through exposure pattern recognition using unsupervised k-medoids clustering, participants were stratified into distinct exposure subgroups: a high-exposure cluster (n = 326) and a low-exposure (n = 187) reference group. BKMR modeling within the high-exposure group identified cadmium as the dominant contributor to sNfL elevation, with stronger effects in male participants (β = 0.201, 95%CI: 0.087–0.315) and individuals with BMI &gt; 25 kg/m2 (β = 0.178, 95%CI: 0.062–0.294).ConclusionThis study provides systematic evidence that blood cadmium concentration can be used as the predominant driver of early neuronal injury, as objectively quantified through sNfL biomarker.…”
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Associations of residential greenness with incident vascular diseases in middle-aged and older adults: A large prospective cohort study by Bolun Cheng, Wenming Wei, Shiqiang Cheng, Chuyu Pan, Yan Wen, Feng Zhang

“…Participants were stratified according to their exposure levels of residential greenness, with the lowest level serving as the reference group. Over a median follow-up of 10.8 years, more than 30,000 participants developed VD. …”
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Rengalin, a Novel Drug for Treatment of Cough in Children. Intermediate Data on Multicentre, Comparative Randomized Clinical Trial by N. A. Geppe, E. G. Kondyurina, A. N. Galustyan, T. E. Pak, N. B. Baltserovich, O. V. Zhiglinskaya, A. V. Kamaev, S. G. Lazareva, S. L. Laleko, I. M. Melnikova, E. V. Mikhailova, O. A. Perminova, A. U. Sabitov, Yu. M. Spivakovsky

“…As for the patients of the reference group, the respective values were 93% and 90%, no night-time cough being recorded in 81% of the patients. …”
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A protocol for pre-treatment testing for antibodies to galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose to mitigate the risk of cetuximab hypersensitivity reactions – a retrospective cohort review by Nicholas Della Marta, Alexander Yuile, Claire Mok, Joe Wei, Meredith Oatley, Tracey Skinner, Samuel Miller, Amanda L. Hudson, Sheryl van Nunen, Stephen J. Clarke, Connie I. Diakos, Madhawa De Silva, David L. Chan, Gavin M. Marx, Nick Pavlakis

“…Of the Pre-screening group, 3% (n=1/39) experienced a cetuximab HSR compared to 16% (n=35/215) in the Reference group (Odds ratio (OR) 0.14; 95% CI 0.0033–0.86, p = 0.02). …”
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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGES LITERATURE ON GLACIOLOGY FOR 2016 by V. M. Kotlyakov, L. P. Chernova

“…It includes 345 references grouped into the following ten sections: 1)  general issues of glaciology; 2)  physics and chemistry of ice; 3)  atmospheric ice; 4)  snow cover; 5)  avalanches and glacial mudflows; 6) sea ice; 7) river and lake ice; 8) icings and ground ice; 9) the glaciers and ice caps; 10) palaeoglaciology. …”
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Annotated bibliography of the Russian languages literature on glaciology for 2015 by V. M. Kotlyakov, L. P. Chernova

“…It includes 245 references grouped into the following ten sections: 1)  general issues of glaciology; 2)  physics and chemistry of ice; 3)  atmospheric ice; 4)  snow cover; 5)  ava‑ lanches and glacial mudflows; 6) sea ice; 7) river and lake ice; 8) icings and ground ice; 9) the glaciers and ice caps; 10) palaeoglaciology. …”
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Pain – Part I. Pharmaco-therapeutic management (ro.) by Tuns, C. I., Hulea, C. I., Cristina, T. Romeo

“…Elimination of inflammation, ischemia control, of infection or nerve compression, many times can lead to complete disappearance of pain. In thepresent referate groups of substances with implications in pain are presented. …”
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La politique de l’injure. Une décennie meurtrière en Algérie by Abderrahmane Moussaoui

“…More than physical injury to the victim, these insults are also fatal to the person’s referent group.…”
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Evaluation of lung function of municipal garbage collectors in Fars province in 2012 by M Neghab, F Khodaparast Kazerouni, J Hasanzadeh

“…:ConclusionOur data indicate that the prevalence of respiratory symptoms as well as lung function impairments are significantly higher in garbage collectors than in their counterparts (referent group) and this is likely to be attributed to their exposure to bioaerosols, exhaust fumes and other workplace contaminants…”
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