Breakfast-skipping habits are associated with adverse health outcomes including coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. However, it remains uncertain whether skipping breakfa...
We retrospectively conducted a population-based cohort study using the data from the Iki City Epidemiological Study of Atherosclerosis and Chronic Kidney Disease (ISSA-CKD). Between 2008 and 2019, we ...
During a follow-up period with a mean of 5.5 years, CKD progression occurred in 60 (6.5%) participants. The incidence rate (per 1,000 person-years) of CKD progression was 21.5 in the breakfast-skippin...
Skipping breakfast was significantly associated with higher risk of CKD progression in the general Japanese population....
Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is a distinct and intricate respiratory condition that requires specific attention and management. The objective of this cohort study was to examine the epidemiological chara...
This retrospective cohort study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2018 and National Death Index (NDI) 2019. A total of 22,745 participants were included...
The prevalence of ACO was 3.10% in our study population. Compared to the non-ACO participants, the ACO participants exhibited significantly different characteristics, including higher age, a lower fam...
This study revealed a strong relationship between ACO and all-cause mortality and uncovered a potential psychological mechanism underlying this relationship. Our study indicates the possible necessity...
The burden of parallel and overlapping infections of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), particularly HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are disproportionately higher am...
An institution-based multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted from May to November 2022 among 422 pregnant women selected using simple random sampling technique. Semi-structured questionnaire ...
The overall prevalence of STIs was 23.9% (95% CI = 20.08-28.25). The prevalence of parallel infections of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis were 6.4%, 9%, 1.7%, and 6.9%, respectively. The o...
The magnitude of overlapping and parallel STD infections is still continued to be a problem among pregnant women. Moreover, there were overlapping infections of HBV-HIV. Therefore, continuous screenin...
Secondary attack rate (SAR) is a proportion of primary contacts developing the diseases within the incubation period upon exposure to a primary case among the total susceptible household contacts. The...
The study was conducted with the primary objective to estimate the household SAR of COVID-19 cases at Mahisagar District, Gujarat, and to study the epidemiological profile of primary and secondary cas...
A retrospective study was conducted to estimate SAR among 245 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 898 susceptible household contacts in Mahisagar district through telephonic interview and questionnaire by...
The household SAR was calculated from the current study in Mahisagar district, Gujarat, and was 13.9%. Among primary cases, 74.7% males were affected, and among secondary cases, 52.8% females were aff...
The household SAR in Mahisagar district, Gujarat, was found to be 13.9%. In primary cases, more males, and in secondary cases, more females were found to be affected. The household SAR was increased i...
Understanding the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is important for combating this global threat for public health. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a complementary appro...
Evaluate real-world epidemiologic trends and treatment patterns in newly diagnosed patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) in Japan....
This retrospective analysis included adults with newly diagnosed la/mUC in Japan (January 2015-December 2019) from a nationwide-linked electronic medical record Diagnostic Procedure Combination claims...
Of 975 patients included, 76.4% were men; 71.6% were aged 70 years or older. Most cases (70.5%) were of the bladder. Between 2015 and 2019, the annual age-adjusted incidence increased from 6.8 to 12.4...
In the Japanese regions considered, incidence and prevalence of newly diagnosed la/mUC increased over time and first-line treatment with pembrolizumab increased after approval....
Device-associated CNS infections is a major subgroup of healthcare associated CNS infections. Healthcare-associated ventriculitis or meningitis differs considerably from community-acquired meningitis ...
This study aimed to identify the infection rates, the associated risk factors, and outcomes of these life-threatening infections....
This was a 2-year single center prospective cohort study. Patient's clinical data, laboratory parameters, treatment and their outcomes were collected using data collection tool, and device days were c...
A total of 578 CSF diversion catheters were inserted in 472 patients. The average rate for EVD and LD infection were 11.12 and 11.86 per 1000 device days respectively. The average infection rates for ...
The study demonstrated drain insertion ≥7 days, posterior approach of EVD insertion, presence of EVD/LD leak, male gender and presence of associated peri-operative scalp skin and soft tissue infection...
Allergic rhinitis is a common health concern that affects quality of life. This study aims to examine the online search trends of allergic rhinitis in China before and after the COVID-19 epidemic and ...
We extracted the online search data of allergic rhinitis-related keywords from the Baidu index database from January 23, 2017 to June 23, 2022. We analyzed and compared the temporal distribution of on...
The online search for allergic rhinitis in China showed significant seasonal variations, with two peaks each year in spring from March to May and autumn from August and October. The BSI of total aller...
Both air quality and the interventions used for COVID-19 pandemic, including national and local quarantines and mask wearing behaviors, may have affected the incidence and public concern about allergi...
to describe clinical, management and outcome features of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) and high dependency units (HDUs) in Kenya....
prospective registry-based observational study....
three HDUs and eight ICUs in Kenya....
consecutive adult patients admitted between January 2021 and June 2022....
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data was entered in a cloud based platform using a common data model. Study endpoints included case mix variables, management features and patient centred outcomes. Patients with Coronavirus disease 2...
We provide the first multicenter observational cohort study from an African ICU national registry. Distinct management features and outcomes characterise HDU from ICU patients....
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