While arterial stiffening is a known risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, it remains unclear whether there is an early vascular aging (EVA) in patients who have experienced acute ischemic stroke (...
Thirteen case-control studies were included, comparing PWV measurements between AIS patients and non-AIS individuals. A meta-analysis was performed to compare PWV levels, age, blood pressure, and the ...
Despite AIS patients showing higher PWV compared to controls (mean difference: 1.72 m/s, 95% CI: 1.05-2.38, p<0.001; I2=88.3%), their age did not significantly differ (95% CI: -0.47-0.94, p=0.519; I2=...
This study's findings underscore the presence of EVA in AIS patients, evident through increased PWV measurements shortly after stroke onset. Notably, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus emerg...
Considering the persistent nature and higher prevalence of insomnia in cancer patients and survivors compared to the general population, there is a need for effective management strategies. This syste...
Following the PRISMA guidelines, we analyzed data from 61 randomized controlled trials involving 6528 participants. Interventions included pharmacological, physical, and psychological treatments, with...
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) emerged as the most efficacious intervention for reducing insomnia severity in cancer survivors, and further demonstrated significant improvements in ...
CBT-I is supported as first-line treatment for insomnia in cancer survivors, with significant benefits observed across sleep and non-sleep outcomes. The findings also highlight the potential of less i...
Gout may complicate solid organ transplantation with potentially serious consequences. An accurate prevalence of gout in this population is unknown....
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of gout in the heart and/or lung transplantation population through a systematic review and meta-analysis....
MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CENTRAL and Cochrane Library (inception to February 2022) were searched for studies that reported the prevalence and/or incidence of gout in heart and/or lung transplant rec...
Ten studies were included. Gout prevalence (PR) was 8% pre-transplant (PR = 0.08; 95% CI: 0.05-0.12; 4 studies...
Gout is highly prevalent in heart and/or lung transplant patients. Pre-transplant gout is predictive of developing symptomatic post-transplant gout. This has significant implications for management of...
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/, PROSPERO (CRD42020190632)....
Today, more than 70 carbon pricing schemes have been implemented around the globe, but their contributions to emissions reductions remains a subject of heated debate in science and policy. Here we ass...
Chemokines orchestrate many aspects of tumorigenic processes such as angiogenesis, apoptosis and metastatic spread, and related receptors are expressed on tumor cells as well as on inflammatory cells ...
This meta-analysis aims to explore the correlation between obesity and mortality in patients with sepsis. Data were gathered from various sources, including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Embase (n...
The association between coffee consumption and lung cancer risk remains inconsistent. To quantitatively assess this association, we conducted a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. We searched...
Controversial results have emerged regarding whether PCOS is protective or increases the risk of bone frailty....
This study investigated whether the PCOS condition affects bone parameters of premenopausal women. This is an update for a previous meta-analysis published in 2019....
We searched MEDLINE and Embase....
Studies were considered eligible for the update if published in English between the 1st of October 2018 and the 31st of December 2023. The diagnosis of PCOS should be based on NIH criteria, the Rotter...
Data were extracted by two independent reviewers....
We identified 31 studies that met the inclusion criteria for qualitative analysis from 3322 studies in the whole period (1990-2023). Overall, cross-sectional studies included 1822 individuals with PCO...
The findings of this study alert for a low bone mass, low bone formation, and increased bone resorption PCOS with a BMI <27 kg/m2....
Within socioeconomic variables, economic income has been associated with the prognosis of patients with glioblastoma. However, studies investigating this issue provided conflicting results....
We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies investigating the correlation between economic income and survival in patients with glioblastoma. The inverse variance technique for haz...
We included 12 studies for a total of 143 303 GBM patients (67 463 with high economic income, and 25 679 with low economic income). In the overall analysis, lower economic income resulted in poorer su...
Economic conditions and income influence the prognosis of patients with glioblastoma. A better understanding of the modifiable barriers leading to treatment disparities in more disadvantaged patients ...
With variable and conflicting results to date, it remains unclear whether the percutaneous or open surgical A1 pulley release technique is superior regarding safety and efficacy. The goal of this meta...
PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar (pages 1-20) were searched through August 2023. Eight randomized controlled trials met the inclusion criteria and were included in this meta-analysis....
Of the eight included studies and 548 total patients, there were 278 subjects in the percutaneous release group and 270 subjects in the open release group. There was no significant difference between ...
This meta-analysis found no significant difference between open and percutaneous techniques regarding the need for revision procedures, complications, or postoperative pain. Therefore, both open and p...
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