A cross-sectional study of the association between depression and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) among U.S. males: national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES), 2005-2010.

Background: The association between depression and serum total prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentrations remains unclear. To explore whether there is a relationship between depression and PSA in American males without prostate cancer (PCa), according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database.

Methods: Three biennial cycles of survey data from 2005 to 2010 were used in our study.

Threshold effects between caffeine intake and urine flow rate: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Purpose: The potential benefits of caffeine intake are currently receiving much attention and exploration. Urine flow rate (UFR) is an objective index to comprehensively reflect bladder function. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between caffeine intake and UFR using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database.

Association between polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and the prevalence of erectile dysfunction: A cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES 2001-2004.

Background: Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have demonstrated significant therapeutic potential across a wide range of disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential impact of PUFA intake on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED).

Methods: The study included a total of 3730 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2004.

Causal effects of inflammatory bowel diseases on the risk of kidney stone disease: a two-sample bidirectional mendelian randomization.

Background: Existing epidemiological observational studies have suggested interesting but inconsistent clinical correlations between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), and kidney stone disease (KSD). Herein, we implemented a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal relationship between IBD and KSD.

Methods: Data on IBD and KSD were obtained from Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) summary statistics and the FinnGen consortium, respectively.

Associations between smoke exposure and kidney stones: results from the NHANES (2007-2018) and Mendelian randomization analysis.

Purpose: It is currently controversial whether smoke exposure is associated with the risk of kidney stones. Herein, publicly available databases were combined to explore relationships with the risk of nephrolithiasis in terms of smoking status and serum cotinine concentrations.

Materials And Methods: First, we conducted an observational study using data from 2007 to 2018, based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database.

Mapping habitat suitability for Asiatic black bear and red panda in Makalu Barun National Park of Nepal from Maxent and GARP models.

Habitat evaluation is essential for managing wildlife populations and formulating conservation policies. With the rise of innovative powerful statistical techniques in partnership with Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS techniques, spatially explicit species distribution modeling (SDM) has rapidly grown in conservation biology. These models can help us to study habitat suitability at the scale of the species range, and are particularly useful for examining the overlapping habitat between sympatric species.

The effect of cognitive appraisal in middle-aged women stroke survivors and the psychological health of their caregivers: a follow-up study.

Aims And Objectives: This study identified the factors that affect health-related quality of life at one and six months post-stroke in women who have undergone a mild stroke and that affect their informal caregivers' psychological health status.

Background: Middle-aged women perform the main care roles in a family. When they suffer a stroke, it upsets the equilibrium of their family life.

Concomitance of cervical intramedullary traumatic neuroma and cervical cord herniation in a tetraplegic woman.

We present the first case of concomitant intramedullary traumatic neuroma and spinal cord herniation. A 57-year-old woman injured her cervical spine with subluxation and cord compression at the C5-C6 level. After the operation, the patient received intensive rehabilitation for one year with well response.