A probability formula derived from serum indicators, age, and comorbidities as an early predictor of dementia in elderly Chinese people.

Introduction: Blood-based indicators are potentially economical and a safe method for screening a population for dementia, although their predictive values have not been unequivocally confirmed. The present study proposes a dementia prediction formula based on serum indicators and patient characteristics.

Methods: From January 2016 to December 2018, the data of elderly patients older than 60 years admitted to the Department of Neurology and Geriatrics in our hospital were retrospectively reviewed.

Effects of simvastatin on serum adiponectin: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Effects of simvastatin on serum level of adiponectin, a protein conferring benefits in both cardiovascular and metabolic system, are not fully determined.

Methods: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed. Studies were identified by searching of Pubmed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases.

The association between elevated cystatin C levels with myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis.

Objective: Cystatin C is a well established marker of kidney function. There is evidence that cystatin C concentrations are also associated with myocardial infarction. The purpose of the present study is to clarify the link between cystatin C with myocardial infarction using a meta-analysis approach.

Perceived stress status and sympathetic nervous system activation in young male patients with coronary artery disease in China.

Background And Purpose: Young Chinese male adults have faced increasing psychological stress. Whether this is associated with the increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in young Chinese males remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation and underlying mechanisms of perceived stress and CAD in young male patients.

Preparation, structures, and photocatalytic properties of three new uranyl-organic assembly compounds.

Three new uranyl-organic coordination polymers (UO2)8(NDC)12(4,4'-bipyH2)3(4,4'-bipyH)3 (1), (UO2)3O[Ag(2,2'-bipy)2]2(NDC)3 (2), and (UO2)2(NDC)2(2,2'-bipy)2 (3), where NDC=1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylate and bipy=bipyridine, have been prepared in hydrothermal conditions. Both 1 and 2 possess a 2D structure while 3 is composed of 1D zigzag chains. In 1 there are mononuclear pentagonal-bipyramidal U-O polyhedra and 1D channels filled with 4,4'-bipy molecules, whereas in 2 there are mononuclear hexagonal-bipyramidal U-O polyhedra and tetranuclear pentagonal-bipyramidal U-O clusters which form 2D channels with occluded [Ag(2,2'-bipy)2]+ counterions.

Zeolite-like copper iodide framework with new 6(6) topology.

We have described an unprecedented three-dimensional zeolite-like copper iodide constructed from Cu4I4(DABCO)4 (DABCO = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane) supertetrahedron units.