Correlations of cognitive function with serum levels of homocysteine, sex hormone binding globulin, and leptin in patients with schizophrenia.

Objective: To investigate the correlations of cognitive function with serum levels of homocysteine (Hcy), sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and leptin in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: This was retrospective study. This study included 58 patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) as observation group and 60 clinically healthy individuals as control group admitted to Xiangshan County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Medical and Health Group Third Hospital from March 2022 to June 2023.

Mannose-binding lectin activation is associated with the progression of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Background: We aimed to investigate whether mannose-binding lectin (MBL) activation contributed to the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN), and its role in predicting the renal prognosis of DN.

Methods: Seventy-seven patients who received renal biopsy in the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University between August 2013 and September 2016 were enrolled in the study. These patients were followed up until the endpoint of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or the last follow-up time of August 31, 2018.