Effect of rice milling, washing, and cooking on reducing pesticide residues.

The effects of milling, washing, and cooking on etofenprox, flubendiamide, and tebufenozide levels in brown and polished rice were investigated by HPLC using a UV detector. The reduction rates of etofenprox, flubendiamide, and tebufenozide after milling were 68.74-93.

Statin initiation and all-cause mortality in incident statin-naïve dialysis patients.

Background And Aims: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients. We aimed to explore the association between statin initiation after starting dialysis and all-cause mortality in statin-naïve ESKD patients.

Methods: We analyzed nationwide claims data of incident dialysis patients from 2010 to 2017 in South Korea.