Diabetes mellitus risk in post-myocardial infarction patients: FINDRISC versus self-assessment-a cross sectional study.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the difference between perceived and calculated diabetes risks among post-myocardial infarction (AMI) patients using the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC).

Methods: The study population includes individuals from the Myocardial Infarction Registry in Augsburg, Germany, who had not been previously diagnosed with diabetes and who received a postal follow-up questionnaire after hospital discharge. A total of 466 participants completed the questionnaire, which collected information on age, sex, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, physical activity, eating habits, use of antihypertensive medication, previous hyperglycemia, and family history of diabetes.

Association between BMI and cause-specific long-term mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients.

Aims: To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) at acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and all-cause as well as cause-specific long-term mortality.

Methods: The analysis was based on 10,651 hospitalized AMI patients (age 25-84 years) recorded by the population-based Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg between 2000 and 2017. The median follow-up time was 6.

Mental health literacy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional registry-based study.

Introduction: This study aimed to explore mental health literacy (MHL) and its related factors in a cross-sectional, registry-based sample of patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: All survivors of AMI between 2017 and 2019 from the Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg (n=1.712) received a postal questionnaire on MHL (Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS-GER)) and single questions on experiences with and information on mental disorders in 2023.

Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Long-term Mortality in Acute MI Patients.

Background: AF is a common complication of an acute MI (AMI) and goes along with adverse events. Nevertheless, the therapeutical guidelines and pharmacological possibilities have improved over the past years. Therefore, this contemporary study aimed to clarify the effect of AF on long-term mortality in patients with incident AMI.

Causes of death and trends in mortality from the year 2000 to 2017 in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Objective: To investigate the most common causes of death and trends in cause-specific long-term mortality in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: This analysis was based on 10,718 patients, aged 25-74 years, recorded by the population-based Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg between 2000 and 2017. All hospitalized cases of AMI occurring in the study region during this period were included.

Associations between blood markers of glucose metabolism and characteristics of circulating lymphocytes.

Aims: The pathophysiology of diabetes is not fully understood; recent research indicates close relations with immunological alterations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the associations between markers of glucose metabolism and characteristics of blood lymphocytes in a population-based cohort.

Methods: The analysis was based on data from 219 non-diabetic participants of the MEGA study in Augsburg, Germany, who were recruited between 2018 and 2021.

Multimodal gradients of basal forebrain connectivity across the neocortex.

Cortical cholinergic projections originate from subregions of the basal forebrain (BF). To examine its organization in humans, we computed multimodal gradients of BF connectivity by combining 7 T diffusion and resting state functional MRI. Moving from anteromedial to posterolateral BF, we observe reduced tethering between structural and functional connectivity gradients, with the lowest tethering in the nucleus basalis of Meynert.

The Family Climate Questionnaire: A general measure of autonomy support from family members.

Introduction: The current study examines the psychometric characteristics of the Family Climate Questionnaire (FCQ), which was intended to measure the degree of autonomy-support among family members for a respondent with health concerns.

Method: The sample included military veterans (N = 350), a portion of whom had congestive heart failure (N = 86) or diabetes (N = 77), and a portion who were referred from primary care for behavioral health concerns (N = 187). Overall, 92.

Talent selection in 3 × 3 basketball: role of anthropometrics, maturation, and motor performance.

Introduction: 3 × 3 basketball is becoming more and more professionalized, which is leading to a growing interest in talent development and talent selection. Different studies have demonstrated relevant factors in the talent selection process of 5v5 basketball but not in 3 × 3 basketball. Therefore, this study investigated the main predictors in the talent selection process in 3 × 3 basketball athletes.

Impact of residual mitral regurgitation after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in atrial functional mitral regurgitation: Results from MITRA-PRO registry.

Background: Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) has emerged to address symptomatic atrial functional mitral regurgitation (aFMR) in patients who are at high operative risk.

Aims: No clinical data is available on the impact of residual mitral regurgitation (MR) following TEER in aFMR compared to ventricular functional MR (vFMR).

Methods: In the MITRA-PRO registry, 846 patients with FMR and MitraScore assessment for residual MR quantification were included (722 patients with vFMR and 124 patients with aFMR).

Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Berlin-Neukölln nursing homes.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various urban population groups in different ways. Earlier studies have shown that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disproportionally impacts nursing home residents by increasing morbidity and mortality following viral exposure. However, little is known about the epidemiology of this disease in detail.

Maternal social deprivation and preterm birth: The PreCARE cohort study.

Background: Maternal exposure to unfavourable social conditions is associated with a higher rate of perinatal complications, such as placental vascular pathologies. A higher risk of preterm birth (PTB) has also been reported, and variations across studies and settings suggest that different patterns may be involved in this association.

Objective: To assess the association between maternal social deprivation and PTB (overall and by phenotype).

Injection 3D Printing of Doubly Curved Ceramic Shells in Non-Synthetic Particle Suspensions.

This paper examines the application of non-synthetic particle suspensions as a support medium for the additive manufacturing of complex doubly curved ceramic shells with overhangs between 0° and 90° using clay paste. In this method, the build-up material is injected within a constant volume of air-permeable particle suspension. As the used clay paste does not solidify right after injection, the suspension operates like a support medium and enables various print path strategies.

German translation and psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS-GER) in a general population sample and in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Background: The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) is a scale-based measure with 35 items that assesses various aspects of mental health literacy. The original English version was developed in Australia and has been translated into several languages. The present study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the questionnaire for its use in Germany and to determine the psychometric properties of the German version of the MHLS (MHLS-GER) in two different samples.

Reference values for biochemical tests during pregnancy: analysis of the PRECAREbio Cohort and correlation with precarious status.

Objective: To establish normal current values of various biochemical parameters during pregnancy in the northern area of Paris (France) in a subgroup from the PreCARE cohort and to study their changes according to the term of pregnancy, and to determine the influence of maternal precarity.

Design: The PreCAREbio cohort of pregnant women was defined in the PreCARE study, a multicenter cohort study.

Setting: Participants completed detailed questionnaires at enrolment and immediately postpartum.

Neuromodulatory subcortical nucleus integrity is associated with white matter microstructure, tauopathy and APOE status.

The neuromodulatory subcortical nuclei within the isodendritic core (IdC) are the earliest sites of tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease (AD). They project broadly throughout the brain's white matter. We investigated the relationship between IdC microstructure and whole-brain white matter microstructure to better understand early neuropathological changes in AD.

[Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy].

NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN PREGNANCY. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are common symptoms experienced by pregnant women. In more severe cases, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, these symptoms can become a pathological condition that can lead to significant complications in both the short and long term.