Publications by authors named "Shuting Tao"

Background: Cancer-related anemia (CRA) is a functional iron deficient anemia, and the early diagnosis will improve the prognosis of the patients. This prospective study aimed to investigate the utility of mean reticulocyte volume (MRV) in the early diagnosis of CRA.

Methods: A total of 284 first-diagnosed cancer patients were enrolled, and the subjects were assigned anemia and non-anemia groups by hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations.

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Rationale: Cold agglutinins are related with B cell lymphoproliferative disorder and lymphoma, and can agglutinate red blood cells (RBCs) at an optimum temperature of 3-4°C, which is the undergoing cause of RBCs cold agglutination. RBC cold agglutination may lead to an extreme abnormality of RBC parameters of complete blood count (CBC).

Patient Concerns: The present study reports a case of an old patient with severe infectious fever and anemia presenting extremely abnormal levels of RBC parameters in CBC and a sand-like appearance of blood on tube wall.

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Background: Due to the aging population worldwide, diseases that frequently attack elderly people, such as sarcopenia and osteoporosis, are major public health issues.

Methods: This study used a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the associations among body mass index (BMI), sarcopenia, and bone mineral density (BMD) in a group of adults older than 60 years. Eight studies with a total of 18,783 subjects were examined using a random effect model.

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There is an increasing number of metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients worldwide, and there is no exception in South Korea. The risk complications of metabolic syndrome have been investigated by many previous research studies, while no data on any current trends of MetS are available. Therefore, the present study investigates the recent prevalence of MetS and its associated risk complications in Korean adults by using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).

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