The impact of metabolic health on fibromyalgia: insights from insulin resistance and related indexes.

Objectives: To assess the association between fibromyalgia (FM) and insulin resistance (IR) using multiple IR indices in FM patients and to investigate how these indices vary with the severity of FM.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 70 female patients diagnosed with FM and 70 age-matched female healthy controls. The data collected included demographics, clinical characteristics, and laboratory parameters.

Evaluating cardiac electrophysiological markers for predicting arrhythmic risk in hypothyroid patients.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of hypothyroidism and levothyroxine (LT4) treatment on arrhythmic risk by concurrently analyzing multiple electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters such as the Index of Cardio-Electrophysiological Balance (iCEB), frontal QRS-T angle, Tpeak-Tend (Tp-e) interval/QT interval ratio, and QT dispersion (QTd).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 132 adult patients with primary hypothyroidism who had been receiving LT4 treatment, and 132 demographically matched healthy controls. The hypothyroid group was also stratified by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels (subclinical <4.

Insulin resistance in non-diabetic hypothyroid patients: a critical examination of METS-IR as a diagnostic marker.

Objectives: Insulin resistance (IR) is a significant metabolic disturbance that plays a pivotal role in various health conditions, including hypothyroidism. Homeostatic Model Assessment For Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) is widely used for assessing IR. However, alternative indices, such as the Metabolic Score for Insulin Resistance (METS-IR), have been developed for diverse applications.

Investigation of the Effect of Women's Breast Cancer Worry Levels on Breast Cancer Prevention Behavior.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of worry about breast cancer (BC) amongst a sample of women and to examine the effect of this on behavior to prevent BC.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 271 women aged 18 years and above who attended the Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic of a tertiary hospital and met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected using the following tools: Patient Information Form; Breast Cancer Worry Scale (BCWS); Breast Cancer Prevention Behaviors Identification Scale (BCPBIS); and Mammography Processes of Change Scale (MPCS).

Evaluation of the relationship between the level of addiction and exhaled carbon monoxide levels with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in smokers.

Introduction: Smoking has been reported to increase systemic inflammation. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are used as markers for systemic inflammation. In this study, the primary aim was to determine the NLR and PLR ratios in smokers.

Evaluation of the relationship between the level of addiction and exhaled carbon monoxide levels with QT dispersion in smokers.

Introduction: Smoking increases the risk of arrhythmia. QT dispersion (QTd) is an important indicator for the determination of ventricular arrhythmia. In this study, we aimed to determine the arrhythmia risk by evaluating QTd in smokers and to assess the relationship between the level of nicotine addiction and carbon monoxide (CO) level in the expiratory air.