Supplemented with Astragalus dregs improves growth performance, immunity, and antioxidant capacity in fattening pigs.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of Astragalus dregs - the residue after the extraction of principal active components - on the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and immune function of fattening pigs. Twenty-four 130 days of age fattening pigs were randomly assigned to the control group and experimental group (supplemented with 10% Astragalus dregs). The production performance was evaluated by average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI) and diarrhoea rates.

The association between vitamin K intake and dyslipidemia in US adults: the mediating effect of insulin resistance.

: Dyslipidemia is one of the most common chronic diseases, and is associated with insulin resistance (IR) and inadequate vitamin K intake. We aimed to explore the association between IR, vitamin K intake, and dyslipidemia, and further to explore the mediating role of IR. : 12 860 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2001 to 2018 were included in this study.

Ideal cardiovascular health metrics have better identification of arthritis.

Background: This study aimed to explore the association between ideal cardiovascular health metrics (ICVHM) and arthritis (AR), as well as the interactions of various indicators in ICVHM on AR in US adults.

Methods: We involved 17,041 participants who were interviewed by NHANES from 2011 to 2018. AR included osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and psoriatic arthritis and other arthritis (Other AR).

The mediating role of dietary inflammatory index on the association between eating breakfast and depression: Based on NHANES 2007-2018.

Background: Depression is a significant, pervasive, global public health problem, associated with many factors, such as diet, social factors, and lifestyle habits. We aimed to evaluate the association between eating breakfast, dietary inflammatory index (DII) and depression, and to verify the mediating role of DII on the effect of eating breakfast on depression.

Methods: 21,865 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2007 to 2018 were included in this study.

Recent Advances in Antitumor Dendritic Cell Vaccines.

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most important antigen-presenting cells in the body and play a key role in antigen recognition, uptake, processing, and presentation and mediate nonspecific immunity and specific immunity. To summarize the main findings that DC vaccines are a new immunotherapy scheme combining the strengths of tumor antigens and DCs that can boost the body's identification and clearance of tumors. In this review, the authors focus on the biological characteristics of DCs, recent advances in the understanding of antitumor mechanisms, and the classification of DC vaccines.

Oral health and 10-year cardiovascular risk in US adults: mediating role of inflammatory diet and vitamin D.

Objective: To investigate whether E-DII or vitamin D mediates the relationship between oral health and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Methods: This study involved 6616 participants aged over 30 years old from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2009-2014. Dietary inflammation and 10-year CVD risk were evaluated via the Energy-adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Index (E-DII) and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), respectively.

The dietary inflammatory index is positively associated with insulin resistance in underweight and healthy weight adults.

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and insulin resistance (IR) in underweight and healthy weight adults. This cross-sectional study involved 3205 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2018. All dietary data used to calculate the DII were obtained based on the average of two 24-h dietary recall interviews.

The role of dietary inflammatory index and physical activity in depressive symptoms: Results from NHANES 2007-2016.

Background: Depression is a major public health problem. This study was aimed to analyze the relationship between Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), physical activity, and depressive symptoms, and to explore the effect of different lifestyles on depressive symptoms by combining DII and physical activity to form four lifestyle groups.

Methods: This study analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2007 to 2016.

Vision impairment, hearing impairment and functional Limitations of subjective cognitive decline: a population-based study.

Background: The association between sensory impairment including vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI), dual impairment (DI) and the functional limitations of SCD (SCD-related FL) are still unclear in middle-aged and older people.

Methods: 162,083 participants from BRFSS in 2019 to 2020 was used in this cross-sectional study. After adjusting the weights, multiple logistic regression was used to study the relationship between sensory impairment and SCD or SCD-related FL.

Mediation of 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk between Inflammatory Diet and Handgrip Strength: Base on NHANES 2011-2014.

Objective: Dietary inflammatory index (DII) and handgrip strength (HGS) were correlated, and both were associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the role of the 10-year CVD risk in the relationship between DII and grip strength remains uncertain.

Methods: This study involved 5691 adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2011-2014.

Trends and all-cause mortality associated with multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases among adults in the United States, 1999-2018: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has brought enormous challenges to public health, becoming a major medical burden. However, the patterns, temporal trends, and all-cause mortality associated with NCD multimorbidity over time have not been well described in the United States.

Methods: All adult participants were sourced from nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Interaction between sleep quality and dietary inflammation on frailty: NHANES 2005-2008.

: The underlying mechanism of both sleep disorders and frailty is chronic inflammation, which can be reflected by the dietary inflammatory index (DII). Therefore, we aimed to explore the association between sleep quality, frailty, and dietary inflammation. : 9007 participants aged over 20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2005-2008 were involved in the study.

Cognitive Impairment Mediates the Association between Dietary Inflammation and Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly.

The underlying mechanism in both cognitive impairment and depression was chronic inflammation, which could be reflected by the dietary inflammatory index (DII). However, the effect of cognitive impairment on the association between DII and depression was not clear. Therefore, in this study, we hypothesized that cognitive impairment could mediate the association between dietary inflammation and depressive symptoms.

The Mediating Role of Dietary Inflammatory Index in the Association between Eating Breakfast and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Obesity is closely related with diet, including the regularity of meals and inflammation in the diet. No previous study focused on the associations among eating breakfast, which is regarded the most important meal, dietary inflammation, and obesity. This study analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2007 to 2018, with 23,758 participants involved.

Effects of Dietary Nutrients on Fatty Liver Disease Associated With Metabolic Dysfunction (MAFLD): Based on the Intestinal-Hepatic Axis.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has recently become the most common liver disease with a global prevalence of over 25% and is expected to increase. Recently, experts have reached a consensus that "fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction or MAFLD" may be a more appropriate and inclusive definition than NAFLD. Like the former name NAFLD, MAFLD, as a manifestation of multiple system metabolic disorders involving the liver, has certain heterogeneity in its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, pathological changes and natural outcomes.

The Association Among Inflammatory Diet, Glycohemoglobin, and Cognitive Function Impairment in the Elderly: Based on the NHANES 2011-2014.

Background: Dietary inflammatory index (DII) was associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognitive function impairment (CFI).

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore whether the associations among DII, glycohemoglobin (HbA1c), and CFI were similar in the participants with or without diabetes.

Methods: A total of 1,198 participants aged 60 and over from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2011-2014 were involved in this study, dividing into subgroups as diabetes and non-diabetes for further analysis.

The Role of Dietary Inflammatory Index on the Association Between Sleep Quality and Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk: A Mediation Analysis Based on NHANES (2005-2008).

Objective: People with poor sleep quality have higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and one potential mechanism of CVD is chronic inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of dietary inflammation in the relationship between sleep quality and CVD risk.

Methods: This study involved 5594 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2005-2008.

Multinozzle Multichannel Temperature Deposition System for Construction of a Blood Vessel.

3D bioprinting is an emerging technology that drives us to construct the complicated tissues and organs consisting of various materials and cells, which has been in widespread use in tissue engineering and organ regeneration. However, the protection and accurate distribution of cells are the most urgent problems to achieve tissue and organ reconstruction. In this article, a multinozzle multichannel temperature deposition and manufacturing (MTDM) system is proposed to fabricate a blood vessel with heterogeneous materials and gradient hierarchical porous structures, which enables not only the reconstruction of a blood vessel with an accurate 3D model structure but also the capacity to distribute bioactive materials such as growth factors, nutrient substance, and so on.