Publications by authors named "Ziwei Dong"

This study aimed to investigate the associations between carbohydrate intake and gout risk, along with interactions between genetic susceptibility and carbohydrates, and the mediating roles of biomarkers. We included 187,387 participants who were free of gout at baseline and completed at least one dietary assessment in the UK Biobank. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the associations between carbohydrate intake and gout risk.

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Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe inflammatory intestinal disease in preterm infants, marked by heightened morbidity and mortality. Timely prediction of NEC is significant in the management of critical neonates. However, it is difficult to predict NEC accurately because of the multi-factorial pathogenesis.

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  • This study investigates the link between long-term exposure to five air pollutants and the risk of developing gout, using a large dataset of 458,884 initially gout-free individuals from the UK Biobank.
  • Researchers employed a sophisticated land use regression model to estimate annual air pollutant concentrations and created a weighted air pollution score to evaluate exposure impacts.
  • Over a follow-up period of 12 years, findings showed significant associations between elevated air pollution levels, especially NO and PM, and increased gout incidence, particularly in participants aged 60 and older, while also identifying key serum biomarkers involved in this relationship.
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Background: The neonatal sequential organ failure assessment (nSOFA) score is an operational definition of organ dysfunction employed to predict sepsis-associated mortality. However, the relationship between the nSOFA score and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) has not been investigated clearly. This study evaluates whether the nSOFA score within 72 h after delivery could be used to predict the occurrence of BPD in very preterm infants.

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Background: Stanford type A aortic dissection (T(A)AD) is one of the most dangerous cardiovascular diseases and morbid obesity is associated with the prognosis of many cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of morbid obesity on in-hospital mortality, total hospital costs and discover the prevalence of morbid obesity among inpatients with T(A)AD.

Methods: Patients with a primary diagnosis of T(A)AD were identified from the National Inpatient Sample database (NIS) from 2008 to 2017.

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Aims: As a new type of drug developed rapidly in recent years, Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKinibs) have caused controversy due to possible adverse reactions of thromboembolism. The aim of this study was to analyse and evaluate the association between thromboembolic events and the use of JAKinibs, on the base of the latest data in the Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System.

Methods: A disproportionality analysis was conducted, utilizing data from 1 January 2012 to 30 September 2021 in the FAERS.

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Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are widely used in clinical practice for their demonstrated cardiorenal benefits, but multiple adverse events (AEs) have been reported. We aimed to describe the distribution of SGLT2i-related AEs in different systems and identify important medical event (IME) signals for SGLT2i. Data from the first quarter (Q1) of 2013-2021 Q2 in FAERS were selected to conduct disproportionality analysis.

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This study aimed to identify variables and develop a prediction model that could estimate extubation failure (EF) in preterm infants. We enrolled 128 neonates as a training cohort and 58 neonates as a validation cohort. They were born between 2015 and 2020, had a gestational age between 25 and 29 weeks, and had been treated with mechanical ventilation through endotracheal intubation (MVEI) because of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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Purpose: Aggressively growing tumors are characterized by significant variations in metabolites, including lipids, and can involve the elevated synthesis ofde novo fatty acids.

Methods: Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS)-based metabolomics and lipidomics were performed to compare human gastric cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues from clinical patients. A series of cellular and molecular biological methods were applied to validate the lipidomics results.

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A novel amphiprotic side-chain-functionalized membrane was for the first time designed for vanadium redox flow battery (VFB). Different from frequently used blending amphiprotic membranes, the one proposed here is allowed to possess high anion-exchange capacity (IEC) without sacrificing the cation-exchange capacity (IEC) because both IEC and IEC increased with the grafting degree of side chains. Having a high IEC, the membrane prepared here exhibits an ultralow vanadium permeability (<10 cm s), which leads to very high Coulombic efficiencies (97-98% at 40-200 mA cm) of VFB and good cell self-discharge durability.

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