Anti-rejection regimens for renal transplants have changed dramatically during the past 20 years, but there are few long-term studies relating cost, mortality, or graft failure simultaneously to disease-pharmacotherapy couplets. We analyzed US Renal Data System data on a matched-pair cohort of first, single organ kidney transplants from 1998 through 2002 over up to 5 years following transplantation for patients on tacrolimus or low-dose cyclosporine, stratifying by whether the recipient had pre-existing or new onset diabetes. Kaplan-Meier survival curves show mortality and survival differences associated with diabetes, but no additional incremental effects of immune suppression regimen. Significant cost increases are reported for patients receiving tacrolimus above and beyond the extra costs associated with diabetes.
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Ann Med
December 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Department of Public Health, The Key Laboratory of Intelligent Preventive Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Background: Update, the link between HIV infection and abnormal glucose metabolism (AGM) is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the impact of HIV infection on AGM, including insulin resistance (IR), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), and diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods: A multicenter case-control study was conducted in Zhejiang province, China.
Urogynecology (Phila)
January 2025
From the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Importance: Patients with urgency urinary incontinence are often recommended to avoid bladder irritants, but there is a lack of evidence for this.
Objective: The aim of the study was to compare consumption of purported bladder irritants between women with and without urgency urinary incontinence.
Study Design: We performed a case-control study of nonpregnant females aged ≥20 years using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2020.
J Gen Intern Med
January 2025
College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), which have a reciprocal relationship compounded by obesity, are highly prevalent in the Middle East affecting morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the severity of MASLD and liver fibrosis among adult Emirati patients with long-standing T2DM.
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Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
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Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, USA.
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January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Overweight and obesity (OWO) are linked to dyslipidemia and low-grade chronic inflammation, which is fueled by lipotoxicity and oxidative stress. In the context of pregnancy, maternal OWO has long been known to negatively impact on pregnancy outcomes and maternal health, as well as to imprint a higher risk for diseases in offspring later in life. Emerging research suggests that individual lipid metabolites, which collectively form the lipidome, may play a causal role in the pathogenesis of OWO-related diseases.
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