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EBioMedicine
February 2025
Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Institute for Clinical Research and Systems Medicine, Health and Medical University, Potsdam, Germany.
Background: Maternal smoking and foetal exposure to nicotine and other harmful chemicals in utero remains a serious public health issue with little knowledge about the underlying genetics and consequences of maternal smoking in ageing individuals. Here, we investigated the epidemiology and genomic architecture of maternal smoking in a middle-aged population and compare the results to effects observed in the developing foetus.
Methods: In the current project, we included 351,562 participants from the UK Biobank (UKB) and estimated exposure to maternal smoking status during pregnancy through self-reporting from the UKB participants about the mother's smoking status around their birth.
ESC Heart Fail
March 2025
Department of Musculoskeletal Ageing and Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Aims: Malnutrition is increasingly recognized as a significant factor influencing the clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). Diabetes exacerbates risks like hospitalizations and mortality due to cardiovascular complications. The aim of this study was to explore the association of malnutrition with diabetes and its prognostic impact on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with HF, using the nutritional assessment tools, controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score and geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
October 2024
Department of Prevention and Treatment, Hunan Institute for Tuberculosis Control (Hunan Chest Hospital), Changsha 410013, China.
Objectives: Reducing mortality during anti-tuberculosis treatment is crucial for completing full-course standardized therapy and achieving tuberculosis cure. The study aims to analyze the mortality and its influencing factors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients undergoing anti-tuberculosis treatment in Hunan Province.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, data on pulmonary tuberculosis patients from the Hunan Provincial Tuberculosis Management Information System were collected between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023.
Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
October 2024
Research for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou Jiangsu 215123, China.
Objectives: Osteoporosis is characterized by decreased bone mass and damaged bone microstructure, often leading to fragility fractures. Low bone mineral density is a key risk factor for fractures. Serum cystatin C (CysC), an endogenous marker of glomerular filtration rate, is negatively correlated with bone mineral density and may be a potential risk factor for osteoporosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Ophthalmol
March 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address:
Purpose: To estimate the proportion of racial and ethnic disparities observed in glaucoma surgical outcomes that can be eliminated by curbing differences in socioeconomic status (SES).
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Subjects: The entire population of 2016-2018 California (CA) fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with a claim for incisional glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy, tube shunt, or EX-PRESS shunt).
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