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Gac Med Mex
January 2025
Clínica de Hipertensión y Riesgo Cardiovascular, ISSSTESon, Hermosillo, Sonora. México.
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality in Mexico as well as the rest of the world, with dyslipidemia being one of the main risk factors. Despite the importance of its epidemiological impact, there is still -among primary care physicians- a lack of knowledge ranging from the basic concepts for diagnosis to the most recent recommendations for treatment. This document consisting of 10 questions is done by experts in this field.
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December 2024
Institute of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the metabolic syndrome (MS) prevalence in a sample of adolescents, to calculate their continuous metabolic syndrome scores, and to determine the associations of continuous metabolic syndrome score with overweight/obesity and selected cardiometabolic and lifestyle factors.
Methods: We enrolled a sample of 2,590 adolescents (1,180 males, mean age 17.1 ± 1.
J Viral Hepat
February 2025
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Using a systematic review and meta-analytic approach, this study determined the durability of HBV immunity and the prevalence of anamnestic response to a booster HBV vaccine dose in individuals previously vaccinated with a 3-dose HBV vaccine series as children or adolescents. Two researchers independently searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane from inception to 6/1/2023 and performed data extraction. Studies that included individuals with significant comorbidities or < 5 years of follow-up were excluded.
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January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Purpose: To examine what direct and indirect societal costs are associated with decreased visual acuity (VA).
Methods: Nationally representative sample of 8028 Finnish adults aged 30 years or older with survey data and clinical examination including VA assessment was evaluated. These data were linked with multiple national registers to capture health care services utilization during 1999-2013.
Tumori
January 2025
IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Milan, Italy.
Lynch syndrome is a genetic condition predisposing to cancer, particularly colorectal cancer and endometrial cancer, due to germline mutations in MisMatch Repair genes. More rarely, Lynch syndrome is the result of a constitutional promoter methylation. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the role of this epigenetic mechanism in the Lynch syndrome.
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