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- - This study investigates the link between oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and physical frailty in older adults, focusing on those aged 60 and above from the Nagasaki Islands Study.
- - Researchers used the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) to evaluate OHRQoL and employed the modified Fried frailty phenotype model to assess physical frailty among the 1341 participants with an average age of 72.
- - The findings revealed a significant negative correlation between GOHAI scores and physical frailty criteria, even after adjusting for factors like age, sex, and other health conditions, indicating that poor oral health is associated with increased physical frailty in this demographic.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFRelationship Between Influenza, Temperature, and Type 1 Myocardial Infarction: An Ecological Time-Series Study.
J Am Heart Assoc
April 2021
Background Previous studies investigating the relationship of influenza with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have not distinguished between AMI types 1 and 2. Influenza and cold temperature can explain the increased incidence of AMI during winter but, because they are closely related in temperate regions, their relative contribution is unknown. Methods and Results The temporal relationship between incidence rates of AMI with demonstrated culprit plaque (type 1 AMI) from the regional primary angioplasty network and influenza, adjusted for ambient temperature, was studied in Madrid region (Spain) during 5 influenza seasons (from June 2013 to June 2018).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCombination of convalescent plasma therapy and repurposed drugs such as dexamethasone and remdesivir could be beneficial for severe COVID-19 patients with obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn impact of dietary intervention on blood pressures among diabetic and/or hypertensive patients with high cardiovascular disorders risk in northern Thailand by cluster randomized trial.
J Gen Fam Med
January 2021
Department of Human Arts Sciences University of Human Arts and Sciences Saitama Japan.
Background: Global sodium intake remains above the recommended levels to control blood pressure (BP). We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a dietary intervention on BP through salt reduction among community-dwelling participants with high risk of cardiovascular disorders (CVD).
Methods: This cluster randomized trial (February 2012 to January 2013) included cooking instruction using the pocket salt meter among patients with diabetes and/or hypertension who were treated at health center in Thailand.