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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and worsening renal function in the elderly.
Front Nutr
November 2022
Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Background: Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a simple marker of insulin resistance. However, insufficient data is available on whether the TyG index is associated with worsening renal function (WRF) in the elderly. Therefore, this study was designed to explore the association between the TyG index and WRF based on a community elderly cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk of prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in health care workers-an idiographic meta-analysis from a Chinese perspective.
J Thorac Dis
April 2021
Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Foshan (Tuberculosis Control Center of Foshan), Foshan, China.
Background: China is one of the countries sharing the major burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Health care workers (HCWs) are subject to a high risk of occupational latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)-an asymptomatic state of TB disease. However, the heterogenic composition of healthcare professionals in terms of nature of their work leads to the inconsistency in predicting the prevalence of LTBI amongst them.
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