A 5-Year Follow-Up of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following External Beam Radiotherapy or Radical Prostatectomy in Localised Prostate Cancer by Rowan V. David, Peter L. Stapleton, Arman A. Kahokehr, Jason Lee, David I. Watson, John Leung, Michael E. O’Callaghan

“…Multivariable mixed-effects linear modelling was performed to compare differences between EPIC-26 domains over time between ERBT and RP patients. …”
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Associations of elevated levels of brain natriuretic peptide and heart failure and their contribution to survival in the Russian middle-aged population: data from the ESSE-RF study by S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Kutsenko, S. S. Yakushin, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, G. A. Muromtseva, S. O. Kuzyakina, A. N. Redko, I. A. Viktorova, N. N. Prishchepa, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the associations of elevated brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and heart failure (HF) and their contribution to the survival of the middle-aged population.Material and methods. The analysis included blood pressure levels and heart rate, anthropometric parameters and biochemical tests. …”
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Food biodiversity and total and cause-specific mortality in 9 European countries: An analysis of a prospective cohort study. by Giles T Hanley-Cook, Inge Huybrechts, Carine Biessy, Roseline Remans, Gina Kennedy, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Kris A Murray, Mathilde Touvier, Guri Skeie, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Alemayehu Argaw, Corinne Casagrande, Geneviève Nicolas, Paolo Vineis, Christopher J Millett, Elisabete Weiderpass, Pietro Ferrari, Christina C Dahm, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Torkjel M Sandanger, Daniel B Ibsen, Heinz Freisling, Stina Ramne, Franziska Jannasch, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Matthias B Schulze, Konstantinos K Tsilidis, Anne Tjønneland, Eva Ardanaz, Stina Bodén, Lluís Cirera, Giuliana Gargano, Jytte Halkjær, Paula Jakszyn, Ingegerd Johansson, Verena Katzke, Giovanna Masala, Salvatore Panico, Miguel Rodriguez-Barranco, Carlotta Sacerdote, Bernard Srour, Rosario Tumino, Elio Riboli, Marc J Gunter, Andrew D Jones, Carl Lachat

“…DSR of an individual's yearly diet was calculated based on the absolute number of unique biological species in each (composite) food and drink. Associations were assessed by fitting multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression models. …”
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A Longitudinal Study of the Bidirectional Temporal Dynamics Between Body Mass Index and Biological Aging by Peggy Ler, Jonathan K. L. Mak, Chandra A. Reynolds, Alexander Ploner, Nancy L. Pedersen, Juulia Jylhävä, Anna K. Dahl Aslan, Deborah Finkel, Ida K. Karlsson

“…We analysed 6216–6512 evaluations from 1902 to 1976 Swedish twins. Dual change score models were applied to assess the bidirectional, longitudinal association between BMI and FI or FAI from ages 60.0–91.9. …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinases 7 and 10 Are Prognostic Biomarkers for Systemic Cardiovascular Risk in Individuals with Peripheral Artery Disease by Ben Li, Farah Shaikh, Houssam Younes, Batool Abuhalimeh, Abdelrahman Zamzam, Rawand Abdin, Mohammad Qadura

“…The outcome of interest was a 2-year MACE, defined as a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or mortality. …”
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A life that’s worth living – measuring health-related quality of life among people treated for tuberculosis in Viet Nam: a longitudinal EQ-5D-5L survey by Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Rachel Forse, Andrew James Codlin, Huy Ba Huynh, Anja Maria Christine Wiemers, Jacob Creswell, Tushar Garg, Thi Minh Ha Dang, Lan Huu Nguyen, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Luong Van Dinh, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Tom Wingfield, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Jad Shedrawy, Knut Lönnroth

“…We aimed to measure HRQoL among people with TB in Viet Nam at initiation and throughout treatment. Methods This study took place in four provinces from Oct-2020 to Sep-2022. …”
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Tumor mutational burden and survival on immune checkpoint inhibition in >8000 patients across 24 cancer types by Vivek Subbiah, Samuel J Klempner, Neeraj Agarwal, David P Carbone, Amit Mahipal, Shilpa Gupta, David Fabrizio, Jeffrey S Ross, Gerald Li, David R Gandara, Miles C Andrews, Jonathan W Riess, Ramez N Eskander, Ryon P Graf, Geoffrey R Oxnard, Sarah Sammons, Jeremy Snider, Lilia Bouzit, Cheryl Cho-Phan, Megan Price, Julia C F Quintanilha, Richard Sheng Poe Huang

“…This study used the TMB algorithm from the FDA-approved test supporting solid tumor CDx and composite mortality variable validated against the national death index: real-world overall survival (rwOS). …”
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CLINICAL EVALUATION OF RESTORATIONS OF ENDODONTICALLY TREATED TEETH by O.A. Udod, R.S. Kostenko

“…The restoration was fixed on a self-adhesive composite cement of double hardening. Clinical evaluation of restoration was performed in 18 and 24 months. …”
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Temporal prevalence and prognostic impact of diabetes mellitus and albuminuria in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Nousjka P. A. Vranken, Xinyu Li, Heleen Bouman, Sanne G. J. Mourmans, Anouk Achten, Arantxa Barandiarán Aizpurua, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Christian Knackstedt, Vanessa P. M. van Empel, Jerremy Weerts

“…The primary outcome was a composite of HF hospitalizations (HFH) and all-cause mortality, and was analysed using multivariable-adjusted Cox-regression models. …”
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Multilevel and multidimensional features of socioeconomic status and cognitive function in older adulthood: a cross-sectional analysis of the IGNITE studyResearch in context by Jermon A. Drake, Lu Wan, Chaeryon Kang, Peter J. Gianaros, Patricio Solis-Urra, Haiqing Huang, Rebecca Reed, Charles H. Hillman, Eric D. Vidoni, Jeffrey M. Burns, Arthur F. Kramer, Edward McAuley, George Grove, Kirk I. Erickson, Lauren E. Oberlin

“…A novel objective SES composite showed robust associations with cognition above and beyond traditional SES measures. …”
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Associations of metabolic status with all-cause mortality among individuals with osteoarthritis: A prospective cohort study by Hao Yang, Muhui Zeng, Tianxiang Fan, Haowei Chen, Xiaofeng Fang, Zhong Alan Li, Xiaoshuai Wang, David J. Hunter, Changhai Ding, Zhaohua Zhu

“…Moreover, the association between metabolic status and risk of mortality among OA patients remains unclear. Methods: The analysis included baseline populations with OA from the UK Biobank (UKBB) study and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2018. …”
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Trends and inequalities in physical fitness and nutritional status among 0.72 million Chinese adults aged 20–59 years: an analysis of five successive national surveillance surveys,... by Chenyuan Qin, Chaoqun Fan, Jingjing Wang, Qin Li, Jue Liu, Haijun Wang, Qiang Feng

“…Generalized additive models (GAMs), adjusted for age and sex, were employed to assess the associations between nutritional status, PFI, and both per capita GDP and urbanization levels. …”
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Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Growth and Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Resistance in Different Strains of Penaeus vannamei by Guixian HUANG, Xupeng LI, Jiteng TIAN, Sheng LUAN, Jie KONG, Baoxiang CAO, Ning LIU, Kun LUO, Jian TAN, Jiawang CAO, Ping DAI, Baolong CHEN, Guangfeng QIANG, Mianyu LIU, Yang LIU, Hongjie WANG, Xuehui LIU, Juan SUI, Xianhong MENG

“…The genetic heritability and correlation of the weight, individual survival time after VpAHPND infection, and half-lethal survival rate of the two strains were evaluated using individual animal and male and female threshold models. The results showed that the weight heritability estimate of the highly resistant strain was 0.599±0.120, indicating a high level of genetic heritability. …”
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