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Efficacy and harms of convalescent plasma for treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Medical Science, 2021
Introduction We systematically reviewed benefits and harms of convalescent plasma (CP) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Material and methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies assessing CP effects on hospitalized, adult ...
Alejandro Piscoya, Luis Fernando Ng-Sueng, Angela Parra del Riego, Renato Cerna-Viacava, Vinay Pasupuleti, Priyaleela Thota, Yuani M Roman, Adrian V Hernandez   +7 more
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Relation between early life socioeconomic position and all cause mortality in two generations. A longitudinal study of Danish men born in 1953 and their parents [PDF]

, 2004
Objective: To examine (1) the relation between parental socioeconomic position and all cause mortality in two generations, (2) the relative importance of mother’s educational status and father’s occupational status on offspring mortality, and (3) the ...
Batty, G.D., Holstein, B., Nybo Andersen, A., Osler, M.   +3 more
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Blood lipid levels and all-cause mortality in older adults: the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey 2008-2018 [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2022
OBJECTIVES Proper blood lipid levels are essential for survival in older adults, but inconsistent relationships have been reported between blood lipids and all-cause mortality in the elderly.
Rongxi Wang, Xiaoyue Yu, Zhiqiang Wang, Yujie Liu, Hui Chen, Shangbin Liu, Chen Xu, Yingjie Chen, Xin Ge, Danni Xia, Ruijie Chang, Gang Xu, Mi Xiang, Ying Wang, Tian Shen, Fan Hu, Yong Cai   +16 more
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Risk factors and mortality associated with multimorbidity in people with stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a study of 8,751 UK Biobank participants [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Multimorbidity is common in stroke, but the risk factors and effects on mortality remain poorly understood. Objective: To examine multimorbidity and its associations with sociodemographic/lifestyle risk factors and all-cause mortality in UK ...
Gallacher, Katie I., Jani, Bhautesh D., Lee, Duncan, Mair, Frances S., McQueenie, Ross, Nicholl, Barbara   +5 more
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The Gamma Gap and All-Cause Mortality

PLOS ONE, 2015
The difference between total serum protein and albumin, i.e. the gamma gap, is a frequently used clinical screening measure for both latent infection and malignancy. However, there are no studies defining a positive gamma gap. Further, whether it is an independent risk factor of mortality is unknown.This study examined the association between gamma gap,
Stephen P Juraschek, Alison R Moliterno, William Checkley, Edgar R Miller   +3 more
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Cinacalcet Treatment Significantly Improves All-Cause and Cardiovascular Survival in Dialysis Patients: Results from a Meta-Analysis

Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2019
Objective: To assess the long-term effects including all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and fracture incidence, of cinacalcet on secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients on dialysis.
Yuan Zu, Xiangxue Lu, Jinghong Song, Ling Yu, Han Li, Shixiang Wang   +5 more
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Association of triglyceride glucose index with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among middle age and elderly US population

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Aims To investigate the association between the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in middle age and elderly population. Methods and results A total of 9,254 participants with age ≥ 45 years were enrolled from the
Min Sun, Hongmei Guo, Yi Wang, Dongchao Ma   +3 more
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Peroxiredoxin 4, a novel circulating biomarker for oxidative stress and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress has been suggested to play a key role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of our study was to investigate the associations of serum peroxiredoxin 4 (Prx4), a hydrogen peroxide-degrading peroxidase ...
Abbasi, A., Bakker, S.J., Beulens, J.W., Corpeleijn, E., de Jong, P.E., Gans, R.O., Gansevoort, R.T., Hillege, H.L., Navis, G., Peelen, L.M., Postmus, D., Schulte, J., Stolk, R.P., Struck, J., van der Harst, P.   +14 more
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Association between haemoglobin A1c and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older Koreans: a prospective cohort study

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2022
Background This study aimed to examine associations between haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels over time and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older Koreans.
Bo Mi Song, Jung Hyun Lee, Hae Dong Woo, Mi Jin Cho, Sung Soo Kim   +4 more
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What is the association between sickness absence, mortality and morbidity? [PDF]

, 2005
This paper examines the area-level relationships in England and Wales between sickness absence (‘incapacity benefit’), mortality and morbidity. It uses a random sample of incapacity benefit claims, and population counts of mortality and Census morbidity ...
C. Bambra, P. Norman, Armstrong, Beatty, Blondal, Disney, Fieldhouse, Fieldhouse, Kivimaki, Marmot, McCormick, Vahtera   +11 more
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