Cardiometabolic multimorbidity may identify a more severe subset of rheumatoid arthritis, results from a "real-life" study [PDF]
This "real-life" cross-sectional study has been designed to describe disease features of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) participants affected by cardiometabolic multimorbidity than those without.
Biaggi A. +13 more
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Multimorbidity patterns and association with mortality in 0.5 million Chinese adults
. Background:. Few studies have assessed the relationship between multimorbidity patterns and mortality risk in the Chinese population. We aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns and examined the associations of multimorbidity patterns and the number ...
Junning Fan +18 more
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Multimorbidity in bipolar disorder and under-treatment of cardiovascular disease: a cross sectional study [PDF]
Background: Individuals with serious mental disorders experience poor physical health, especially increased rates of cardiometabolic morbidity and premature morbidity.
A Weeke +42 more
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Weight gain among treatment-naïve persons with HIV starting integrase inhibitors compared to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors or protease inhibitors in a large observational cohort in the United States and Canada. [PDF]
IntroductionWeight gain following antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is common, potentially predisposing some persons with HIV (PWH) to cardio-metabolic disease.
Altoff, Keri N +23 more
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Relationship between blood pressure values, depressive symptoms and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with cardiometabolic disease [PDF]
We studied joint effect of blood pressure-BP and depression on risk of major adverse cardiovascular outcome in patients with existing cardiometabolic disease. A cohort of 35537 patients with coronary heart disease, diabetes or stroke underwent depression
Barry, Sarah J.E. +5 more
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Measuring the burden of treatment for chronic disease: implications of a scoping review of the literature [PDF]
Background: Although there has been growing research on the burden of treatment, the current state of evidence on measuring this concept is unknown.
Mair, Frances S. +3 more
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Medication burden in the first 5 years following diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: findings from the ADDITION-UK trial cohort. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Individuals with screen-detected diabetes are likely to receive intensified pharmacotherapy to improve glycaemic control and general cardiometabolic health.
Black, James A +7 more
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Objective To determine the patterns of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Design We used data from the WHO STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance cross-sectional surveys ...
Charles Agyemang +6 more
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Prevalence and correlates of frailty in an older rural African population:findings from the HAALSI cohort study [PDF]
Background: Frailty is a key predictor of death and dependency, yet little is known about frailty in sub-Saharan Africa despite rapid population ageing. We describe the prevalence and correlates of phenotypic frailty using data from the Health and Aging ...
A Clegg +32 more
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Comorbidity and polypharmacy in chronic heart failure:a large cross-sectional study in primary care [PDF]
Background: Comorbidity is common in heart failure, but previous prevalence estimates have been based on a limited number of conditions using mainly non-primary care data sources.
Baron Franco, Bosco +5 more
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