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Association of inflammatory markers and multimorbidity in young adults: cross-sectional findings from the Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort, 1993 [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
: Early diagnosis can be a beneficial factor for minimizing health risks related to multimorbidity. This study aims to assess the association of multimorbidity with interleukin 6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and adiponectin in 22-year-old ...
Isabel Oliveira de Oliveira, Tulio L. Correa, Gustavo Dias Ferreira, Bruno Pereira Nunes, Helen Gonçalves, Fernando César Wehrmeister, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes   +6 more
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Health literacy: impact on the health of HIV-infected individuals. [PDF]

, 2013
Health literacy is known to affect vulnerable communities such as persons living with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this review was to provide a current summary of research on the impact of health literacy on the health of persons living with HIV/AIDS and to ...
McCoy, Katryna, Ownby, Raymond L, Waldrop-Valverde, Drenna, Wawrzyniak, Andrew J   +3 more
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Socio-geographical disparities in cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Sweden: an Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (I-MAIHDA)

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Mapping social and geographical disparities in health outcomes helps to identify vulnerable groups that should be targeted for intervention. This study aims to assess the disparities in cardiometabolic multimorbidity, the presence of at least ...
Kanya Anindya, Juan Merlo, Lars Lind, Lars Weinehall, Marcus Bendtsen, Tomas Jernberg, Maria Rosvall, Nawi Ng   +7 more
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Relationship between multimorbidity, demographic factors and mortality: findings from the UK Biobank cohort

BMC Medicine, 2019
Background Multimorbidity is associated with higher mortality, but the relationship with cancer and cardiovascular mortality is unclear. The influence of demographics and type of condition on the relationship of multimorbidity with mortality remains ...
Bhautesh Dinesh Jani, Peter Hanlon, Barbara I. Nicholl, Ross McQueenie, Katie I. Gallacher, Duncan Lee, Frances S. Mair   +6 more
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Effect of psoriasis severity on hypertension control: a population-based study in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

, 2015
IMPORTANCE: Hypertension is prevalent among patients with psoriasis. The effect of psoriasis and its severity on hypertension control is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between uncontrolled blood pressure and psoriasis, both overall and ...
Gelfand, Joel M, Kimmel, Stephen E, Margolis, David J, Mehta, Nehal N, Shin, Daniel B, Takeshita, Junko, Troxel, Andrea B, Wang, Shuwei   +7 more
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Impact of intensive hypertension criteria on multimorbidity prevalence and patterns in a multi-ethnic Chinese population

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe impact of intensive hypertension criteria on multimorbidity prevalence and patterns remains understudied. We investigated the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity using both the current (140/90 mmHg) and intensive (130/80 mmHg ...
Yezhou Liu, Baibing Mi, Leilei Pei, Shaonong Dang, Hong Yan, Chao Li   +5 more
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The association of cardiometabolic multimorbidity with depression and length of hospitalization: a population-based cross-sectional study among adults in Turkey

BMC Public Health
Background Recent developments suggest a strong association between cardiometabolic multimorbidity, depression, and hospitalization. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of cardiometabolic multimorbidity with depression and the length
Ali Köse, Mehmet Emin Arayici, Hatice Simsek   +2 more
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Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and COVID-19 infection within the UK Biobank cohort.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundIt is now well recognised that the risk of severe COVID-19 increases with some long-term conditions (LTCs). However, prior research primarily focuses on individual LTCs and there is a lack of data on the influence of multimorbidity (≥2 LTCs) on
Ross McQueenie, Hamish M E Foster, Bhautesh D Jani, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Naveed Sattar, Jill P Pell, Frederick K Ho, Claire L Niedzwiedz, Claire E Hastie, Jana Anderson, Patrick B Mark, Michael Sullivan, Catherine A O'Donnell, Frances S Mair, Barbara I Nicholl   +14 more
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Does dapagliflozin regress left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with type 2 diabetes?:A prospective, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Patients with diabetes have a two to fourfold increased risk for development of and death from cardiovascular disease [CVD]. The current oral hypoglycaemic agents result in limited reduction in this cardiovascular risk.
A Dawson, A Ilercil, A Merovci, A Oberman, A Patel, Alexander J.M. Brown, Allan Struthers, B Zinman, C Majewski, Chim Lang, D Vasilakou, DW Brown, DZ Cherney, E Angelantonio Di, E Ferrannini, G Howard, G Mancia, G Simone de, IM Stratton, J Bolinder, J Bolinder, JA Dorresteijn, JB Buse, JH Shubrook, JP Despres, K Wachtell, LH Lindholm, M Mizamtsidi, M Ridderstrale, MA Nauck, MJ Koren, MK Rutter, N Chaturvedi, P Verdecchia, P Verdecchia, P Verdecchia, PM Okin, PM Okin, PM Okin, R Chilton, R Fraser, RB Devereux, RB Devereux, Rory McCrimmon, RR Holman, RS Cooper, RV Oliva, S Kalra, S Rekhraj, SM Artham, SM Haffner, UK Prospective Diabetes Study [UKPDS] Group, W Duckworth, WL Baker, WT Cefalu, Y Liao, Z Abassi   +56 more
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The interplay of multimorbidity and depressive symptoms: mediation role of functional dependence

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
Objective Mental–physical multimorbidity is an emerging prevalent global health challenge. This study aims to examine reciprocal relationships between depressive symptoms and multimorbidity, with the mediation role of functional dependence in activities ...
Rui She, Haiyue Luo, Shanquan Chen, Fangfei Xiong, Karen P. Y. Liu, Marco Y. C. Pang   +5 more
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