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A Study on the Evaluation of Serum Uric Acid in Patients with Essential Hypertension

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023
Background: Hyperuricemia can lead to nephrolithiasis and gout. It is an essential indicator of diseases like metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and chronic renal disease. It indicates that hyperuricemia is associated with the
Tabitha R. J. Chandrika, Chennakeshavulu Dara, Triveni Sagar Sandepogu, Surendra Babu Darivemula, Gogineni Sai Namrata, N Vijayalakshmi, Sivakumar Swetha   +6 more
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Migraine and vascular disease biomarkers: A population-based case-control study. [PDF]

, 2018
Background The underpinnings of the migraine-stroke association remain uncertain, but endothelial activation is a potential mechanism. We evaluated the association of migraine and vascular disease biomarkers in a community-based population.
Ferrari, Michel D., Herial, Nabeel, Khubchandani, Jagdish, Koppen, Hille, Kruit, Mark C., Launer, Lenore J., Palm-Meinders, Inge H., Terwindt, Gisela M., Tietjen, Gretchen E., van Buchem, Mark A.   +9 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-control study to identify risk factors for the disease.
Bilengue CM, Burke J, Dupont WD, Gouteux JP, Gouteux JP, Grebaut P, Magnus E, Meda AH, Mulumba PM, Noireau F, Okia M, Van Hoof L., Van Nieuwenhove S, Watsenga TN, World Health Organisation, Wyatt GB   +15 more
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Motor skills in children with primary headache: A pilot case-control study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Headache is the most common painful manifestation in the developmental age, often accompanied by severe disability such as scholastic absenteeism, low quality of academic performance and compromised emotional functioning. The aim of the study
Cerroni F., Chisari M. G., D'Oro L., Di Folco A., Gallai B., Geraci D., Lavano F., Lavano S. M., Magliulo R. M., Marotta R., Marsala G., Murabito P., Parisi L., Picciocchi E., Polito A. N., Romano P., Russo D., Salerno M., Salerno M., Sorrentino M., Testa D., Tripi G.   +21 more
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The association between environmental factors and the development of Crohn's disease with focusing on passive smoking: A multicenter case-control study in Japan.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThe number of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) in Japan has recently been increasing. We examined the association between environmental factors and the development of CD in Japanese focusing on passive smoking.MethodsWe conducted a ...
Kyoko Kondo, Satoko Ohfuji, Kenji Watanabe, Hirokazu Yamagami, Wakaba Fukushima, Kazuya Ito, Yasuo Suzuki, Yoshio Hirota, Japanese Case-Control Study Group for Crohn's disease   +8 more
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A case-control study of the effect of infant feeding on celiac disease [PDF]

, 2001
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the duration of breast-feeding and the age at the first gluten introduction into the infant diet and the incidence and age at onset of celiac disease. Methods: In a case-control study,
Erbersdobler, Helmut F., Peters, Ulrike, Schneeweiss, Sebastian, Trautwein, Elke A.   +3 more
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Optimal predictive control of water transport systems: Arrêt-Darré/Arros case study [PDF]

, 2009
This paper proposes the use of predictive optimal control as a suitable methodology to manage efficiently transport water networks. The predictive optimal controller is implemented using MPC control techniques.
Ayesa, Eduardo, Cardona, Claudia, Castro, Alain, Charbonnaud, Philippe, Chiron, Pascale, Irizar, Ion, Lujan, Mathias, Puig, Vicenc, Quevedo, Joseba, Romera, Juli, Salterain, Antonio, Trouvat, Jean-Luc   +11 more
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Risk factors associated with loss to follow-up from tuberculosis treatment in Tajikistan: a case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background There are very few studies on reasons for loss to follow-up from TB treatment in Central Asia. This study assessed risk factors for LTFU and compared their occurrence with successfully treated (ST) patients in Tajikistan.
Jessica Wohlleben, Mavluda Makhmudova, Firuza Saidova, Shahnoza Azamova, Christina Mergenthaler, Suzanne Verver   +5 more
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Psychosocial and stress-related risk factors for abnormal menstrual cycle pattern among adolescent girls: A case-control study

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2020
BACKGROUND: Menstruation is a normal physiological process among reproductive age group females. Although some of them show the abnormal menstrual pattern, which is influenced by several factors, including sociodemographic status, psychosocial stress ...
Nishu Jha, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Yogesh Bahurupi, Kanchan Gawande, Bhavna Jain, Jaya Chaturvedi, Surekha Kishore   +6 more
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Designing Case-Control Studies [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1979
Identification of confounding factors, evaluation of their influence on cause-effect associations, and the introduction of appropriate ways to account for these factors are important considerations in designing case-control studies. This paper presents designs useful for these purposes, after first providing a statistical definition of a confounding ...
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