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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘A good method of quitting smoking’ or ‘just an alternative to smoking’? Comparative evaluations of e-cigarette and traditional cigarette usage by dual users

Health Psychology Open, 2017
The development of e-cigarettes was initially hailed as a resource in facilitating a reduction in or cessation of cigarette smoking. Many users of e-cigarettes are ‘dual users’, smoking traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
Tushna Vandrevala, Adrian Coyle, Victoria Walker, Joshelyn Cabrera Torres, Izobel Ordoña, Panna Rahman   +5 more
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Electronic Cigarette Use and the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are the most frequently used tobacco product among adolescents. Despite the widespread use of e-cigarettes and the known detrimental cardiac consequences of nicotine, the effects of e-cigarettes on the cardiovascular
Jorge Espinoza-Derout, Jorge Espinoza-Derout, Xuesi M. Shao, Xuesi M. Shao, Candice J. Lao, Kamrul M. Hasan, Kamrul M. Hasan, Juan Carlos Rivera, Maria C. Jordan, Valentina Echeverria, Valentina Echeverria, Kenneth P. Roos, Amiya P. Sinha-Hikim, Amiya P. Sinha-Hikim, Theodore C. Friedman, Theodore C. Friedman, Theodore C. Friedman   +16 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Male Participants in a Multicenter Longitudinal Australian Study Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin, Dylan Hansen, Laura Ross, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Susanna Proudman, Gabor Major, Maryam Tabesh, Mandana Nikpour, Jennifer Walker, Lauren Host, Nava Ferdowsi, Alannah Quinlivan, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar, Diane Apostolopoulos   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Receptivity to E-cigarette Marketing, Harm Perceptions, and E-cigarette Use [PDF]

American Journal of Health Behavior, 2015
To test whether exposure and receptivity to e-cigarette marketing are associated with recent e-cigarette use among young adults through increased beliefs that e-cigarettes are less harmful than cigarettes.Data were collected from 307 multiethnic 4- and 2-year college students; approximately equal proportions of current, never, and former cigarette ...
Pallav, Pokhrel, Pebbles, Fagan, Lisa, Kehl, Thaddeus A, Herzog   +3 more
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Associations of Lifestyle‐Related Factors and Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity: The Dutch South West Psoriatic Arthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to investigate lifestyle‐related factors in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and their association with disease activity measurements. Methods This multicenter cohort included 938 patients who were newly diagnosed with PsA between 2013 and 2023.
Batoul Hojeij, Ilja Tchetverikov, Marc R. Kok, Marijn Vis, Yvonne Goekoop‐Ruiterman, Jessica Bijsterbosch, Paul Baudoin, Reinhard Bos, Jos H. van der Kaap, Petra Kok, Lindy‐Anne Korswagen, Jolanda J. Luime   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Respiratory Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Disease Modeling: From Architecture to Functional Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Respiratory organ‐on‐a‐chip (ROC) models capture key mechanical and cellular cues of the human respiratory system, enabling quantitative dissection of disease mechanisms. This review links ROC architectures to disease modeling, functional integration, and commercialization, and proposes a decision framework that aligns model complexity with mechanistic
Jinzhuo Hu, Yongjie Tang, Sidi Liu, Tao Xu, Qian Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the prevalence, knowledge, and perceptions of e-cigarette use among the Palestinian community: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are an emerging global public health threat. In Palestine, tobacco use poses a significant challenge, but little is known about the prevalence of e-cigarette use and Palestinians’ knowledge and perceptions of e ...
Maha Rabayaa, Mustafa Ghanim, Malik Alqub, Ahmad Hanani, Mohammad Abuawad, Belal Rahhal, Shurouq Qadous, Myassar Barahmeh, Saad Al-Lahham, Majdi Dwikat, Samar Alkhaldi, Waleed Salamah, Samer Jarrar, Johnny Amer   +13 more
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Physicians' attitudes and use of e-cigarettes as cessation devices, North Carolina, 2013.

PLoS ONE, 2014
IntroductionElectronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are not currently approved or recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or various medical organizations; yet, they appear to play a substantial role in tobacco users' cessation attempts.
Kelly L Kandra, Leah M Ranney, Joseph G L Lee, Adam O Goldstein   +3 more
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“That’s the whole thing about vaping, it’s custom tasty goodness”: a meta-ethnography of young adults’ perceptions and experiences of e-cigarette use

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background E-cigarettes are increasing in popularity, particularly among young adults. With public health organisations contesting the possible benefits of e-cigarettes, research is required to explore young adults’ use of e-cigarettes as a smoking ...
Ananth Ranjit, Grace McCutchan, Katherine Brain, Ria Poole   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source