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One-hour post-load glucose improves the prediction of cardiovascular events in the OPERA study

Annals of Medicine, 2021
Background To estimate the ability of fasting, 1-h, and 2-h post-load glucose to predict cardiovascular outcomes.Methods We examined a population-based study consisting of 977 middle-aged subjects who underwent an oral glucose tolerance test with glucose
Anni Saunajoki, Juha Auvinen, Aini Bloigu, Olavi Ukkola, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Markku Timonen   +5 more
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Early exposure to social disadvantages and later life body mass index beyond genetic predisposition in three generations of Finnish birth cohorts

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The study aimed to explore the association between early life and life-course exposure to social disadvantage and later life body mass index (BMI) accounting for genetic predisposition and maternal BMI.
Estelle Lowry, Nina Rautio, Niko Wasenius, Tom A. Bond, Jari Lahti, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Abbas Dehghan, Anni Heiskala, Leena Ala-Mursula, Jouko Miettunen, Johan Eriksson, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Sylvain Sebert   +12 more
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Epigenetic findings in periodontitis in UK twins: a cross-sectional study

Clinical Epigenetics, 2019
Background Genetic and environmental risk factors contribute to periodontal disease, but the underlying susceptibility pathways are not fully understood.
Yuko Kurushima, Pei-Chien Tsai, Juan Castillo-Fernandez, Alexessander Couto Alves, Julia Sarah El-Sayed Moustafa, Caroline Le Roy, Tim D. Spector, Mark Ide, Francis J. Hughes, Kerrin S. Small, Claire J. Steves, Jordana T. Bell   +11 more
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Characterization of the Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Mouse and Human Islet Function

Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2019
Islet transplantation has the potential to cure type 1 diabetes, but current transplantation protocols are not optimal and there is extensive loss of islet β‐cell insulin secretory function during the immediate post‐transplantation period.
Ahmed A. Arzouni, Andreia Vargas‐Seymour, Paramjeet K. Dhadda, Chloe L. Rackham, Guo‐Cai Huang, Pratik Choudhary, Aileen J. F. King, Peter M. Jones   +7 more
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Suspected twin anemia polycythemia sequence in a dichorionic, diamniotic twin pregnancy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Twin anemia polycythemia sequence is a rare complication in monochorionic twin pregnancy. Case presentation We describe a case of dichorionic twin pregnancy presenting with suspected twin anemia polycythemia sequence.
Tania Jeyaseelan, Panicos Shangaris, Athina Efthymiou, Linzi Martin, Lisa Story, Surabhi Nanda, Neelam Gupta, Mudher Al-Adnani, Andreas Marnerides, Kypros H. Nicolaides, Srividhya Sankaran   +10 more
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Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural south African home visiting program

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Community health worker (CHW) programs have been positioned as a way to meet the needs of those who experience marginalization and inequitable access to health care, and current global health narratives also emphasize their adaptable nature to
Christina A. Laurenzi, Sarah Skeen, Bronwynè J. Coetzee, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Sarah Gordon, Emma Chademana, Julia Bishop, Mark Tomlinson   +7 more
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The effects of exercise referral schemes in the United Kingdom in those with cardiovascular, mental health, and musculoskeletal disorders: a preliminary systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Exercise referral schemes within clinical populations may offer benefits for inactive and sedentary individuals, and improve and aid treatment of specific health disorders.
Nikita Rowley, Steve Mann, James Steele, Elizabeth Horton, Alfonso Jimenez   +4 more
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Does pre-COVID impulsive behaviour predict adherence to hygiene and social distancing measures in youths following the COVID-19 pandemic onset? Evidence from a South African longitudinal study.

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Engagement in protective behaviours relating to the COVID-19 pandemic has been proposed to be key to infection control. This is particularly the case for youths as key drivers of infections.
Katharina Haag, Stefani Du Toit, Nace Mikus, Sarah Skeen, Kathryn Steventon Roberts, Marguerite Marlow, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Akhona Sambudla, Yeukai Chideya, Lorraine Sherr, Mark Tomlinson   +10 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Long‐Term Course of Depression After Stroke and Risk Factors for Symptoms With Poor Progression: A Population‐Based Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Data on the long‐term poststroke depression trajectories and their determinants are limited. This study aims to estimate the 5‐year course of poststroke depression and identify risk factors for recurrent and persistent depression. Methods Data
Lu Liu, Iain J. Marshall, Ajay Bhalla, Xianqi Li, Salma Ayis, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Yanzhong Wang, Matthew D. L. O'Connell   +7 more
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