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Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:305
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Comparative analysis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease burden between ages 20–54 and over 55 years: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
To systematically analyze differences in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) burden between young and older adults.
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Unraveling the metabolomic architecture of autism in a large Danish population-based cohort
The prevalence of autism in Denmark has been increasing, reaching 1.65% among 10-year-old children, and similar trends are seen elsewhere. Although there are several factors associated with autism, including g...
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Early and long-term responses of intestinal microbiota and metabolites to 131I treatment in differentiated thyroid cancer patients
Multiple high doses of 131I therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) might disrupt the balance of gut microbiota and metabolites. This study aimed to investigate the alterations of intestinal ...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:300 -
Is trofinetide a future treatment for Rett syndrome? A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare, life-threatening, genetic neurodevelopmental disorder. Treatment in RTT encounters many challenges. Trofinetide, a modified amino-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth facto...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:299 -
Associations of sugar intake, high-sugar dietary pattern, and the risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study of 210,832 participants
Limited evidence demonstrated the potential relationship between dietary sugar intake and dementia. This association demands further clarification in a large-scale population.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:298 -
Estimating the relative importance of epidemiological and behavioural parameters for epidemic mpox transmission: a modelling study
Many European countries experienced outbreaks of mpox in 2022, and there was an mpox outbreak in 2023 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were many apparent differences between these outbreaks and previ...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:297 -
Evaluation of artificial intelligence-powered screening for sexually transmitted infections-related skin lesions using clinical images and metadata
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) pose a significant global public health challenge. Early diagnosis and treatment reduce STI transmission, but rely on recognising symptoms and care-seeking behaviour of t...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:296 -
Foetal gluten immunogenic peptides during pregnancy: a new determinant on the coeliac exposome
The increasing incidence of coeliac disease is leading to a growing interest in active search for associated factors, even the intrauterine and early life. The exposome approach to disease encompasses a life c...
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Gut microbiome in endometriosis: a cohort study on 1000 individuals
Endometriosis, defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus, is one of the most prevalent gynecological disorders. Although different theories have been proposed, its pathogenesis i...
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The clinical value of artificial intelligence in assisting junior radiologists in thyroid ultrasound: a multicenter prospective study from real clinical practice
This study is to propose a clinically applicable 2-echelon (2e) diagnostic criteria for the analysis of thyroid nodules such that low-risk nodules are screened off while only suspicious or indeterminate ones a...
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Correction: Olfactory bulb anomalies in KBG syndrome mouse model and patients
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Correction: ABO and Rhesus blood groups and multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of observational studies
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Correction: Trends in cardiovascular risk factor prevalence, treatment, and control among US adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, 2001 to March 2020
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Five years of change in adult twins: longitudinal changes of genetic and environmental influence on epigenetic clocks
Epigenetic clocks were known as promising biomarkers of aging, including original clocks trained by individual CpG sites and principal component (PC) clocks trained by PCs of CpG sites. The effects of genetic ...
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Consistency, completeness and external validity of ethnicity recording in NHS primary care records: a cohort study in 25 million patients’ records at source using OpenSAFELY
Ethnicity is known to be an important correlate of health outcomes, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, where some ethnic groups were shown to be at higher risk of infection and adverse outcomes. The re...
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The relationship between community food environment around schools and student meal participation: the role of school CEP participation status
Despite the many benefits of school meals, not all students participate. One reason students may not participate in school meals is because they instead purchase breakfast or lunch from food outlets located ar...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:287 -
Factors influencing the development, recruitment, integration, retention and career development of advanced practice providers in hospital health care teams: a scoping review
Advanced practice providers (APPs), including physician assistants/associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and other non-physician roles, have been developed largely to meet changing healthcare demand and ...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:286 -
Global incidence and characteristics of spinal cord injury since 2000–2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This study employs systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the incidence and characteristics of spinal cord injury (SCI) between 2000 and 2021, aiming to provide the most recent and comprehensive data s...
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A longitudinal multi-centric cohort study assessing infant neurodevelopment delay among women with persistent postpartum depression in Nepal
Infant neurodevelopment in the first years after birth is determined by multiple factors, including parental care and maternal mental wellbeing. In this study, we aim to assess the impact of persistent materna...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:284 -
Vaginal and rectal microbiome contribute to genital inflammation in chronic pelvic pain
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a multifactorial syndrome that can substantially affect a patient’s quality of life. Endometriosis is one cause of CPP, and alterations of the immune and microbiome profiles have b...
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Mining the interpretable prognostic features from pathological image of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma using multi-modal deep learning
The advances in deep learning-based pathological image analysis have invoked tremendous insights into cancer prognostication. Still, lack of interpretability remains a significant barrier to clinical application.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:282 -
Effect of combined physical–cognitive training on the functional and cognitive capacity of older people with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial
The increase in population aging highlights the growing prevalence of mild cognitive impairment, prompting the adoption of interventions that combine physical exercise and cognitive training to improve health ...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:281 -
A meta-ethnography of the factors that shape link workers’ experiences of social prescribing
Social prescribing is gaining traction internationally. It is an approach which seeks to address non-medical and health-related social needs through taking a holistic person-centred and community-based approac...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:280 -
Retraction Note: DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products
This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-222.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:279 -
Serum dithiothreitol-oxidizing capacity (DOC) is a promising biomarker for excluding significant liver fibrosis: a proof-of-concept study
APRI and FIB-4 scores are used to exclude clinically significant fibrosis (defined as stage ≥ F2) in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. However, the cut-offs for these scores (generated by Youden indices) ...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:278 -
Risk of emergency hospital admission related to adverse events after antibiotic treatment in adults with a common infection: impact of COVID-19 and derivation and validation of risk prediction models
With the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating adverse events (AEs) post-antibiotic treatment for common infections is crucial. This study aims to ex...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:277 -
Acceptability of data linkage to identify women at risk of postnatal complication for the development of digital risk prediction tools and interventions to better optimise postnatal care, a qualitative descriptive study design
Pregnancy acts as a cardiovascular stress test. Although many complications resolve following birth, women with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (C...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:276 -
Ethnicity and outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal disorders attending an emergency department serving a multi-ethnic population
Ethnic inequalities in acute health acute care are not well researched. We examined how attendee ethnicity influenced outcomes of emergency care in unselected patients presenting with a gastrointestinal (GI) d...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:275 -
Prolonged increase in psychotropic drug use among young women following the COVID-19 pandemic: a French nationwide retrospective study
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on mental health, with evidence suggesting an enduring mental health crisis. Studies worldwide observed increased usage of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and h...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:274 -
Long-term comparison of renal and metabolic outcomes after sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy in type 2 diabetes
Renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes following treatment with sodium–glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1RAs) have not been directly compa...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:273 -
Benzodiazepine use in relation to long-term dementia risk and imaging markers of neurodegeneration: a population-based study
Benzodiazepine use is common, particularly in older adults. Benzodiazepines have well-established acute adverse effects on cognition, but long-term effects on neurodegeneration and dementia risk remain uncertain.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:266 -
Effects of non-pharmacological interventions for adults with subjective cognitive decline: a network meta-analysis and component network meta-analysis
Non-pharmacological interventions have a myriad of available intervention options and contain multiple components. Whether specific components of non-pharmacological interventions or combinations are superior ...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:272 -
Multimodal neuroimaging exploration of the mechanisms of sleep quality deterioration after SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection
To evaluate the neurological alterations induced by Omicron infection, to compare brain changes in chronic insomnia with those in exacerbated chronic insomnia in Omicron patients, and to examine individuals wi...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:271 -
Do iron homeostasis biomarkers mediate the associations of liability to type 2 diabetes and glycemic traits in liver steatosis and cirrhosis: a two-step Mendelian randomization study
Previous studies, including Mendelian randomization (MR), have demonstrated type 2 diabetes (T2D) and glycemic traits are associated with increased risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver dise...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:270 -
Metformin use correlated with lower risk of cardiometabolic diseases and related mortality among US cancer survivors: evidence from a nationally representative cohort study
In the USA, the prolonged effective survival of cancer population has brought significant attention to the rising risk of cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality in this population. This heightened risk unders...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:269 -
Temporal trends in population attributable fractions of modifiable risk factors for dementia: a time-series study of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2004–2019)
Interest in modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for dementia is high, given the personal, social, and economic impact of the disorder, especially in ageing societies such as the United Kingdom. Exploring the popula...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:268 -
Assessing the efficiency of eligibility criteria for low-dose computed tomography lung screening in China according to current guidelines
Evidence from observational studies indicates that lung cancer screening (LCS) guidelines with high rates of lung cancer (LC) underdiagnosis, and although current screening guidelines have been updated and eli...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:267 -
Differences in trajectories of quality of life according to type of dementia: 6-year longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme
People with different types of dementia may have distinct symptoms and experiences that affect their quality of life. This study investigated whether quality of life varied across types of dementia and over time.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:265 -
Global burden, risk factors, and temporal trends of ureteral cancer: a comprehensive analysis of cancer registries
Ureteral cancer is a rare cancer. This study aimed to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis on the global trends of ureteral cancer incidence and its association with lifestyle and metabolic risk fa...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:264 -
Heterologous versus homologous COVID-19 booster vaccinations for adults: systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised clinical trials
To combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), booster vaccination strategies are important. However, the optimal administration of booster vaccine platforms remains unclear. Herein, we aimed to assess the ben...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:263 -
Lung cancer metabolomics: a pooled analysis in the Cancer Prevention Studies
A better understanding of lung cancer etiology and the development of screening biomarkers have important implications for lung cancer prevention.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:262 -
Sleep and liver function biomarkers in relation to risk of incident liver cancer: a nationwide prospective cohort study
To assess the largely undetermined separate and joint effects of sleep and liver function biomarkers on liver cancer.
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:261 -
Long-term health outcomes by cancer diagnosed age among adolescent and young adult: multinational representative database
The cancer experienced in adolescent and young adult (AYA) could disturb developmental changes and long-term life. The current AYA guidelines and research for survivorship were developed and reported according...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:260 -
First-in-human, double-blind, randomized phase 1b study of peptide immunotherapy IMCY-0098 in new-onset type 1 diabetes: an exploratory analysis of immune biomarkers
IMCY-0098, a synthetic peptide developed to halt disease progression via elimination of key immune cells in the autoimmune cascade, has shown a promising safety profile for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:259 -
Impact of baseline cardiovascular risk on the outcomes of intensive blood pressure intervention: a post hoc analysis of the China rural hypertension control project
The 2018/2023 ESC/ESH Guidelines underlined a gap how baseline cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk predicted blood pressure (BP) lowering benefits. Further, 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline and 2021 WHO Guideline recommen...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:258 -
EEG signatures of cognitive decline after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: an age-dependent study
Current research on the neurological impact of SARS-CoV-2 primarily focuses on the elderly or severely ill individuals. This study aims to explore the diverse neurological consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection,...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:257 -
Associations of serum uric acid variability with neuroimaging metrics and cognitive decline: a population-based cohort study
The relationship between variation in serum uric acid (SUA) levels and brain health is largely unknown. This study aimed to examine the associations of long-term variability in SUA levels with neuroimaging met...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:256 -
Circulating small extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease: a case–control study of neuro-inflammation and synaptic dysfunction
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Chronic inflammation and synaptic dysfunction lead to disease progression and cognitive decline....
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:254 -
Cognitive enhancing effect of rTMS combined with tDCS in patients with major depressive disorder: a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled study
Cognitive dysfunction is one of the common symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have...
Citation: BMC Medicine 2024 22:253
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