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Impact of increases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on cardiovascular outcomes during the armed forces regression study.
(J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther, 2010-12)
INTRODUCTION: high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is a well-established inverse
risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The extent to which cardiovascular risk can
be modified through changes in HDL, however, is less ...
Patterns of care quality and prognosis among hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2014-06-05)
BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about the quality of care and outcomes for
hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined
quality of care and in-hospital prognoses among patients ...
Nonmedical Opioid Pain Relievers and All-Cause Mortality: A 27-Year Follow-Up From the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study.
(American journal of public health, 2016-03)
We investigated whether nonmedical opioid pain reliever use is associated with higher
mortality in the general US population.We assessed the history of nonmedical opioid
pain reliever use among 9985 people interviewed at ...
The TALKS study to improve communication, logistical, and financial barriers to live donor kidney transplantation in African Americans: protocol of a randomized clinical trial.
(BMC Nephrol, 2015-10-09)
BACKGROUND: Live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), an optimal therapy for many
patients with end-stage kidney disease, is underutilized, particularly by African
Americans. Potential recipient difficulties initiating and ...
A Randomized Phase II Crossover Study of Imatinib or Rituximab for Cutaneous Sclerosis after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
(Clin Cancer Res, 2016-01-15)
PURPOSE: Cutaneous sclerosis occurs in 20% of patients with chronic graft-versus-host
disease (GVHD) and can compromise mobility and quality of life. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:
We conducted a prospective, multicenter, randomized, ...
Traditional medicine practices among community members with chronic kidney disease in northern Tanzania: an ethnomedical survey.
(BMC Nephrol, 2015-10-23)
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is being recognized
as a non-communicable disease (NCD) with high morbidity and mortality. In countries
like Tanzania, people access many sources, including ...
Mortality among heroin users and users of other internationally regulated drugs: A 27-year follow-up of users in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program household samples.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2015-11)
In contrast to research on more restricted samples of drug users, epidemiological
studies open up a view of death rates and survivorship of those who have tried heroin
a few times, with no acceleration toward sustained use ...
TNF rs1799964 as a Predictive Factor of Acute Toxicities in Chinese Rectal Cancer Patients Treated With Chemoradiotherapy.
(Medicine, 2015-11)
Acute toxicity is the main dose-limiting factor in the chemoradiotherapy of rectal
cancer patients and depends on several pro-inflammatory factors, including interleukin-1
(IL-1), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). ...
A genetic variant in the APE1/Ref-1 gene promoter -141T/G may modulate risk of glioblastoma in a Chinese Han population.
(BMC cancer, 2011-01)
BACKGROUND: The human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/Redox effector factor-1
(APE1/Ref-1) is implicated in tumor development and progression. Recently, the APE1/Ref-1
promoter -141T/G variant (rs1760944) has been reported ...
Tumor necrosis factor-α induced protein 8 polymorphism and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a Chinese population: a case-control study.
(PloS one, 2012-01)
BACKGROUND: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been reported to be associated with autoimmune
and pro-inflammatory response, and genetic polymorphisms of candidate genes involved
in autoimmune and pro-inflammatory response ...