Daré, Labanté Outcha Bruand, Pierre-Emile Gérard, Daniel Marin, Benoît Lameyre, Valerie Boumédiène, Farid Preux, Pierre-Marie
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundAs the data on the association of mental disorders and chronic physical diseases in developing and emerging countries is heterogeneous, this study aims to produce the first meta-analysis of these comorbidities.MethodologyThe meta-analysis protocol was registered in PROSPERO (N°CRD42017056521) and was performed in accordance with PRISMA gu...
weyand, steffi wittich, carolin schebek, liselotte
Emerging photovoltaic technologies are expected to have lower environmental impacts during their life cycle due to their extremely thin-film technology and resulting material savings. The environmental impacts of four emerging photovoltaics were investigated based on a meta-analysis of life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies, comprising a systematic re...
Wang, Zi-Yu Chen, Qing-Lian Sun, Ling-Ling He, Shu-Ping Luo, Xiao-Fen Huang, Li-Shuang Huang, Jun-Hai Xiong, Cheng-Ming Zhong, Chong
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BMC Cancer
BackgroundThe application of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has expanded rapidly in recent decades. Although multiple authors have reported LLR shows improved safety and efficacy in treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared with open liver resection (OLR), laparoscopic (LMLR) and open (OMLR) major liver resections for HCC treatment remai...
Nikpayam, Omid Najafi, Marziyeh Ghaffari, Samad Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari Sohrab, Golbon Roshanravan, Neda
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Many studies have investigated the relationship between coffee and diabetes. Evaluation of the current evidence on the effect of coffee intake on diabetes is critical. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the potential association between green coffee extract (GCE) and fasting blood glucose (FBG), insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin r...
Liu, Xin Yang, Wei-hong Jiao, Zhou-guang Zhang, Ji-fu Zhang, Rui
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology
BackgroundSingle-incision laparoscopic right hemicolectomy (SILS) has long used in surgery for a long time. However, there is barely a systemic review related to the comparison between the SILS and the conventional laparoscopic right hemicolectomy (CLS) for the right colon cancer in the long term follow-up. Herein, we used the most recent articles ...
Zhang, Xiangyun Zhu, Zhaozhong Jiao, Weijie Liu, Wei Liu, Fang Zhu, Xi
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine
BackgroundEpidemiologic studies have shown inconsistent conclusions about the effect of ulinastain treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is necessary to perform a meta-analysis of ulinastatin’s randomized controlled trials (RCTS) to evaluate its efficacy for treating ARDS.MethodsWe searched the published RCTs of ulinastatin t...
Gelbenegger, Georg Postula, Marek Pecen, Ladislav Halvorsen, Sigrun Lesiak, Maciej Schoergenhofer, Christian Jilma, Bernd Hengstenberg, Christian Siller-Matula, Jolanta M.
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundThe role of aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the benefit-risk ratio of aspirin for primary prevention of CVD with a particular focus on subgroups.MethodsRandomized controlled trials comparing the effects of aspirin for primary prevention of CVD versus control and includ...
Hua, Xin Chen, Jing Wu, Ying Sha, Jun Han, Shuhua Zhu, Xiaoli
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology
BackgroundInflammation plays a critical role in the development and progression of cancers. The advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is thought to be able to reflect systemic inflammation better than current biomarkers. However, the prognostic significance of the ALI in various types of cancer remains unclear. Our meta-analysis aimed to co...
Milajerdi, Alireza Larijani, Bagher Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad
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Cytokine
No earlier study summarized findings on the effect of statins on inflammatory biomarkers in apparently healthy individuals or those with chronic diseases. This study was done to systematically review earlier publications on the effect of statins on serum concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) in apparently healthy indiv...
Wang, Xin Zhang, Zhibin Mao, Zhiqi Yu, Xinguang
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Journal of neurology
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective intervention for Meige syndrome, a type of dystonia characterized by blepharospasm, facial, and oromandibular dystonia. This individual patient-level data meta-analysis was to identify the potential outcome predictors, compare the stimulation targets and summarize the efficacy of DBS for Meige syndrome. ...
