Komiyama, Takamasa Ohi, Takashi Tomata, Yasutake Tanji, Fumiya Tsuji, Ichiro Watanabe, Makoto Hattori, Yoshinori
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Journal of epidemiology
A growing number of epidemiology studies have shown that poor oral health is associated with an increased incidence of functional disability. However, there are few studies in which the confounding bias is adjusted appropriately. In this study, we examined whether dental status is associated with functional disability in elderly Japanese using a 13...
zhang, jing hua zhang, haomin liu, chengkun jiang, xiaoyang zhang, hongmin iwaloye, ojo
The association between religion and health is well debated and receives continuous attention in research. Selection bias is often a major concern among the observatory data routinely used worldwide to examine this topic. Adopting the propensity score matching (PSM) method, the present study tries to assess the treatment effects of religion on self...
jianlong, lu jiang, yan qian, mengcen lilang, lv ying, xiaohua
This study aimed to explore whether different multidisciplinary team (MDT) organizations have different effects on the survival of breast cancer patients. A total of 16354 patients undergoing breast cancer surgery during the period 2006&ndash / 2016 at the Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center were retrospectively extracted. Patients treated by M...
Liu, Di-Han Zhou, Xiao-Yu Pan, You-Guang Chen, Si Ye, Zheng-Hao Chen, Gang-Dong
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Cancer medicine
To ascertain if concurrent chemotherapy (CCT) benefits people with stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with two-dimensional radiotherapy (2DRT) or intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). A total of 4157 patients diagnosed with stage II NPC were evaluated. Patients received radiotherapy (RT) with/without CCT. Patients were divided into ...
Chang, Yi-Yao Liao, Che-Wei Tsai, Cheng-Hsuan Chen, Ching-Way Pan, Chien-Ting Chen, Zheng-Wei Chen, Ya-Li Lin, Lung-Chun Chang, Yi-Ru Wu, Vin-Cent
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Journal of the American Heart Association
Background Primary aldosteronism is the most common cause of secondary hypertension and is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy. However, whether aldosterone excess is responsible for left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is unknown. Methods and Results We prospectively enrolled 129 patients with aldosterone-producing adenoma and 120 ...
tozzi, viola lertxundi, aitana ibarluzea, jesus m. baccini, michela
g/m3 (median). These estimates were robust to the presence of unmeasured confounders having strength similar to that of the observed ones. The plausibility of having omitted a confounder strong enough to drive the estimates to zero was poor. The sensitivity analyses conferred solidity to our findings, despite the large sampling variability. This ki...
fan, xiaoyan zhang, xiao huifang, xu yang, fan lau, joseph t.f. hao, chun jinghua, li zhao, yuteng hao, yuantao jing, gu
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Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is an important approach to address opioid dependence. However, MMT clinics usually report high attrition rates. Our previous randomized controlled trial demonstrated additional psycho-social services delivered by social workers could reduce attrition rates compared to MMT alone. This study aimed to evaluate th...
Hsu, Yi-Chiung Lee, Jie-Jen Chien, Ming-Nan Chen, Ming-Jen Leung, Ching-Hsiang Cheng, Shih-Ping
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Journal of surgical oncology
Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma exhibits an indolent clinical course and could be a candidate for active surveillance in the appropriate setting. It remains unknown whether papillary microcarcinoma is biologically different from larger papillary carcinoma >1 cm. We analyzed clinicopathological information and transcriptome data of papillary thyroi...
giang, mai huong trung, bui huy yoshida, yuichiro xuan, tran dang que, mai thanh
In many developing countries, obtaining financial services at affordable rates and fair terms has been a significant challenge for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, this issue has not been paid much attention in Vietnam, even though SMEs account for about 95% of total enterprises and the financial market of the country has not been well...
ali, akhter rahut, dil bahadur imtiaz, muhammad
Historically, the government of Pakistan has been providing subsidy on fertilizers, and the most recent subsidy program started during 2015&ndash / 2016. The current study aims to estimate the impact of the fertilizers subsidy program on fertilizers application and its impact on the crops yield and household income levels using a comprehensive cros...
