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The Association between Lifestyle Factors and COVID-19: Findings from Qatar Biobank.
( MDPI , 2024 , Article)Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) manifestations range from mild to severe life-threatening symptoms, including death. COVID-19 susceptibility has been associated with various factors, but studies in Qatar are limited. ... -
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Decline in Cognitive Function: A Cross-Sectional Study
( Dave Medical Press Limited, , 2023 , Article)Aim: We investigated whether metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with a decline in cognitive function in a cohort of middle-aged and elderly individuals without known cognitive dysfunction diseases in Qatar. Methods: ... -
Association between Multimorbidity and COVID-19 Mortality in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study
( PagePress , 2023 , Article)This study assessed the association between multimorbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa region, where such data are scarce. We conducted a cross-sectional study using data of all cases ... -
Association between pre-existing conditions and hospitalization, intensive care services and mortality from COVID-19 - a cross sectional analysis of an international global health data repository
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Objective: To investigate the association between pre-existing conditions and hospitalization, need for intensive care services (ICU) and mortality due to COVID-19. Methods: We used data on all cases recorded in the Global ... -
Association between pregnancy and severe COVID-19 symptoms in Qatar: A cross-sectional study.
( PLOS Global Public Health , 2023 , Article)There is inconclusive evidence whether pregnancy exacerbates COVID-19 symptoms or not, and scarce data from the Middle East and North Africa region. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between pregnancy ... -
Association between proton pump inhibitor use and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase urinary tract infection in adults: A retrospective study
( Dove Medical Press Ltd , 2023 , Article)Purpose: To study the association between proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL). Patients and Methods: ... -
Association between response rates and monetary incentives in sample study: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2020 , Article)To investigate the effect of monetary incentive and the dose-response relationship of participants' response rates in surveys. Three databases were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the ... -
Association Between Serum Bicarbonate Levels and Prediabetes and Subclinical Inflammation in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Low bicarbonate, a hallmark of metabolic acidosis is associated with various diseases. This study investigated associations between bicarbonate levels with prediabetes and subclinical inflammation among healthy ... -
Association between Serum Vitamin D Status and Circadian Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article)Background: Circadian Syndrome (CircS) encompasses cardiometabolic risk factors and comorbidities, indicating an elevated susceptibility to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Methods: This cross-sectional study ... -
The Association Between Short Sleep Duration and Metabolic Syndrome: A Case-Control Study
( Dove Press Ltd , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Short sleep duration and quality are increasingly common in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and has been linked to metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. ... -
Association between waterpipe smoking and obesity: Population-based study in Qatar
( European Publishing , 2022 , Article)Introduction: Over the past decade obesity prevalence has been increasing rapidly in the Gulf region (GR) including Qatar, becoming one of the major health issues in the region. Concomitantly, waterpipe (WP) smoking is ... -
Association of Blood Levels of Vitamin D and Its Binding Protein with Clinical Phenotypes of Multiple Sclerosis.
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Low vitamin D levels may synergize with changing levels of the vitamin D binding protein (DBP) to precipitate in the development and clinical progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, this hypothesis was ... -
Association of cardiac myosin-binding protein-C with the ryanodine receptor channel - putative retrograde regulation?
( Company of Biologists Ltd , 2018 , Article)The cardiac muscle ryanodine receptor-Ca2+ release channel (RyR2) constitutes the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ efflux mechanism that initiates myocyte contraction, while cardiac myosin-binding protein-C (cMyBP-C; also ... -
Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake with Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
( American Medical Association , 2022 , Article)Importance: Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian randomization studies) have suggested a possible ... -
Association of high cortisol levels in pregnancy and altered fetal growth. Results from the MAASTHI, a prospective cohort study, Bengaluru
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)BackgroundThe role of maternal stress levels on mothers’ mental health and fetal growth has been previously studied. However, the evidence linking cortisol exposure during pregnancy to growth outcomes in infants is sparsely ... -
Association of polypharmacy with incidence of CKD: a retrospective cohort study: a letter to the Editor
( Springer Nature , 2023 , Other)Kimura et al.’s recently published report on a retrospective examination of the Fukushima chronic kidney disease (CKD) patient cohort provides an interesting perspective on this rising therapeutic morbidity [1]. The study ... -
Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study.
( Dove Press Ltd , 2023 , Article)The relationship between subclinical hypothyroidism and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Qatar is under-studied, despite the high prevalence of diabetes in the region. This study evaluates the potential association between ... -
Association of β-Adrenergic Receptor Gene Polymorphisms With Acute Coronary Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in an Arab Population
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2016 , Article)We evaluated the association between beta-adrenergic receptor genes (ADRB1 and ADRB2) polymorphism, cardiovascular risk, and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in individuals from an Arab ethnicity. A total of 388 Qatari ... -
Atrial fibrillation in Middle Eastern Arabs and South Asians: a scoping review
( IMR Press Limited , 2021 , Article)Most of the published literature on Atrial fibrillation (AF) originates from the northern hemisphere and mainly involves Caucasian patients, with limited studies in certain ethnicities and races. This scoping review was ... -
Attitudes and barriers towards using complementary and alternative medicine among university students in Jordan
( Churchill Livingstone , 2018 , Article)Background: Perceptions towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are highly variable but are improving globally. However, studies conducted in Jordan about CAM are insufficient. This study aims to explore the ...