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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Is Inversely Associated with Monocyte Percentage to HDL Cholesterol Ratio among Young Healthy Adults in Qatar.
(2020)
Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] is linked to an altered lipid profile. Monocytes play an important role in inflammation and lipid metabolism. Recently, monocyte percentage to HDL-cholesterol ratio (MHR) has emerged ...
Cardiac Rehabilitation Dose Around the World: Variation and Correlates.
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American Heart Association
, 2020 , Article)
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended in clinical practice guidelines, but dose prescribed varies highly by country. This study characterized the dose offered in supervised CR programs and alternative models worldwide ...
Computational model to analyze and characterize the functional mutations of NOD2 protein causing inflammatory disorder - Blau syndrome.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Blau syndrome (BS), which affects the eyes, skin, and joints, is an autosomal dominant genetic inflammatory disorder. BS is caused by mutations in the NOD2 gene. However, there are no direct treatments, and treatment with ...
Bladder neoplasms and NF-κB: an unfathomed association.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
Bladder cancer is the second most common genitourinary tract cancer and is often recurrent and/or chemoresistant after tumor resection. Cigarette smoking, exposure to aromatic amines, and chronic infection/inflammation are ...
Posterior shoulder tightness; an intersession reliability study of 3 clinical tests
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Although posterior shoulder tightness (PST) has been associated with shoulder pathology and altered glenohumeral joint kinematics, uncertainty remains regarding its cause and definition. To understand the ...
Growing Burden of Hypertension in China: Causes, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)
, 2020 , Article Review)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of
death in China, and an estimated 290 million
individuals are affected by CVD in China (1).
Hypertension is the most important risk factor of
CVD (2). Good control ...
Molecular dynamics simulations to decipher the structural and functional consequences of pathogenic missense mutations in the galactosylceramidase (GALC) protein causing Krabbe's disease.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
Krabbe disease (KD), also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy disease, is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage genetic disorder, which is caused by the deficiecncy of galactocerebrosidase (GALC) coding gene (). This ...
Comprehensive in silico screening and molecular dynamics studies of missense mutations in Sjogren-Larsson syndrome associated with the ALDH3A2 gene.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (SLS) is an autoimmune disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. To date, 80 missense mutations have been identified in association with the Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 3 Family Member A2 ...
Development of the international cardiac rehabilitation registry data dictionary using a Delphi process
(2020 , Conference Paper)
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) registries are a powerful tool for improvement
of care quality, and consequently patients’ outcomes. However, there are few CR registries
worldwide, with Canada’s currently being ...
Relation of Age to Survival in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea who Develop an Acute Coronary Event (From The National Inpatient Sample)
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This study was undertaken to investigate whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) produces a survival advantage in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and to evaluate the mechanism of any benefit, including the impact of age and ...