Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hiroaki Tsujikawa, Shunsuke Yamada, Hiroto Hiyamuta, Masatomo Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Kumiko Torisu, Toshiaki Nakano, Takanari Kitazono
Summary: Among Japanese patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, women have a lower risk of all-cause and infection-related mortality compared to men.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Tomoya Yamaguchi, Hiroki Yabe, Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Tetsuya Yamada
Summary: This study aimed to investigate sex differences in exercise motivation in patients undergoing hemodialysis. The results showed that men's main exercise purpose was to increase physical fitness and muscle strength, while women aimed to maintain or improve their current functional status and prevent limb weakness. Women had weaker muscle strength and poorer exercise habits than men, and faced more difficulties in daily life, indicating their exercise purpose was to reduce daily life difficulties and the burden on family. Women also had a higher fear of falls, suggesting prevention of falls may be a key motivation. Considering sex differences in exercise purpose is necessary for designing exercise regimens and motivating participants.
JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Caterina Trevisan, Marianna Noale, Claudio Barbiellini Amidei, Eliana Ferroni, Cristina Basso, Ugo Fedeli, Giovannella Baggio, Stefania Maggi, Giuseppe Sergi
Summary: Frailty is strongly associated with infection-related hospitalizations in older men and women, and previous exposure to endogenous estrogens among women modifies this relationship.
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Jennifer M. MacRae, Alix Clarke, Sofia B. Ahmed, Meghan Elliott, Rob R. Quinn, Matthew James, Kathryn King-Shier, Swapnil Hiremath, Matthew J. Oliver, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Nairne Scott-Douglas, Pietro Ravani
Summary: The study found that fewer women undergo a fistula attempt compared to men, and women are less likely to successfully use their fistula. Despite receiving the same number of fistula procedures as men, women have a lower likelihood of successfully using their fistula after catheter removal.
CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Cheng-Chieh Yen, Shang-Yi Lin, Szu-Chia Chen, Yi-Wen Chiu, Jer-Ming Chang, Shang-Jyh Hwang
Summary: The efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in maintenance hemodialysis patients remains uncertain and further studies are needed to explore the effectiveness in this population.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Belen Lopez-Muniz Ballesteros, Concepcion Noriega, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Javier De Miguel-Diez
Summary: The number of hospital admissions among patients with sarcoidosis in Spain tripled from 2001 to 2020. Although the incidence rates were higher in women, the trend showed a narrowing gap between the incidence rates of the two sexes. In-hospital mortality (IHM) was similar among men and women and remained stable over time.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Victor Gomez-Mayordomo, Fernando Alonso-Frech, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia
Summary: The incidence of hospitalizations for Parkinson's disease in Spain has steadily increased from 1997 to 2012. However, data on the trends from 2010 to 2019 are lacking. This study used the Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database to analyze hospital admission rates and mortality for Parkinson's disease from 2010 to 2019. The study found that hospitalizations for Parkinson's disease increased over time, with a higher incidence among males and older age groups. The study also identified factors associated with mortality in Parkinson's disease patients. Adjusted mortality rates remained stable, indicating the need for better management and care for Parkinson's disease.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Artemios G. Karagiannidis, Maria-Eleni Alexandrou, Georgia Polychronidou, Antonios Karpetas, George Giannakoulas, Aikaterini Papagianni, Pantelis A. Sarafidis
Summary: Ambulatory blood pressure levels are higher in male than female hemodialysis patients. Although the prevalence of hypertension is similar between sexes, men have worse rates of control.
JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sheri Denslow, Jason R. Wingert, Amresh D. Hanchate, Aubri Rote, Daniel Westreich, Laura Sexton, Kedai Cheng, Janis Curtis, William Schuyler Jones, Amy Joy Lanou, Jacqueline R. Halladay
Summary: Rural residents in the United States have a higher risk of mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more severe cases and higher prevalence of comorbidities.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Sinee Disthabanchong, Kornpong Vantanasiri, Sirote Khunapornphairote, Payupol Chansomboon, Nuchcha Buachum, Sarunya Saeseow
Summary: Severe hyperparathyroidism predicts poor outcomes in patients with kidney failure. Excess parathyroid hormone (PTH) may contribute to protein-energy wasting by promoting adipose tissue browning. Patients with severe hyperparathyroidism showed deteriorated nutritional status compared to those with moderate hyperparathyroidism or normal PTH levels.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Malgorzata Kaczkan, Sylwia Czaja-Stolc, Malgorzata Szczuko, Arleta Drozd, Przemyslaw Rutkowski, Alicja Debska-Slizien, Sylwia Malgorzewicz
Summary: The concentration of water-soluble vitamins is often not measured in hemodialysis patients, leading to undiagnosed deficiencies. This study compared the blood concentration of water-soluble vitamins in hemodialysis patients with healthy subjects and assessed the impact of diabetes mellitus on these vitamins. The study found significantly lower levels of vitamin B-1, B-6, and B-12 in the hemodialysis group.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Senji Okuno
Summary: Obesity is generally associated with adverse outcomes and mortality in the general population, but it may provide a survival advantage for hemodialysis patients, known as the obesity paradox. Fat mass serves as a marker of nutrition and survival capacity, with visceral fat being metabolically more active and a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality, while subcutaneous fat may reflect nutritional status and energy storage. The distribution of fat mass, particularly visceral and subcutaneous fat, plays a significant role in influencing outcomes in hemodialysis patients.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Aleksandra Kosza Koszalka, Klaudia Lustyk, Karolina Pytka
Summary: This review discusses the recent progress in understanding the biological sex differences in cognition and highlights the challenges encountered in such research. It focuses on spatial, recognition, and emotional memory, as well as executive functions such as attention, cognitive flexibility, and working memory.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Hind A. Beydoun, Sharmin Hossain, Shuyan Huang, May A. Beydoun, Brook T. Alemu, Shaker M. Eid, Alan B. Zonderman
Summary: The study found that Parkinson's disease is positively associated with most types of sleep disorders, with significant sex differences in the associations of insomnia, parasomnia, sleep-related movement disorder, and any sleep disorder with PD status. Men are more likely to experience PD with insomnia or parasomnia, while women are more likely to experience PD with sleep-related movement disorder or any sleep disorder. Prospective cohort studies are needed to confirm these cross-sectional findings.
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Javier de-Miguel-Diez, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Jose M. de-Miguel-Yanes, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Zichen Ji, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia
Summary: This study aims to analyze the trends in hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality of children under 18 with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) from 2016 to 2019 and assess sex differences. The incidence of CAP was significantly higher in boys than in girls and showed an increasing trend over time. However, there were no sex differences in hospital outcomes. Risk factors for in-hospital mortality in both sexes included age 10 to 17 years, congenital heart disease, neurological diseases, and use of mechanical ventilation. Asthma was found to be a protective factor among girls. There were no significant differences in in-hospital mortality over time.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Warren Phipps, Scott V. Adams, Peter Mooka, James Kafeero, Semei Sekitene, Dennis Mubiru, Janet Nankoma, Constance Namirembe, Lazarus Okoche, Elizabeth B. Namubiru, Shadiah Kayemba, Kelsey K. Baker, Mary W. Redman, Corey Casper, Jackson Orem, Edus H. Warren
Summary: This study aimed to understand the impact of HIV infection on Kaposi sarcoma (KS) patients and identify factors associated with survival and treatment response. Results showed low survival rates for both HIV-positive and HIV-negative KS patients, highlighting the need for new staging and therapeutic approaches.
Editorial Material
Urology & Nephrology
Ekamol Tantisattamo, Ramy M. Hanna, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
(2023)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Ramy M. M. Hanna, Rebecca S. S. Ahdoot, Connie M. M. Rhee, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Fawaz Al Ammar, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Summary: A low protein diet is often recommended for the nutritional management of chronic kidney disease, but there is a need for more exploration of dietary recommendations for different types of renal patients. Proteinuria is a serious issue for renal disease patients, and nutritional strategies need to be explored to control proteinuria and inflammation, which is of great significance for the treatment of autoimmune kidney diseases such as glomerulonephritis.
CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
(2023)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Dawn P. Edwards, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Elani Streja, Rebecca S. Ahdoot, Keith C. Norris, Donald Molony
CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
(2023)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Fawaz Al Ammary, Abimereki D. Muzaale, Ekamol Tantisattamoa, Ramy M. Hanna, Uttam G. Reddy, Suphamai Bunnapradist, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Summary: There has been a decrease in living kidney donation over the past two decades, particularly among low-income families and racial/ethnic minorities who face barriers to completing complex evaluations. Telemedicine, specifically the use of live-video visits, is seen as a potential solution to overcome these barriers and improve access to transplant centers for donor evaluation. However, providers perceive payor policy and out-of-state licensing as major obstacles to the growth of telemedicine.
CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Paul Brendel, Aracelis Torres, Onyebuchi A. Arah
Summary: Traditional multiple-bias adjustment involves adjusting for biases one at a time, while a novel alternative approach is to simultaneously adjust for all biases using imputation and/or regression weighting. A simulation study showed that using correct bias parameters can yield unbiased effect estimates, and even incorrect specification of bias parameters still resulted in less bias compared to observed biased effects. Simultaneous multi-bias analysis is a useful method to investigate and understand how multiple biases can affect initial effect estimates, enhancing the validity and transparency of real-world evidence obtained from observational, longitudinal studies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Helen T. Orimoloye, Naveen Qureshi, Pei-Chen Lee, Chia-Kai Wu, Chai Saechao, Noah Federman, Chung-Yi Li, Beate Ritz, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Julia E. Heck
Summary: This study in Taiwan found that maternal anemia during pregnancy is related to childhood cancer. Nutritional anemia increases the risk of childhood cancer, while non-nutritional anemias do not.
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2023)
Letter
Urology & Nephrology
Daeho Kim, Shailender Swaminathan, Yoojin Lee, Virginia Wang, Rajnish Mehrotra, Amal N. Trivedi
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Urology & Nephrology
Daniel Cukor, Tessa Rue, Patrick Heagerty, Mark Unruh, S. Susan Hedayati, Rajnish Mehrotra
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anne Gaml-Sorensen, Nis Brix, Katia Keglberg Haervig, Christian Lindh, Sandra Sogaard Tottenborg, Karin Sorig Hougaard, Birgit Bjerre Hoyer, Andreas Ernst, Linn Hakonsen Arendt, Pernille Jul Clemmensen, Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde, Tine Brink Henriksen, Gunnar Toft, Onyebuchi A. A. Arah, Cecilia Host Ramlau-Hansen
Summary: Maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy may have an impact on reproductive health in male offspring, affecting testes volume and total sperm count. This study found that lower maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy were associated with decreased testes volume and lower total sperm count in adult sons. The findings were supported by continuous models, spline plots, and instrumental variable analysis. Maternal vitamin D levels above 75 nmol/L during pregnancy may be beneficial for testes function in adult sons.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anne Gaml-Sorensen, Nis Brix, Andreas Ernst, Lea Lykke Harrits Lunddorf, Christian Lindh, Gunnar Toft, Tine Brink Henriksen, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Cecilia Host Ramlau-Hansen
Summary: This study investigated whether the season of first trimester or maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-3 levels were associated with pubertal timing in children. The results showed that children of mothers who had their first trimester during November-April or had lower 25(OH)D-3 levels had earlier pubertal timing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Nutrition & Dietetics
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Rachelle Bross, Christina Wang, Linda W. Moore
JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Transplantation
Juan Carlos Ayus, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Connie M. Rhee, Armando L. Negri
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Ryan D. Assaf, Marjan Javanbakht, Pamina M. Gorbach, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Steven J. Shoptaw, Ziva D. Cooper
Summary: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing prepared cannabis and cannabis-related paraphernalia was common. However, this study found that sharing of cannabis decreased during the pandemic, possibly due to risk mitigation strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission.
HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Melissa Soohoo, Onyebuchi A. Arah
Summary: Time-varying uncontrolled confounding can have a substantial impact on observed effect estimates. Given the importance of longitudinal studies in guiding public health, the impact of time-varying uncontrolled confounding should be recognized and evaluated using quantitative bias analysis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)