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Systematic evaluation of the influence of occupation type on the association between sleep-glucose metabolism DESIGN A cross-sectional study.

The Nantong Metabolic Syndrome Study is a Chinese population-based study.

20 502 participants aged 18-74 years old.

No intervention.

Impaired fasting glucose (IFG).

A total of 1503 participants (7.33%) with a slightly longer sleep duration had IFG. After being stratified according to occupation, a sleep duration of ≥10 hours daily corresponded to a 1.321-fold risk of IFG (95% CI 1.071 to 1.628, p=0.0092) among moderate and heavy physical workers compared with those with a daily sleep duration of 7-9 hours. There was no significant relationship between sleep and IFG among other types of workers. Moreover, we discovered a gender difference in the influence of occupation on the sleep-IFG. A positive association among moderate and heavy physical men and a negative association among light or sedentary men were established, but not in unemployed men. However, a positive association was evident only in unemployed women; there was no significant association among other occupations.

This study highlights the role of occupation in the relationship of sleep-glucose metabolism. A gender difference was found to have been influenced by occupational types on the sleep-metabolic association.

This study highlights the role of occupation in the relationship of sleep-glucose metabolism. A gender difference was found to have been influenced by occupational types on the sleep-metabolic association.

To compare the daily practice of two emergency departments (ED) in the Netherlands, where systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria and quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score are used differently as screening tools for culture-positive sepsis.

A prospective cross-sectional multicentre study.

Two EDs at two European clinical teaching hospitals in the Netherlands.

760 patients with suspected infection who met SIRS criteria or had a qualifying qSOFA score who were treated at two EDs in the Netherlands from 1 January to 1 March 2018 were included.

SIRS criteria and qSOFA score were calculated for each patient. The first hospital treated the patients who met SIRS criteria following the worldwide Surviving Sepsis Campaign protocol. At the second hospital, only patients who met the qualifying qSOFA score received this treatment. Therefore, patients could be divided into five groups (1) SIRS+, qSOFA-, not treated according to protocol (reference group); (2) SIRS+, qSOFA-, treae standard for identifying culture-positive sepsis in the ED.

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The aim of this study is to quantify societal preferences for, and assess trade-offs between characteristics of treatment programmes for impulsive-violent offenders.

The study was conducted in New South Wales, Australia's largest state.

The study participants were income tax payers, aged over 18 and who were able to provide informed consent.

A discrete choice experiment was used to assess the preferences for treatment programmes for impulsive violent offenders. The survey presented participants with six choice sets in which they chose between two unlabelled treatment scenarios and a 'no treatment' choice. A random parameters logistic (RPL) model and a latent class (LC) model were used to analyse the societal preferences for treatment and estimate willingness to pay values based on marginal rates of substitution. Respondents were asked to self-identify if they ever had experiences with violence and subgroup analysis was done.

The survey was completed by 1021 highly engaged participants. The RPL modelsigned to encompass societal preferences are likely to be supported by public and tax payers.

Monogenic diabetes is attributed to genetic variations in a single gene. Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is the most common phenotype associated with monogenic diabetes, but is frequently misdiagnosed as either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Increasing our basic understanding of genetic variations in MODY may help to improve the accuracy of providing the correct diagnosis and personalize subsequent treatment regimens in different racial populations. For this reason, this study was designed to identify nucleotide variants in early onset diabetes patients with clinically suspected MODY in a Korean population.

Among 2908 Korean patients diagnosed with diabetes, we selected 40 patients who were diagnosed before 30 years old and were clinically suspected of MODY. Genetic testing was performed using a targeted gene sequencing panel that included 30 known monogenic diabetes genes. The pathogenicity of the identified variants was assessed according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics iants in either MODY genes or mitochondrial DNA using a Korean patient population with early onset diabetes who were clinically suspected of MODY. This genetic approach provides the ability to compare distinct populations of racial and ethnic groups to determine whether specific gene is involved in their diagnosis of MODY.Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 15% of US adults and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. CKD disproportionately impacts certain populations, including racial and ethnic minorities and individuals from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. These groups are also disproportionately impacted by incarceration and barriers to accessing health services. Incarceration represents an opportunity to link marginalized individuals to CKD care. Despite a legal obligation to provide a community standard of care including the screening and treatment of individuals with CKD, there is little evidence to suggest systematic efforts are in place to address this prevalent, costly, and ultimately fatal condition. This review highlights unrealized opportunities to connect individuals with CKD to care within the criminal justice system and as they transition to the community, while underscoring the need for more evidence-based strategies to address the health impact of CKD on over-represented communities in the criminal justice system.Background and objectives Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, increasing risk of non-relapse mortality. AKI etiology is often ambiguous due to heterogeneity of conditioning/graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) regimens. To date, GVHD and calcineurin inhibitor effects on AKI are not well defined. We aimed to describe AKI and assess pre/post-hematopoietic transplant risk factors in a large recent cohort. Design, setting, participants, and measurements We performed a single-center retrospective study of 616 allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients from 2014-2017. We defined AKI and CKD based on KDIGO criteria and estimated GFR using CKD-EPI equation. We assessed AKI pre/post-hematopoietic transplant risk factors using cause-specific Cox regression and association of AKI with CKD outcomes using Chi-squared test. AKI was treated as a time-dependent variable in relation to non-relapse mortality. Results Incidence of AKI by day-100 was 64%. further assess modification of these risk factors.Background and objectives High dietary acid load may accelerate kidney function decline. We prospectively investigated whether dietary acid load is associated with graft outcomes in kidney transplant recipients and whether venous bicarbonate (HCO3 -) mediates this association. Design, setting, participants and measurements We used data from 642 kidney transplant recipients with a functioning graft ≥1 year after transplantation. Net endogenous acid production (NEAP) was estimated using food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) and, alternatively, 24-hour urinary urea and potassium excretion to estimate NEAPUrine We defined composite kidney endpoint as doubling of plasma creatinine or graft failure. Multivariable Cox regression analyses, adjusted for potential confounders, were used to study the associations of dietary acid load with kidney endpoint. We evaluated potential mediation effects of venous HCO3 - , urinary HCO3 - excretion, urinary ammonium (NH4 +) excretion, titratable acid excretion, and net acid excreti

Epigenetic modulators improve immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) efficacy and increase CD8

effector FoxP3

regulatory T cell ratios in preclinical models. We conducted a multicenter phase I clinical trial combining the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor entinostat with nivolumab plus minus ipilimumab in advanced solid tumors.

Patients received an entinostat run-in (5 mg, weekly x 2) prior to the addition of ICIs. Dose escalation followed a modified 3+3 design (Dose level [DL]1/2 entinostat + nivolumab; DL 3/4 entinostat + nivolumab + ipilimumab). Blood and tissue samples were collected at baseline, after entinostat run-in, and after 8 weeks of combination therapy. Primary endpoints included safety and tolerability, and the recommended phase II dose (RP2D). Secondary endpoints included anti-tumor activity, change in tumor CD8/FoxP3 ratio pre- and post-therapy.

Thirty-three patients were treated across four dose levels. Treatment-related adverse events (AEs) included fatigue (65%), nausea (41%), anemia (38%), diarrhea (26%), and anorexia (26%). Grade 3/4 AEs included fatigue (n=7, 21%), anemia (n=9, 27%), and neutropenia (n=4, 12%). The RP2D was 3mg entinostat weekly, 3mg/kg q2 weeks nivolumab, and 1mg/kg q6 weeks ipilimumab (max 4 doses). The objective response rate by RECIST 1.1 was 16%, including a complete response in triple-negative breast cancer. A statistically significant increase in CD8/FoxP3 ratio was seen following the addition of ICIs to entinostat, but not post entinostat alone.

The combination of entinostat, nivolumab plus minus ipilimumab was safe and tolerable with expected rates of irAEs. Preliminary evidence of both clinical efficacy and immune modulation supports further investigation.

The combination of entinostat, nivolumab plus minus ipilimumab was safe and tolerable with expected rates of irAEs. Preliminary evidence of both clinical efficacy and immune modulation supports further investigation.Cross reactivity with normal tissues is one of the key concerns for target selection for antibody drug conjugates. Probody therapeutics are masked antibodies that can selectively be activated by proteases in the tumor. CX-2029, is a first in class Probody targeting CD71 with preliminary efficacy and a tolerable safety profile.

To compare effects of medications and laparoscopic gastric band surgery (LB) on α-cell function in dysglycemic youth and adults in the Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE) Study protocols.

Glucagon was measured in three randomized, parallel, clinical studies

) 91 youth studied at baseline, after 12 months on metformin alone (MET) or glargine followed by metformin (G/M), and 3 months after treatment withdrawal;

) 267 adults studied at the same time points and treated with MET, G/M, or liraglutide plus metformin (L+M) or given placebo (PLAC); and

) 88 adults studied at baseline and after 12 and 24 months of LB or MET. Fasting glucagon, glucagon suppression by glucose, and acute glucagon response (AGR) to arginine were assessed during hyperglycemic clamps. selleck kinase inhibitor Glucagon suppression was also measured during oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs).

No change in fasting glucagon, steady-state glucagon, or AGR was seen at 12 months following treatment with MET or G/M (in youth and adults) or PLAC (in adults). In contrast, L+M reduced these measures at 12 months (all

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