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After adjustment for various confounders, less than 6 h of sleep among sleeping pill users was associated with increased rates of MetS (< 6 h, OR [95% CI] 3.08 [1.29-7.34]). The frequency of sleeping pill use in individuals with short sleep duration showed a positive association with the prevalence of MetS and its components.

Sleeping pill users with a short sleep duration had a 3-fold higher chance of having MetS than non-users with a short sleep duration.

Sleeping pill users with a short sleep duration had a 3-fold higher chance of having MetS than non-users with a short sleep duration.

Several studies have described an association between hemoglobin concentration and stroke; however, the influence of hemoglobin on stroke incidence has not been fully revealed. Our objective was to elucidate the association between hemoglobin concentration and stroke incidence in Japanese community residents.

In the present study, we collected the data of 12,490 subjects who were enrolled between April 1992 and July 1995 in the Jichi Medical School (JMS) Cohort Study. We excluded the subjects with a history of stroke. Hemoglobin concentrations were grouped in quartiles, and quartile 2 (Q2) was used as the reference category. A Cox proportional-hazards model was used to examine hazard ratios (HRs) and the stroke incidence rates with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

During 10.8 years of follow-up, 409 participants (212 men and 197 women) experienced a new stroke, including 97 intracerebral hemorrhages, 259 cerebral infarctions, and 52 subarachnoid hemorrhages (SAH). In sex-specific hemoglobin quartiles, the multivariate-adjusted HR was statistically significantly higher in Q1 than in Q2, and a relationship similar to a J shape was observed between all strokes (HR in Q2 vs. Q1, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.02-1.83; Q3, 1.20; 95% CI, 0.87-1.64; and Q4, 1.16; 95% CI, 0.84-1.60). Furthermore, the analysis of stroke subtypes showed a statistically significantly higher multivariate-adjusted HR in Q1 than in Q2 for SAH (HR, 2.61; 95% CI, 1.08-6.27).

A low hemoglobin concentration was associated with an increased risk of stroke, which was strongly influenced by the incidence of SAH.

A low hemoglobin concentration was associated with an increased risk of stroke, which was strongly influenced by the incidence of SAH.

Although chronic kidney disease is recognized as an independent risk factor for cerebrovascular disease, its association with hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke remains controversial.

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort, which is representative of the Korean population. A total of 195,772 Koreans who were not diagnosed with stroke before 2009 were included in this study from 2009 to 2013. The eGFR was divided into six categories (≥ 90, 75-89, 60-74, 45-59, 30-44, ＜30 mL/min/1.73 m

). The Kaplan-Meier plot was illustrated to compare the incidence of stroke. Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) of eGFR for risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke by sex.

During an average of 4.36 years of follow-up period, 2,236 and 668 people were diagnosed with newly ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, respectively. Age-adjusted incidence rate for ischemic stroke among people with eGFR ＜45 mL/min/1.73 m

was higher than those with eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min/1.73 m

, whereas that for hemorrhagic stroke among people with eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min/1.73 m

was higher than those with eGFR ＜45 mL/min/1.73 m

. After adjusting for multiple covariates, the adjusted HR for ischemic stroke increased with decreasing eGFR in men (p for trend ＜0.001), but not in women (p for trend=0.48). On the other hand, there was no significant relationship between eGFR and risk of hemorrhagic stroke in both men and women.

Reduced glomerular filtration rate less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m

was associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke, especially in men.

Reduced glomerular filtration rate less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 was associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke, especially in men.Point-of-care testing (POCT) of biomarkers, such as proteins and nucleic acids, is a hot topic in modern medical engineering toward the early diagnosis of various diseases including cancer. Although microfluidic chips show great promise as a new platform for POCT, external pumps and valves for driving those chips have hindered the realization of POCT on the chips. To eliminate the need for pumps and valves, a power-free microfluidic pumping method utilizing degassed poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) was invented in 2004. In this article, the working principle of the degas-driven power-free microfluidic chip is first described, and then applications of those chips to biomarker analysis are reviewed. The biomarker analysis on the chip was typically achieved with a small sample volume of ∼1 μL and a short analysis time of ∼20 min. For protein analysis, the sandwich immunoassay format was adopted. The limit of detection (LOD) was improved by three orders of magnitude by using laminar flow-assisted dendritic amplification (LFDA), which was a newly devised amplification method specialized for microfluidic chips. For analysis of nucleic acids such as DNA and microRNA, the sandwich hybridization format was adopted, and the LFDA was also effective to reduce the LOD. With the LFDA, typical LOD values for proteins and nucleic acids were both around 1 pM.In this paper, we report on stimuli-responsive behaviors for room temperature fluorescent liquid materials based on N-heteroacene frameworks in response to HCl vapor. CX-3543 These liquid materials as well as their mixtures prepared by varying the combination can provide various emission colors and stimuli-responsive properties in liquid states. Also, we achieved an improvement in total synthetic yield (>40%) by redesigning the molecular structures of liquid materials as compared to previous liquid materials ( less then 10%).The electrochemical signal from ferrocene on a DNA probe was successfully modulated in a homogeneous solution by the template-directed formation and dissociation of an inclusion complex with β-cyclodextrin on another probe. The electrochemical response was amplified by combining with a DNA circuit, in which the target DNA served as a catalyst. This system did not require any modification of a complementary DNA with the ferrocene-modified probe on the electrode surface to separate the bound/free probe for the detection of 200 nM target DNA.