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Pesticide Exposure in Relation to the Incidence of Abnormal Glucose Regulation: A Retrospective Cohort Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19127550. [PMID: 35742799 PMCID: PMC9223857 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19127550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Diabetes and prediabetes (called abnormal glucose regulation (AGR)) are adverse health effects associated with exposure to pesticides. However, there are few epidemiological studies on the relationship between pesticide use and the incidence of AGR. We examined the causal relationship between pesticide use and AGR incidence in a rural population using data from a Korean Farmers’ Cohort study of 1076 participants. Poisson regression with robust error variance was used to calculate the relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to estimate the relationship between pesticide exposure and AGR. The incidence of AGR in the pesticide-exposed group was 29.1%. Pesticide use increased the RR of AGR (RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.03–1.69). We observed a low-dose effect related to exposure of pesticides to AGR and a U-shaped dose–response relationship in men. Pesticide exposure is related to the incidence of AGR, and the causal relationship differs between men and women.
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Ma Z, Li S, Lin X. Body mass index, blood glucose, and mortality in patients with ischemic stroke in the intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:946397. [PMID: 36340767 PMCID: PMC9629862 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.946397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Excessive BMI was associated with lower mortality after stroke. However, some believed that excessive BMI can lead to a poor prognosis because of some physiological mechanism, such as glucose metabolism disorder. Therefore, this study aims to discuss the association between mortality, BMI, and blood glucose. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective observational study and all data were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III database. The exposure was BMI classified into the normal weight group and the excessive weight group. The outcome concluded 30-day, 90-day, and 1-year mortality. The association between two groups and mortality was elucidated by Cox regression models, propensity score matching (PSM) and inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW). The underlying effect of blood glucose on the "obesity paradox" was analyzed by causal mediation analysis. RESULTS According to Cox regression models, a significant beneficial effect of excessive BMI in terms of mortality was observed: 30-day mortality (HR 0.57, 95% CI 0.35-0.90, P = 0.017), 90-day mortality (HR 0.53, 95% CI 0.36-0.78, P = 0.001), and 1-year mortality (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.46-0.91, P = 0.013). After PSM and IPTW, we got a similar conclusion. The causal mediation analysis showed that the protective effect of excessive BMI on 30-day mortality reduced with the increase of blood glucose. CONCLUSION For ischemic stroke patients in the Intensive Care Unit, those with excessive BMI are associated with both lower short-term mortality and lower long-term mortality, while the protective effect on 30-day mortality weakened accompanied by the increase of blood glucose.
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- Zisheng Ma
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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Wu Y, Zhou L, Yao M, Zhu Y, Ni J, Cui L, Peng B. Elevated fasting blood glucose is predictive of the severity and poor outcome in nondiabetic patients with cerebral venous thrombosis. J Neurol Sci 2020; 417:117017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Safety of Triple Neuroprotection with Targeted Hypothermia, Controlled Induced Hypertension, and Barbiturate Infusion during Emergency Carotid Endarterectomy for Acute Stroke after Missing the 24 Hours Window Opportunity. Ann Vasc Surg 2020; 69:163-173. [PMID: 32473308 DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2020.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to establish the initial safety of triple neuroprotection (TNP) in an acute stroke setting in patients presenting outside the window for systemic tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). METHODS Over 12,000 patients were referred to our vascular services with carotid artery disease, of whom 832 had carotid intervention with a stroke rate of 0.72%. Of these, 25 patients presented (3%), between March 2015 and 2019, with acute dense stroke. These patients had either failed tPA or passed the recommended timing for acute stroke intervention. Fifteen (60%) had hemi-neglect with evidence of acute infarct on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and a Rankin score of 4 or 5. Ninety-six percent had an 80-99% stenosis on the symptomatic side. Mean ABCD3-I score was 11.35. All patients underwent emergency carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with therapeutically induced hypothermia (32-34°C), targeted hypertension (systolic blood pressure 180-200 mm Hg), and brain suppression with barbiturate. RESULTS There were no cases of myocardial infarction, death, cranial nerve injury, wound hematoma, or procedural bleeding. Mean hospital stay was 8.4 (±9.5) days. All cases had resolution of neurological symptoms, except 3 who had failed previous thrombolysis. Eighty percent had a postoperative Rankin score of 0 on discharge and 88% of patients were discharged home with 3 requiring rehabilitation. CONCLUSIONS Positive neurological outcomes and no serious adverse events were observed using TNP during emergency CEA in patients with acute brain injury. We recommend TNP for patients who are at an increased risk of stroke perioperatively, or who have already suffered from an acute stroke beyond the recommended window of 24 hr. Certainly, the positive outcomes are not likely reproducible outside of high-volume units and patients requiring this surgery should be transferred to experienced surgeons in appropriate tertiary referral centers.
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Wu X, Liu G, Zhou W, Ou A, Liu X, Wang Y, Zhou S, Luo W, Liu B. Outcome prediction for patients with anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke following endovascular treatment: A single-center study. Exp Ther Med 2019; 18:3869-3876. [PMID: 31641377 PMCID: PMC6796376 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.8054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Previous studies have identified various factors associated with the outcomes of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) but considered only 1 or 2 predictive factors. The present study aimed to use outcome-related factors derived from biochemical, imaging and clinical data to establish a logistic regression model that can predict the outcome of patients with AIS following endovascular treatment (EVT). The data of 118 patients with anterior circulation AIS (ACAIS) who underwent EVT between October 2014 and August 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into 2 groups based on the modified Rankin Scale score at three months after surgery, where 0–2 points were considered to indicate a favorable outcome and 3–6 points were considered a poor outcome. Non-conditional logistic stepwise regression was used to identify independent variables that were significantly associated with patient outcome, which were subsequently used to establish a predictive statistical model, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to show the performance of statistical model and analyze the specific association between each factor and outcome. Among the 118 patients, 47 (39.83%) exhibited a good and 71 (60.17%) exhibited a poor outcome. Multivariate analysis revealed that the predictive model was statistically significant (χ2=78.92; P<0.001), and that the predictive accuracy of the model was 83.1%, which was higher compared with that obtained using only a single factor. ROC curve analysis shows the area under curve of the statistical model was 0.823, the analysis of diagnostic threshold for prognostic factors indicated that age, diffusion-weighted imaging lesion volume, glucose on admission, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission and hypersensitive C-reactive protein were valuable predictive factors for the outcome of EVT (P<0.05). In conclusion, a predictive model based on non-conditional logistic stepwise regression analysis was able to predict the outcome of EVT for patients with ACAIS.
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- Xiao Wu
- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510405, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
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- The Medical Imaging Laboratory, School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China
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- Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
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- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510405, P.R. China
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- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510405, P.R. China
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- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510405, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
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Zhao L, Wang L, Lu M, Hu W, Xiu S. Hyperglycemia is associated with poor in-hospital outcome in elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e16723. [PMID: 31374068 PMCID: PMC6709290 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000016723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fasting hyperglycemia is associated with poor neurologic outcome in acute ischemic stroke (AIS), but its relationship with in-hospital outcome in elderly patients remains largely unknown. To assess the association of in-hospital outcome with fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels at admission in individuals with AIS.This retrospective propensity score-matched case-control study included patients aged over 60 years suffering from AIS and who were admitted to the emergency department from November 2013 to October 2016. Subjects were grouped into the poor-outcome and good-outcome groups based on mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission.The poor- and good-outcome groups comprised 74 and 1927 cases, respectively, before propensity score matching (PSM), and 74 and 296 cases, respectively, after PSM. Univariable logistic regression analysis showed that initial FPG after admission was associated with poor in-hospital outcome. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that initial FPG after admission was an independent predictor of poor in-hospital outcome (odds ratio = 1.11, 95% confidence interval: 1.037-1.188, P = .003).This study used PSM and strongly suggests that FPG is an independent predictive factor of poor in-hospital outcome in elderly patients with AIS. High initial FPG levels after admission may predict poor in-hospital outcome. Prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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Zeng N, Wang A, Zhong C, Zheng X, Zhu Z, Xu T, Peng Y, Peng H, Li Q, Ju Z, Geng D, Zhang Y, He J. Association of serum galectin-3 with risks of death and vascular events in acute ischaemic stroke patients: the role of hyperglycemia. Eur J Neurol 2018; 26:415-421. [PMID: 30414289 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Whether the association between galectin-3 and stroke outcome is modified by fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is unknown. The aim was to evaluate the prognostic effect of galectin-3 amongst ischaemic stroke patients stratified by FPG. METHODS In all, 3082 ischaemic stroke patients were included in this study and serum galectin-3 was tested at baseline. The primary outcome was a composite outcome of death and vascular events, and secondary outcomes were death, stroke recurrence and vascular events within 1 year after stroke. RESULTS Increased galectin-3 was significantly associated with the primary outcome, stroke recurrence and vascular events in the patients with hyperglycemia but not in those with normoglycemia (P for interaction < 0.05 for all). The multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 1.72 (1.05-2.84), 2.64 (1.14-6.12) and 2.68 (1.33-5.38) for the primary outcome, stroke recurrence and vascular events, respectively. A linear association between galectin-3 and the primary outcome was observed in hyperglycemic patients (P for linearity = 0.007). CONCLUSION Increased galectin-3 was associated with the primary outcome, stroke recurrence and vascular events within 1 year after stroke in the patients with hyperglycemia, suggesting that galectin-3 may be an important prognostic factor for ischaemic stroke patients with hyperglycemia.
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- N Zeng
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Taishan Medical College, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Kerqin District First People's Hospital of Tongliao City, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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