[PDF] Top 20 Is schizophrenia associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease? A nationwide matched-cohort study

... NSAIDs is a well-known risk factor for CKD. 28 Several nationwide population-based studies showed that the use of NSAIDs in Taiwan ’s residents was generally around 40 –50%, and could ... See full document

... Our study had limitations because of the retrospective nature, reliance on clinical notes for data collection, the small patient numbers, and the severity of some ...in an underestimation ... See full document

... patients with and those without PLAwere examined using the x 2 test, and differences in the mean age and mean follow-up period were computed using the Student t ...densities of AKI (per 1000 personyears) ... See full document

... launched a mass screening program for breast cancer more than 20 years ...program is mainly based on ...old) of breast cancer patients are eligible for mammography screening every 2 ...individuals ... See full document

... This study is based in part on data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Data- base, which is provided by the National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and ... See full document

... population is within the age range of 18–50 ...for Disease Control criteria, severe persistent fatigue for at least 6 months indicates CFS, which enables well-known fatigue causes to be ruled ... See full document

... Patients with ESRD have increased numbers of specific proinflammatory subsets of T cells and monocytes, which are commonly observed in healthy aged patients and may contribute to inflammation ... See full document

... crucial risk factors are associated with new-onset AF, including advanced age, hypertension, and congestive heart ...Most of these factors can result in the electrical and structural ... See full document

... ratio of depression associated with PD by sex and ...analysis with backward selection was performed to evaluate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of depression in ... See full document

... the study period, we used a Cox proportional hazard model with time-dependent exposure covariates to reduce the bias resulting from overestimation of the effect of amiodarone on ... See full document

... cardiovascular disease and hip fracture has attracted attention since ...calcification of the vascular walls resembles the bone formation process in numerous ...CHD is a well-known risk ... See full document

... at an earlier stage might not be included in the ...the risk for patients with more severe condition of ...diagnosis of CKD and dementia requires long-term observation for clinical ... See full document

... best of our knowledge, this is the first nationwide, population-based study evaluating the relationship between TB and the subsequent risk of ...identified a significant ... See full document

... stone disease and IBS, we retrospectively reviewed 53,016 (13,254 patients with an initial urinary stone attack and 39,762 matched non- urinary stone participants) cases from LHID in Taiwan ... See full document

... the risk for hypothyroidism was still high (AHR: ...have a strong interaction with COP. Because these are novel findings of this study, mechanistic evidences of the associations ... See full document

... patients with newly diagnosed chronic osteomyelitis during 2000-2009, who were excluded with RA history before the initial diagnosis date (index ...between chronic osteomyelitis and RA ... See full document

... this study were obtained from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database for the year 2005 (LHID2005) that was derived from the NHIRD of ...Beneficiaries of the NHI program in ...representative ... See full document

... patients with liver ...independent of the effect of the Child–Pugh score on patient ...strength of this study was the sufficient number of patients for the propensity score ... See full document

... researchers with anonymous identification numbers by linking claims data. Disease was defined according to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) ... See full document

... For a long time, it has been thought that CHD mainly results from coronary atherosclerosis due to cholesterol deposition in coronary ...14 With time, nevertheless, the concept of the pathophysiology ... See full document