Mengkun Chen
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View article: Diagnostic Yield of Computed Tomography for Cancer Detection in a Tertiary Referral Population of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Patients
Diagnostic Yield of Computed Tomography for Cancer Detection in a Tertiary Referral Population of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Patients Open
Objective To inform guidance for cancer detection in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), we evaluated the diagnostic yield of computed tomography (CT) imaging for cancer screening/surveillance within distinct IIM subtypes…
View article: Subsets of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Enriched for Contemporaneous Cancer Relative to the General Population
Subsets of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Enriched for Contemporaneous Cancer Relative to the General Population Open
Objective This study investigates cancer risk in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) relative to the general population. Methods We conducted a single‐center, retrospective cohort study of IIM patients and malignancy. Myositis‐specific …
View article: Growth Differentiation Factor 15 and the Subsequent Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Growth Differentiation Factor 15 and the Subsequent Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Open
Background Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is a stress-responsive biomarker associated with several types of cardiovascular diseases. However, conflicting results have been reported regarding its association with incident atrial …
View article: The effectiveness of diet intervention in improving the metabolism of overweight and obese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The effectiveness of diet intervention in improving the metabolism of overweight and obese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open
Different dietary interventions benefit glucose and lipid metabolism of overweight or obese women. Further study is needed to determine which specific dietary effects have the greatest effect on improving metabolic indicators.
View article: The Relationship of COVID-19 Severity with Cardiovascular Disease and Its Traditional Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The Relationship of COVID-19 Severity with Cardiovascular Disease and Its Traditional Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Despite the potential for confounding, these results suggest that hypertension, diabetes, and CVD are independently associated with severe COVID-19 and, together with age and male sex, can be informative for predicting the risk of severe C…
View article: The relationship of COVID-19 severity with cardiovascular disease and its traditional risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The relationship of COVID-19 severity with cardiovascular disease and its traditional risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Background Whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its traditional risk factors predict severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is uncertain, in part, because of potential confounding by age and sex. Methods We performed a systematic r…