Medicine - Table of Contents

December 15, 2023

Poor sleep quality association with higher lung cancer risk: a nested case-control study

Guo-Tian Ruan, Ya-Ping Wei, Yi-Zhong Ge, Li-Shun Liu, Zi-Yi Zhou, Sultan Mehmood Siddiqi, Qiang-Qiang He, Shu-Qun Li, Jia-Feng Xu, Yun Song, Qi Zhang, Xi Zhang, Ming Yang, Ping Chen, Yong Sun, Xiao-Bin Wang, Bin-Yan Wang, Han-Ping Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16540 PubMed 38111660

December 15, 2023

Contributions of each of the four swimming strokes to elite 200-400 individual medley swimming performance in short and long course competitions

José María González-Ravé, Jesus Santos-Cerro, Patricia González-Megía, David Pyne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16612 PubMed 38111656

December 15, 2023

The relationship between leptin and periodontitis: a literature review

Zhijiao Guo, Yanhui Peng, Qiaoyu Hu, Na Liu, Qing Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16633 PubMed 38111655

December 15, 2023

Effects of plyometric training on measures of physical fitness in racket sport athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nuannuan Deng, Kim Geok Soh, Borhannudin Abdullah, Dandan Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16638 PubMed 38111665

December 15, 2023

Validation of an algorithm to assess regular and irregular gait using inertial sensors in healthy and stroke individuals

Carmen Ensink, Katrijn Smulders, Jolien Warnar, Noel Keijsers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16641 PubMed 38111664

December 15, 2023

Diagnostic value of albumin/fibrinogen ratio and C-reactive protein/albumin/globulin ratio for periprosthetic joint infection: a retrospective study

Wei Ji, Zemiao Liu, Tao Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16662 PubMed 38111666

December 14, 2023

Does livestock ownership predict animal-source food consumption frequency among children aged 6–24 months and their mothers in the rural Dale district, southern Ethiopia?

Tsigereda Kebede, Selamawit Mengesha Bilal, Bernt Lindtjorn, Ingunn M. S. Engebretsen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16518 PubMed 38107587

December 14, 2023

Multi-modal sleep intervention for community-dwelling people living with dementia and primary caregiver dyads with sleep disturbance: protocol of a single-arm feasibility trial

Sumedha Verma, Prerna Varma, Aimee Brown, Bei Bei, Rosemary Gibson, Tom Valenta, Ann Pietsch, Marina Cavuoto, Michael Woodward, Susan McCurry, Melinda L. Jackson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16543 PubMed 38107589

December 14, 2023

Sex differences in wrist strength: a systematic review

Alexis D. Napper, Meera K. Sayal, Michael W.R. Holmes, Alan C. Cudlip

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16557 PubMed 38107569

December 14, 2023

Comparative diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-ultrasound fusion-guided biopsy versus systematic biopsy for clinically significant prostate cancer

Jian-hua Fang, Liqing Zhang, Xi Xie, Pan Zhao, Lingyun Bao, Fanlei Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16614 PubMed 38107582

December 14, 2023

A retrospective observational study on maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19: Does the mild SARS-CoV-2 infection affect the outcome?

Jing Li, Xiang Li, Peiying Ye, Yun You, Yu Wang, Jing Zhang, Weihua Zhao, Zhiying Yu, Runsi Yao, Jie Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16651 PubMed 38107588

December 14, 2023

Chargaff’s second parity rule lies at the origin of additive genetic interactions in quantitative traits to make omnigenic selection possible

Bakhyt T. Matkarimov, Murat K. Saparbaev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16671 PubMed 38107580

December 13, 2023

Understanding the role of exosomal lncRNAs in rheumatic diseases: a review

Ruofei Chen, Dongqing Zhou, Yangfan Chen, Mingwei Chen, Zongwen Shuai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16434 PubMed 38107573

December 13, 2023

Developing a multi-institutional nomogram for assessing lung cancer risk in patients with 5–30 mm pulmonary nodules: a retrospective analysis

Yongjie Jiang, Taibing Deng, Yuyan Huang, Bi Ren, Liping He, Min Pang, Li Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16539 PubMed 38107565

December 13, 2023

Proteomic profiling of serum exosomes reveals acute phase response and promotion of inflammatory and platelet activation pathways in patients with heat stroke

Yue Li, Huan Li, Wenjuan Ma, Marc Maegele, Youqing Tang, Zhengtao Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16590 PubMed 38107577

December 13, 2023

Differences and relationship in functional movement screen (FMS™) scores and physical fitness in males and female semi-professional soccer players

Ricardo Martín-Moya, Lorena Rodríguez-García, Beatriz Moreno-Vecino, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Antonio Liñán González, Francisco Tomás González-Fernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16649 PubMed 38107559

December 13, 2023

CXCL10-based gene cluster model serves as a potential diagnostic biomarker for premature ovarian failure

Ying Qin, Canliang Wen, Huijiao Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16659 PubMed 38107572

December 12, 2023

NOS3 and CTH gene mutations as new molecular markers for detection of lung adenocarcinoma

Iman Abdullah Ramadhan, Luqman Rahman Sulaiman, Abbas Salihi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16209 PubMed 38107574

December 12, 2023

Involvement of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in p300/p53-mediated age-related atrial fibrosis

Yingyu Lai, Jintao He, Xiaoyan Gao, Dewei Peng, Huishan Zhou, Yuwen Xu, Xueshan Luo, Hui Yang, Mengzhen Zhang, Chunyu Deng, Shulin Wu, Yumei Xue, Feng Zhou, Fang Rao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16545 PubMed 38107584

December 12, 2023

New insights into the role of GSK-3β in the brain: from neurodegenerative disease to tumorigenesis

Shenjin Lai, Peng Wang, Jingru Gong, Shuaishuai Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16635 PubMed 38107562

December 11, 2023

Trainee psychotherapists’ emotion recognition accuracy during 1.5 years of psychotherapy education compared to a control group: no improvement after psychotherapy training

Lillian Döllinger, Isabelle Letellier, Lennart Högman, Petri Laukka, Håkan Fischer, Stephan Hau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16235 PubMed 38099307

December 11, 2023

Composite environmental indices—a case of rickety rankings

Shelley M. Stevens, Michael K. Joy, Wokje Abrahamse, Taciano L. Milfont, Lynda M. Petherick