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Real-World Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Adult Diabetic Individuals: An Italian Nationwide Epidemiological Survey

2021

Introduction: Hypertesion is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, worldwide, and its prevalence has been increasing in several countries, including Italy. Aims: To assess hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in a real-world sample of adults with self-reported diabetes compared with nondiabetic individuals. Methods: Following the 2018 World Hypertension Day, a nationwide, cross-sectional epidemiological survey on cardiovascular risk factors (“Abbasso la Pressione!”) in 3956 Italian pharmacies enrolled 47217 self-presenting volunteers (≥ 18 years). Participants underwent standardized blood pressure (BP) measurements and answered a questionnaire on cardiovascular…

0301 basic medicineMaleArterial hypertension; Aspects of diabetes; Awareness; Control; Population survey; Adult; Aged; Antihypertensive Agents; Blood Pressure; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes Complications; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; PrevalenceCross-sectional studyBlood PressurePopulation surveyOverweight0302 clinical medicineAspects of diabeteDiabetes ComplicationEpidemiologyPrevalenceArterial hypertension; Aspects of diabetes; Awareness; Control; Population surveyPopulation survey.Middle AgedAwarenessAntihypertensive AgentItalyHypertensionOriginal ArticleFemalemedicine.symptomCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHumanAdultArterial hypertensionmedicine.medical_specialtyDiabetes Complications03 medical and health sciencesPharmacotherapyInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusControlInternal MedicinemedicineHumansAntihypertensive AgentsAgedCross-Sectional Studiebusiness.industryAwarenemedicine.diseaseCross-Sectional Studies030104 developmental biologyBlood pressureConcomitantAspects of diabetesbusinessBody mass index030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Estimating Global Burden of Disease due to congenital anomaly: an analysis of European data

2017

ObjectiveTo validate the estimates of Global Burden of Disease (GBD) due to congenital anomaly for Europe by comparing infant mortality data collected by EUROCAT registries with the WHO Mortality Database, and by assessing the significance of stillbirths and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly (TOPFA) in the interpretation of infant mortality statistics.Design, setting and outcome measuresEUROCAT is a network of congenital anomaly registries collecting data on live births, fetal deaths from 20 weeks’ gestation and TOPFA. Data from 29 registries in 19 countries were analysed for 2005–2009, and infant mortality (deaths of live births at age <1 year) compared with the WHO Mortality …

0301 basic medicineMalePediatrics030105 genetics & heredityInfant DeathGlobal Burden of Disease0302 clinical medicineCongenital anomaly ; DALY ; Global Burden of Disease ; YLL ; mortality.PregnancyPrenatal DiagnosisYLLEpidemiologyInfant MortalityPrevalenceMedicineEPIDEMIOLOGY030212 general & internal medicineRegistries1506DOWN-SYNDROMEPOPULATIONeducation.field_of_studyDALYAnomaly (natural sciences)Pregnancy OutcomeObstetrics and GynecologyGestational ageGeneral MedicineStillbirthUPDATED SYSTEMATIC ANALYSISPREVALENCEEuropeFetal Mortality/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_beingFemaleOriginal ArticleCHILD-MORTALITYAdultCOUNTRIESmedicine.medical_specialtyPopulationGestational AgeCongenital Abnormalities03 medical and health sciencesSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingJournal ArticleHumansCongenital anomalyAbortion Induced/statistics & numerical data; Adult; Congenital Abnormalities/diagnosis; Congenital Abnormalities/epidemiology; Europe/epidemiology; Female; Fetal Death/prevention & control; Fetal Mortality; Gestational Age; Global Burden of Disease/methods; Global Burden of Disease/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; Infant Death/prevention & control; Infant Mortality; Infant Newborn; Male; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome/epidemiology; Prenatal Diagnosis/methods; Prenatal Diagnosis/statistics & numerical data; Prevalence; Registries/statistics & numerical data; Stillbirth/epidemiology; Congenital anomaly; DALY; Global Burden of Disease; YLL; mortalityeducationFetal DeathPregnancybusiness.industryInfant NewbornInfantAbortion InducedNATIONAL CAUSESmedicine.diseasemortalityTRENDSInfant mortalityChild mortalityYears of potential life lostPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthbusinessPRIMARY PREVENTIONDemography
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Self-Reported Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity in High School Students: Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

2017

Background: Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity (NCWS) has recently been included among the gluten-related disorders. As no biomarkers of this disease exist, its frequency has been estimated based on self-reported symptoms, but to date no data are available about self-reported NCWS in teenagers. Aim: To explore the prevalence of self-reported NCWS in a group of high school students and to study their demographic and clinical characteristics. Methods: The study was performed between April 2015 and January 2016 in two high schools of a coastal town in the south of Sicily (Italy). A total of 555 students (mean age 17 years, 191 male, 364 female) completed a modified validated questionnaire for self-r…

0301 basic medicineMalePediatricsSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaDiseaseWheat HypersensitivityEpidemiologyEstablished diagnosisSicilyTriticumNon-Celiac Wheat Sensitivityeducation.field_of_studyNutrition and DieteticsteenagersValidated questionnaireSelf-Reported; Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity; High School Students; Demographic Characteristics; Clinical Characteristicsself-reported non-celiac wheat sensitivity; non-celiac gluten-sensitivity; epidemiology; prevalence; teenagers; IBS; food allergyFemaleepidemiologyNon-celiac gluten sensitivitylcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supplymedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentGlutensPopulationprevalencelcsh:TX341-641Article03 medical and health sciencesDiet Gluten-FreeIBSmedicineHumanseducationStudentsDemographic CharacteristicHigh School Studentfood allergy030109 nutrition & dieteticsbusiness.industryMean agemedicine.diseaseCeliac DiseaseCase-Control StudiesSelf-ReportedSelf Reportbusinessnon-celiac gluten-sensitivityClinical CharacteristicsFood Scienceself-reported non-celiac wheat sensitivityNutrients; Volume 9; Issue 7; Pages: 771
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Evolution of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance and viral subtypes circulation in Italy from 2006 to 2016

2018

Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the evolution of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance (TDR) prevalence in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve patients from 2006 to 2016. Methods: HIV-1 sequences were retrieved from the Antiviral Response Cohort Analysis (ARCA) database and TDR was defined as detection of at least one mutation from the World Health Organization (WHO) surveillance list. Results: We included protease/reverse transcriptase sequences from 3573 patients; 455 had also integrase sequences. Overall, 68.1% of the patients were Italian, the median CD4 count was 348 cells/μL [interquartile range (IQR) 169–521 cells/μL], and the median viral load was 4.7 log 10 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL (IQR …

0301 basic medicineMaleantiretroviral therapy; HIV; recent HIV infection; resistance epidemiology; transmitted HIV drug resistance; Adult; Anti-HIV Agents; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Female; HIV Infections; HIV-1; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Mutation; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Viral Proteins; Drug Resistance Viralantiretroviral therapy; HIV; recent HIV infection; resistance epidemiology; transmitted HIV drug resistance; Health Policy; Infectious Diseases; Pharmacology (medical)Drug ResistanceHIV InfectionsDrug resistanceGastroenterologyInterquartile rangeOdds RatioPrevalenceHIV InfectionPharmacology (medical)ViralbiologyHealth PolicyMiddle AgedIntegraseInfectious DiseasesItalyFemaleViral loadHumanresistance epidemiologyAdultmedicine.medical_specialtytransmitted HIV drug resistanceAnti-HIV AgentsHIV; antiretroviral therapy; recent HIV infection; resistance epidemiology; transmitted HIV drug resistance030106 microbiologyantiretroviral therapySettore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVEVirus03 medical and health sciencesrecent HIV infectionViral ProteinsInternal medicineDrug Resistance ViralmedicineViral ProteinHumansbusiness.industryAnti-HIV AgentHIVOdds ratioReverse transcriptaseConfidence intervalCD4 Lymphocyte CountMutationbiology.proteinHIV-1business
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Mild behavioral impairment in Parkinson's disease: Data from the Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment study (PACOS)

2019

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) have been frequently described in Parkinson's disease (PD), even in the earliest stages of the disease. Recently the construct of mild behavioral impairment (MBI) has been proposed as an at-risk state for incident cognitive decline and dementia. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of MBI in PD. Cross-sectional data from 429 consecutive PD patients enrolled in the PArkinson's disease COgnitive impairment Study (PACOS) were included in the study. All subjects underwent neuropsychological assessment, according to the MDS Level II criteria. NPS were evaluated with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Multivariate logistic …

0301 basic medicineMalemedicine.medical_specialtyParkinson's diseaseParkinson's diseaseMild behavioral impairmentNeuropsychiatric symptomDiseaseCognitive impairment; Mild behavioral impairment; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence; Neuroscience (all); Clinical Psychology; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Psychiatry and Mental HealthNeuropsychological TestsLogistic regressionSeverity of Illness Index03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicinePrevalenceDementiaHumansCognitive DysfunctionNeuropsychological assessmentCognitive declineStage (cooking)Cognitive impairmentAgedNeuroscience (all)medicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryGeneral NeuroscienceParkinson DiseaseGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseNeuropsychiatric symptomsClinical Psychology030104 developmental biologyCross-Sectional StudiesCognitive impairmentPsychiatry and Mental HealthFemaleGeriatrics and Gerontologybusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Reported muscle symptoms during statin treatment amongst Italian dyslipidaemic patients in the real‐life setting: the PROSISA Study

2021

Aim: Statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) are a major determinant of poor treatment adherence and/or discontinuation, but a definitive diagnosis of SAMS is challenging. The PROSISA study was an observational retrospective study aimed to assess the prevalence of reported SAMS in a cohort of dyslipidaemic patients. Methods: Demographic/anamnestic data, biochemical values and occurrence of SAMS were collected by 23 Italian Lipid Clinics. Adjusted logistic regression was performed to estimate odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals for association between probability of reporting SAMS and several factors. Results: Analyses were carried out on 16 717 statin-treated patients (mean ± SD, …

0301 basic medicineMalemedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina Internaadverse effects; myopathy; statin-associated muscle symptoms; statinsstatin-associated muscle symptomsadverse effects; myopathy; statin-associated muscle symptoms; statins.030204 cardiovascular system & hematologystatinsMedication Adherence03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineMuscular DiseasesInternal medicineadverse effectInternal MedicinemedicinePrevalencestatins.Humansstatin‐associated muscle symptomsAdverse effectDechallengeadverse effects; myopathy; statin-associated muscle symptoms; statins; Creatine Kinase; Dyslipidemias; Female; Humans; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Italy; Male; Medication Adherence; Middle Aged; Muscular Diseases; Prevalence; Retrospective StudiesCreatine KinaseDyslipidemiasRetrospective Studiesbusiness.industryRetrospective cohort studyOdds ratioOriginal ArticlesMiddle AgedConfidence intervalDiscontinuation030104 developmental biologyItalyConcomitantCohortadverse effectsOriginal ArticleFemaleHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitorsbusinessstatin-associated muscle symptommyopathyJournal of Internal Medicine
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Assessment of prevalence and load of torquetenovirus viraemia in a large cohort of healthy blood donors.

2020

OBJECTIVES: Torquetenovirus (TTV) is an emerging marker of functional immune competence with the potential to predict transplant-related adverse events. A large-scale epidemiological study was performed to understand how basal values vary in healthy individuals according to age and gender.; METHODS: We tested plasma from 1017 healthy blood donors aged 18-69years. The presence and load of TTV were determined by a real-time PCR assay. A sub-cohort of 384 donors was tested for anti-cytomegalovirus IgG antibodies, and 100 participants were also tested for TTV viraemia on a paired whole blood sample.; RESULTS: The overall prevalence of TTV was 65% (657/1017) with a mean (±SD) growth of 5±4% ever…

0301 basic medicineMicrobiology (medical)AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAgingAdolescentprevalence030106 microbiologyPcr assayPhysiologyTTVViremiaBlood DonorsanelloviridaeReal-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction03 medical and health sciencesPlasmaYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineEpidemiologyMedicineHumansBlood Transfusion030212 general & internal medicineViremiaTTV; anelloviridae; blood donors; healthy controls; prevalence; torquetenovirus; viremiaAdverse effectWhole bloodAgedTorque teno virusbiologybusiness.industryGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedViral Loadmedicine.diseaseDNA Virus InfectionsHealthy VolunteersLarge cohorttorquetenovirusInfectious DiseasesHealthy individualsDNA Viralbiology.proteinhealthy controlsFemaleAntibodybusinessClinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Prognosis and cure of long-term cancer survivors: A population-based estimation.

2019

Background: Increasing evidence of cure for some neoplasms has emerged in recent years. The study aimed to estimate population-based indicators of cancer cure. Methods: Information on more than half a million cancer patients aged 15-74 years collected by population-based Italian cancer registries and mixture cure models were used to estimate the life expectancy of fatal tumors (LEFT), proportions of patients with similar death rates of the general population (cure fraction), and time to reach 5-year conditional relative survival (CRS) >90% or 95% (time to cure). Results: Between 1990 and 2000, the median LEFT increased >1 year for breast (from 8.1 to 9.4 years) and prostate cancers (from 5.…

0301 basic medicineOncologyMaleCancer ResearchTime FactorsSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata0302 clinical medicineCancer SurvivorsProstateNeoplasmsThyroid cancerOriginal Researcheducation.field_of_studyRelative survivalMortality rateMiddle Agedlcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensPrognosispopulation-based cancer registriemedicine.anatomical_structureOncologyItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesiscancer cure Italy population-based cancer registries prevalence survivalFemaleCancer PreventionAdultmedicine.medical_specialtypopulation-based cancer registriesAdolescentPopulationprevalenceSocio-culturalelcsh:RC254-282survival03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultLife ExpectancyInternal medicinemedicinepopulation‐based cancer registriesHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingcancer cureeducationAgedEstimationbusiness.industryCancerModels Theoreticalmedicine.disease030104 developmental biologyLife expectancycancer cure; Italy; population-based cancer registries; prevalence; survivalbusinessCancer medicine
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Consequences of organ choice in describing bacterial pathogen assemblages in a rodent population

2017

SUMMARYHigh-throughput sequencing technologies now allow for rapid cost-effective surveys of multiple pathogens in many host species including rodents, but it is currently unclear if the organ chosen for screening influences the number and identity of bacteria detected. We used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to identify bacterial pathogens in the heart, liver, lungs, kidneys and spleen of 13 water voles (Arvicola terrestris) collected in Franche-Comté, France. We asked if bacterial pathogen assemblages within organs are similar and if all five organs are necessary to detect all of the bacteria present in an individual animal. We identified 24 bacteria representing 17 genera; average bacterial…

0301 basic medicineOperational taxonomic unitMESH: Sequence Analysis DNAEpidemiologyMESH : PrevalenceMESH : Tissue DistributionRodent DiseasesRNA Ribosomal 16Sbacterial pathogensPrevalenceMESH : DNA BacterialTissue DistributionMESH: AnimalsPathogen[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environmenteducation.field_of_studybiologyEcologyArvicolinaeMicrobiotaMESH : Rodent Diseases3. Good healthMESH: RNA Ribosomal 16SInfectious DiseasesArvicolinaeFrancerodent-borne pathogenDNA Bacterial030106 microbiologyPopulationShort ReportZoology[ SDV.EE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment03 medical and health sciencesAnimalsMESH: MicrobiotaMESH : BacteriaMESH: Tissue DistributionArvicola terrestriseducationMESH : FranceMESH: Prevalence[ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyBacteriaHost (biology)tissue selectionBacteria PresentSequence Analysis DNAMESH: Arvicolinaebiology.organism_classificationMESH: DNA BacterialMESH: FranceMESH : ArvicolinaeMESH : RNA Ribosomal 16SMESH: BacteriaHigh-Throughput Sequencing030104 developmental biologyMESH : MicrobiotaSpecies richnessMESH: Rodent DiseasesMESH : Animals[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyBacteriaMESH : Sequence Analysis DNA
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Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments: international ID-IRI study.

2021

We aimed to explore factors for optimizing antimicrobial treatment in emergency departments. A single-day point prevalence survey was conducted on January 18, 2020, in 53 referral/tertiary hospitals in 22 countries. 1957 (17%) of 11557 patients presenting to EDs had infections. The mean qSOFA score was 0.37 +/- 0.74. Sepsis (qSOFA >= 2) was recorded in 218 (11.1%) patients. The mean qSOFA score was significantly higher in low-middle (1.48 +/- 0.963) compared to upper-middle (0.17 +/- 0.482) and high-income (0.36 +/- 0.714) countries ( P < 0.001). Eight (3.7%) patients with sepsis were treated as outpatients. The most common diagnoses were upper-respiratory (n = 877, 43.3%), lower-respirator…

0301 basic medicinePoint prevalence surveymedicine.medical_specialtyUrologic NeoplasmsReferralinternational ID-IRI study- JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY 2021 [Erdem H. Hargreaves S. ANKARALI H. ÇAŞKURLU H. Ceviker S. A. Bahar-Kacmaz A. Meric-Koc M. ALTINDİŞ M. Yildiz-Kirazaldi Y. Kizilates F. et al. -Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments]medicine.drug_classOrgan Dysfunction Scores030106 microbiologyAntibioticsPractice Patternsemergency ; antibiotic ; elderly ; infection ; sepsis ; treatmentGlobal HealthelderlyCommunicable Diseasestreatment.SepsisHospital03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineantibioticSepsismedicineHumansPharmacology (medical)Practice Patterns Physicians'Developing CountriesRespiratory Tract InfectionsPharmacologyEmergency ServicePhysicians'Adult patientstreatmentbusiness.industryPatient AcuityAntimicrobialmedicine.diseasehumanitiesinfectionDrug UtilizationAnti-Bacterial AgentsInfectious DiseasesOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisEmergency medicineEmergencysepsibusinessEmergency Service HospitalJournal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
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