BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by significant heterogeneity in treatment response, with inflammation hypothesized to play a role in its pathophysiology. Peripheral inflammatory biomarkers, such as the neutrophil-to-lymph...
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
May 10, 2025
BACKGROUND: Blood stream infection (BSI) represent a life-threatening condition. Thus, we aimed to investigate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) tests in adult febrile patients with BSI and other clinical infections in hosp...
OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of mental illness in Taiwan increased. Identifying and mitigating risk factors for mental illness is essential. Inflammation may be a risk factor for mental illness; however, the predictive power of inflammation test values ...
Insulin resistance (IR) is the core for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. The homeostasis assessment model is a straightforward and practical tool for quantifying insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Multiple adaptive regression spline (MARS) is a mac...
International journal of medical sciences
Jan 21, 2025
The clinical manifestation of aortic dissection (AD) is complex and varied, making early diagnosis crucial for patient survival. This study aimed to identify immune-related markers to establish a nomogram model for AD diagnosis. Three datasets from G...
International journal of molecular sciences
Jan 16, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated advances in molecular biology and virology, enabling the identification of key biomarkers to differentiate between severe and mild cases. Furthermore, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning ...
Clinical and translational gastroenterology
Jan 1, 2025
INTRODUCTION: Pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) easily progresses to an active disease compared with adult CD, making it important to predict and minimize CD relapses. However, prediction of relapse at various time points (TPs) during pediatric CD remai...
Maintaining physical function is crucial for independent living in older adults, with gait speed being a key predictor of health outcomes. Blood biomarkers may potentially monitor older adults' mobility, yet their association with slow gait speed sti...
BACKGROUND: Psoriatic arthritis (PSA) is an inflammatory joint disease associated with psoriasis (PSO) that can be easily missed. Existing PSA screening tools ignore objective serologic indicators. The aim of this study was to develop a disease scree...
International journal of medical informatics
Nov 26, 2024
BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory biomarker frequently used in clinical practice. However, insufficient evidence-based ordering inevitably results in its overuse or underuse. This study aims to predict its normal and abnormal le...
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