Incidence and risk factors of mental illnesses among patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an 18-year population-based study.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the incidence and risk factors surrounding mental illnesses in patients diagnosed with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs).

Methods: This retrospective cohort study used nationwide, population-based claim data taken from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) to identify patients certified as having a catastrophic illness for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic sclerosis (SSc), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM) or Sjögren's syndrome (SS) from the years 2002-2020. We furthermore calculated the incidence of mental illness in patients diagnosed with SARDs while exploring factors associated with the development of mental illness using multivariable Cox regression analysis shown as adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Increased NAFLD risk in newly diagnosed patients with RA during the first 4 years of follow-up: a nationwide, population-based cohort study.

Background: Although the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is prevalent in the general population, NAFLD risk in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has rarely been explored. In this population-based cohort, we examined NAFLD risk in patients with RA and identified the potential risk factors.

Design: Retrospective study.

Stratified analysis of the association between periodontitis and female breast cancer based on age, comorbidities and level of urbanization: A population-based nested case-control study.

Purpose: To conduct stratified analysis of the association between periodontitis exposure and the risk of female breast cancer based on age, comorbidities and level of urbanization.

Methods: Using claims data taken from the 1997-2013 Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), we identified 60,756 newly-diagnosed female breast cancer patients during the period 2003-2013 from all beneficiaries. We then randomly selected 243,024 women without breast cancer matching (1:4) for age and the year of the index date during 1997-2013 from a one million representative population acting as the control group.

Factors Associated with the Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Nationwide, Population-Based Case-Control Study.

Background: Potential risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) requiring medical therapy should be investigated. Methods: We identified newly diagnosed AS patients without previous MACE from 2004 to 2012 using the National Health Insurance Research Database, matched MACE cases with non-MACE controls at a 1:4 ratio for age, gender, AS duration, and index date, and included 947 AS patients with MACE and 3896 matched controls for final analyses. By using conditional logistic regression analyses, we examined the associations of MACE with low income, urbanisation, comorbidities, common extra-articular manifestations (EAM), and medications, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) of three categories (traditional NSAIDs, selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (COX-2i), and preferential COX-2is) with their annual cumulative defined daily dose (cDDD) within a year before MACE development.

The association between infection incidence and autoimmune diseases in breast cancer patients after anti-cancer treatment.

: To evaluate the infection incidence in breast cancer patients whether they have a major autoimmune disease or not. : This retrospective cohort study compared the infection incidence of 174 breast cancer patients with an autoimmune disease, including Sjogren's Syndrome (SS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), along with 4429 patients without an autoimmune disease, for the period 2000 to 2016. Six-hundred and ninety six, age-, stage-, and diagnosis era-matched patients without any autoimmune disease were analyzed to eliminate the effects of these confounding factors may have on the results.

Sub-lethal heat treatment affects the tolerance of Cronobacter sakazakii BCRC 13988 to various organic acids, simulated gastric juice and bile solution.

Cronobacter spp., formerly Enterobacter sakazakii, are considered emerging opportunistic pathogens and the etiological agent of life-threatening bacterial infections in infants. In the present study, C.

Combining capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection for the analysis of Escherichia coli lysates.

With the goal of improving water quality control, in this study we combined CE-LIF for the analysis of Escherichia coli lysates under discontinuous conditions. Prior to injecting a large-volume protein sample, a plug of 0.2% w/v SDS was injected into the capillary filled with 2.

Protein expression in Vibrio parahaemolyticus 690 subjected to sublethal heat and ethanol shock treatments.

Cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus 690 were subjected either to heat shock at 42 degrees C for 45 min or to ethanol shock in the presence of 5% ethanol for 60 min. The protein profiles of the unstressed and stressed V. parahaemolyticus cells were compared.

Ethanol shock changes the fatty acid profile and survival behavior of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in various stress conditions.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus 690, a clinical strain, was subjected to ethanol shock in the presence of 5% ethanol for a period of 30 and 60 min. Survival behaviors of the ethanol shocked and control cells of V. parahaemolyticus in the presence of H(2)O(2) (20 ppm), crystal violet (3 ppm), NaCl (20%), and low pH solution (pH 4.

Response of Vibrio parahaemolyticus to ethanol shock.

In this study, the growth and survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the presence of 0.0-8.0% ethanol was first examined.

Effect of iron limitation on the growth and cytotoxin production of Salmonella choleraesuis SC-5.

This study investigated the effect of iron limitation on the growth and cytotoxin production of Salmonella choleraesuis and examined the iron-accruing capability of various Salmonella strains. It was found that the growth of S. choleraesuis SC-5 was retarded by the presence of iron-chelating agents, 2,2'-dipyridyl or ethylenediamine di-o-hydroxyphenylactic acid (EDDA).