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The presence of thyroid autoantibodies may be detected as early as age 10 months for children, and those positive for both thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin autoantibodies have a higher risk for thyroid disease, according to study data.

Salt reduction in patients who have high daily sodium intake and are at high risk for atrial fibrillation may lower risk for incident AF, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Published results showed application of calcium sulphate and hydroxyapatite biomaterial at the bone-implant interface may increase peri-implant bone formation in patients with osteoporosis and trochanteric fractures.

Patients who eventually developed giant cell arteritis demonstrated significantly higher levels of apolipoprotein A-I at baseline, according to population-based data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity appeared associated with increased risk for various obesity-associated cancer types, according to study results presented at European Congress on Obesity.

Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis do not appear to have an increased risk for anxiety or depression, compared with the general population, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

Swedish men diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in youth had higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risks compared with those without diabetes, and cognitive ability did not influence the associations, according to study data.

Patients with osteoarthritis who developed dementia were more likely than their counterparts without dementia to be hospitalized for ambulatory care services, according to a speaker at the 2022 OARSI World Congress.

Gut dysbiosis is more frequent in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, compared with controls, and is associated with worse axial spondyloarthritis disease activity and physical function, according to data.

Register results showed worse DASH scores at 1 year for patients with combined distal radius and distal ulnar fractures vs. those with any type of distal radius fracture, a presenter said at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting.