Mortality Risk

Researchers have developed guidelines for testing handgrip strength that may help physicians gain insight into their patients’ mortality risk.

Following the 2021 record-setting report of opioid overdose deaths in the United States, experts are predicting higher rates of overdose deaths, based on the results of a report published in JAMA Network Open.

Among South-East Asian adults, bisphosphonate use in is not associated with differences in clinical outcomes or mortality after an atypical femur fracture, according to study data published in Bone.

Men hospitalized with COVID-19 with a serum total testosterone of less than 3.9 nmol/L have a greater risk for death compared with those with higher testosterone levels, according to study data.

Poor physical performance measures in older men predicted their mortality risk after a bone fracture. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Adults with a higher visceral adiposity index score have an increased risk for all-cause mortality as well as some cause-specific mortalities, according to data from the UK Biobank.

Among adults without anemia presenting for elective cardiac surgery, iron deficiency was not associated with fewer days alive and at home when assessed at postoperative day 30 or 90, researchers reported in The Lancet Haematology.

Older men with worse grip strength, gait speed and chair stand times within 5 years before a fracture have increased risk for death, according to study findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Middle-aged and older individuals who are unable to complete a 10-second one-legged stance test may experience a higher risk of all-cause mortality, according to published results.

ATLANTA — Presence of diabetes and worse glycemic control were not associated with breast cancer outcomes until 8 years of follow-up, when survival rates worsened for patients with diabetes, according to study data.