Mortality Risk

The time of day certain types of foods are eaten may affect risks for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality for adults with diabetes, according to study data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The link between statin-induced LDL lowering and reduction of CV outcomes may not be as robust as assumed, researchers who conducted a meta-analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine concluded.

In adult patients on hemodialysis, a low serum potassium level was associated with a 1.4-fold higher risk of death compared with the optimal level of 5.1 mmol/L.

Menopausal hormone therapy significantly decreased the odds of death from COVID-19 among postmenopausal women, according to data from a nationwide registry-based study.

According to published results, regular engagement in muscle-strengthening activities, such as resistance training, may lower the risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.

Adults with higher aging satisfaction were more likely to have improved health and well-being later in life, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

AKI-related hospitalizations correlated with high mortality rates among veterans, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

In a patient-level meta-analysis of two pivotal trials of a paclitaxel-coated balloon, the paclitaxel-coated balloon was not associated with elevated risk for mortality in patients with peripheral artery disease at 5 years.

Waiting more than 5 hours in an ED before hospital admission was linked to an increased risk for death from any cause in the 30 days that followed, according to findings published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Patients with bullous pemphigoid experienced increases in cardiovascular mortality risk at 1, 3 and 5 years compared with matched controls, according to a study.