Mortality Risk

Low-carbohydrate diets centered on macronutrients from whole grains, fruit and vegetables are associated with a lower mortality risk for people with type 2 diabetes, according to study data.

Delirium appeared associated with higher ICU and hospital mortality, as well as increased length of stay, among critically ill patients with cancer, according to data published in JCO Oncology Practice.

A machine-learning model showed excellent discriminative ability in predicting 30-day mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia, according to study results published in CHEST.

Adults who improve from prediabetes to normoglycemia do not have a lower risk for death compared with those with persistent prediabetes, but lifestyle modification can help reduce mortality risk, according to study data.

Patients with COPD treated with inhaled corticosteroids for more than 6 months had a decreased risk for all-cause mortality, according to study results published in CHEST.

Drinking a low or moderate amount of alcohol every day was not significantly linked to all-cause mortality, but high levels of intake were, especially for women, according to results of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

A lower respiratory tract infection before turning 2 years old was related to a 93% higher likelihood for a respiratory-related premature death in adulthood compared with no childhood infection, according to results published in The Lancet.

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who coughed 3.4 times per hour or less based on digital cough monitoring faced a greater risk for intubation or death, according to study results published in Journal of Biomedical Informatics.

Higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness attenuated CVD mortality risk in older and middle-aged men with high systolic BP, researchers reported.

Hispanic and Asian adults diagnosed with thyroid cancer are more likely to have advanced disease, but also have better survival outcomes, compared with white adults, according to study data.