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Faecal bacterial microbiota in patients with cirrhosis and the effect of lact...
Background Gut microbiota may be altered in patients with cirrhosis, and may further change after administration of lactulose. We studied the composition of gut microbiota in... -
Sex and ethnic/racial-specific risk factors for gallbladder disease
Background Gallbladder disease (GBD) is a highly prevalent condition; however, little is known about potential differences in risk factors by sex and ethnicity/race. Our aim was... -
Adenocarcinoma risk in gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia: a systemati...
Background Gastric cancer (GC) has a poor prognosis with wide variation in survival rates across the world. Several studies have shown premalignant lesions gastric atrophy (GA)... -
Significantly different clinical features between hypertriglyceridemia and bi...
Background Unlike western world, gallstones and hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) are among the first two etiologies of acute pancreatitis (AP) in China. But yet, detailed differences... -
Incidence of acute diarrheal illness in Chinese communities: a meta-analysis
Background Acute diarrheal illness (ADI) is an important public health problem worldwide. We estimated the morbidity, distribution, and burden of self-reported ADI in China over... -
Relationship of sarcopenia with steatohepatitis and advanced liver fibrosis i...
Background Several studies have emerged indicating that sarcopenia is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, we aimed to systematically review and quantify the... -
Add-on neurological benefits of antiviral therapy in HCV patients with chroni...
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have rarely been studied because they rarely accept interferon-based therapy (IBT) and... -
Costs and quality of life of small-incision open cholecystectomy and laparosc...
Background Health care providers need solid evidence based data on cost differences between alternative surgical procedures for common surgical disorders. We aimed to compare... -
Metabolomic and BH3 profiling of esophageal cancers: novel assessment methods...
Background Esophageal cancers accounted for nearly 16,000 deaths in 2016. The number of patients with esophageal cancers increases every year. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy... -
Circulating cathelicidin levels correlate with mucosal disease activity in ul...
Background Cathelicidin (LL-37) is an antimicrobial peptide known to be associated with various autoimmune diseases. We attempt to determine if cathelicidin can accurately... -
"Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) pharmacotherapy and the risk of serious inf...
Background The magnitude of risk of serious infections due to available medical therapies of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains controversial. We conducted a systematic... -
Diminished accuracy of biomarkers of fibrosis in low replicative chronic hepa...
Background We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of aspartate aminotransferase (AST)-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4), AST/alanine aminotransferase (ALT)... -
Multi-disciplinary team for early gastric cancer diagnosis improves the detec...
Background Gastric cancer is a frequent malignant tumor worldwide and its early detection is crucial for curing the disease and enhancing patients’ survival rate. This study... -
Estimation of utility weights for major liver diseases according to disease s...
Background The global burden of liver diseases, such as hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis, is substantial. In this study, we estimated utility weights of liver...
