Few people now reach old age without taking multiple drugs, often attending various clinics,
and undergoing secondary or tertiary investigations. Most chronic conditions are, to differing …

Obesity is a disease with a major negative impact on human health. However, people with
obesity may not perceive their weight to be a significant problem and less than half of …

Obesity results from a chronic excessive accumulation of adipose tissue due to a long-term
imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Available epidemiological and clinical …

Objective Mendelian randomization (MR) has increasingly been utilized as a tool for
establishing causal relations between modifiable exposures and osteoarthritis (OA). The …

Psoriasis (PSO) and psoriatic arthritis (PSA) are inflammatory diseases with complex genetic
and environmental contributions. Although studies have identified environmental and …

Purpose The effect of hyperglycemia on periodontitis is mainly based on observational
studies, and inconsistent results were found whether periodontal treatment favors glycemic …

Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) has a significant impact on global burden of
disease. Complications in clinical management can occur when response to …

Background The independent effect of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and body fat percentage
(BF%) on ischemic cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains uncertain. Objectives This study …

Background Body mass index (BMI) is known to influence the risk of various site-specific
cancers, however, dissecting which subcomponents of this heterogenous risk factor are …

The regulation of fatty acid metabolism is crucial for milk flavor and quality. Therefore, it is
important to explore the genes that play a role in fatty acid metabolism and their …