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• Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2023

  Screening tools for metabolic syndrome based on anthropometric cut-off values among Thai working adults: a community-based study.

  The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a universal disease of increasing prevalence, but the prevalence varies depending on ethnicity. There is a crucial need to assess the validity of anthropometric indicators and determine appropriate cut-off values for MetS screening. ⋯ The participants might not be representative of all Thai adults and we may have overestimated MetS for Thai working adults because our research focus was on the highest prevalence of MetS in the central region of Thailand.

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• Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2023

  Evaluation of the systemic immune inflammation index and the systemic inflammatory response index as new markers for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children.

  Abdominal pain is a common and non-specific symptom in children. It is important to be able to distinguish the source of abdominal pain before surgery. ⋯ Single-center study and retrospective.

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• Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2023

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  Experience with direct-acting antivirals in genotype 1-5 infected chronic hepatitis C patients in Turkey.

  Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can cause chronic liver disease, hepatic cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplantation, and death. Early diagnosis and treatment are thus vital. ⋯ Retrospective, single-center.

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