Abstract
Background
A variety of different types of exercise are promoted to improve muscle strength and physical performance in older people.
Objective
We aimed to determine the relative effects of ...resistance training, endurance training and whole-body vibration on lean body mass, muscle strength and physical performance in older people.
Design
A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Subjects
Adults aged 60 and over.
Methods
Evidence from randomised controlled trials of resistance training, endurance training and whole-body vibration were combined. The effects of exercise interventions on lean body mass, muscle strength and physical performance were evaluated by conducting a network meta-analysis to compare multiple interventions and usual care. Risk of bias of included studies was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool. A meta-regression was performed to assess potential effect modifiers.
Results
Data were obtained from 30 trials involving 1,405 participants (age range: 60–92 years). No significant differences were found between the effects of exercise or usual care on lean body mass. Resistance training (minimum 6 weeks duration) achieved greater muscle strength improvement than did usual care (12.8 kg; 95% confidence interval CI: 8.5–17.0 kg). Resistance training and whole-body vibration were associated with greater physical performance improvement compared with usual care (2.6 times greater 95% CI: 1.3–3.9 and 2.1 times greater 95% CI: 0.5–3.7, respectively).
Conclusions
Resistance training is the most effect intervention to improve muscle strength and physical performance in older people. Our findings also suggest that whole-body vibration is beneficial for physical performance. However, none of the three exercise interventions examined had a significant effect on lean body mass.
Summary Background Major adjuvant treatments for pancreatic adenocarcinoma include fluorouracil, gemcitabine, chemoradiation, and chemoradiation plus fluorouracil or gemcitabine. Since the optimum ...regimen remains inconclusive, we aimed to compare these treatments in terms of overall survival after tumour resection and in terms of grade 3–4 toxic effects with a systematic review and random-effects Bayesian network meta-analysis. Methods We searched PubMed, trial registries, and related reviews and abstracts for randomised controlled trials comparing the above five treatments with each other or observation alone before April 30, 2013. We estimated relative hazard ratios (HRs) for death and relative odds ratios (ORs) for toxic effects among different therapies by combining HRs for death and survival durations and ORs for toxic effects of included trials. We assessed the effects of prognostic factors on survival benefits of adjuvant therapies with meta-regression. Findings Ten eligible articles reporting nine trials were included. Compared with observation, the HRs for death were 0·62 (95% credible interval 0·42–0·88) for fluorouracil, 0·68 (0·44–1·07) for gemcitabine, 0·91 (0·55–1·46) for chemoradiation, 0·54 (0·15–1·80) for chemoradiation plus fluorouracil, and 0·44 (0·10–1·81) for chemoradiation plus gemcitabine. The proportion of patients with positive lymph nodes was inversely associated with the survival benefit of adjuvant treatments. After adjustment for this factor, fluorouracil (HR 0·65, 0·49–0·84) and gemcitabine (0·59, 0·41–0·83) improved survival compared with observation, whereas chemoradiation resulted in worse survival than fluorouracil (1·69, 1·12–2·54) or gemcitabine (1·86, 1·04–3·23). Chemoradiation plus gemcitabine was ranked the most toxic, with significantly higher haematological toxic effects than second-ranked chemoradiation plus fluorouracil (OR 13·33, 1·01–169·36). Interpretation Chemotherapy with fluorouracil or gemcitabine is the optimum adjuvant treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma and reduces mortality after surgery by about a third. Chemoradiation plus chemotherapy is less effective in prolonging survival and is more toxic than chemotherapy. Funding None.
To determine the association between combined lifestyle factors, including healthy diet, moderate alcohol consumption, non-smoking, physical activity, and optimal weight, and cardiovascular disease ...(CVD) risk among younger and older adults. We conducted a literature search using PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and EBSCO databases up to November 30, 2019 and performed dose-response analysis, subgroup analysis and meta-regression with odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Twenty cohort studies involving 1,090,261 participants with 46,288 cardiovascular events and mean follow-up duration of 12.33 years were included. Compared with the group with the lowest number of healthy lifestyle factors, the group with the highest number had lower CVD risk pooled hazard ratio, 0.37 (95% CI 0.31-0.43). With age as an effect modifier, the lifetime risk of CVD was 0.31 (95% CI 0.24-0.41) at age 37.1-49.9 years, 0.36 (95% CI 0.30-0.45) at age 50.0-59.9 years and 0.49 (95% CI 0.38-0.63) at age 60.0-72.9 years. The hazard ratio of CVD significantly increased from 37.1 to 72.9 years of age slope in multivariate meta-regression: 0.01 (95% CI < 0.001-0.03; p = 0.042). Younger adults have more cardiovascular benefits from combined healthy lifestyle factors.
Dietary sodium intake has received considerable attention as a potential risk factor of cardiovascular disease. However, evidence on the dose-response association between dietary sodium intake and ...cardiovascular disease risk is unclear. Embase and PubMed were searched from their inception to 17 August 2020 and studies that examined the association between sodium intake and cardiovascular disease in adolescents were not included in this review. We conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the effect of high sodium intake using a random effects model. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale assessment was performed. A random-effects dose-response model was used to estimate the linear and nonlinear dose-response relationships. Subgroup analyses and meta-regression were conducted to explain the observed heterogeneity. We identified 36 reports, which included a total of 616,905 participants, and 20 of these reports were also used for a dose-response meta-analysis. Compared with individuals with low sodium intake, individuals with high sodium intake had a higher adjusted risk of cardiovascular disease (Rate ratio: 1.19, 95% confidence intervals = 1.08-1.30). Our findings suggest that there is a significant linear relationship between dietary sodium intake and cardiovascular disease risk. The risk of cardiovascular disease increased up to 6% for every 1 g increase in dietary sodium intake. A low-sodium diet should be encouraged and education regarding reduced sodium intake should be provided.
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the efficacy and safety of different endoscopic surgical treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia.DesignSystematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised ...controlled trials.Data sourcesA comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases from inception to 31 March 2019.Study selectionRandomised controlled trials comparing vapourisation, resection, and enucleation of the prostate using monopolar, bipolar, or various laser systems (holmium, thulium, potassium titanyl phosphate, or diode) as surgical treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The primary outcomes were the maximal flow rate (Qmax) and international prostate symptoms score (IPSS) at 12 months after surgical treatment. Secondary outcomes were Qmax and IPSS values at 6, 24, and 36 months after surgical treatment; perioperative parameters; and surgical complications.Data extraction and synthesisTwo independent reviewers extracted the study data and performed quality assessments using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool. The effect sizes were summarised using weighted mean differences for continuous outcomes and odds ratios for binary outcomes. Frequentist approach to the network meta-analysis was used to estimate comparative effects and safety. Ranking probabilities of each treatment were also calculated.Results109 trials with a total of 13 676 participants were identified. Nine surgical treatments were evaluated. Enucleation achieved better Qmax and IPSS values than resection and vapourisation methods at six and 12 months after surgical treatment, and the difference maintained up to 24 and 36 months after surgical treatment. For Qmax at 12 months after surgical treatment, the best three methods compared with monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) were bipolar enucleation (mean difference 2.42 mL/s (95% confidence interval 1.11 to 3.73)), diode laser enucleation (1.86 (−0.17 to 3.88)), and holmium laser enucleation (1.07 (0.07 to 2.08)). The worst performing method was diode laser vapourisation (−1.90 (−5.07 to 1.27)). The results of IPSS at 12 months after treatment were similar to Qmax at 12 months after treatment. The best three methods, versus monopolar TURP, were diode laser enucleation (mean difference −1.00 (−2.41 to 0.40)), bipolar enucleation (0.87 (−1.80 to 0.07)), and holmium laser enucleation (−0.84 (−1.51 to 0.58)). The worst performing method was diode laser vapourisation (1.30 (−1.16 to 3.76)). Eight new methods were better at controlling bleeding than monopolar TURP, resulting in a shorter catheterisation duration, reduced postoperative haemoglobin declination, fewer clot retention events, and lower blood transfusion rate. However, short term transient urinary incontinence might still be a concern for enucleation methods, compared with resection methods (odds ratio 1.92, 1.39 to 2.65). No substantial inconsistency between direct and indirect evidence was detected in primary or secondary outcomes.ConclusionEight new endoscopic surgical methods for benign prostatic hyperplasia appeared to be superior in safety compared with monopolar TURP. Among these new treatments, enucleation methods showed better Qmax and IPSS values than vapourisation and resection methods.Study registrationCRD42018099583.
Aims
Delirium, a form of acute brain failure, exhibits a high incidence among older adults. Recent studies have implicated frailty as an under‐recognized complication of diabetes mellitus. Whether ...the presence of frailty increases the risk of delirium/cognitive impairment among patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains unclear.
Methods
From the longitudinal cohort of diabetes patients (LCDP) (n = 840,000) in Taiwan, we identified adults with DKD, dividing them into those without and with different severities of frailty based on a modified FRAIL scale. Cox proportional hazard regression was utilized to examine the frailty‐associated risk of delirium/cognitive impairment, identified using approaches validated by others.
Results
Totally 149,145 patients with DKD (mean 61.0 years, 44.2% female) were identified, among whom 31.0%, 51.7%, 16.0% and 1.3% did not have or had 1, 2 and >2 FRAIL items at baseline. After 3.68 years, 6613 (4.4%) developed episodes of delirium/cognitive impairment. After accounting for demographic/lifestyle factors, co‐morbidities, medications and interventions, patients with DKD and 1, 2 and >2 FRAIL items had a progressively higher risk of developing delirium/cognitive impairment than those without (for those with 1, 2 and >2 items, hazard ratio 1.18, 1.26 and 1.30, 95% confidence interval 1.08–1.28, 1.14–1.39 and 1.10–1.55, respectively). For every FRAIL item increase, the associated risk rose by 9%.
Conclusions
Frailty significantly increased the risk of delirium/cognitive impairment among patients with DKD. Frailty screening in these patients may assist in delirium risk stratification.
The association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) remains controversial without considering the role of HCV viral load and genotype. This study aimed to ...determine whether HCV RNA level and genotype affect the risk of developing ESRD. Between 1991 and 1992, 19,984 participants aged 30‐65 years were enrolled in a community‐based prospective cohort study in Taiwan. Chronic HCV infection was defined by detectable HCV viral load. ESRD was determined as the need for chronic dialysis or renal transplantation. Conventional Cox proportional hazard and competing risk models were used to determine the hazard ratio (HR) for ESRD. After a median follow‐up of 16.8 years, 204 cases were detected during 319,474 person‐years. The incidence rates of ESRD for nonchronically HCV‐infected and chronically HCV‐infected patients were 60.2 and 194.3 per 100,000 person‐years, respectively. The multivariable HR was 2.33 (95% confidence interval CI 1.40‐3.89) when comparing patients with and without chronic HCV infection. Patients with low and high HCV RNA levels were at higher risk of ESRD than those who were nonchronically HCV‐infected (HR, 2.11, 95% CI 1.16‐3.86, and HR, 3.06, 95% CI 1.23‐7.58; Ptrend < 0.001). This association remained robust after taking pre‐ESRD death as a competing event for ESRD. Patients with HCV genotype 1 tended to have a higher risk of developing ESRD (HR, 3.60 95% CI 1.83‐7.07) compared with nonchronically HCV‐infected subjects. Conclusions: This study reveals that chronic HCV infection is associated with an increased risk of developing ESRD and suggests that elevated serum levels of HCV RNA (>167,000 IU/mL) and HCV genotype 1 are strong predictors of ESRD, indicating clinical implications for the management of chronic HCV. (Hepatology 2017;66:784–793).
Diabetes mellitus (DM) correlates with accelerated aging and earlier appearance of geriatric phenotypes, including frailty. However, whether pre-frailty or frailty predicts greater healthcare ...utilization in diabetes patients is unclear.
From the Longitudinal Cohort of Diabetes Patients in Taiwan (n = 840,000) between 2004 and 2010, we identified 560,795 patients with incident type 2 DM, categorized into patients without frailty, or with 1, 2 (pre-frail) and ≥ 3 frailty components, based on FRAIL scale (Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illness, and body weight Loss). We examined their long-term mortality, cardiovascular risk, all-cause hospitalization, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission.
Among all participants (56.4 ± 13.8 year-old, 46.1% female, and 84.8% community-dwelling), 77.8% (n = 436,521), 19.2% (n = 107,757), 2.7% (n = 15,101), and 0.3% (n = 1416) patients did not have or had 1, 2 (pre-frail), and ≥ 3 frailty components (frail), respectively, with Fatigue and Illness being the most common components. After 3.14 years of follow-up, 7.8% patients died, whereas 36.6% and 9.1% experienced hospitalization and ICU stay, respectively. Cox proportional hazard modeling discovered that patients with 1, 2 (pre-frail), and ≥ 3 frailty components (frail) had an increased risk of mortality (for 1, 2, and ≥ 3 components, hazard ratio HR 1.05, 1.13, and 1.25; 95% confidence interval CI 1.02-1.07, 1.08-1.17, and 1.15-1.36, respectively), cardiovascular events (HR 1.05, 1.15, and 1.13; 95% CI 1.02-1.07, 1.1-1.2, and 1.01-1.25, respectively), hospitalization (HR 1.06, 1.16, and 1.25; 95% CI 1.05-1.07, 1.14-1.19, and 1.18-1.33, respectively), and ICU admission (HR 1.05, 1.13, and 1.17; 95% CI 1.03-1.07, 1.08-1.14, and 1.06-1.28, respectively) compared to non-frail ones. Approximately 6-7% risk elevation in mortality and healthcare utilization was noted for every frailty component increase.
Pre-frailty and frailty increased the risk of mortality and cardiovascular events, and entailed greater healthcare utilization in patients with type 2 DM.
Background
Although diabetes is a poor prognostic factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), whether diabetes severity provides an additional predictive value for CRC prognosis remains unclear. The study ...aimed to investigate the prognostic differences after curative CRC resection among patients with different diabetic severities.
Methods
This population‐based retrospective cohort study analyzed data registered between 2007 and 2015 in the Cancer Registry Database, which is linked to the National Health Insurance Research Database and National Death Registry. Patients with CRC who underwent curative radical resection for stage I–III disease were evaluated, with their diabetic status subdivided into no diabetes, diabetes without complication, and diabetes with complications. Cox regressions were applied to determine the association between diabetes severity and CRC survival, including overall survival (OS), disease‐free survival (DFS), time to recurrence, and cancer‐specific survival (CSS).
Results
A total of 59,202 patients with CRC were included. Compared with the no diabetes group, the diabetes without complication group has insignificantly worse OS (hazard ratio HR, 1.05; 95% confidence interval CI, 1.01–1.09), DFS (HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.04–1.12), and CSS (HR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.93–1.03), whereas those with complicated diabetes had a significantly higher risk of poor survival (OS: HR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.78–1.92; DFS: HR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.69–1.82; CSS: HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.33–1.49). Patients with CRC and diabetes also had a higher risk of recurrence than did those without diabetes. Sex and TNM staging were important effect modifiers.
Conclusions
Among patients with CRC who undergo curative resection, the severity of the diabetes is inversely correlated with long‐term outcomes, especially in women and patients in the earlier stages of CRC.
Plain Language Summary
The prognostic impact of diabetes severity in colorectal cancer (CRC) is yet to be clarified.
In this cohort study of 59,202 patients with CRC, compared with patients with CRC and without diabetes, those with uncomplicated diabetes had an insignificantly worse CRC survival, whereas those with complicated diabetes had a significantly higher risk of poor survival.
Multidisciplinary medical care to prevent progression into diabetes with complications is needed to improve survival among patients with CRC and diabetes.
Among patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) who undergo curative resection, the severity of diabetes is inversely correlated with long‐term outcomes, especially in women and those in earlier CRC stages. Multidisciplinary medical care to prevent progression into diabetes with complications is needed to improve survival among patients with CRC and diabetes.
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