Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Dec 2024
Prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in the elderly and very elderly members of the Polish population: results of a national cross‑sectional representative survey.
Lipid disorders are the most common cardiovascular risk factor among the adult population in Poland. However, epidemiological data on the ever‑growing group of older adults remain insufficient. ⋯ In the elderly Polish population, mean serum TC and LDL‑C concentrations are consistently higher in women than in men. The findings emphasize the significance of lipid disorders as a cardiovascular risk factor in older adults in Poland.
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Dec 2024
Expression of lncRNAs NEAT1, PACERR, and GAS5 can be associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have long been considered molecular noise within the transcriptome, but over time it has been shown that they perform many important biological functions and are associated with various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ⋯ Circulating plasma lncRNAs may be considered as supporting molecular markers associated with RA activity and may be useful in identifying the disease exacerbation.