Hypertension, serum lipids and cancer risk: A review of epidemiological evidence by Ričardas Radišauskas, Irena Kuzmickienė, Eglė Milinavičienė, Rūta Everatt

“…Risk of renal cell cancer was 2–4 times higher for persons with arterial hypertension, independently of sex. …”
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Investigation of physical, chemical and technological properties of <i>Mercenaria stimpsoni</i> in the process of storage by Natalia M. Kupina

“…The concentration of the proteinogenic amino acids, taurine and anserine does not change in the process of storage, but the content of myofibrillary protein decreases in 15-20 %, and the content of dilacerated proteins increases in 2.4 times. Mercenaria stimpsoni caught at Primorye coast is safe for human consumption by content of toxic elements and radioactive nuclides in its muscle tissue and viscera.…”
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Proton-pump inhibitors are associated with increased risk of prosthetic joint infection in patients with total hip arthroplasty: a case-cohort study by Maarten M Bruin, Ruud L M Deijkers, Roos Bazuin, Erika P M Elzakker, Bart G Pijls

“…The risk of PJI was 2.4 times higher (95% CI 1.4–4.0) for patients using PPI. …”
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Enhanced Field Emission properties of Carbon Nanotube films using densification technique by Lim, Yu Dian, Kong, Qinyu, Wang, Shaomeng, Tan, Chong Wei, Tay, Beng Kang, Aditya, Sheel

“…Densified CNT films show 2–4 times improvement in FE current density. This improvement in current density can be attributed to the enhanced localized electric field on CNT tips, as suggested by the simulation results. …”
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Framingham, SCORE, and DECODE risk equations do not provide reliable cardiovascular risk estimates in Type 2 diabetes by Coleman, R, Stevens, R, Retnakaran, R, Holman, R

“…Risk calculators are of particular relevance in diabetic patients given their 2–4 times higher CVD risk compared with the nondiabetic population (2). …”

Enhanced mass activity and stability of bimetallic Pd-Ni nanoparticles on boron-doped diamond for direct ethanol fuel cell applications by Mavrokefalos, C, Hasan, M, Rohan, J, Foord, J

“…The bimetallic Pd-Ni nanoparticles showed 2.4 times higher mass activity than similar systems in the literature as well as stability when operated in alkaline media. …”

Еffectiveness of long-term cinacalcet administration in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism: A prospective, historically controlled study by O.M. Loboda, I.M. Shifris, E.K. Krasyuk, S.L. Dudar, V.M. Savchuk, F.O. Prusskiy, V.O. Kulish

“…The frequency of fractures in the historical group was 2.4 times higher than in the main group, but this difference was not statistically significant (RR 2.425, 95% CI: 0.803 - 7.32). …”
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Factors that influence the hospital stay of patients diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus by Eduardo Enrique Chibas-Muñoz, Erennys Carema Sarabia-Aguila, Pablo Enrique Quintero-Alvarez, Eduardo Landrove-Escalona, Rogelio Creagh Bandera

“…Patients with diabetes mellitus are hospitalized 2.4 times more often than other patients. Objective: to identify epidemiological factors associated with the hospital stay of diabetic patients at the "Dr. …”
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THE OXIDATIVE METABOLISM DISORDERS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS AND DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY APPARATUS by E. A. ALEKSEENKO, I. M. BYKOV, I. A. LUKONIN

“…The activity of superoxide dismutase has increased by 29 %, of catalase by 65 %, of glutathione reductase by 2,4 times while the activity of glutathione peroxidase has decreased by 3,3 times. …”
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Synthesis of Glycopolymer Micelles for Antibiotic Delivery by Xuan Chen, Bin Wu, Harini A. Perera, Mingdi Yan

“…Despite the low loading, the antibiotic-encapsulated glycomicelles were at least as active or 2–4 times more active than the free antibiotics. For glycopolymers without the PEG linker, the antibiotics encapsulated in micelles were 2–6 times worse than the free antibiotics.…”
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SMOKING AS A RISK FACTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES: PREVALENCE, IMPACT ON PROGNOSIS, POSSIBLE SMOKING CESSATION STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. Part 1. Smo... by O. D. Ostroumova, A. A. Izvekov, N. Yu. Voevodina

“…The risk of developing IHD in smoking patients is increased by 2-4 times in men and women and in any age group. Myocardial infarction occurs in smoking patients at a younger age, and they have a similar risk of coronary events with patients of older age groups. …”
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PROPHYLACTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF FUSAFUNGINE IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC TONSILLITIS by T.I. Garashchenko, M.V. Garashchenko, I.A. Kubylinskaya, N.V. Ovechkina, T.G. Kats

“…The sanation of palatine tonsils from Candida albicans was detected (eradication of microorganism was achieved in 58% of cases, and the amount of patients with pharyngomycosis was decreased 2,4 times low). Patient’s quality of life significantly increased, and ENT-specialists met less complaints (in 4,5–15 times low). …”
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Study on the microstructure and wear resistance of AlCrCuFeNiTix high entropy alloys for surfacing welding by Wen Zhang, Yunhai Su, Guiqing Zhang, Xuewei Liang

“…The maximum hardness can reach 636 HV, which is 2.4 times that of the base material. With the increase of Ti element, the friction coefficient of the alloy shows a trend of first decreasing and then increasing, and the wear amount first decreases and then increases. …”
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Quantitative Risk Assessment of Patient Manual Handling in Wards of One of the Hospitals of Tehran using MAPO Method, Iran by Sajad Ataei, Shirin Kian, Payam Heydari, Sakineh Varmazyar

“…Results: The highest score of MAPO were, respectively, related to wards of DI clinic (score, 14.7), men orthopedic (score, 6.3), and general operating room (score, 57). 53.8% of hospital wards were at the level 2 corrective action, which indicated that the risk of musculoskeletal disorder is 2.4 times higher than level 1 corrective action. …”
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Optimizing protected areas to boost the conservation of key protected wildlife in China by Chunrong Mi, Kai Song, Liang Ma, Jiliang Xu, Baojun Sun, Yuehua Sun, Jianguo Liu, Weiguo Du

“…From 1988 to 2021, the number of protected species almost doubled, and the area of PAs increased by 2.4 times, covering over 92.8% of the protected species. …”
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The Effect of Shear Rate on Dynamic Gelation of Phenol Formaldehyde Resin Gel in Porous Media by Haiyang Yu, Zhenfu Ma, Lin Tang, Yuesheng Li, Xianzhen Shao, Yunxia Tian, Jun Qian, Jing Fu, Dong Li, Long Wang, Fengguo Ren

“…The results shown that final dynamic gelation time is 2.4 times longer than the static gelation time in porous media. …”
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Emission of materials of biological origin in laying hens houses with different technologies of rearing by G. Vaičionis, V. Ribikauskas, A. Benediktavičiute-Kiškiene, I. Skurdeniene

“…It was found out that there was 1.6 times more dust in the air of poultry house where laying hens were kept on litter and the total number of bacteria was 2.4 times higher than in the bird cages (P &lt; 0.001). …”
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Production and biological characteristics and genotoxic status of clam <i>Corbicula japonica</i> (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in the estuary of Avvakumovka River (Olga Bay, northwester... by Evgeny V. Kolpakov, Nikolay V. Kolpakov, Valentina V. Slobodskova

“…Its annual consumption exceeds its biomass in 2.0-2.4 times. Corbicula japonica in the Avvakumovka River is practically unaffected by genotoxic influence; the estuary is defined as a clean, low-polluted area.…”
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Effects of Zr substitution on structure and thermoelectric properties of Bi2O2Se by Zhuang Fu, Jia-Ling Jiang, Song-Tao Dong, Miao-Cheng Yu, Lijun Zhao, Lei Wang, Shu-Hua Yao

“…A peak ZT of around 0.27 was achieved for the Bi1.96Zr0.04O2Se sample, which is approximately 2.4 times greater than that of un-doped one (∼0.11). …”
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Fabrication and Performance of Optical Fiber Grating Sensors Packaged in Composite Substrate by GAO Lin-lin, WANG Qing-lin, GUO Yun-li, YE Hui, JIANG Ming-shun, JIA Yu-xi

“…Through the comparison of the two kinds of experimental results, it can be concluded that when the only once but fully curing process is adopted to prepare the glass fiber/epoxy composite substrate, the linearity and repeatability of the temperature response of the packaged FBG sensor are poor, and its relative repeatability error is as high as 10.90%, while the linearity is only 0.99871; when the pre-curing process is adopted before packaging and the secondary curing process is adopted after packaging, the relative repeatability error of the temperature response of the packaged FBG sensor is only 1.87%, and the linearity is 0.99998; besides, its strain sensitivity coefficient is 0.05514nm/kg, and its temperature sensitivity coefficient is 0.02357nm/℃, which is 2.4 times of the temperature sensitivity coefficient of bare FBG sensor.…”
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