Background CPAP is considered the therapy of choice for OSA, but the extent to which it can
reduce BP is still under debate. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Background The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a rather simple measure of red
blood cell (RBC) size heterogeneity (ie, anisocytosis), which is easily calculated by dividing …

The efficient diagnosis and accurate monitoring of diabetic patients are cornerstones for
reducing the risk of diabetic complications. The current diagnostic and prognostic strategies …

Hypertension is a heritable and major contributor to the global burden of disease. The sum
of rare and common genetic variants robustly identified so far explain only 1%–2% of the …

Biological variability is an important aspect for appropriate interpretation of hemostasis
testing, but unreliable evidence has been provided to date regarding the effect of different …

Background: The study is aimed at evaluating the performance of the predictive model
ROMA (Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm), which utilizes the combination of human …

Suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the leading causes of admission to the
emergency departments in Western countries but also an increasing cause in many other …

Aim: Although CA125 is the most widely used cancer marker in the diagnostic approach of
pelvic masses in women, its clinical usefulness is limited because it lacks expression of the …

Background: The leading mechanisms responsible for the most prevalent and serious
cardiac injuries include myocardiocyte stretch, myocardiocyte necrosis and cardiac fibrosis …

Red cell distribution width (RDW) is an index which primarily reflects impaired erythropoiesis
and abnormal red blood cell survival. In last years the interest in this marker has …