Background:Current studies have confirmed that fetal congenital heart diseases(CHDs)are caused by various factors.However,the quantitative risk of CHD is not clear given the combined effects of multiple factors.Object...Background:Current studies have confirmed that fetal congenital heart diseases(CHDs)are caused by various factors.However,the quantitative risk of CHD is not clear given the combined effects of multiple factors.Objective:This cross-sectional study aimed to detect associated factors of fetal CHD using a Bayesian network in a large sample and quantitatively analyze relative risk ratios(RRs).Methods:Pregnant women who underwent fetal echocardiography(N=16,086 including 3,312 with CHD fetuses)were analyzed.Twenty-six maternal and fetal factors were obtained.A Bayesian network is constructed based on all variables through structural learning and parameter learning methods to find the environmental factors that directly and indirectly associated with outcome,and the probability of fetal CHD in the two groups is predicted through a junction tree reasoning algorithm,so as to obtain RR for fetal CHD under different exposure factor combinations.Taking into account the effect of gestational week on the accuracy of model prediction,we conducted sensitivity analysis on gestational week groups.Results:The single-factor analysis showed that the RRs for the numbers of births,spontaneous abortions,and parental smoking were 1.50,1.38,and 1.11(P<0.001),respectively.The risk gradually increased with the synergistic effect of ranging from one to more environmental factors above.The risk was higher among subjects with five synergistic factors,including the number of births,upper respiratory tract infection during early pregnancy,anemia,and mental stress as well as a history of spontaneous abortions or parental smoking,than in those with less than 5 factors(RR=2.62 or 2.28,P<0.001).This result was consistent across the participants grouped by GWs.Conclusion:We identified six factors that were directly associated with fetal CHD.A higher number of these factors led to a higher risk of CHD.These findings suggest that it is important to strengthen healthcare and prenatal counseling for women with these factors.展开更多
Objective:The study of effective factors on the quality of life(QoL),as an important criterion,in the outcome of new therapeutic and preventive strategies in human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)has been considered by res...Objective:The study of effective factors on the quality of life(QoL),as an important criterion,in the outcome of new therapeutic and preventive strategies in human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)has been considered by researchers.To study the relationship between spiritual well-being and Health-Related Quality of Life(HRQoL)and some related factors in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome([AIDS]/HIV).Methods:In this cross-sectional study,224 people were selected as the study population(112 were male and 112 were female)from patients with AIDS/HIV at the Behavioral Counseling Center of Shiraz with available sampling method.The research tool was Palutzian&Ellison well-being scale and QoL Questionnaire(SF-36).Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test.Results:There was a significant direct relationship between physical function dimensions(P=0.003).There was a significant relationship between general well-being,mental well-being,and total spiritual well-being(P<0.001).There was a statistically significant relationship between the dimensions of QoL and spiritual well-being with some age section of the patients,and their occupation and education(P<0.001).Conclusions:Spirituality has an impact on the QoL dimensions.Therefore,HIV positive people’s quality of life could be improved by the possibility of the spiritual well-being promotion as a method of adaptation with the disease.展开更多
This study aimed to investigate the effects of male hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection on male fertility,embryonic development,and in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection(IVF/ICSI)outcomes.We performed a ...This study aimed to investigate the effects of male hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection on male fertility,embryonic development,and in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection(IVF/ICSI)outcomes.We performed a retrospective cohort study that included 3965 infertile couples who received fresh embryo transfer cycles for the first time at the Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital(Fuzhou,China)from January 2018 to January 2021.Infertile couples were categorized based on their HBV infection status into the HBV group(HBV-positive men and HBV-negative women)and the control group(HBV-negative couples).A 1:1 propensity score matching was performed with relatively balanced covariates.Baseline characteristics,semen parameters,laboratory outcomes,clinical outcomes,and obstetric and neonatal outcomes were compared between groups.After propensity score matching,821 couples were included in each group.Both groups had similar semen parameters and obstetric and neonatal outcomes.The HBV group showed a significantly lower live birth rate than the control group(P<0.05).The HBV group had a significantly higher abortion rate than the control group(P<0.05).The rates of high-quality embryos and blastocyst formation were significantly lower in the HBV group than those in the control group(both P<0.05).In conclusion,in couples who undergo IVF/ICSI,male HBV infection reduces the live birth rate and increases the risk of miscarriage.However,the incidence of low birth weight in women with IVF/ICSI does not increase with male HBV infection.展开更多
基金National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFC1002300).
文摘Background:Current studies have confirmed that fetal congenital heart diseases(CHDs)are caused by various factors.However,the quantitative risk of CHD is not clear given the combined effects of multiple factors.Objective:This cross-sectional study aimed to detect associated factors of fetal CHD using a Bayesian network in a large sample and quantitatively analyze relative risk ratios(RRs).Methods:Pregnant women who underwent fetal echocardiography(N=16,086 including 3,312 with CHD fetuses)were analyzed.Twenty-six maternal and fetal factors were obtained.A Bayesian network is constructed based on all variables through structural learning and parameter learning methods to find the environmental factors that directly and indirectly associated with outcome,and the probability of fetal CHD in the two groups is predicted through a junction tree reasoning algorithm,so as to obtain RR for fetal CHD under different exposure factor combinations.Taking into account the effect of gestational week on the accuracy of model prediction,we conducted sensitivity analysis on gestational week groups.Results:The single-factor analysis showed that the RRs for the numbers of births,spontaneous abortions,and parental smoking were 1.50,1.38,and 1.11(P<0.001),respectively.The risk gradually increased with the synergistic effect of ranging from one to more environmental factors above.The risk was higher among subjects with five synergistic factors,including the number of births,upper respiratory tract infection during early pregnancy,anemia,and mental stress as well as a history of spontaneous abortions or parental smoking,than in those with less than 5 factors(RR=2.62 or 2.28,P<0.001).This result was consistent across the participants grouped by GWs.Conclusion:We identified six factors that were directly associated with fetal CHD.A higher number of these factors led to a higher risk of CHD.These findings suggest that it is important to strengthen healthcare and prenatal counseling for women with these factors.
文摘Objective:The study of effective factors on the quality of life(QoL),as an important criterion,in the outcome of new therapeutic and preventive strategies in human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)has been considered by researchers.To study the relationship between spiritual well-being and Health-Related Quality of Life(HRQoL)and some related factors in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome([AIDS]/HIV).Methods:In this cross-sectional study,224 people were selected as the study population(112 were male and 112 were female)from patients with AIDS/HIV at the Behavioral Counseling Center of Shiraz with available sampling method.The research tool was Palutzian&Ellison well-being scale and QoL Questionnaire(SF-36).Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test.Results:There was a significant direct relationship between physical function dimensions(P=0.003).There was a significant relationship between general well-being,mental well-being,and total spiritual well-being(P<0.001).There was a statistically significant relationship between the dimensions of QoL and spiritual well-being with some age section of the patients,and their occupation and education(P<0.001).Conclusions:Spirituality has an impact on the QoL dimensions.Therefore,HIV positive people’s quality of life could be improved by the possibility of the spiritual well-being promotion as a method of adaptation with the disease.
基金the innovation Platform Project of Science and Technology,Fujian Province(2021Y2012)the Key Project on the Integration of Industry,Education and Research Collaborative Innovation of Fujian Province(No.2021YZ034011)+2 种基金the Key Project on Science and Technology Program of Fujian Health Commission(No.2021ZD01002)the Fujian Provincial Health and Young and Middle-aged Key Personnel Training Program(No.2022GGA035)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(No.2023J011221).
文摘This study aimed to investigate the effects of male hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection on male fertility,embryonic development,and in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection(IVF/ICSI)outcomes.We performed a retrospective cohort study that included 3965 infertile couples who received fresh embryo transfer cycles for the first time at the Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital(Fuzhou,China)from January 2018 to January 2021.Infertile couples were categorized based on their HBV infection status into the HBV group(HBV-positive men and HBV-negative women)and the control group(HBV-negative couples).A 1:1 propensity score matching was performed with relatively balanced covariates.Baseline characteristics,semen parameters,laboratory outcomes,clinical outcomes,and obstetric and neonatal outcomes were compared between groups.After propensity score matching,821 couples were included in each group.Both groups had similar semen parameters and obstetric and neonatal outcomes.The HBV group showed a significantly lower live birth rate than the control group(P<0.05).The HBV group had a significantly higher abortion rate than the control group(P<0.05).The rates of high-quality embryos and blastocyst formation were significantly lower in the HBV group than those in the control group(both P<0.05).In conclusion,in couples who undergo IVF/ICSI,male HBV infection reduces the live birth rate and increases the risk of miscarriage.However,the incidence of low birth weight in women with IVF/ICSI does not increase with male HBV infection.