Background: Tirzepatide—a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist—exerts pleiotropic effects on cardiometabolic health. Objectives: The authors sought to investigate the efficacy of tirzepatide in improving different cardio...
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Background: Tirzepatide—a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist—exerts pleiotropic effects on cardiometabolic health. Objectives: The authors sought to investigate the efficacy of tirzepatide in improving different cardiometabolic risk factors across individuals and subpopulations. Methods: Using an independent, global data-sharing and analytics platform, we performed an individual participant data meta-analysis by pooling data from 7 Phase 3 randomized clinical trials that compared tirzepatide with placebo or standard antihyperglycemic agents in individuals with type 2 diabetes. The study outcomes were the presence of a range of cardiometabolic abnormalities, representing components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) (elevated waist circumference, triglycerides, blood pressure, and fasting blood glucose, and decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol), as well as elevated body mass index and MetS (≥3 cardiometabolic abnormalities). Outcomes were modeled using mixed-effects models, with inverse probability weighting to account for study design differences. Results: We included 7,805 participants with a weighted median age of 59 years (Q1-Q3: 51-66 years) and 43.2% women. Over a weighted median treatment duration of 41.0 weeks, tirzepatide reduced the odds of all cardiometabolic abnormalities, ranging from 34% reduction for the odds of decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (OR: 0.66 [95% CI: 0.52-0.84]) to 96% reduction in the odds of elevated body mass index (OR: 0.04 [95% CI:0.02-0.08]), and 72% reduction for the odds of MetS (OR: 0.28 [95% CI: 0.24-0.33]). Tirzepatide's superior efficacy in resolving MetS was consistent across demographic and clinical subpopulations, with higher efficacy in age <65 years vs ≥65 years, and in individuals without vs with baseline use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (P for interaction = 0.008 and 0.009, respectively). Conclusions: This pooled analysis suggests that tirzepatide may improve cardiometabolic abnormalities a
Cancer involves dynamic changes caused by (epi)genetic alterations such as mutations or abnormal DNA methylation patterns which occur in cancer driver genes. These driver genes are divided into oncogenes and tumor sup...
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Background: Current nomogram can only be created for regression algorithm. Providing nomogram for any machine learning (ML) algorithms may accelerate model deployment in clinical settings or improve model availability...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) serves as a powerful tool that can revolutionize how personalized, patient-focused care is provided within interventional cardiology. Specifically, AI can augment clinical care across the ...
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Background: The efficacy of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for improving outcomes of peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) has not been well studied. We aimed to evaluate the association of IVUS with long-term out...
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Background: The efficacy of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for improving outcomes of peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) has not been well studied. We aimed to evaluate the association of IVUS with long-term outcomes in patients undergoing PVI for claudication. Methods: We conducted a two-cohort study using data from 100% of Medicare fee-for-service claims (2018–2022) and the Vascular Quality Initiative Vascular Implant Surveillance and Interventional Outcomes Network (VISION;2016–2019). For both cohorts, we identified all patients who underwent an index (first-time) femoropopliteal PVI for claudication, excluding patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and acute limb ischemia. We compared IVUS use over time and by procedure type and setting. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazards models to assess the associations of IVUS with repeat PVI, conversion to CLTI, and amputation. For the Medicare cohort, adjustments were made for baseline patient characteristics, while for the VISION cohort, additional adjustments were made for detailed anatomic factors. All models were clustered by physician. Results: In the Medicare dataset, 69,092 patients (median age 74 years;40.5% female;12.1% non-Hispanic Black) underwent an index femoropopliteal PVI for claudication, of whom 22.1% (N = 15,253) received IVUS. In the VISION dataset, 6,722 patients (median age 72 years;38.7% female;11.6% non-Hispanic Black) underwent an index femoropopliteal PVI for claudication, of whom 3.8% (N = 254) received IVUS. The mean follow-up time for both cohorts was 2.7 years. For both the Medicare and VISION cohorts, IVUS use significantly increased over time, particularly in ambulatory surgery center/office-based laboratory settings and in conjunction with atherectomy procedures (P < 0.001). In the Medicare cohort, IVUS use was associated with a higher hazard of repeat PVI (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.07, 95% CI 1.02–1.12) and progression to CLTI (aHR 1.11, 95% CI 1.03–1.20
Multistate models offer a powerful framework for studying disease processes and can be used to formulate intensity-based and more descriptive marginal regression models. They also represent a natural foundation for th...
Computational intelligence is increasingly common in interactive systems in many domains, including health. Health coaching with conversational agents (CA) can reach wide populations, but the level of computational in...
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Computational intelligence is increasingly common in interactive systems in many domains, including health. Health coaching with conversational agents (CA) can reach wide populations, but the level of computational intelligence needed for a positive coaching experience is unclear. We conducted a study with sixteen individuals with diabetes and prediabetes who used a CA for health coaching, T2 Coach. Qualitative interviews revealed that participants saw T2 Coach as reliable in helping them stay on track with self-management, appreciated the flexibility in choosing personally meaningful goals and engaging on their own terms, and felt it provided encouragement and even compared it favorably with human coaches. However, they also noted that coaching experience could be improved with more fluid conversations, more tailoring to their personal preferences and lifestyles, and more sensitivity to specific contexts, all of which require more computational intelligence. We discuss implications and design directions for more intelligent coaching CA in health.
Large language models generate plausible text responses to medical questions, but inaccurate responses pose significant risks in medical decision-making. Grading LLM outputs to determine the best model or answer is ti...
Objectives: This study aims to conduct a gap analysis to determine the feasibility of mapping electronic health record data from the Clinical Emergency data Registry (CEDR) to the Observational Medical Outcomes Partne...
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