Chen Liu

STUDY DESIGN Psychometric study. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to translate and culturally adapt the MSISQ-15 into Italian and to administer it to individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING Rome’s Wheelchair Rugby Team and three spinal units in Italy. METHODS Translation and validation of the MSISQ-15 were performed based on…[Read more]

0001). In multivariate adjusted analysis, all three HbA1c variability indices were significantly associated with total mortality in all patients as well as in the standard- and intensive-therapy groups analyzed separately. The hazard ratios for a 1-SD increase in HbA1c variability indices for the all-cause mortality were 1.19 and 1.23 in intensive…[Read more]

Coordination between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes is critical to metabolic processes underlying animals’ ability to adapt to local environments, yet consequences of mitonuclear interactions have rarely been investigated in populations where individuals with divergent mitochondrial and nuclear genomes naturally interbreed. Genetic variation in…[Read more]

BACKGROUND&AIMS Although some relationships between gut microbiota and liver diseases have been reported, it remains uncertain whether changes in gut microbiota owing to differences in race, food, and living environment have similar effects. Response to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) may predict the long-term prognosis of patients with primary…[Read more]