Oral diseases are highly prevalent worldwide. Recent studies have been supporting a
potential bidirectional association of oral diseases with systemic noncommunicable …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is becoming increasingly prevalent with the improvement
of people's living standards in recent years, especially in urban areas. The emerging …

Summary The Taiwan Biobank (TWB) is an ongoing prospective study of> 150,000
individuals aged 20–70 in Taiwan. A comprehensive list of phenotypes was collected for …

Background/Purpose Taiwan has the highest incidence and prevalence of end-stage kidney
disease (ESKD) worldwide. However, the epidemiologic features of ESKD requiring dialysis …

Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of various claims‐based definitions of diabetes‐related
complications (coronary artery disease [CAD], heart failure, cerebrovascular disease and …

Purpose of the research The success of modern health care increases life expectancy and
prolongs the days of having multimorbidity and functional limitations; the so-defined “high …

Importance Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist use is associated with
reduced mortality and improved cardiovascular outcomes in the general population with …

Background Artificial intelligence approaches can integrate complex features and can be
used to predict a patient's risk of developing lung cancer, thereby decreasing the need for …

Purpose The validity of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-10-CM) coding for the identification of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in …

Background Preclinical studies have indicated that anaesthesia is an independent risk factor
for dementia, but the clinical associations between dementia and different types of general …