{"id":1792,"date":"2023-06-26T09:57:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2023-06-26T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:57:49","slug":"top-ten-most-read-in-may-polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons-and-the-risk-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-global-burden-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-associations-between-autistic-traits-and-early-ear-and-upp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/2023\/06\/26\/top-ten-most-read-in-may-polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons-and-the-risk-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-global-burden-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease-associations-between-autistic-traits-and-early-ear-and-upp\/","title":{"rendered":"Top ten most read in May: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis; global burden of inflammatory bowel disease; associations between autistic traits and early ear and upper respiratory signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1793\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/files\/2023\/06\/49723516411_c1f8372743_c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1793\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/files\/2023\/06\/49723516411_c1f8372743_c-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/files\/2023\/06\/49723516411_c1f8372743_c-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/files\/2023\/06\/49723516411_c1f8372743_c-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/files\/2023\/06\/49723516411_c1f8372743_c-640x433.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/files\/2023\/06\/49723516411_c1f8372743_c.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by focusonmore.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The month of May includes some long-standing top ten entries, as well as some newcomers with a diverse range of topics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Environmental toxicants and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Published this month, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/5\/e071514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cross-sectional analysis <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2016 by Beidelschies <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et al<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. has quickly jumped to the top spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The aim of this study was to examine the associations between various environmental toxicants and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) among adults in the United States general population. Based on 21,987 adult participants, including 1418 with RA, the authors concluded that \u201cPAHs [polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons] are associated with RA prevalence, mediate the majority of the effects of smoking on RA, and are associated with RA independent of smoking status.\u201d The authors acknowledge the limitations of the cross-sectional design, the self-reported data and only analysing data based on blood and urine samples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Burden of inflammatory bowel disease<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wang <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et al<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. used data from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/3\/e065186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Global Burden of Disease Study <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to analyse the global, regional and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the temporal trend from 1990 to 2019. In 2019, there were approximately 4.9\u2009million cases of IBD worldwide and the authors summarised that \u201cIBD will continue to be a major public health burden due to increasing numbers of prevalent cases worldwide\u201d. Wang <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et al<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. noted a decrease of the global age-standardised rates of prevalence, deaths and DALYs but found that a total of 147 out of 204 countries or territories experienced an increase in the age-standardised prevalence rate between 1990 and 2019. The authors hope that their findings will inform policy makers to prioritise the management of IBD but also acknowledge that the variability in study design and data collection methods affected the precision of the estimates and that their analysis model only partially compensated for this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Association of ear and upper respiratory signs with autism<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), Hall <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et al.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tried to determine whether early ear and upper respiratory signs are associated with the development of high levels of autistic traits or diagnosed autism. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/3\/e067682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">study <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">followed more than 10,000 children from birth to the age of four with their mothers completing questionnaires on signs and symptoms relating to the upper respiratory system, as well as ear and hearing problems. Hall <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et al<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. concluded that \u201cvery young children exhibiting common ear and upper respiratory signs appear to have an increased risk of a subsequent diagnosis of autism or demonstrated high levels of autism traits.\u201d While two of the autism traits were identified using well validated scales, the authors acknowledge as a limitation that not all children were assessed for a diagnosis of autism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below are the top ten most-read papers in BMJ Open during May 2023:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<caption>*<i><i>Most read figures are based on pdf downloads and full text views. Abstract views are excluded.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/i><\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Rank* <\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Author(s) <\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Title<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beidelschies <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/5\/e071514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2016<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uchai <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/2\/e065707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Body mass index, waist circumference and pre-frailty\/frailty: the Tromso study 1994-2016<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wang <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/4\/e066721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prevalence of atypical pathogens in patients with severe pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moore <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/4\/e069668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medical use and combination drug therapy among US adult users of central nervous system stimulants: a cross-sectional analysis<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ma <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/2\/e064075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Need to clamp indwelling urinary catheters before removal after different durations: a systematic review and meta-analysis<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Erviti <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/12\/12\/e060172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Restoring mortality data in the FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients with cardiovascular disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory data<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wang <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/3\/e065186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Global, regional and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yu <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/12\/9\/e065426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">White rice, brown rice and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hall <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/3\/e067682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Associations between autistic traits and early ear and upper respiratory signs: a prospective observational study of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) geographically defined childhood population<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wang <\/span>et al<\/i>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/13\/1\/e067338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sexual well-being among older adults in China (SWELL): protocol for a multicenter cross-sectional study<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like what you see? 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