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August 2022

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Existing evidence supports associations between higher lipoprotein levels and risk of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease, conditions which are in turn associated with an increase in the risk of atrial fibrillation. However, seemingly discordant evidence also suggests higher levels of blood lipids are associated with reduced risk of atrial fibrillation. In a Perspective, Dimitrios Sagris, Stephanie Harrison, and Gregory Lip discuss an accompanying research article from Mozhu Ding and colleagues that presents new evidence concerning this paradoxical relationship between circulating lipids and risk of future atrial fibrillation.

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Research Articles

Crude and adjusted comparisons of cesarean delivery rates using the Robson classification: A population-based cohort study in Canada and Sweden, 2004 to 2016

Giulia M. Muraca, K.S. Joseph, Neda Razaz, Linnea V. Ladfors, Sarka Lisonkova, Olof Stephansson

Evaluation of an on-site sanitation intervention against childhood diarrhea and acute respiratory infection 1 to 3.5 years after implementation: Extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

Jesse D. Contreras, Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Alan E. Hubbard, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford Jr, Ayse Ercumen

Effectiveness of a brief group behavioural intervention on psychological distress in young adolescent Syrian refugees: A randomised controlled trial

Richard A. Bryant, Aiysha Malik, Ibrahim Said Aqel, Maha Ghatasheh, Rand Habashneh, Katie S. Dawson, Sarah Watts, Mark J. D. Jordans, Felicity L. Brown, Mark van Ommeren, Aemal Akhtar

The performance of using dried blood spot specimens for HIV-1 viral load testing: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lara Vojnov, Sergio Carmona, Clement Zeh, Jessica Markby, Debrah Boeras, Marta R. Prescott, Anthony L. H. Mayne, Souleymane Sawadogo, Christiane Adje-Toure, Guoqing Zhang, Mercedes Perez Gonzalez, Wendy S. Stevens, Meg Doherty, Chunfu Yang, Heather Alexander, Trevor F. Peter, John Nkengasong, the DBS for VL Diagnostics Investigation Consortium

Urban-rural differences in hypertension prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries, 1990–2020: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Otavio T. Ranzani, Anjani Kalra, Chiara Di Girolamo, Ariadna Curto, Fernanda Valerio, Jaana I. Halonen, Xavier Basagaña, Cathryn Tonne

Trends in smoking prevalence in urban and rural China, 2007 to 2018: Findings from 5 consecutive nationally representative cross-sectional surveys

Mei Zhang, Ling Yang, Limin Wang, Yong Jiang, Zhengjing Huang, Zhenping Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Yichong Li, Shiwei Liu, Chun Li, Linhong Wang, Jing Wu, Xinhua Li, Zhengming Chen, Maigeng Zhou

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