Tabernacles of the Spirit

In the classic tradition of the exploratory essay, George Gammack examines the theme of community in this paper. He details varied aspects of the creation of community among those who are retired, taking as its focus the Men’s Sheds movement. The paper explores the relationship between persons and community in later years, looking in particular at how those with a lifetime’s worth of skills and knowledge can continue to contribute to the life of a community. Along the way we are introduced to the work of authors such as Charles Taylor, Richard Niebuhr, Primo Levi, Seamus Heaney and Richard Sennett on the subject of work and what comes after it.Publisher PD

sj-pdf-1-tar-10.1177_17534666221103213 – Supplemental material for Mortality association of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection requiring treatment in Taiwan: a population-based study

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-tar-10.1177_17534666221103213 for Mortality association of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection requiring treatment in Taiwan: a population-based study by Hsin-Hua Chen, Ching-Heng Lin and Wen-Cheng Chao in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease</p

Flow chart of the study design.

Flow chart of the study design.</p

Sensitivity analysis for the association of female breast cancer with gingival and periodontal disease using various definitions based on ICD-9-CM coder.

Sensitivity analysis for the association of female breast cancer with gingival and periodontal disease using various definitions based on ICD-9-CM coder.</p

Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for the association between history of periodontitis and female breast cancer by conditional logistic regression analyses.

Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for the association between history of periodontitis and female breast cancer by conditional logistic regression analyses.</p

Cumulative incidence of atrial fibrillation or flutter rates in patients with periodontitis and in individuals without periodontitis.

Cumulative incidence of atrial fibrillation or flutter rates in patients with periodontitis and in individuals without periodontitis.</p

Demographic data and clinical characteristics of the study subjects.

Demographic data and clinical characteristics of the study subjects.</p

Risk of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter Associated with Periodontitis: A Nationwide, Population-Based, Cohort Study

<div><p>Objective</p><p>To investigate the risk of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in patients with periodontitis (PD) in comparison with individuals without PD.</p><p>Methods</p><p>We used the 1999–2010 Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database to identify cases of PD in the year 2000 matching (1:1) with persons without PD during 1999–2000 according to sex and individual age as the control group. Using Cox proportional regression analysis adjusting for potential confounders, including age, sex, and comorbidities at baseline, and average annual number of ambulatory visits and dental scaling frequency during the follow-up period, we estimated hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to examine the risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in PD patients in comparison with the control group. Subgroup analyses according to age, gender, or comorbidities were conducted to study the robustness of the association and investigate possible interaction effects.</p><p>Results</p><p>We enrolled 393,745 patients with PD and 393,745 non-PD individuals. The incidence rates of atrial fibrillation or flutter were 200 per 10⁵ years among the PD group and 181 per 10⁵ years in the non-PD group (incidence rate ratio, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.06–1.14). After adjusting for potential confounders, we found an increased risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in the PD group compared with the non-PD group (HR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.25–1.36). The greater risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in the PD group remained significant across all disease subgroups except hyperthyroidism and sleep apnea.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>The present study results indicate an increased risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with PD. Lack of individual information about alcohol consumption, obesity, and tobacco use was a major limitation.</p></div

Demographic and clinical data of patients with breast cancer and non-breast cancer controls.

Demographic and clinical data of patients with breast cancer and non-breast cancer controls.</p

Partial effect plots to show the interaction between age and periodontitis on the probability of female breast cancer.

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