Editor-in-chief: Prof. Maciej Banach, MD, PhD, dr. h.c. multi, FAHA, FESC, FNLA, FASA, FRSPH

Archives of Medical Science (AMS) publishes high quality original papers and short communications prepared especially by young scientists from all over the world. It is a peer-reviewed journal with international Editorial Board. The second aim of AMS is to present best educational manuscripts written by experienced scientists (reviews, letters to Editor, editorials and research papers) to make this Journal even more interesting for young doctors.

Archives of Medical Science is endorsed by the International Lipid Expert Panel (https://ilep.eu/).

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IF 2025

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MNiSW

182.18

ICV

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64/336
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Most read Editor's Choice Manuscripts accepted

Prevalence and Patterns of E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis of the All of Us Research Program, 2017–2023

John Erhabor, Zhiqi Yao, Erfan Tasdighi, Omar El-Shahawy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Aruni Bhatnagar, Andrew Stokes, Michael Blaha

The Impact of Estimated Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on All-Cause Mortality Across the Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Spectrum – Analysis of Longitudinal LIPIDOGRAM Studies of Polish Primary Care Patients

Marcin Goławski, Maciej Banach, Kamila Osadnik, Jacek Jozwiak, Marek Gierlotka, Gregory Lip, Peter Toth, Dimitri Mikhailidis, Natalia Pawlas, Tadeusz Osadnik

GLP-1 receptor agonists and tendon healing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammed Khayyat, Yasir Khayyat

Daily sedentary behavior exceeding 5 hours is independently associated with MAFLD: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017–2020

Yan Yang, Yan Li

Assessment of microbial contamination of mobile phones among medical staff, students, and visitors in a pediatric hematology-oncology ward and its relationship with infections among pediatric patients

Karolina Różycka, Beata Kuczyńska, Barbara Sidorska, Malgorzata Mitura-Lesiuk

Shared decision-making in primary care: barriers and facilitators from the physician’s and patient’s perspectives: a scoping review

Katarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska, Magdalena Krysińska-Pisarek

Hyperbaric oxygen effects on the alveoli-capillary unit in a murine model of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pedro J. Curi-Curi, Maria C. Castillo-Hernandez, Miguel Chavez-Martinez, Lilia Loredo-Mendoza, Eduardo Rios-Garcia, Alexandre Kormanovski-Kovzova, Gustavo Guevara-Balcazar

Development of erectile dysfunction in men treated for major depressive disorder with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: a systematic review

Ahmed Alhuwaydi

The use of prognostic scales in upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding

Czesław Osuch, Mateusz Rubinkiewicz, Piotr Tylec, Alicja Dudek, Monika Orłowska, Dorota Długosz, Katarzyna Truszkiewicz, Jan Witowski, Andrzej Matyja

Epidemiological trends and burden of osteoarthritis in the United States: insights from the GBD 2021 study

Wei Liu, Genji Ma, Xiaozhen Zhu, Qian Liufu, Jianqiang Lai

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Prevalence and Patterns of E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis of the All of Us Research Program, 2017–2023

John Erhabor, Zhiqi Yao, Erfan Tasdighi, Omar El-Shahawy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Aruni Bhatnagar, Andrew Stokes, Michael Blaha

Marcin Goławski, Maciej Banach, Kamila Osadnik, Jacek Jozwiak, Marek Gierlotka, Gregory Lip, Peter Toth, Dimitri Mikhailidis, Natalia Pawlas, Tadeusz Osadnik

Adverse events related to ligustrazine-containing drugs for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

Yani Yuan, Xinxia Fan, Jinliang Yang, Yan Chen, Le Zhao

Socioeconomic inequalities in major behavioral cancer risk factors in Poland: evidence from a nationally representative health survey

Irmina Michałek, Paweł Koczkodaj

Serum triglycerides, remnant cholesterol and small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels – lessons from the NATPOL 2011 survey

Bogdan Solnica, Maciej Banach, Adam Wyszomirski, Krzysztof Chlebus, Marcin Rutkowski, Piotr Bandosz, Tomasz Zdrojewski

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Current issue

4/2026 vol. 22

Cardiology

CARDIOLOGY / PUBLIC HEALTH

Figure from article: Temporal trends and...

Temporal trends and decomposition analysis of cardiovascular disease burden in China and worldwide from 1990 to 2021, with projections to 2036

Yue Zhang, Ning Zhang, Changjian Lin

Arch Med Sci 2026;22(4):1933-1947

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/221929

Abstract

eISSN:	1896-9151
ISSN:	1734-1922

Current issue

Temporal trends and decomposition analysis of cardiovascular disease burden in China and worldwide from 1990 to 2021, with projections to 2036

Association between childbirth history and multiple health outcomes

The unequal burden of interstitial lung disease mortality in older US adults: a 22-year analysis and projections to 2030

Assessment of microbial contamination of mobile phones among medical staff, students, and visitors in a pediatric hematology-oncology ward and its relationship with infections among pediatric patients

GLP-1 receptor agonists and tendon healing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Beyond muscle: could GLP-1 receptor agonists offset the tendon risk of intensive lipid-lowering therapy?

Patients at high risk of postoperative complications in Crohn’s disease: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Associations between enlarged perivascular spaces and clinical manifestations: a meta-analysis

A meta-analysis of the efficacy of four antidepressants combined with common opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer-related neuropathic pain

Comparison of ChatGPT and Claude in managing real-life difficult nephrology cases

Machine learning prediction of early hypothermia in sepsis patients

Preoperative clinical and renal ultrasonography variables associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduction after renal artery stenting

Improvement in age- and sex-dependent mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation between 2011 and 2016 – a nationwide retrospective study from Hungary

Daily sedentary behavior exceeding 5 hours is independently associated with MAFLD: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017–2020

Editorial: Stand up to stay healthy?

Metabolic insights into metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: the impact of gut microbiota and TCM constitutions

Long-term follow-up results of patients diagnosed with nonspecific pleuritis by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery biopsy

Dissecting the potential impact of appendectomy on colorectal cancer through metabolites and inflammatory proteins: a Mendelian randomization study

The synergistic impact of anti-inflammatory and nutrient-rich dietary patterns on long-term prognosis among individuals with osteoarthritis

Association between the Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota and osteoporosis: a cross-sectional study from NHANES among individuals aged ≥ 50 years

Sport-related entheseal adaptation and damage in elite athletes: a cross-sectional ultrasound study

The incidence and risk factors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants included in the Polish National Program for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylaxis

COVID-19 disease: novel clinical manifestations and therapeutic exploration

Blood count-derived inflammatory markers predict time to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin failure in high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

The efficacy of mechanical spinal manipulation in the standing position in patients with non-specific low back pain: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

A novel homozygous ALMS1 protein truncation mutation (c.2938dupA) revealed variable clinical expression among Saudi Alström syndrome patients

A rare variant in the IL22RA2 gene is associated with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss in Han Chinese women

Serum γ-Klotho and fibroblast growth factor-2 levels in patients with pressure ulcers

Interplay between IL-17 family members and angiogenic cytokines in subjects with systemic sclerosis

Metabolic alterations and redox homeostasis in ferroptosis: emerging mechanisms and therapeutic implications

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems in Poland, Europe, and beyond in 2025: principles, available technologies, and future perspectives

Gut microbiota and the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease

Obstructive sleep apnea and selected comorbidities – a literature review of cohort studies

Progress in caring for cancer patients in the scope of quality of life assessment

ST2L expression on monocyte subsets is associated with acute coronary syndrome severity and plaque vulnerability

lncRNA SNHG6 improves placental villous cell function in an in vitro model of gestational diabetes mellitus

Vitamin D ameliorated endothelial cell damage induced by diabetes via regulation of lncRNA MEG3 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Metabolic profiles of IgA nephropathy, membranous nephropathy, and diabetic nephropathy

Antibody-mediated immune responses and inflammatory bowel disease: insights from genetic correlation and Mendelian randomization

Development of tRNA-based biomarkers for breast cancer: insight from machine learning

The effectiveness of sulforaphane in radiosensitizing breast cancer cells

Ellagic acid inhibited cervical cancer growth via blocking the AKT/mTOR/STAT3 pathway

A study exploring the effects of exercise on cuproptosis targets in Alzheimer’s disease brains based on large-scale data

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPR30 exerts vasoprotective effects in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Protective effect of casticin in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats via attenuation of oxidative stress and inflammation

Shikonin treatment ameliorates Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induced acute liver failure in mice via regulating the miR-106/MCL1 and miR-34a/SIRT1/TP53 signaling

Oleuropein modulates over-proliferation of keratinocytes in mice with imiquimod-mediated psoriasis and inhibits differentiation of Th17 cells through the JAK3/STAT3 axis

Assessment of the perception and use of artificial intelligence among physicians, medical students, and other healthcare professionals

Preliminary detection and characterization of microplastics in human coronary atherosclerotic plaques

GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors in cardiovascular practice: insights from a national survey of French cardiologists

Steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist use and all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure: insights from the HEROES study

Dynamic frailty and incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Chinese adults

Association between serum lactate dehydrogenase and prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in Chinese patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Allostatic load and incident stroke risk in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study from CHARLS

Synchronous myelodysplastic syndrome and multiple myeloma: a DDX41-associated double-hit across two lineages

Epidemiological trends and future projections of vertebral fracture in BRICS countries: a GBD 2023 study

Orbital-sinonasal interface tumors (OSITs): a preliminary anatomical classification system and surgical approach

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with anti-synthetase syndrome: coincidental coexistence or potential causal relationship?

Life expectancy in clinical practice: assessment, communication, and decision-making

Teclistamab for ultrahigh-risk multiple myeloma with isolated central nervous system relapse

Primary renal parenchymal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review