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Background Malnutrition is a common complication in patients with esophageal cancer, which has been validated by domestic and international studies to seriously impact the recovery of patients. While the number of patients receiving home enteral nutrition (HEN) is increasing, the effectiveness and safety of HEN for patients with esophageal cancer remains unclear. Objective To systematically evaluate the effectiveness and safety of HEN by meta-analysis. Methods RCTs on the HEN in patients with esophageal cancer were retrieved in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus, Wanfang Data, CNKI, VIP and CBM from inception to December 2021. Patients in the experimental group received HEN support〔both enteral tube feeding (ETF) and oral nutritional supplement (ONS) were both acceptable〕, while patients in the control group received conventional oral diet only. Two researchers independently screened the literature and extracted data. The RoB 2.0 recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies, and the RevMan 5.4.1 software was used to perform the meta-analysis. Results A total of 14 articles were included, involving 1 040 patients with esophageal cancer. Meta-analysis showed that the increase values of body mass, BMI, hemoglobin, serum total protein, serum prealbumin and serum transferrin in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group〔SMD=0.63, 95%CI (0.40, 0.85), P

Background Long-term high level of mental tension induced by nursing work may be associated with increased blood pressure in nurses. The factors influencing hypertension may differ by sex, since there are sex-specific differences in the regulation of blood pressure in molecules, cells and tissues. So exploring influencing factors for hypertension in male and female nurses is significant for formulating targeted prevention and control strategies. Objective To examine the prevalence and influencing factors of hypertension among male and female nurses in Hebei Province, providing a basis for developing sex-based hypertension prevention and control measures for nurses. Methods A census survey method was used. The prevalence and influencing factors of hypertension were investigated among 128 009 nurses in all hospitals in 11 cities of Hebei Province from November 2016 to July 2018. The recognized factors influencing hypertension were matched between male and female nurses by propensity score matching. Based on the matched data, multivariate Logistic regression was used to explore the factors influencing hypertension among male and female nurses. Results The prevalence of hypertension was higher in male nurses than in female nurses〔20.36% (1 115/5 476) vs 6.26% (669/122 533) , P25-35 years old (OR=2.182) , >35-45 years old (OR=3.560) , >45-55 years old (OR=7.406) , >55-65 years old (OR=13.339) 〕, BMI〔24.0-0-5 years (OR=3.399) , >5-10 years (OR=4.451) 〕, family history of hypertension (OR=1.225) were influencing factors of hypertension for male nurses (P25-35 years old (OR=1.382) , >35-45 years old (OR=4.125) , >45-55 years old (OR=6.510) , >55-65 years old (OR=5.616) 〕, BMI〔24.0-0-5 years (OR=2.863) , >5-10 years (OR=3.713) 〕, years of diabetes〔>0-5 years (OR=3.126) , >5-10 years (OR=2.947) , >10 years (OR=9.743) 〕, family history of hypertension (OR=1.243) , menstrual condition〔irregular (OR=1.358) , menopause (OR=1.689) 〕, pregnancy hypertension〔no (OR=0.486) , no history of pregnancy (OR=0.507) 〕were influencing factors of hypertension for female nurses (P