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Migraine, headache, and mortality in women: a cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Migraine carries a high global burden, disproportionately affects women, and has been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Migraine with aura has been consistently associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality.
Buring, Julie Elizabeth   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Racial disparities in mortality in the adult hispanic population

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2020
Objective: We addressed three research questions: (1) Are there racial mortality disparities in the adult Hispanic population that resemble those observed in the non-Hispanic population in the US? (2) Does nativity mediate the race-mortality relationship
Elizabeth Arias   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A retrospective review of the contribution of rare diseases to paediatric mortality in Ireland

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Aims To ascertain the number of paediatric deaths (0–14 years) with an underlying rare disease in the Republic of Ireland between the years 2006–2016, and to analyse bed usage by a paediatric cohort of rare disease inpatients prior to in-hospital death ...
Emer Gunne   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in inequality in length of life in India: a decomposition analysis by age and causes of death

open access: yesGenus, 2017
Background Studies dealing with trends in inequality in length of life in India are rare. Studies documenting the contribution of age and causes of death to the inequality in length of life are more limited. Objective The study aims to examine the trends
Abhishek Singh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risky injection practices and HCV awareness in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: a respondent-driven sampling study of people who inject drugs

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are the most exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV). In Thailand, drug use is highly criminalized, and harm reduction services are scarce. This study estimates risky injection practices and assesses the proportion of
Myrtille Prouté   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perception, environmental determinants, and health complications of excess weight in India: a mixed methods approach

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
In light of the high and rising prevalence of obesity, we studied females and males aged 25–54 years with excess weight in the Kolkata metropolitan region, one of India's main cities, to understand the perception, environmental determinants and health ...
Somdutta Barua, Nandita Saikia
doaj   +1 more source

Interaction of physical activity on the association of obesity-related measures with multimorbidity among older adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in India

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objective To explore the associations between obesity-related measures and multimorbidity among older Indian adults and the interactive effects of physical activity in those associations.Design A cross-sectional study was conducted using large ...
Shobhit Srivastava   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone mineral density and chronic lung disease mortality: the Rotterdam study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Context: Low bone mineral density (BMD) has been associated with increased all-cause mortality. Cause-specific mortality studies have been controversial. Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate associations between BMD and all-cause mortality
Brusselle, Guy   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Mortality Differences Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage: A Risk-Adjusted Assessment Using Claims Data. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly since the Affordable Care Act; nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries now choose MA. An assessment of the comparative value of the 2 options is confounded by an apparent selection bias favoring MA, as ...
Beveridge, Roy A.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Domicile Preferences in Employment: The Case of Alaska Hire [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
Background. Regional variations in mortality and morbidity have been shown in Europe and USA. Longitudinal studies have found increased mortality, dissimilarities in mortality pattern, and differences in utilization of healthcare between foreign- and ...
Björn Albin   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

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