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Bisphenol A and Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results from the NHANES

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2012
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins, and > 93% of U.S. adults have detectable levels of urinary BPA. Recent animal studies have suggested that BPA exposure may have a role in several mechanisms involved in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including weight gain ...
Shankar, A., Teppala, S., Sabanayagam, C.   +2 more
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Real world evidence of insulin and biosimilar insulin therapy—Opportunities to improve adherence, outcomes and cost‐effectiveness

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract Insulin has been discovered for more than a century; however, its benefits to people with diabetes are yet to be fully realized due to barriers related to access, quality of care and costs. Insulin therapy remains the cornerstone of diabetes management. The multicausality of diabetes and its subtypes calls for comprehensive phenotyping and use
Aimin Yang, Jiazhou Yu, Johnny T. K. Cheung, Juliana C. N. Chan, Elaine Chow   +4 more
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Moderate drinking and coronary heart disease mortality: evidence from NHANES I and the NHANES I Follow-up. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1993
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted from 1971 through 1974, and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Follow-up, conducted from 1982 through 1984, were used to test for a beneficial effect of moderate alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease mortality among White men and women. Evidence of such
openaire   +3 more sources

Oral health needs of Wampanoag elders on Martha's Vineyard: A comprehensive assessment

Gerodontology, EarlyView.
Objectives Evaluate oral health care access and utilisation, while identifying the specific oral health needs of the Native American Elders within the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (WTGH) on Martha's Vineyard Island. Background Elders, particularly the WTGH face notable issues in obtaining oral health care.
Lauren Gritzer, Hend Alqaderi, Anshul Puli, Michael Friedman, Subin Jeong, Narjes Bencheikh, Sophie Kim, Yen Dinh, Jason Outlaw, Brian Swann   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use and All-Cause Mortality in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study

International Journal of COPD
Hao Jiang,1,* Xiaomin Zhang,2,* Jian Zhang,1 Jie Liang,1 Liping Wang1 1Department of Anesthesiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Beidahuang Industry Group General ...
Jiang H, Zhang X, Zhang J, Liang J, Wang L   +4 more
doaj  

Bayesian Hierarchical Spatial Model for Small Area Estimation with Non-ignorable Nonresponses and Its Applications to the NHANES Dental Caries Assessments [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a major program of the National Center for Health Statistics, designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The analysis of NHANES dental caries data faces several challenges, including (1) the data were collected using a complex ...
arxiv  

Nocturia as an Unrecognized Symptom of Uncontrolled Hypertension in Black Men Aged 35 to 49 Years. [PDF]

, 2019
Background Hypertension is assumed to be asymptomatic. Yet, clinically significant nocturia (≥2 nightly voids) constitutes a putative symptom of uncontrolled hypertension.
Blyler, Ciantel A, Brettler, Jeffrey W, Chang, L Cindy, Elashoff, Robert M, Handler, Joel, Li, Ning, Mason, O'Neil R, Moy, Norma Priscilla B, Rader, Florian, Rashid, Mohammad A, Sagisi, Michael B, Victor, Ronald G, Weiss, Jeffrey P   +12 more
core  

Inverted U-Shaped relationship Between Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Pulmonary Function: A Large Population-Based Study in US Adults

International Journal of COPD
Qian Yuan,* Long-Wu Xiao,* Yao Zhang, Long Li, Teng Xia, Qing Xu, Shi-Gui Xing, Liu-Shun Wang Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nan Jing Gaochun PEople’s Hospital (The Gaochun Affiliated Hospital of Jiang Su University), Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210000 ...
Yuan Q, Xiao LW, Zhang Y, Li L, Xia T, Xu Q, Xing SG, Wang LS   +7 more
doaj  

An Ensemble Classifier for Predicting the Onset of Type II Diabetes [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
Prediction of disease onset from patient survey and lifestyle data is quickly becoming an important tool for diagnosing a disease before it progresses. In this study, data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) questionnaire is used to predict the onset of type II diabetes.
arxiv  

ObMetrics: A Shiny app to assist in metabolic syndrome assessment in paediatric obesity

Pediatric Obesity, EarlyView.
Summary Objective To introduce ObMetrics, a free and user‐friendly Shiny app that simplifies the calculation, data analysis, and interpretation of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) outcomes according to multiple definitions in epidemiological studies of paediatric populations. We illustrate its usefulness using ethnically different populations in a comparative
Álvaro Torres‐Martos, Francisco Requena, Guadalupe López‐Rodríguez, Jhazmin Hernández‐Cabrera, Marcos Galván, Elizabeth Solís‐Pérez, Susana Romo‐Tello, José Luis Jasso‐Medrano, Jenny Vilchis‐Gil, Miguel Klünder‐Klünder, Gloria Martínez‐Andrade, María Elena Acosta Enríquez, Juan Carlos Aristizabal, Alberto Ramírez‐Mena, Nikos Stratakis, Mireia Bustos‐Aibar, Ángel Gil, Mercedes Gil‐Campos, Gloria Bueno, Rosaura Leis, Jesús Alcalá‐Fdez, Concepción María Aguilera, Augusto Anguita‐Ruiz   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source