Archives of Medical ScienceIntroduction The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), based on peripheral lymphocyte, neutrophil, and platelet counts, has recently been investigated as a prognostic marker in several tumors. However, the SII has rarely been reported in skin cancers.
Honglei Zhao +3 more
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Racial/Ethnic and Education-Related Disparities in Control of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease among Diabetics [PDF]
Objectives: To estimate racial/ethnic and education-related disparities and examine trends in uncontrolled cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors among adults with diabetes.Methods: The analysis samples include adults aged 20 and over from NHANES III, 1988 ...
Heesoo Joo +2 more
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The Prevalence of Anemia and Moderate-Severe Anemia in the US Population (NHANES 2003-2012)
PLoS ONE, 2016 Since anemia is associated with poor health outcomes, the prevalence of anemia is a significant public health indicator. Even though anemia is primarily caused by iron deficiency, low oxygen-carrying capacity may result from other conditions such as ...
C. Le
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The Health Consequences of Senior Hunger in the United States: Evidence from the 1999-2010 NHANES [PDF]
, 2014 Millions of seniors are food insecure in the United States, meaning that scores do not have access to enough food at all times for an active, healthy life.
Craig Gunderson, James P. Ziliak
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Identifying and Prioritizing Chemicals with Uncertain Burden of Exposure: Opportunities for Biomonitoring and Health-Related Research. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundThe National Institutes of Health's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative aims to understand the impact of environmental factors on childhood disease. Over 40,000 chemicals are approved for commercial use.
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Health Information and Social Security Entitlements [PDF]
, 2013 This study examines whether new health information, obtained through medical screening, affects entitlements to Social Security benefits. Random assignment of information is derived from a unique feature of the Continuous National Health and Nutrition ...
Perry Singleton
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Lifetime Risk of Lower-Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease Defined by Ankle-Brachial Index in the United States. [PDF]
, 2019 Background There are no available lifetime risk estimates of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD). Methods and Results Using data from 6 US community-based cohorts and the vital statistics, we estimated the prevalence and incidence of PAD ...
Allison, Matthew +11 more
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Examining socioeconomic health disparities using a rank-dependent R\'{e}nyi index
, 2015 The R\'{e}nyi index (RI) is a one-parameter class of indices that summarize health disparities among population groups by measuring divergence between the distributions of disease burden and population shares of these groups.
Talih, Makram
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Exploring H.pylori seropositivity as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes [PDF]
, 2018 Background: In the US, the percentage of adults with diagnosed diabetes are higher in members of racial and ethnic minority groups compared to non-Latino Whites. Understanding why such disparities exist has been less forthcoming.
Chaidez, Virginia, Qiu, Yumou
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