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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight [PDF]
eLife, 2021 From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
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A century of trends in adult human height [PDF]
eLife, 2016 Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
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arXivThis paper introduces and studies factor risk measures. While risk measures only rely on the distribution of a loss random variable, in many cases risk needs to be measured relative to some major factors. In this paper, we introduce a double-argument mapping as a risk measure to assess the risk relative to a vector of factors, called factor risk ...
Assa, Hirbod, Liu, Peng
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Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development [PDF]
, 2023 Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence are crucial for lifelong health and well-being1-6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the ...
Brito, Miguel +1 more
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Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants [PDF]
, 2021 BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to ...
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Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c [PDF]
, 2023 Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are both used to diagnose diabetes, but these measurements can identify diferent people as having diabetes.
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ANCHORING AND RISK FACTORS [PDF]
International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2021 Profitability and investment are becoming the new focus of empirical asset pricing. We examine the extent to which their return predictability is attributable to investors' tendency to anchor on 52-week high. Based on a return decomposition methodology developed by George, Hwang, and Li (2014), two profitability measures (operating profitability ...
Emily Jian Huang +3 more
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Shanghai yufang yixue, 2023 ObjectiveTo evaluate the changes of the usage of oil， salt， sugar and nutritional knowledge and behavior intervention among diners before and after the establishment of healthy canteens and restaurants in Shanghai.MethodsA comprehensive intervention was ...
MAI Shupeng +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Particulate matter (PM), an environmental risk factor, is linked with health risks such as respiratory diseases. This study aimed to establish an animal model of PM-induced lung injury with artificial PM (APM) and identify the potential of APM for ...
Dong Im Kim +4 more
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Molecules, 2022 Exposure to particulate matter (PM) is related to various respiratory diseases, and this affects the respiratory immune system. Alveolar macrophages (AMs), which are defenders against pathogens, play a key role in respiratory inflammation through ...
Xinyu Chen +4 more
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