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Prevalence of arterial hypertension in Brazilian adults and its associated factors and activity limitations: a cross-sectional study

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2019
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a serious global public health problem that affects a large part of the Brazilian adult population and can cause limitations and losses of quality of life.
Aline Pinto Marques, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza-Junior, Déborah Carvalho Malta, Dalia Elena Romero Montilla   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics and sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19 infection in pregnant women in a maternal and children's public hospital

Medwave, 2021
Objective To describe the clinical characteristics and sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19 among pregnant women in a maternal and children's hospital in Lima, Peru. Methods Quantitative observational study.
Yda Rodriguez Huaman, Pavel J Contreras, Michelle Lozada-Urbano   +2 more
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Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia [PDF]

, 2008
The use of antibiotics depends on cultural and socioeconomic factors, physician's characteristics as well as on microbiological considerations. Aim of our study was to asses antibiotic prescription among preschool children in primary health care in ...
Bergman-Marković, Biserka, Blažeković-Milaković, Sanja, Matijašević, Ivana, Stojanović-Špehar, Stanislava, Vrca-Botica, Marija   +4 more
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Global Trends in Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Data From 1990 to 2021

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The increasing burden associated with low back pain (LBP) is a critical issue. This is a novel analysis of trends in risk factors for LBP aiming to identify risk factors that require further attention or consideration in global policies to reduce the burden of LBP.
Katharine E. Roberts, Manuela L. Ferreira, Paula R. Beckenkamp, Sneha Nicholson, Lyn March, Paulo H. Ferreira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do family characteristics contribute to a socioeconomic gradient in overweight in early childhood? – Single mediation analyses of data from German preschool children

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
Children’s overweight is strongly associated with family socioeconomic position (SEP) and family characteristics (FC). There is limited research on the extent to which FC account for a socioeconomic gradient in childhood overweight.
Stephanie Hoffmann, Lydia Sander, Petra Rattay, Miriam Blume, Claudia Hövener, Sven Schneider, Matthias Richter, Claudia R. Pischke, Wiebke Schüttig, Freia De Bock, Jacob Spallek   +10 more
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The menopausal age and associated factors in Gorgan, Iran [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Considering the physical, emotional and psychological complications of early or delayed menopause on women's life, it is necessary to determine associated factors of menopause age.
Abdollahi, A.A., Ansari, A., Asayesh, H., Mansourian, M., Noroozi, M., Qorbani, M., Rezapour, A., Soleimani, M.A.   +7 more
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Avoidable Hospitalizations in Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population‐Based Study Using Administrative Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We estimated incidence rates of avoidable hospitalizations by persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to the general population. Methods We identified individuals meeting a validated case definition for RA based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD‐9‐CM) and ICD‐10‐CA codes in years ...
Dani G. Contreras, Claire E. H. Barber, J. Antonio Aviña‐Zubieta, Hude Quan, Seungwon Lee, James A. King, Cheryl Barnabe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current and Future Cornea Chip Models for Advancing Ophthalmic Research and Therapeutics

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
This review analyzes cornea chip technology as an innovative solution to corneal blindness and tissue scarcity. The examination encompasses recent developments in biomaterial design and fabrication methods replicating corneal architecture, highlighting applications in drug screening and disease modeling while addressing key challenges in mimicking ...
Minju Kim, Kanghoon Choi, Amy Lin, Jungkyu Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of socioeconomic lifestyle factors and genetic polymorphism on type 2 diabetes occurrences among Tunisian Arab and Berber groups of Djerba Island

Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2009
Thouraya Baroudi Ouederni1, Ahmed Fadiel2,3, Nejla Stambouli1, Trudy J Scalize3, Hedi Ben Maiz4, Hafaona Kammoun Abid1, Rim Bouhaha1, Jose Sanchez-Corona5, Adel Hamza1,6*, Amel Benammar-Elgaaied1,*1Laboratory of Genetics, Immunology and Human Pathology ...
Thouraya Baroudi Ouederni, Ahmed Fadiel, Nejla Stambouli, et al   +3 more
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Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Patient's often fail to follow the prescription given by the doctor. Patients understanding of the prescription play an important role in completion of treatment and quick recovery from the illness.
Amrita P Rao, Gajanan D Velhal, Deepak S Khismatrao   +2 more
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