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Weight-adjusted waist index shows superior detection of coronary artery disease than body mass index in NHANES 1999–2020

Scientific Reports
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, highlighting the need for improved risk assessment tools. Traditional measures like body mass index (BMI) do not fully capture the risk associated with body fat ...
Bowen Wang, Xinxin Sun
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Association between the weight-adjusted waist index and age-related macular degeneration in US adults aged≥40 years: the NHANES 2005–2008

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectiveThe association between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in US adults aged 40 years and older is unknown.
Yuting Wu, Yuting Wu, Yuxin Liu, Yuxin Liu, Ziman Jiao, Ziman Jiao, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Haiyu Li, Haiyu Li, Yunhao Zhou, Guanghui Liu, Guanghui Liu   +12 more
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Does Inflation and High Taxes Increase Bank Leverage? [PDF]

Does the combination of inflation and high corporate taxes explain the increase in bank leverage in the 20th century? Inflation automatically increases bank debt, while high corporate taxes hinder capital accumulation.
Hortlund, Per
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Marrying Up: The Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching [PDF]

We assemble a novel dataset to study the impact of male scarcity on marital assortative matching and other marriage market outcomes using the large shock that WWI caused to the number of French men.
Adeline Delavande, Luís Vasconcelos, Ran Abramitzky   +2 more
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The joint effect of weight-adjusted waist index and physical activity on all-cause mortality in Chinese elderly patients with multimorbidity: A study based on the CLHLS from 2011 to 2018.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundThe relationship between physical activity changes, weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI), and mortality risk among older Chinese adults with multimorbidity remains unclear.
Bingbing Fan, Kexin Ren, Lang Li
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Referral and Job Performance: Evidence from the Ghana Colonial Army [PDF]

As formalized by Montgomery (1991), referral by employees improves efficiency if the unobserved quality of a new worker is higher than that of unrefereed workers.
Alexander Moradi, Marcel Fafchamps
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Remembering WWI

Journal of American History, 2019
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Lettow-Vorbeck:German campaigns in Africa - WWI [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction and overview of the German campaigns, during WWI in East Africa, of General von Lettow-Vorbeck. Highlighting the pivotal role of this officer, especially in light of the need, during current commemorations of World War I, to re-appraise not only the global aspects of the `Great War' but the full implications of such campaigns, in the wider
Baker, Clive, Parry, Bryn
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OA digital collections on WWI launch

, 2008
JISC, Armistice Day anniversary marked by launch of Great War Archive, press release, November 11, 2008.
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Association between cardiovascular disease and non-melanoma skin cancer: The mediation effect of obesity and inflammation. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang X, Gao Z, Miao Y, Wu XG.
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