Study design and population This study was performed within CLHLS, an ongoing prospective population-based cohort study conducted in half of the countries and cities in 23 provinces in China and designed to investigate the determinants of healthy aging among Chinese older adults. Further details about the study design have been previously described elsewhere42. In brief,…
Key findings This study analyzed 18-year trends in subjective health and its association with demographic and behavioral factors using a nationally representative cohort of South Korean adolescents, including the COVID-19 pandemic era, and yielded several key findings. The prevalence of adolescents reporting high subjective health increased before the COVID-19 pandemic; however, this trend reversed during…
Pinhas-Hamiel O, Hamiel U, Bendor CD, Bardugo A, Twig G, Cukierman-Yaffe T. The global spread of severe obesity in toddlers, children, and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Facts. 2022;15(2):118–34. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Spinelli A, Buoncristiano M, Kovacs VA, Yngve A, Spiroski I, Obreja G, et al. Prevalence of severe obesity…
As we begin a new year, prioritizing your health — physical and mental — is essential. Mental health challenges like anxiety or depression affect countless individuals, yet many remain unsure of where to begin. Psychiatry can play a critical role in improving mental well-being. Here’s what you need to know about psychiatry, how it differs…
Our protocol adheres to the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) guidelines, with the completed SPIRIT checklist available in Supplementary file S1 [31]. The trial is registered with the Clinical Trial Registry of India [(CTRI/2024/10/074559) (https://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php)]. Study design We will conduct a two-arm, parallel-group, community-based, multi-centre, cluster randomized controlled trial with a 1:1 allocation…
(CNN) — After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ahead of the winter holidays. In previous years, Covid-19 levels have typically started to rise in early November and reach their seasonal peak by the end of December. But this year, levels were…
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In this nationally representative cross-sectional study, we found that higher LE8 scores was associated with a lower prevalence of periodontitis. Participants with moderate (50–79) and high (80–100) LE8 scores had 58% and 55% lower odds of periodontitis, respectively, compared with participants with lower (0–49) LE8 scores, after adjusting for potential confounders. Among the LE8 components,…
ELSA dataset In the ELSA dataset, most of the early adversities (with the exception of sexual assault, which was not associated with cognition, and deprivation, which was only associated with cognition) were associated with BMI, subjective health, depressive symptoms, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and cognition (i.e., immediate memory and verbal fluency). Specifically, in line with…
Study population The UK Biobank study is a prospective cohort of more than 500,000 adults aged 37–73 years recruited from 22 assessment centers across the UK between 2006 and 2010 (instance 0) [36]. At enrollment, participants completed a questionnaire, a verbal interview, and a physical assessment for anthropomorphic data and vital signs. The blood specimens…