Effects of household air pollution and healthy lifestyle associated with gestational diabetes mellitus

Effects of household air pollution and healthy lifestyle associated with gestational diabetes mellitus

Study setting This is a prospective birth cohort study in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, based on the National Key Research and Development Program “Environment and Embryonic Development.” Pregnant women from Xishui County, Meitan County, Zunyi Medical University Hospital, and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University in Zunyi City, China, were surveyed using questionnaires,…

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Computational algorithm based on health and lifestyle traits to categorize lifemetabotypes in the NUTRiMDEA cohort

Computational algorithm based on health and lifestyle traits to categorize lifemetabotypes in the NUTRiMDEA cohort

Descriptive characteristics of NUTRiMDEA population Participants’ phenotypic characteristics in the NUTRiMDEA study were categorized by sex (female and male) and age (< 40 years and ≥ 40 years), whose data are shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3. Regarding the analysis of factorial interactions between sex and age, significant differences were found in education, home situation, number of…

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Co-occurrence of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours in middle-aged adults: findings from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)

Co-occurrence of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours in middle-aged adults: findings from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)

This study used data from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)14, a Swedish nationwide population-based cohort mainly designed to research cardiovascular and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. All Swedish residents have a unique personal identification number, which allowed unbiased and randomized recruitment from the Swedish population register. Initial contact was made by sending out an informational…

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Lifestyle deterioration linked to elevated inflammatory cytokines over a two-month follow-up

Lifestyle deterioration linked to elevated inflammatory cytokines over a two-month follow-up

Subjects and study design A total of 533 volunteers, without sex restrictions, were recruited from the Third People’s Hospital of Baiyin City and the Jingyuan County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine nearby community. Of these, 179 participants were selected for the study, including 12 hospital administrative staff, 102 healthcare professionals, 20 unemployed or retired persons,…

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