Food insecurity among African Americans in the United States: A scoping review. by Elizabeth Dennard, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Nedelina Tchangalova, Sarah Totton, Donna Winham, Annette O'Connor

“…In 2019, the estimated prevalence of food insecurity for Black non-Hispanic households was higher than the national average due to health disparities exacerbated by forms of racial discrimination. …”
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Radiation-Associated Toxicities in Obese Women with Endometrial Cancer: More Than Just BMI? by Savita V. Dandapani, Ying Zhang, Richard Jennelle, Yvonne G. Lin

“…Median age was 52 years (29–73). The majority were Hispanic (71%). Median BMI at diagnosis was 34.5 kg/m2 (20.5–56.6 kg/m2). …”
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Cross-sectional analysis of two social determinants of health in California cities: racial/ethnic and geographic disparities by Dulce Bustamante-Zamora, Neil Maizlish

“…For race/ethnicity comparisons, when the referent group (p2) to calculate the difference (p1−p2) was the non-Hispanic White population (considered a historically advantaged group), a positive difference was considered a health inequity. …”
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School-Based Health Center Intervention Improves Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Adolescents by Alberta S. Kong, Andrew L. Sussman, Carolina Yahne, Betty J. Skipper, Mark R. Burge, Sally M. Davis

“…Fifty-one students (mean age 15 years, 62% female, 75% Hispanic) completed pre- and postmeasures. ACTION students (n=28) had improvements in BMI percentile (P=0.04) and waist circumference (P=0.04) as compared with students receiving standard care (n=23). …”
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Bioanthropological and Biomechanical Perspectives on Skeletal Senescence Variation by Sayf Muhammad Alaydrus, Muhamad Andri Jauhari

“…Variations were found in the bone aging process in different populations, especially regarding bone mineral density loss in white, African-American, Asian, and Hispanic populations. Conclusion: Specific population-based healthcare services in geriatrics and gerontology are highly suggested to ensure inclusive healthcare for every aged individual. …”
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Unusual Ventilatory Response to Exercise in Patient with Arnold-Chiari Type 1 Malformation after Posterior Fossa Decompression by Keely Smith, Ana M. Gomez-Rubio, Tomika S. Harris, Lauren E. Brooks, Ricardo A. Mosquera

“…We present a case of a 17-year-old Hispanic male with Arnold-Chiari Type 1 [AC-Type 1] with syringomyelia, status post decompression, who complains of exercise intolerance, headaches, and fatigue with exertion. …”
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Parity and post-reproductive mortality among U.S. Black and White women: Evidence from the health and retirement study. by Cheryl Elman, Angela M O'Rand, Andrew S London

“…We examine 7,322 non-Hispanic Black and White women, born 1920-1941, in the Health and Retirement Study, using zero-inflation methods to estimate infecundity risk and parity by race/ethnicity. …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy to Salvage Renal Transplants from Severe Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Michael Latzko, Sakshi Jasra, Sana Akbar, Harry Sun, Sadanand Palekar

“…Case Report and Results. A 40-year-old Hispanic female with end stage renal disease had been receiving hemodialysis. …”
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Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss/Meniere’s disease possibly triggered by neurocysticercosis: a case report by Hamza Arman Lateef, Evan Davies, Alidad Arabshahi

“…Case presentation A 37-year-old Hispanic male patient, native to southern Honduras, presented with dizziness and tinnitus. …”
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Regional differences in intercohort and intracohort trends in obesity in the USA: evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 1982–2018 by Emma Zang, Liying Luo, Jiahui Xu

“…We address the knowledge gap by investigating net of age and period trends, how intercohort and intracohort patterns in obesity may depend on Census regions for black and white men and women.Design, setting and participants A total of 1 020 412 non-Hispanic black and white respondents aged 20–69 were included from the 1982–2018 National Health Interview Survey.Outcome measures Obesity is defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 based on participant self-reported weight and height. …”
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Association between oxidative balance score and gallstone disease: a population-based study from NHANES by Mengmeng Zhang, Aiming Yang

“…Weighted logistics regression showed that total OBS was associated with gallstones risk (OR = 0.98, p = 0.03), particularly in individuals who were under 60 years old, Hispanic, educated below high school, non-smokers, had hypertension or malignancy. …”
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Atypical Proliferating Trichilemmal Cyst with Malignant Breast Skin Transformation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Marino Antonio Capurso-García, Verónica Bautista-Piña, Alan Pomerantz, Javier Andrés Galnares-Olalde, Ruben Blachman-Braun, Sergio Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Monica Goldberg-Murow

“…We present the case of a 39-year-old Hispanic woman with a tumor located on the skin of one of her breasts that in her third surgical procedure the histologic examination revealed the presence of a malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT). …”
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Practice Patterns of Graduates of a Rural Emergency Medicine Training Program by Dylan S. Kellogg, Miriam S. Teixeira, Michael Witt

“…Most of them identified as male (60%), White (70%), and non-Hispanic or -Latino (80%). Seventy-five percent of the graduates work in counties with fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and 70% work in community hospitals and EDs caring for fewer than 100,000 patients/year. …”
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Acceptability of Mobile Phone Technology for Medication Adherence Interventions among HIV-Positive Patients at an Urban Clinic by Christopher W. T. Miller, Seth Himelhoch

“…The majority of participants were males (63%), black (93%), and Hispanic (11.4%) and reported earning less than $10,000 per year (67.3%). …”
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Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. by Horas T H Wong, Sujith Kumar Prankumar, Jialiang Cui, Christopher Tumwine, Isaac Yeboah Addo, Wansang Kan, Muhammad Naveed Noor

“…Relatively little is known about the implementation of ICT-based trans health interventions outside the context of HIV/sexual health, in resource limiting settings, and among transgender people of Asian, Indigenous or other non-White/Black/Hispanic backgrounds. While the range of interventions identified demonstrate the huge potentials of ICT to improve healthcare access for transgender people, the current body of literature is still far from adequate for making comprehensive recommendations on the best practice of ICT-based interventions for transgender people. …”
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Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Complicated by Eisenmenger Syndrome and the Role of Vasodilator Therapy by Amornpol Anuwatworn, Maheedhar Gedela, Edgard Bendaly, Julia A. Prescott-Focht, Jimmy Yee, Richard Clark, Orvar Jonsson

“…We discuss a 43-year-old Hispanic female patient who presented with dyspnea and hypoxia following a laparoscopic myomectomy. …”
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Exploring the Epidemiological Characteristics and Survival Analysis Among Prostate Cancer Patients Under 50: A Seer‐Based Population Study by Bahaa Mali, Ali Mali, Alaa Mali, Mohammed Abdulrazzak, Afnan W. M. Jobran

“…Certain factors can negatively impact the prognosis, including age at diagnosis under 30, advanced stages of the disease, and non‐Hispanic black race. Conclusion Early‐onset prostate cancer has distinct epidemiological and clinical characteristics, and more research is required to gain a better understanding of the biological, genetic, and environmental factors that contribute to its development. …”
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Toxic stress is associated with cardiovascular disease among younger but not older women in the United States: Results from the research goes red registry by Saam Honarvar, Samaah Sullivan

“…The mean age of women was 47.8 (SD: 12.6), 71 % were less than 55 years of age, 83 % were Non-Hispanic White, 59 % indicated that they had experienced toxic stress, and 12 % had cardiovascular disease. …”
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“There’s always somebody that you can identify with”: a qualitative study of patient perspectives on buprenorphine group medical visits by Mariya Masyukova, Benjamin T. Hayes, Teresa López-Castro, Aaron D. Fox

“…Results Of 33 participants, 28 were male, median age range was 50–54, 20 identified as Hispanic/Latinx, and 24 reported past experiences with substance use disorder treatment groups. …”
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Identifying Factors for Low-Risk Participation in Alternative Cardiac Rehabilitation Models for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Using MI’S SCOREPAD by Eric J. Brandt, Joshua Garfein, Chih-Wen Pai, Joseph Bryant, Eva Kline-Rogers, Samantha Fink, Melvyn Rubenfire

“…The mean age of CR participants (n=1984) was 63 years; 25% were women, and 82% were non-Hispanic White. The mean number of low-risk factors was 8.5, which was similar in the 2011-2012 and 2018-2019 cohorts (8.5 vs. 8.3, respectively, P=0.08). …”
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