The impact of chronic disease diagnoses on smoking behavior change and maintenance: Evidence from China by Xinxin Chi, Xihua Liu, Cong Li, Wen Jiao

“…CS-DID was run using the study sample from the 2011 to 2018 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, comparing results with traditional two-way fixed effects and event-study models. …”
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Associations between physical activity and heart disease among middle-aged and older Chinese adults by Yujia Liu, Chaoqun Yuan, Tong Chen, Linlin Zhou, Gengyin Zhu, Yu Chen

“…ObjectiveTo quantify the risk of heart diseases (HD) and determine the relationship between physical activity (PA) dimensions and HD among Chinese middle-aged and older individuals.MethodsUsing data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2018), 16,927 participants were included in this study. …”
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The associations between diet-induced inflammation and the improvement or worsening of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis: a longitudinal analysis of RaNCD cohort study by Mohammad Sedighi, Amir Saber, Amir Bagheri, Saba Hazratian, Yahya Pasdar, Farid Najafi, Mehdi Moradinazar, Davood Soleimani

“…We aimed to scrutinize the associations of diet-induced inflammation with the improvement or worsening of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in MASLD. Methods This longitudinal study involved 2,537 participants from the Ravanser Non-Communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort (2015–2023). …”
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Resistance-Associated Substitutions (RAS) and Clinical Factors as Determinants of Sofosbuvir-Daclatasvir Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Juferdy Kurniawan, Anugrah Dwi Handayu, Gita Aprilicia, Darlene Raudhatul Bahri, Irsan Hasan

“…Methods: We conducted a prospective longitudinal study in naïve hepatitis C patient population. …”
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The association of previous and current non-chronic low back pain with daily physical activity in middle- and older-aged adults by Tatiana Rehder Gonçalves, Diana Barbosa Cunha, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jennifer A. Schrack

“…Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis including volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who answered questions about LBP and wore an Actiheart accelerometer for 7days. …”
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The Maternal Cytokine and Chemokine Profile of Naturally Conceived Gestations Is Mainly Preserved during In Vitro Fertilization and Egg Donation Pregnancies by Alicia Martínez-Varea, Begoña Pellicer, Vicente Serra, David Hervás-Marín, Alicia Martínez-Romero, José Bellver, Alfredo Perales-Marín, Antonio Pellicer

“…This prospective longitudinal study aimed at comparing maternal immune response among naturally conceived (NC; n=25), in vitro fertilization (IVF; n=25), and egg donation (ED; n=25) pregnancies. …”
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Investigating the reciprocal temporal relationships between tobacco consumption and psychological disorders for youth: an international review by Leila Mohammadi, Caroline Louise Miller, Sharon Lawn, Jeremy Stevenson, Kimberley Martin

“…Objective To investigate reciprocal temporal relationships between tobacco consumption and psychological disorders for youth.Design: ReviewData sources Five databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL and PsycINFO) on 26 September 2019 and updated on 11 May 2021, indexing tobacco, mental illness and longitudinal.Study selection: Methods used consensus and multiple reviewers.Interventions Cohort studies (n=49) examining tobacco and selected psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, bipolar, psychosis, borderline personality disorder) among youth, and systematic reviews (n=4) of these relationships met inclusion criteria.Primary and secondary outcome measures Effect of tobacco on psychological disorders and effect of psychological disorders on tobacco.Data extraction and synthesis Independent extraction by the first author and checked by final author. …”
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Prospective Associations of the Short Form Health Survey Vitality Scale and Changes in Body Mass Index and Obesity Status by Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Emilie Rune Hegelund, Anna Paldam Folker, Emilie Just-Østergaard, Merete Osler, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Trine Flensborg-Madsen

“…The study population comprised 2864 (81.5%) men and 648 (18.5%) women from the Metropolit Project and the Danish Longitudinal Study on Work, Unemployment and Health, who participated in a follow-up examination in 2009–2011 corresponding to a follow-up period of 3–7 years. …”
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Catastrophic health expenditure according to employment status in South Korea: a population-based panel study by Jae Woo Choi, Tae Hyun Kim, Sung In Jang, Suk Yong Jang, Woo-Rim Kim, Eun Cheol Park

“…We also determine whether a relationship exists according to income level.Design A longitudinal study.Setting We used the Korean Welfare Panel Study (KOWEPS) conducted by the Korea Institute.Participants The data came from 5335 households during 2009–2012.Outcome measure CHE, defined as health expenditures that were 40% greater than the ability of the household to pay.Results Households with people who experienced changes in job status from employed to unemployed (OR 2.79, 95% CI 2.06 to 3.78) or were unemployed with no status change (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.28 to 1.92) were more likely to incur CHE than those containing people who were consistently employed. …”
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Association of early menopause with indoor air pollution: A multilevel modelling analysis of the nationally representative cross-sectional study in India by Pritam Halder, Anamika Soni, Ashwani Seth, Dheenadahayalan Vijayakumar, Anamika Das, Sujata Sankhyan, Anshul Mamgai, Saumyarup Pal, Jaya Tiwari, Aparna Baranwal, CM Chaitra

“…This study aimed to primarily examine the link between early menopause and indoor air pollution (IAP) and demonstrate this association within the Indian population, considering their place of residence. Methods: This longitudinal study included 24,862 eligible participants out of 73,000 surveyed. …”
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Low handgrip strength with asymmetry is associated with elevated all-cause mortality risk in older Chinese adults with abdominal obesity. by Ling Wei, Binyou Wang, Yilin Wang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Baseline data of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2011, along with mortality outcomes obtained in 2018 were used for the analysis. …”
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Longitudinal relationship between baseline Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and stroke risk over 8 years in Chinese adults aged 45 and older: a prospective cohort study by Xiaoqiang Li, Xiangmao Zhou, Hui Du, Hui Wang, Zhijian Tan, Yaqing Zeng, Zhibin Song, Guifeng Zhang

“…BackgroundThis study explores the longitudinal relationship between the Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI), an innovative obesity metric, and stroke incidence in aged 45 and older Chinese adults.MethodsData from 9,725 individuals aged 45 years and older were analyzed from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011–2020). Baseline characteristics were analyzed across different quartiles of the WWI. …”
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Staphylococci and mammaliicocci: Which species are important for udder health on organic dairy farms? by C.E. Jeffrey, P.R.F. Adkins, S. Dufour, J.W. Barlow

“…The current study presents data from a longitudinal study of 10 certified organic dairy farms. …”
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Association of LDL‐C/HDL‐C Ratio With Hyperuricemia: A National Cohort Study by Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Deyun Luo, Bingli Chen, Chenyi Lai, Chenyu He, Luo Yan, Haifeng Ding, Shiyang Li

“…We extracted data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) database from 2011 to 2016. …”
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The influence of sex on sleep characteristics in the adult and older adult population: findings from the EPISONO sleep study by Mayra dos Santos Silva, Priscila Farias Tempaku, Priscila Farias Tempaku, Monica Levy Andersen, Monica Levy Andersen, Sergio Tufik, Sergio Tufik, Dalva Poyares, Dalva Poyares

“…IntroductionSleep is a restorative behavior and is critical for overall health, but differences in sleep patterns between men and women can be seen over the years.AimTo prospectively analyze the polysomnographic findings of adults and older adults who participated in two editions of EPISONO, according to sex.MethodsThe population-based prospective longitudinal study included 688 individuals. Of these, there were 389 women and 299 men. …”
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Configurational effects of intergenerational support on older adults’ depression: an empirical study from CHARLS data by Qin Bai, Duanduan Fu, Shichen Chen, Fang Wang, Baizhi Gao, Jinghui Zhu, Guilin Liu

“…Method Based on data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS), depression among older adults was used as the outcome variable, and intergenerational support (including three dimensions of emotional, economic, and caregiving support) was used as the antecedent variable. …”
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Association of food security with cardiometabolic health during young adulthood: cross-sectional comparison of American Indian adults with other racial/ethnic groups by Cassandra J Nikolaus, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Luciana E Hebert, Ka'imi Sinclair

“…Objectives Our aim was to assess the cross-sectional associations between food insecurity and cardiometabolic health indicators in American Indian young adults compared with non-Hispanic white, black, Asian or Pacific Islander and Hispanic young adults.Design Data from the fourth wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) were used. …”
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Mobilising knowledge with nurses practicing during the Covid-19 pandemic: Prioritising strategies for enhancing nurses’ psychological wellbeing in the workplace by E. Rowland, A. Conolly, R. Abrams, R. Harris, J. Maben

“…A two-year qualitative longitudinal study with nurses (n = 50) examined these impacts. …”
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Understanding personality pathology in a clinical sample of youth: study protocol for the longitudinal research project ‘APOLO’ by Nagila Koster, Igor Lusin, Paul T van der Heijden, Odilia M Laceulle, Marcel A G van Aken

“…The research project ‘APOLO’ (a Dutch language acronym for Adolescents and their Personality Development: a Longitudinal Study) is designed based on McAdams’ integrative three-layered model of personality development and assesses the interaction between dispositional traits, characteristic adaptations, the narrative identity and functioning.Methods and analysis APOLO is a longitudinal research project that takes place in two outpatient mental healthcare centres. …”
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Limited transmission of avian influenza viruses, avulaviruses, coronaviruses and Chlamydia sp. at the interface between wild birds and a free-range duck farm by Chloé Le Gall-Ladevèze, Benjamin Vollot, Julien Hirschinger, Laëtitia Lèbre, Rachid Aaziz, Karine Laroucau, Jean-Luc Guérin, Mathilde Paul, Julien Cappelle, Guillaume Le Loc’h

“…From 2019 through 2021, a longitudinal study was conducted on wild birds, domestic ducks and their shared environment on farms. …”
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