Cohort retention in a pandemic response study: lessons from the SARS-CoV2 Immunity & Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study by Anna Howells, Katie Munro, Sarah Foulkes, Atiya Kamal, Jack Haywood, Sophie Russell, Dominic Sparkes, Erika Aquino, Jennie Evans, Dale Weston, Susan Hopkins, Jasmin Islam, Victoria Hall

“…Retention was highest in the Asian and Black ethnic groups compared to White in the 12 (OR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.23–1.56; p < 0.001, and OR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.30–2.08; p < 0.001) and 24-month (OR = 1.78; 95% CI: 1.42–2.25; p < 0.001, and OR = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.41–3.35; p < 0.001) cohort. …”
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Nature and prevalence of long-term conditions in people with intellectual disability: retrospective longitudinal population-based study by Ashley Akbari, Navjot Kaur, Rania Kousovista, Gemma Lewin, Emeka Abakasanga, Rishika Shivamurthy, Georgina Cosma, Gyuchan Jun, Satheesh Gangadharan

“…Demographic data from the SAIL dataset reveal that the study population is predominantly White, with low levels of representation of non-White ethnic groups. In the cohort, a larger proportion of patients live in the most deprived areas of Wales (22.30%), with fewer individuals in less deprived categories. …”
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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV datab... by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…However, further research is needed on other racial and ethnic groups before these findings can be widely applied in clinical practice.…”
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Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. by David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Tom Williams, Peter Fleming, Karen Luyt

“…For Asian, black and Other ethnic groups, we observed increased rates of deaths in the period 2021-2023, and a significant change in trajectory of death rates between Periods 1 and 2 (Asian (Period 1 IRR 0.93 (95% CI 0.86-1.01) versus Period 2 IRR 1.28 (95% CI 1.18-1.38), pdifference < 0.001); black (Period 1 IRR 0.97 (95% CI 0.85-1.10) versus Period 2 IRR 1.27 (95% CI 1.14-1.42), pdifference = 0.012); Other (Period 1 IRR 0.84 (95% CI 0.68-1.04) versus Period 2 IRR 1.45 (95% CI 1.20-1.75), pdifference = 0.003). …”
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Development of the destination branding model based on tourism industry nostalgia by parinaz masoumi, vahidreza mirabi, jalal HaghighatMonfared, Ahmad Vedadi

“…Host tourism culture (including indicators of respect for tourists and hospitality, respect for different ethnic groups and beliefs of tourists, the spirit of accepting tourists, compliance with individual and social norms and values, etc.) were selected as a category of intervening conditions to present a brand development model based on the role of nostalgia on the tourist's travel decision in the tourism industry. …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…While some differences were observed by ethnicity, these results should be interpreted with caution as most participants recruited were white and the numbers of participants from other ethnic groups were small. Evidence on seven MCED technologies which were at an unclear stage of development and did not appear to be available for use were briefly summarised; most were evaluated in case-control studies, had a high risk of bias and high or unclear applicability concerns. …”
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