Depressive Symptoms and 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans: The SABPA Study by Mark Hamer, Nancy Frasure-Smith, François Lespérance, Brian H. Harvey, Nico T. Malan, Leoné Malan

“…After adjusting for age, sex, and ethnicity, participants with severe depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥ 15) had higher odds of hypertension defined from ambulatory BP and/or use of antihypertensive medication (odds ratio = 2.19, 95% CI, 1.00–4.90) in comparison to participants with no symptoms. …”
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Disability among attendees with schizophrenia in a Nigerian hospital: further evidence for integrated rehabilitative treatment designs by Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dapo Adebowale Adegbaju, Richard Uwakwe

“…In addition, high level of disability was significantly associated with younger adults in the age group 18-44 years (P=0.007), unemployment status (P=0.003), remittance source of income (P=0.034) and ethnicity (P=0.017); conversely, less number of children (P=0.033), less amount spent on treatment (P<0.001) and lower BPRS score (P<0.001) correlated negatively with high level of disability. …”
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Recipient Age Predicts 20-Year Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplant by Stephanie Keeling, Malcolm F. McDonald, Adrish Anand, Jordan Dunson, Elizabeth Williams, Theodore Zhang, Brian Hickner, Nhu Thao Nguyen Galván, Christine O’ Mahony, John A Goss, Abbas Rana

“…A preoperative primary diagnosis of a metabolic dysfunction was found to be protective compared to other diagnoses (OR 1.64, CI 1.20–2.25). African-American ethnicity (OR 0.71, CI 0.58–0.87) was also found to be a risk factor for mortality. …”
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Real-World Experience of Clascoterone Cream 1% in Acne Management: Case Series and Canadian Experience by Tay E, Loo WJ

“…Clascoterone cream 1% was effective and well tolerated regardless of acne severity, age, gender, and ethnicity. Clascoterone led to clinical improvement when used as monotherapy, adjunctive treatment in combination with other topical or systemic agents or laser therapy, and as maintenance therapy to prevent relapse of acne. …”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Results: The prevalence of knee pain was 25.6% (95% confidence interval: 22.3–29.3%), and it was associated with being >60 years old, black ethnicity, mean or low income, overweight, depression, gastrointestinal and renal diseases, and persons who performed occupations requiring repetitive movements, sitting while using a computer, and standing. …”
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Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study by Ishwori Khatri Chhetri, Bedantakala Thulung

“…There was significant difference on perception of nurses on needs of assurance with ethnicity (p=0.009) and critical care experience (p=0.04).…”
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Bioethical Lens by Arcangelo Liso, Margherita Neri, Francesca Maglietta, Raffaele La Russa, Emanuela Turillazzi

“…The social and economic concerns of HSCT are discussed within the actual contextual framework of the dramatic increase in healthcare costs and inequalities in healthcare in relation to socioeconomic status, educational status, and ethnicity.…”
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Studies on the Association of GCK and GCKR Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis by Hongxia Tu, Youyi Zhang, Mingyi Wang

“…However, heterogeneity was influenced by ethnicity and diagnostic criteria. …”
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Determinants of COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate in the United States: Spatial Analysis Over One Year of the Pandemic by Niranjan J. Kathe, Rajvi J. Wani

“…**Conclusion:** The spatial models identified percent positive for COVID-19, stringency index, elderly, college education, race/ethnicity, residential segregation, premature mortality, income inequality, workforce composition, and rurality as important ecological determinants of the geographic disparities in COVID-19 CFR.…”
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Beverage Intake and Its Effect on Body Weight Status among WIC Preschool-Age Children by Andrea Charvet, Fatma G. Huffman

“…When body weight status, race/ethnicity, and intake of other beverages were held constant, SSB intake was positively associated with milk intake and negatively associated with water intake. …”
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A Scoping Review of Obesity among Indigenous Peoples in Canada by Malek Batal, Stéphane Decelles

“…A scoping review of ever published original research reporting obesity rates (body mass index ≥ 30), among adult Indigenous peoples in Canada, was conducted to identify studies that help close the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) data gap for obesity prevalence in Indigenous populations in Canada and to make comparisons based on ethnicity, sex, time, and geography. First Nations on reserve with self-reported height and weight had higher rates of obesity (30%–51%) than First Nations off reserve (21%–42%) and non-Indigenous populations (12%–31%) in their respective province or territory, with the exception of Alberta, where rates in First Nations on reserve (30% and 36%) were lower or similar to those reported in First Nations off reserve (38%). …”
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Household Food Insecurity in Southeastern Iran: Severity and Related Factors by Zinat Mortazavi, Ahmad Reza Dorosty, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Mahdi Mohammadi

“…There were significant associations (P<0.001) between household food insecurity status and the socioeconomic status of the households, ethnicity, education, age, and employment status of the head of the household and the mother of the household. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude towards Exclusive Breast Feeding among Mothers Attending Antenatal and Immunization Clinic at Dabat Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Inst... by Mulugeta Wassie Alamirew, Netsanet Habte Bayu, Nigusie Birhan Tebeje, Selam Fiseha Kassa

“…Majority were of Amhara ethnicity 370 (96.4%). Based on knowledge score, 268 (69.8%) were grouped as having good knowledge and regarding attitudinal score, 92 (24%) of the study participants were categorized as having negative attitude towards exclusive breast feeding (EBF) and the remaining 292 (76%) were categorized as having positive attitude. …”
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Comparison of Pregnancy Outcome between 4 and 6 cm Cervical os Dilatation to Demarcate Active Phase of Labour: A Cross-Sectional Study by Nadzirah Mohd Fathil, Rahana Abd Rahman, Azmawati Mohd Nawi, Ixora Kamisan Atan, Aida Hani Kalok, Nor Azlin Mohamed Ismail, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy, Farin Masra, Zuhailah Muhammad, Shuhaila Ahmad

“…Both groups were similar in mean maternal age, mean gestational age at delivery, ethnicity, median haemoglobin level at delivery, body mass index, and parity. …”
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Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course by Silvia Loi, Peng Li, Mikko Myrskylä

“…The weathering hypothesis implies that there is an interaction between age and race or ethnicity that results in marginalized groups experiencing a more rapid decline in health than the dominant groups. …”
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Attributes of cognitive impairment in patients on maintenance hemodialysis – A cohort study by Geet Gaurav, Deepa Sanjeev Sajjanar, G. V. Naregal, Sanjeev L. Sajjanar

“…Parameters such as age, gender, and race/ethnicity influence MCI. This special population needs more attention.…”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Results: The prevalence of knee pain was 25.6% (95% confidence interval: 22.3–29.3%), and it was associated with being >60 years old, black ethnicity, mean or low income, overweight, depression, gastrointestinal and renal diseases, and persons who performed occupations requiring repetitive movements, sitting while using a computer, and standing. …”
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Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study by Nicola Jaime Adderley, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Alastair K Denniston, Wen Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Diana Han, Jesse Coker

“…The study found no significant difference in AMD incidence between the sildenafil users and the non-users, with an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 0.99 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.16), after accounting for confounders such as age, ethnicity, Townsend deprivation quintile, body mass index category, and diagnosis of hypertension and type 2 diabetes.Conclusion The study results indicated no significant association between sildenafil use and AMD prevention in UK men with erectile dysfunction, suggesting sildenafil’s protective effect on AMD is likely insignificant.…”
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Predictive role of preoperative sarcopenia for long-term survival in rectal cancer patients: A meta-analysis. by Qiutong Su, Jia Shen

“…In addition, subgroup analysis based on sample size and ethnicity showed similar results.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Preoperative sarcopenia is significantly related to poor survival in surgical rectal cancer patients and could serve as a novel and valuable predictor of long-term prognosis in these patients.…”
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Contraceptives or Hormone Replacement Therapy and Associations with Autoimmune Conditions: Exploring Effects of Estrogen Analog Supplementation by Irakli Tskhakaia, Yurilu Gonzalez Moret, Anna‐Kay Palmer, Diego Lema, M. Carolina Musri, Nanuka Tsibadze, Arthur Lau

“…We compared patients exposed to estrogen and progesterone analogs to those exposed to progesterone‐only therapy, using 1:1 propensity score matching based on age, ethnicity, and additional criteria. The primary outcomes were incidences of various autoimmune conditions. …”
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