Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity from 2003 to 2010 in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System by Scott Gee, Debbie Chin, Lynn Ackerson, Dewey Woo, Amanda Howell

“…Adolescents aged 12–19 were the only age group to not show a decrease in obesity prevalence. Of the racial and ethnic groups, Hispanics/Latinos had the highest prevalence of obesity across all age groups. …”
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Seropositivity of Dengue Antibodies during Pregnancy by Nor Azlin Mohamed Ismail, Wan Elly Rushima Wan Abd Rahim, Sharifah Azura Salleh, Hui-Min Neoh, Rahman Jamal, Muhammad Abdul Jamil

“…Maternal age, parity, occupation, ethnic group, and gestational age were recorded. Data on neonatal Apgar score and admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) were analyzed. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life in the Gender, Race, And Clinical Experience Trial by Judith Feinberg, Michael Saag, Kathleen Squires, Judith Currier, Robert Ryan, Bruce Coate, Joseph Mrus

“…HRQoL improved in all sex and racial/ethnic groups. Sex-based and race-based differences in improvements in FAHI subscales may provide insight into subtle differences of HIV-1 and treatment on HRQoL in different populations.…”
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Lack of Association of Childhood Partial Epilepsy with Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene by Aycan Unalp, Elcin Bora, Tufan Cankaya, Ozlem Giray Bozkaya, Derya Ercal, Aysel Ozturk, Ayfer Ulgenalp

“…To draw any conclusion, further studies using larger sample sizes should be carried out in various ethnic populations in childhood epilepsies.…”
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Preparation of Ethosome Gel with Total Flavonoids from <i>Vernonia anthelmintica</i> (L.) Willd. for the Treatment of Vitiligo by Dongmei Qin, Yongjie Cui, Mengyue Zheng, Zhiguo Yang, Xinbing Wang

“…Willd. is a traditional medicinal herb in Chinese medicine, extensively used by various ethnic groups due to the numerous advantages derived from its total flavonoids. …”
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Report of a Novel Mutation in MLH1 Gene in a Hispanic Family from Puerto Rico Fulfilling Classic Amsterdam Criteria for Lynch Syndrome by Juan M. Marqués-Lespier, Yaritza Diaz-Algorri, Maria Gonzalez-Pons, Marcia Cruz-Correa

“…The detection of this novel mutation in MLH1 further emphasizes the need for genetic testing in at-risk patients for hereditary CRC from various ethnic and racial backgrounds.…”
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Genetic Variants Related to Increased CKD Progression—A Systematic Review by Filipe S. Mira, Bárbara Oliveiros, Isabel Marques Carreira, Rui Alves, Ilda Patrícia Ribeiro

“…The studies involved patients of different ethnicities and with comorbid diseases. Several genetic variants were identified in genes that encode proteins related to metabolic processes, oxidative stress, immune regulation, the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone pathway, and epigenetics, among others. …”
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A Framework to Examine the Role of Epigenetics in Health Disparities among Native Americans by Teresa N. Brockie, Morgan Heinzelmann, Jessica Gill

“…This framework may be adapted to understand how ACEs may result in health disparities in other racial/ethnic groups. Findings. Here we provide evidence that links ACEs to methylation differences in genes that regulate the stress response. …”
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Assessment of the Prevalence of Pulp Stones in a Sample of Turkish Central Anatolian Population by Hakan Çolak, Ahmet Arif Çelebi, M. Mustafa Hamidi, Yusuf Bayraktar, Tuğba Çolak, Recep Uzgur

“…Prevalence of pulp stones in Turkish population was 27.8% but further larger-scale studies are required to assess its prevalence in the general population to compare it with other ethnic groups.…”
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Changes in Ownership and Ulayat Land Use in Lumban Rau Timur Village, Toba Samosir by Hidayat Hidayat, Lukitaningsih Lukitaningsih

“…Communal land includes areas where ceremonies, graves, rice fields, livestock grazing areas, cultivated forests, expansion areas or settlement expansion, waters and forest areas, wild plants are managed and used together. Ethnics are inhabited by residents who have genealogical and territorial ties. …”
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Genetic Variations of Cytokines and Cytokine Receptors in Psoriasis Patients from China by Xiao-Lan Li, Chun-Feng Wu, Gui-Sheng Wu

“…We genotyped seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes of six ILs: IL4, IL10, IL12B, IL13, IL15, and IL23R, which have been shown in the literature to be associated with psoriasis in other ethnic groups. Among the seven SNPs in the six IL genes studied, only the rs3212227 in the IL12B gene was found to be associated with psoriasis at genotypic level in the studied population. …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…After adjustment for age and BMI and also adjustment for all covariates, no difference was found in either HOMA-IR or HOMA-B in all ethnic and gender groups except for a marginally significant difference in HOMA-IR in NHB females. …”
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TMEM187-IRAK1 Polymorphisms Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility in Tunisian and French Female Populations: Influence of Geographic Origin by Olfa Khalifa, Nathalie Balandraud, Nathalie Lambert, Isabelle Auger, Jean Roudier, Audrey Sénéchal, David Geneviève, Christophe Picard, Gérard Lefranc, Isabelle Touitou, Bakridine M’Madi Mrenda, Cécilia Benedito, Etienne Pardoux, Anne-Laure Gagez, Yves-Marie Pers, Christian Jorgensen, Touhami Mahjoub, Florence Apparailly

“…Our data further support the involvement of X chromosome in RA susceptibility and evidence ethnicities differences that might be explained by differences in the frequencies of SE HLA-DRB1 alleles between both populations.…”
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Variants in the 3′ End of SLC6A3 in Northwest Han Population with Parkinson’s by Peiye Chang, Yongwang Fu, Ping Zhao, Chunmei Wang, Mingfang Jiang, Rui Li, Yulin He

“…However, the role of 3′ end of SLC6A3 in PD is less studied in different ethnic groups. To explore the roles of 3′ end of SLC6A3 in PD development, 17 SNP sites in 3′ end of SLC6A3 were analyzed in 360 PD patients and 392 normal controls of Han population residing in northwest of China. …”
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Genetic ancestry and the colonial legacies of race in genomics: a cross-disciplinary dialogue by Ernesto Schwartz-Marin, Tayyaba Jiwani, Sarah Abel, Yulia Egorova, Amade M’charek, Diogo Meyer, Andrés Moreno Estrada, Katharina Schramm, Peter Wade, Michel Naslavsky, Michel Naslavsky

“…How do notions of “genetic ancestry” and “biogeographical ancestry differ from erstwhile racial and ethnic categories? Can racial categories ever be shorn of their colonial and oppressive legacies? …”
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The Implementation of Religious Moderation in West Sumatra from the Perspective of Maqāsid Sharī'ah by Rusyaida D, Noor Fadlli Marh, M Taufiq, M Fadhli, Sabri

“…The findings show that the implementation of religious moderation aligns with the concept of religious moderation in Islam, known as Wasatiyatul Islam as a distinctive Islamic quality, both in terms of showing moderation in differing religious interpretations with mutual respect for varied practices, as well as between different religions and ethnicities. From a Maqashid Shariah perspective, religious moderation in West Sumatra successfully safeguards and protects the five key aspects: religion (ad-din), intellect (al-‘aql), life (an-nafs), lineage (an-nasl) from conflict and violence, and property (al-mal). …”
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Implementasi pendidikan multikultural di sekolah menengah atas by Liana Astuty Siregar, Indah Rahmadani Putri, Yona Riska Amelia, Khaerani Harahap

“…Multicultural education in Indonesia aims to increase respect for cultural, ethnic, religious and racial differences in a heterogeneous society. …”
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Epidemiology Characteristics of Constipation for General Population, Pediatric Population, and Elderly Population in China by Huikuan Chu, Likun Zhong, Hai Li, Xiujing Zhang, Jingzhi Zhang, Xiaohua Hou

“…Prevalence of constipation in ethnic minorities was higher than that in Han people. …”
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Kontribusi Indo Europeesch Verbond (IEV) pada Penguatan Identitas Keeropaan dan Solidaritas Indo by Raden Welling Praheningtyo, Mutiah Amini

“…Social segregation, both imposed by the Dutch colonial government and practiced socially, also led to an identity crisis for the population of the Dutch East Indies, which consisted of various ethnicities and races. The identity crisis also affected the Indo community, as descendants of mixed European and Dutch East Indies heritage. …”
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Transnational patterns, social networks and self-help organizations for migrant women [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Paolo Ruspini, Petko Hristov

“…3) Is community or individual empowerment of refugee women better for implementation through ethnic lines or a gender perspective? The final aim of this investigation is to analyse various patterns of social networks’ creation among refugee women originating from different socio-cultural contexts. …”
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