Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection among Adult HIV Positives Attending Clinical Care in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Hatoluf Melkamu, Berhanu Seyoum, Yadeta Dessie

“…Cases were 123 TB infected HIV positives, and controls were 246 non-TB infected HIV positives. Being divorced/widowed , 95% CI (1.70, 7.88), not attending formal education , 95% CI (2.20, 14.15), being underweight ( kg/m2) , 95% CI (2.18, 6.87), having history of diabetic mellitus , 95% CI (1.33, 9.94), and being in advanced WHO HIV/AIDS clinical staging , 95% CI (1.32, 3.98), were determinant factors associated with TB/HIV co-infection. …”
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Peníze v životě měšťanek předbělohorského období by Michaela Hrubá

“…There is even a mention of lists of widows who levied money as so called “herwet”. In the light of the sources, the relationship towns- women had towards money was a multifaceted one. …”
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Social determinants of vulnerability to ill-health: Evidences from Mendi Town, Western Ethiopia by Amanti Baru, Padmanabhan Murugan

“…The study found that the poorest individuals, women, elderly, widowed, divorced, and individuals with poor education are the most vulnerable groups to ill-health in the study area. …”
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Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Orthostatic Hypotension and Its Severity in Residents Aged > 60 years: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mingni Yang, Ruiqiang Peng, Zetuo Wang, Miaoduan Li, Yehua Song, Jianping Niu, Yong Ji

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that being female, widowed, engaging in general social activities, and a history of hypertension, migraines, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and mental health conditions (anxiety and depression) were independently associated with OH. …”
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Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Diseases in Older Adults by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Karla Hurtado Serrano, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero

“…The average age was 80.9. 46.2 % of the participants were married and 35.3 % were widowed. A moderate significant association was found between smoking and the presence of cardiovascular diseases in older adults (Phi coefficient = 0.342; p < 0.01). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Peer Victimization (Bullying) among Grades 7 and 8 Middle School Students in Kuwait by Ahmad J. Abdulsalam, Abdullah E. Al Daihani, Konstantinos Francis

“…Children with physical disabilities and one or both non-Kuwaiti parents or children with divorced/widowed parents were more prone to be victims. Most victims and bullies were found to be current smokers. …”
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Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study by Miguel San Sebastián, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Stefan Söderberg, Paul Zimmet, Bhushan Ori, Jaysing Heecharan, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Sudhirsen Kowlessur

“…People in the 25–34 age group (PR = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.12–2.41), those separated, divorced or widowed (PR = 1.57; 95% CI: 1.16–2.11), the ethnic groups Muslim-Mauritians (PR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.00–2.89) and Creoles (PR = 1.97; 95% CI: 1.16–3.35), and those with secondary (PR = 1.29; 95% CI: 1.00–1.67) and primary education (PR = 1.47; 95% CI: 1.10–1.98) were statistically significantly associated with daily smoking. …”
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Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors in relation to Overweight Defined by BMI and “Normal-Weight Obesity” by Bodil Ohlsson, Jonas Manjer

“…Male sex, age, sick leave/disability, married/cohabitating, divorced/widowed, former smoking, and a high alcohol consumption were associated with higher BMI, whereas higher education and frequent alcohol consumption were inversely associated (all p<0.001). …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…Being unmarried (or divorced/widowed) increased the likelihood of EP for colorectal cancer, which was also associated with pain, obstruction and weight loss. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with alcohol use disorders among people living with HIV attending care and treatment centers at Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: A cross-sectional study. by Florian Emanuel Ghaimo, Ester Steven Mzilangwe, Samuel Chacha, Saidi Bakari Kuganda

“…Factors significantly associated with AUD in the final model included male sex (AOR = 4.18, P <0.001), healthcare level (reference: tertiary health facility; secondary health facility AOR = 1.80, P<0.001, primary health facility AOR = 9.65, P<0.001), being divorced or widowed (AOR = 2.82, P<0.001), secondary education (AOR = 1.35, P = 0.005), and probable depression (AOR = 2.48, P <0.001).…”
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Trichomonas vaginalis and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Oromia Region, Southern Ethiopia by Oliyad Husen, Alqeer Aliyo, Kalicha Boru, Tibeso Gemechu, Wako Dedecha, Girma Ashenafi

“…The highest prevalence was observed among the 35–39-year-old age group with 18.2% and among widowed women with 25%. This study revealed that the number of sexual partners (AOR: 3.215, 95% CI: 1.062-9.731) was a significant associated factor of T. vaginalis.Conclusion. …”
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Marital Status and Survival in Patients Diagnosed with Melanoma by J. A. Maas, A. J. Monreal, E. L. Diaz, G. Castro, P. Rodriguez de la Vega, M. Varella

“…Marital status was categorized as single, married, divorced, or widowed. The primary outcome was survival interval after melanoma diagnosis, which was assessed according to the time from the date of diagnosis to the time of death or last contact. …”
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Magnitude and Determinants of Food Insecurity Among Pregnant Women in Nigeria: Evidence from a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey by Daniel C. Ogbuabor

“…Factors associated with increased likelihood of food insecurity include pregnant women residing in the North-East (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 1.70, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.26–2.29, P < 0.001) and South-East (AOR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.04–2.07, P = 0.028) regions, having no education (AOR: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.28–2.70, P = 0.001) or only primary education (AOR: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.28–2.69, P = 0.001), being married or living with a partner (AOR: 3.33, 95% CI: 1.28–8.67, P = 0.014), widowed, divorced, or separated (AOR: 3.83, 95% CI: 1.68–8.73, P = 0.001), lack of exposure to television (AOR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.26–1.92, P < 0.001), and barriers to healthcare access (AOR: 1.69, 95% CI: 1.43–1.99, P < 0.001). …”
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National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016 by Sobha Sivaprasad, Manjula D Nugawela, Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara

“…Other risk factors of self-reported diabetes included age, gender, ethnicity, education level and marital status with those aged 55–64 years, females, who belong to Moor ethnicity, had secondary or higher education, and divorced or widowed had higher risk of diabetes compared with their counterparts.Conclusions Sri Lanka has a high prevalence of self-reported diabetes and it differs by province, sector of residence, sex, education level, ethnicity, age and marital status. …”
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Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Mental Health Disorders Among School Children in Umuahia, South-East Nigeria by Ikechukwu F. Ogbonna, Chizoba F. Achor, Joseph Ezeogu

“…Also, children residing with widowed caregivers were five times more likely to have MHD than children residing with caregivers who belonged to another marital status (aOR = 5.19, 95% CI = 1.45–18.61, P = 0.012), and those residing with non-biological caregivers were four times more likely to have MHD than those residing with biological caregivers (aOR = 3.50, 95% CI = 1.55–7.74, P = 0.002). …”
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Antenatal care visits and its determinants among women in Afar regional state: North Eastern Ethiopia by Aragaw Asfaw Hasen

“…Married (IRR = 1.550 95%CI: 1.172, 2.051), Widowed (IRR = 2.043, 95%CI: 1.238, 3.372). Age first birth 16–20 (IRR = 0.805, 95%CI: 0.652, 0.992). …”
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Combined application of FTAN and cross-spectra analysis to ambient noise recorded by a microseismic monitoring network by Ilaria Barone, Alessandro Brovelli, Giorgio Tango, Sergio Del Gaudio, Giorgio Cassiani

“…Errors as large as 4% have been found, related to the unfavorable orientation of the receiver pairs with respect to strongly directional noise sources, and to the very short time widows. It was shown that using a one-year time window these errors are reduced to 0.3%.…”
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DETERMINE THE POLICY TARGET TO INCREASE INSTITUTIONAL DELIVERY AMONG INDONESIAN FEMALE WORKERS by Isyatun Mardhiyah Syahri, Agung Dwi Laksono, Maya Fitria, Nikmatur Rohmah, Dina Bisara Lolong, Abdulah Saleh Alruwaili

“…Conclusion: The policy target to increase institutional delivery was women workers in rural areas who were older, had poor education, were divorced/widowed, were the poorest, had inadequate ANC, were uninsured, and were grand multiparous. …”
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Socio-economic determinants and spatial analysis of access to sanitation among older adults in Ghana by Ebenezer Nana Kwaku Boateng, Yvonne Ami Adjakloe, Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Amos Apraku, Simon Mariwah, Razak M. Gyasi

“…In addition, separated/divorced (AOR: 1.374, CI 1.263, 1.494], p-value < 0.001), widowed (AOR: 1.143, CI 1.059, 1.234, p-value < 0.001) and never-married (AOR: 1.208, CI 1.077, 1.354, p-value < 0.001) individuals were more likely to have sanitation access compared to those living informally/living together. …”
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Understanding Individual Differences in Happiness Sources and Implications for Health Technology Design: Exploratory Analysis of an Open Dataset by Edel Ennis, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Colm Sweeney

“…Married, single, and widowed individuals were all largely similar in their likelihood of selecting each of the categories as a source of their happiness. …”
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