Correlates of and changes in aerobic physical activity and strength training before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the HEBECO study by Lion Shahab, Abigail Fisher, Phillippa Lally, Aleksandra Herbeć, Dimitra Kale, Verena Schneider

“…Objectives Understanding changes in moderate to vigorous aerobic physical activity (MVPA) and muscle-strengthening activity (MSA) at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and their correlates (socio-demographics, health characteristics, living and exercise conditions and pre-pandemic MVPA/MSA) can inform interventions.Design A cross-sectional analysis of retrospective and concurrent data on MVPA/MSA.Setting An online survey in the UK.Participants 2657 adults (weighted n=2442, 53.6% women) participating in the baseline survey (29 April 2020–14 June 2020) of the HEalth BEhaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic (HEBECO) study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Meeting WHO-recommended levels for MVPA/MSA/both (vs meeting neither) during the first lockdown and changes in MVPA/MSA from before to since the COVID-19 pandemic following stratification for pre-pandemic MVPA/MSA.Results A third of adults maintained (30.4%), decreased (36.2%) or increased (33.4%) MVPA. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake by Mazin A. Barry, Khalid I. Aljammaz, Abdulaziz A. Alrashed

“…Influenza tends to cause epidemics with serious illness and death among high-risk groups such as children aged 5 years and younger, pregnant women, elderly ≥65 years of age, and with chronic medical conditions. …”
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Factors and barriers to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake for intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy in Ghana by Akua Kumi Yeboah, Patrick Ohemeng Gyaase, Richmond Bediako Nsiah, Regina Amoa-Tutu, Saida Abdul-Rahman Zakaria, Lynna Naa Adede Obeng, Frank Prempeh, Phenihas Kwadwo Opoku, Amos Andoono, Gilbert Elara Dagoe, Kwame Kusi Agyemang, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Dominic Nyarko, Paul Kofi Awuah, Gifty Sefaah Owusu, Solomon Anum-Doku

“… Malaria continues to pose a significant threat to pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, where the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) remains below optimal levels. …”
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The relationship between dietary branched-chain and aromatic amino acids with the regulation of leptin and FTO genes in adipose tissue of patients undergoing abdominal surgery by Farshad Teymoori, Hossein Farhadnejad, Mostafa Norouzzadeh, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Niloufar Saber, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Golaleh Asghari, Emad Yuzbashian, Parvin Mirmiran, Alireza Khalaj, Maryam Zarkesh, Mehdi Hedayati, Mohammadreza Vafa

“…The current study aimed to examine the association of dietary branched-chain amino acids(BCAAs) and aromatic amino acids(AAAs) with the expression of the leptin and FTO genes in the visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissues of individuals undergoing surgery. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 136 Iranian adults, both men and women, aged ≥18 years. …”
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Deployment and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and migrants in regular and irregular situations: a mixed-method multicountry study by Biraj Man Karmacharya, Karl Blanchet, Jai K Das, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Maria Midea M Kabamalan, Nguyen Toan Tran, Zahra A Padhani, Anjali Joshi, Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour, Enrique Teran, Pierina Benavente, Vinay N Kampalath, Moussa Lonkila Zan, Elżbieta Anna Czapka, Cheryl Martens, Vicente B Jurlano

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The temporal change of heat exposure and adaptation capacity in Chinese adults from 1994 to 2023 by Xiaohui Ji, Haomin Tan, Shaoli Huang, Zhongguo Huang, Jianxiong Hu, Jianxiong Hu, Guanhao He, Fengrui Jing, Ziqiang Lin, Mengen Guo, Tao Liu, Wenjun Ma, Wenjun Ma

“…However, it is unclear whether heat exposure or temperature adaptation play an important role in this change.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from 3,094 respondents aged 31–64 years old based on online questionnaire. …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by Evgeny D. Fedorov, Viktor V. Veselov, Sergey V. Kashin, Ekaterina V. Tikhomirova, Alexey V. Veselov, Dmitry V. Zavyalov, Anne Kornowski, Tatyana Gorskaya, Magali Volteau, Thierry Ponchon

“…This study was conducted in three Russian research centres during the March–December, 2015 period. Men and women over the age of 18 scheduled to undergo routine diagnostic colonoscopy were randomly assigned either to the OSS group or to the Macrogol group with a fractional use mode before the colonoscopy. …”
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Serum Neuropeptide Y Levels Are Associated with TNF-α Levels and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Melissa Ramirez-Villafaña, Ana M. Saldaña-Cruz, Javier A. Aceves-Aceves, Edsaul E. Perez-Guerrero, Nicté S. Fajardo-Robledo, Edy D. Rubio-Arellano, Cesar A. Nava-Valdivia, Maria O. Carrillo-Escalante, Sylvia E. Totsuka-Sutto, David Cardona-Müller, Betsabe Contreras-Haro, Mario Salazar-Paramo, Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz, M. Huerta, Jorge I. Gamez-Nava, Norma A. Rodriguez-Jimenez, Laura Gonzalez-Lopez

“…Therefore, we evaluate if NPY levels are markers of disease activity in RA and if there is a correlation between NPY levels and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), leptin, and interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels. Methods. Cross-sectional design, including 108 women with RA. We assessed disease activity by DAS28-ESR (considering active disease a score of ≥2.6). …”
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Association of body composition with neuroimaging biomarkers and cognitive function; a population-based study of 70-year-oldsResearch in context by Jessica Samuelsson, Anna Marseglia, Ola Wallengren, Olof Lindberg, Caroline Dartora, Nira Cedres, Sara Shams, Silke Kern, Anna Zettergren, Eric Westman, Ingmar Skoog

“…Methods: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition measures in relation to neuroimaging measures of cortical thickness, hippocampal volume, small vessel disease, predicted brain age, and cognitive performance were explored in a cross-sectional study of 674 dementia-free 70-year-olds from the Swedish Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort study. …”
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Evaluation of Bone Mineral Metabolism in Pre-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: Quantitative Computed Tomography vs. Dual-Energy Absorptiometry and Correlation with Bone Turnover Mar... by Aydan Mutis Alan, Zehra Sezer, Ahmet Oz, Cebrail Karaca, Mevlüt Tamer Dinçer, Ahmet Murt, Fatma Beyza Sag, Selma Alagoz, Serdar Sahin, Mustafa Sait Gonen, Elif Güzel, Sinan Trabulus, Nurhan Seyahi

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: This controlled cross-sectional study, conducted at a single center from 2019 to 2022, assessed two groups of individuals aged 18 to 50. …”
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Evolución del paciente hospitalizado con gripe durante 2016–2020 según su estado vacunal by Jacobo Martín Ramos, Francisco Javier Cuevas Fernández, Álvaro Torres Lana, Armando Aguirre Jaime

“…Results: A total of 1,416 patients were collected. Of whom 50% were women, 56% older than 64 years, 17% with flu vaccination, 24% evolved to severity, 3% died, 72% treated with oseltamivir, 23% (CI95%: 19–27) not treated with oseltamivir were admitted to the ICU, compared to 1.5% (CI95%: 1–2) treated, 25% (CI95%: 23–28) of the non-vaccinated patients developed severity, compared to 18% (CI95%: 13–23) of the vaccinated. …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by E. D. Fedorov, V. V. Veselov, S. V. Kashin, E. V. Tikhomirova, A. V. Veselov, D. V. Zavyalov, A. Kornowski, T. E. Gorskaya, M. Volteau, T. Ponchon

“…This study was conducted in three Russian research centres during the March–December, 2015 period. Men and women over the age of 18 scheduled to undergo routine diagnostic colonoscopy were randomly assigned either to the OSS group or to the Macrogol group with a fractional use mode before the colonoscopy. …”
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The role of teachers and administrators in supporting the adaptation of students with special needs in mainstream high schools by Amir Mahmood, Xiao Huang, Nadia Rehman

“…Second, the study’s cross-sectional design limits the ability to establish causality between the variables. …”
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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

“…The research supported the development of two sections of the Healthtalk website concerning young people and parent/carer experiences. …”
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