• Methods A prospective study was conducted with 34,260 participants from the general Chinese population. (researchsquare.com)
  • Methods: Data from the National Health Survey (PNS), 2013, a transversal population-based study, were used. (scielosp.org)
  • The distribution pattern of the ABO blood antigen varies by the prevalence type among different populations in the world. (hindawi.com)
  • In addition, because different populations show different patterns of association between neighbouring genetic variants (linkage disequilibrium), looking in multiple populations can be extremely useful for dissecting out which variants are actually causative and which are mere bystanders. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The sodium between different populations, ranging and 15-20 mg/kg lean body weight excretion of the male participants was from 1 mEq/day among the Yanomamo was expected for males and females particularly high (153 mEq/day), and Indians in the Amazon valley in Brazil to respectively. (who.int)
  • The mean systolic blood pressure was 116 mmHg (range 91- 152) and the mean diastolic blood pressure was 63 mmHg (range 41- 97). (sages.org)
  • The researchers used a genome-wide association study to look at eight medically relevant traits: body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, height, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and measures of bone density in the arm and leg. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The purpose of this work is to identify in the anthropometrical indicators used here in this study the percentage of body fat, the body mass index (BMI) and the w aist-hip ratio (WHR), which present a correlation with the metabolic variables of heart rate, blood pressure (s ystolic and diastolic) and double product. (scirp.org)
  • Using data from the community-based Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, change in systolic (SBP) or diastolic (DBP) blood pressure was calculated as the difference between follow-up and baseline, cognitive impairment was defined based on both the Mini-Mental State Examination and education level. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology , adverse pregnancy outcomes can be predicted by blood pressure (BP) thresholds of 140 mm Hg for systolic BP (SBP) and 90 mm Hg for diastolic BP (DBP) at 20 weeks of gestation onward. (drugtopics.com)
  • In the MOS cohort (Paper II), we found that adults born with low birth weight (LBW) but who attained a higher body mass index (BMI) at age 20 (mismatch) had significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) compared to those born with LBW but continued to have low BMI at age 20. (lu.se)
  • The prevalence of overweight, obesity, blood type O, and rhesus positive observed among students in this study is largely similar to what has been reported in published studies in Ghana and from other countries. (hindawi.com)
  • Overweight and obesity were not associated with ABO blood groups or Rhesus in this study. (hindawi.com)
  • Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial to study the effectiveness of an obesity and diabetes intervention (PASOS) in an immigrant farm worker population. (cdc.gov)
  • Background: Studies have shown that the prevalence of overweight, obesity and diabetes are higher in the largely Hispanic, immigrant farm worker population in California. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this paper is to describe the study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of an obesity and diabetes work place intervention in an immigrant farm worker population. (cdc.gov)
  • Discussion: Few studies have been conducted that aim to evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite intervention for obesity and diabetes prevention in a largely Hispanic, farm worker population. (cdc.gov)
  • Proving the latter has been difficult because of the similarity of risk factors for developing both OSA and diurnal hypertension-for example, upper body obesity and alcohol consumption. (bmj.com)
  • The prevalence of overweight and obesity is low among the Asian American population, compared with non-Hispanic white and black populations, when these terms are defined by standard body mass index (BMI) cut points (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Objective To evaluate any association between obesity in middle age, measured by body mass index and skinfold thickness, and risk of dementia later in life. (bmj.com)
  • Assessment of obesity before old age may be a more accurate representation of adiposity as the ratio of lean to fat mass changes with ageing, 5 resulting in a decreased body mass index. (bmj.com)
  • The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity and associated factors in a population-based sample of adults in peri-urban and rural Uganda. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is a commonly used simple measure that combines weight and height to classify obesity. (bmj.com)
  • The prevalence of obesity, elevated total cholesterol, and elevated blood pressure in firefighters exceeded Healthy People 2010 targets. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, their prevalence of obesity, low high density lipoprotein (HDL), high low density lipoprotein (LDL), and high total cholesterol levels was higher relative to the general population. (cdc.gov)
  • The body mass index (BMI, weight (kg)/height (m) 2 ) is a useful index of relative weight that can be applied to define obesity 13 and CED 14, 15 and can be used to assess individual and community nutritional status. (bmj.com)
  • Obesity rates, which doubled between 1980 and 2004, increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. (sciencedaily.com)
  • dyslipidaemia and obesity in a rural black population living in Ga-Mothapo village. (bvsalud.org)
  • This meant that children and youth raised in the 1960s were less exposed to salt in their early childhood than their parents' generation, which could explain the phenomenon of age-adjusted average blood pressure values dropping in western populations and in Sweden, despite the increase in body mass index and obesity. (lu.se)
  • Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of blindness and its determinants in Bangladeshi adult population. (bmj.com)
  • BRFS ABSTRACT The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an on-going random-digit-dialed telephone survey used to determine the prevalence among adults 18 and older of behaviors and practices--such as cigarette smoking, seat belt use, blood cholesterol screening, high blood pressure control, physical activity, weight control, alcohol use, and drinking and driving-- which are related to the leading causes of death in the US. (cdc.gov)
  • Accordingly, many state health departments launched health education and risk reduction programs to reduce the prevalence of behavioral risks in the population. (cdc.gov)
  • This study aimed to investigate and explore the prevalence and associated risk factors of Microalbuminuria (MAU) in middle-aged and elderly populations. (alliedacademies.org)
  • Related laboratory index tests were also performed to analyze the prevalence and associated risk factors of MAU that may possibly affect the urinary albumin/creatinine ratio. (alliedacademies.org)
  • The prevalence of MAU in Chinese middle-aged and elderly populations is similar to those reported in other countries. (alliedacademies.org)
  • In this study, the cluster sampling method was used to detect the prevalence of MAU in the middle-aged and elderly populations and preliminarily explored the factors that may affect MAU. (alliedacademies.org)
  • This cross sectional study of data collected during annual physical examinations described the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among firefighters (N = 200) and examined relationships between body mass index (BMI) and other cardiovascular risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 That compares to a diabetes prevalence of around 9% in the general population. (escardio.org)
  • To describe height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the adult urban population in Mumbai, western India and to estimate the prevalence and severity of thinness and overweight in this population. (bmj.com)
  • Results: The prevalence of self-reported diabetes mellitus was 6.2%, while 11.5% of the population had never undergone a glucose testing. (scielosp.org)
  • Changes have taken place in population growth, aging, and in the epidemiology of risk factors such as diabetes, which has soared in prevalence since the turn of the century. (aacc.org)
  • Large public health initiatives are hard to monitor and evaluate when the health objectives involve several diseases, dispersed geography, multiple populations, or comprehensive strategies being delivered by varied public and private entities with diverse evaluation capacity. (cdc.gov)
  • In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 97.5% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, long sleep durations were found to be associated with low HDL-C levels among a Korean adult population from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey[ 16 ]. (researchsquare.com)
  • To our knowledge, there is a lack of studies in the general adult population (age ≥ 18 years) are lacking. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, we analysed the relationship between normal FPG and T2D in a general adult population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Khan, JR, Biswas, RK & Islam, MM 2022, ' Relationship between blood pressure and BMI in young adult population: a national-level assessment in Bangladesh ', British Journal of Nutrition , vol. 128, no. 10, pp. 2075-2082. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Blood pressure and capillary blood glucose were measured. (bmj.com)
  • Which aspects of breathing during sleep influence the overnight fall of blood pressure in a community population? (bmj.com)
  • BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) causes recurrent rises in blood pressure during sleep, and recent community surveys have suggested a link between mild OSA and diurnal hypertension. (bmj.com)
  • This study tries to circumvent some of these problems by measuring the overnight change in blood pressure and relating it to relevant measures of the severity of upper airway obstruction on the same night. (bmj.com)
  • the last two of these derived from measurements of pulse transit time (indirect beat to beat blood pressure). (bmj.com)
  • Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and its variant (upper airways resistance syndrome) cause recurrent arousals and thus rises in blood pressure (BP) during sleep and, in addition, may be independently responsible for increases in awake BP. (bmj.com)
  • Chinese Americans are disproportionately affected by modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • They were screened for high blood pressure and associated cardiovascular risk factors by an interview questionnaire. (who.int)
  • Weight and height, waist and hip and blood pressure measurements and random blood glucose testing were done. (who.int)
  • Our study indicates a need for routine blood pressure measurements and risk assessment in young adult females in Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • We studied the impact of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on either creatinine or cystatin C, or in combination, on vascular aging (aortic stiffness) and central hemodynamics (central systolic blood pressure) in a Swedish urban population with median 17 years of follow-up. (lu.se)
  • Of these, 2064 with measured carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and central blood pressure at follow-up were enrolled. (lu.se)
  • Lower eGFRCR is associated with higher future aortic stiffness independently of age, sex, heart rate, mean blood pressure, body mass index, and antihypertensive treatment. (lu.se)
  • Although there have been relatively few studies, a systematic review of sun exposure and pregnancy outcomes found associations with fetal growth restriction, blood pressure, and preterm birth rates ( 7 , 8 ), with higher first trimester sunlight correlating with higher fetal birth weights and less hypertensive complications in the third trimester ( 8 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • When the researchers compared the likelihood of poor outcomes in those with diabetes compared to those without, they adjusted the analyses for multiple factors that could influence the relationship including age, sex, smoking status, body mass index, blood pressure, medications, and other conditions. (escardio.org)
  • Smoking frequency, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and blood pressure were also examined. (hcplive.com)
  • Blood pressure presented a good correlation with the BMI, principally in the female group. (scirp.org)
  • In the male group, the anthropometrical indicator that had major associations with blood pressure was the WHR, showing an association between the patte rn of male body fat distribution (and roid) and blood pressure. (scirp.org)
  • Recent studies have found evidence for negative selection acting on characteristics such as body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and height. (ukbiobank.ac.uk)
  • The cognitive impact of changes in late-life blood pressure is less clear. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We aimed to investigate the association between late-life blood pressure changing pattern and risk of cognitive impairment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The generalized additive model with penalized spline and multivariate logistic regression model were used, respectively, to examine the associations between continuous and categorized blood pressure changes with cognitive impairment at the follow-up wave. (biomedcentral.com)
  • U-shaped associations between late-life blood pressure changes and risk of cognitive impairment were found, with only stable optimal blood pressure related to the lowest risk. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Adhering to a stable optimal level of blood pressure in late-life is related to lower risk of cognitive impairment in Chinese elderly. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An improved understanding of the evolving relationship between changes in late-life blood pressure and cognitive functioning must be established before recommendations can be made concerning blood pressure targets for lowering the risk of dementia in older adults [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), a national cohort focusing on older Chinese people, is the largest cohort of centenarians in the world with recorded blood pressure information during its follow-up. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Using this community-based prospective sample, we examined the associations of changes in late-life blood pressure with cognitive impairment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Additionally, Al-Aly and his colleagues pointed to increased exposure to dietary factors (diets high in sodium and sugar) and metabolic risk factors (high body-mass index, and elevated fasting plasma glucose and systolic blood pressure levels) as contributors to the increase in CKD burden, including CKD-related mortality. (aacc.org)
  • Results from a recent study indicated that lowering the threshold for abnormal blood pressure in the second half of pregnancy from 140/90 mm Hg would not increase accuracy in identifying maternal or perinatal risk in patients. (drugtopics.com)
  • The relationship between blood pressure and risk of renal cell carcinoma. (who.int)
  • Questions for Elizabeth Arias, Health Statistician and Lead Author of " Mortality Profile of the Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native Population, 2019 . (cdc.gov)
  • Limited mortality statistics for this population has been included in our standard mortality reports. (cdc.gov)
  • We publish death counts, and age-specific and age-adjusted death rates for the AIAN population annually in our final mortality reports. (cdc.gov)
  • The non-Hispanic AIAN mortality profile resembles that of some of the populations in the poorest, under developed countries in the world. (cdc.gov)
  • MAU is also a predictor of all-cause mortality in the general populations [ 15 ]. (alliedacademies.org)
  • Objective To investigate the shape of the causal relation between body mass index (BMI) and mortality. (bmj.com)
  • IHD morbidity and mortality burden attributable to risk factors was estimated by comparative risk assessment using population attributable fractions. (bmj.com)
  • Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome caused by any structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling orejection of blood[1].It has been considered as one of the major public health concerns with high mortality and economic burden of the patients all over the world. (researchsquare.com)
  • Conclusions These findings suggest that long sleep duration is associated with low HDL-C level among the Kailuan community population. (researchsquare.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that increased respiratory effort during sleep (seen in OSA and related syndromes of increased upper airway resistance during sleep) offsets the normal fall in BP that occurs overnight, even within this community population. (bmj.com)
  • The children were recruited during the population-based European IDEFICS study (Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health Effects in Children and infantS) with 18 745 participants recruited from 2007 to 2010. (nature.com)
  • Participants (n = 5049) from the population-based Malmö Diet and Cancer Study that underwent baseline examination and later participated in the prospective cardiovascular arm were selected. (lu.se)
  • METHOD: Archived blood specimens collected from 2014 participants (all participants were 50 years of age and older) in Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota during SHS Phase-III (1998-1999) were analyzed for cadmium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium using inductively coupled plasma triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants in North and South Dakota had the highest blood cadmium, lead, manganese, and selenium, and the lowest total mercury levels, even after adjusting for covariates. (cdc.gov)
  • Study participants provided blood and urine specimens and completed a questionnaire interview. (cdc.gov)
  • The authors recommended a validation study for the purported health benefits of blood type diets. (hindawi.com)
  • 6 ] conducted the first study to examine the association between blood type diets and biomarkers of cardiometabolic health in experimental and control groups. (hindawi.com)
  • This study has been tailored to this population in order to enhance the feasibility of implementation and retention. (cdc.gov)
  • Study design A cross-sectional population-based survey conducted at household level with national representation. (bmj.com)
  • Subjects were visited at home where a questionnaire was administered, anthropometric measurements made, blood pressures taken (including by the subject), and sensors applied for a subsequent overnight sleep study. (bmj.com)
  • It is effective at detecting chronic liver disease from all causes with or without NAFLD in the general population, according the results of a US population-based study. (medscape.com)
  • In the study presented here at EASL, Kim aimed to expand the horizon for SAFE testing to the US general population and to assess whether SAFE was effective in screening for chronic liver disease regardless of steatosis of the liver. (medscape.com)
  • The explanatory power of the analyses was limited by imprecision of the estimates and homogeneity of trends in the study populations. (nih.gov)
  • We performed a population-based data-linkage study of 556,376 singleton births (in 397,370 mothers) at or after 24 weeks gestation, in Scotland between 2000 and 2010. (frontiersin.org)
  • But a study in the Polish population, published in PostÄ™py , clarifies and strengthens the link between smoking and the development of psoriatic lesions. (hcplive.com)
  • The control group consisted of 861 people from a large Polish population study (NATPOL) conducted in 2011. (hcplive.com)
  • This difference may be that while those who participate in clinical trials are a selected population, the numbers in the current study include unintentional weight loss, or the current study captures temporary weight gain that is typically lost at specific instances, such as the so-called "freshman 15. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This is a cross-sectional population-based study in which the subjects with self-reported diabetes mellitus answered questions concerning their use of health services and access to medicine. (scielosp.org)
  • Information on self-reported health is important for health professionals, and the aim of this study was to examine associations between lifestyle factors and self-reported health and the mediating effect of disease in a Norwegian population. (peerj.com)
  • One hundred and fifty three (153) healthy repeat blood donors and 90 first time blood donors constituted the study population. (scirp.org)
  • A reduction in the values of some lipid profiles and high GGT activity is associated with repeated blood donations in this study population. (scirp.org)
  • R. S. Bharadwaj, "A Study of Lipid Profiles among Male Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai City," Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2005, pp. 1-5. (scirp.org)
  • T. Pekka and R. Salonen, "Cohort Study of Relationship between Donating Blood and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction," British Medical Journal, Vol. 314, No. 7083, 1997, pp. 793-794. (scirp.org)
  • An overview of the study population was shown in Figure S 1 . (biomedcentral.com)
  • to the hot climate in this area during study population. (who.int)
  • The overall aim of the thesis was to elucidate the influence of early life factors, such as birth weight and gestational age, on adult organ traits and disease risk, based on a systematic review and meta-analysis, and data from three population-based cohorts, including Malmö Offspring Study (MOS) cohort, LifeGene Study cohort, and Malmö Birth Data cohort. (lu.se)
  • We measured blood metals in AI communities to assess historical exposure and identify participant characteristics associated with these levels in the Strong Heart Study (SHS) cohort. (cdc.gov)
  • Percentile estimates of the other study pollutants were similar to background levels found in the general U.S. population. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence of PBB exposure in our study cohort likely reflects the continued effect of a widespread contamination of livestock feed in 1973 among Michigan's lower peninsula population. (cdc.gov)
  • Cardiovascular risk factors associated with SCD in a multivariate model in four population-based cohorts. (figshare.com)
  • We do not know exactly why individuals who self-identify as AIAN while alive have a higher rate of being classified as a different race on their death certificates than other racial and ethnic populations. (cdc.gov)
  • We used the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the US (REACH US) Risk Factor Survey from 2009 through 2012 to examine the association between body mass index (BMI, calculated as kg/m 2 ) and 3 cardiovascular disease risk factors among Chinese Americans in New York City. (cdc.gov)
  • Although racial/ethnic minority populations are increasing in the United States, large-scale community-based surveys for these populations are limited. (cdc.gov)
  • Many Russian doctors left Tajikistan after 1991, leaving the country with the lowest ratio of doctors to population in the former Soviet Union. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, 11.3% (10.2% to 12.5%) of the adult US population demonstrated a significant amount of alcohol use, 2.3% (1.4% to 3.3%) showed evidence of hepatitis B or C, and 5.4% (4.6% - 6.2%) had elevated serum ferritin levels. (medscape.com)
  • The authors also noted an interesting correlation between smokers and those who abuse alcohol in the psoriasis population. (hcplive.com)
  • In China, the age-standardized incidence of ovarian cancer ranged from 4.75 to 6.05 per 100,000 population from 1999 to 2010, while the overall age-standardized incidence for these years was 5.35 per 100,000 population [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • In general Chinese and Japanese populations, the normal baseline FPG range showed a J-shaped relationship with the risk of T2D. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 1,086 middle-aged and elderly populations who underwent physical examination in our hospital were selected using the randomized cluster sampling method for the health questionnaire survey in April 2013. (alliedacademies.org)
  • Some middle-aged and elderly populations from a government office who underwent physical examination in our hospital were enrolled using the cluster sampling method for the health questionnaire survey and laboratory-related index detection in April 2013. (alliedacademies.org)
  • Though to date, few interventional studies have focused on these issues in this at-risk population. (cdc.gov)
  • Our findings offer insights for recruiting community samples of sexual minority populations and for measuring sexual identity on probability surveys. (umd.edu)
  • Nevertheless, these findings are limited to specific populations. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recent work has suggested that, even in a community population, minor degrees of sleep apnoea may be an independent risk factor for hypertension, 1 , 2 although complete disentanglement of the risk factors common to both conditions is almost impossible. (bmj.com)
  • Adjusting for survey design, we estimated population prevalences of hypertension, DM, obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiac failure, epilepsy and HIV, and investigated factors associated with hypertension using logistic regression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The proposed mechanism believed to underlie how ABO blood group may influence cardiovascular disease risk involves the possible regulatory effect of ABO antigens on plasma levels of von Willebrand factor (VWF) and coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) [ 18 , 19 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Metabolic disorders are some of the major sources of complications in the body. (bvsalud.org)
  • L'objectif de la présente étude était d'estimer l'apport en sel chez des résidents de la région est d'Arabie saoudite en mesurant leur excrétion urinaire de sodium en 24 heures. (who.int)
  • L'excrétion de sodium moyenne totale en 24 heures pour le groupe était de 140 mEq (E.T. 49) (153 mEq [E.T. 52] pour les hommes et 118 mEq [E.T. 37] pour les femmes). (who.int)
  • Ces valeurs sont supérieures à celles recommandées pour l'apport en sodium quotidien et représentent un risque de survenue d'hypertension et de maladies cardio- vasculaires dans la population saoudienne. (who.int)
  • ABO blood group and body mass index (BMI) have individually been appraised as risk factors for certain diseases. (hindawi.com)
  • Nonetheless, the relationship between certain diseases and ABO blood type probably appears to have received good attention over the past five decades. (hindawi.com)
  • Some reports have shown evidence of potential association between ABO blood and some diseases. (hindawi.com)
  • These molecular traits affect the functioning of cells in the human body and are linked to numerous diseases. (ukbiobank.ac.uk)
  • State public health agencies face challenges when monitoring the efforts and effects of public health programs that use disparate strategies and address various diseases, locations, and populations. (cdc.gov)
  • This nationally representative population-based survey indicates that more than 1 in 10 Bangleashi adults aged ≥40 years have low vision or blindness, with cataract being the single most attributing factor. (bmj.com)
  • NHANES is representative of the noninstitutionalized, civilian population of the US. (medscape.com)
  • Although the National Nutrition-Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) 17 has published the BMI profile of a representative rural Indian population, there is a paucity of data on the BMI distribution of representative adult Indian urban populations-the group at highest risk of the extremes of the current transition. (bmj.com)
  • Penn State College of Medicine researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999-2006, a nationwide survey evaluating the health and nutrition of a representative portion of the population. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A paper just released in Nature Genetics takes the most comprehensive look yet at the genetic factors underlying complex traits in an East Asian population, using a large sample of Korean individuals. (scienceblogs.com)
  • With those goals in mind, you can expect to see many more GWAS of non-European populations over the next couple of years, and some explicit comparisons of the differing genetic architecture of complex traits between populations. (scienceblogs.com)
  • From the patients' hospital files and general practitioner files, information on diagnosis, medical treatment, smoking habits, arterial blood gas tensions, body mass index (BMI), and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1 ) were obtained. (ersjournals.com)
  • The best arterial blood test obtained within the period 1 month before to 3 months after initiation of LTOT was registered. (ersjournals.com)
  • The mean weight and body mass index was 82.5 kg (range 30- 122.47 Kg) and 31 kg/m2 (range 23- 43). (sages.org)
  • The recommended dosages depend on body weight. (who.int)
  • Everyone can lower their chances of developing diabetes with weight control and exercise, and early detection is needed so that blood sugar can be controlled. (escardio.org)
  • The recommendation is often to lose at least 5 to 10 percent of initial body weight with these conditions. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The registry does not represent the entire population, so it is not useful for providing estimates of long-term weight loss in the country. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Thirty-six percent of the sample had maintained a weight loss of at least 5 percent of their initial body weight. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Identifying a significant percentage of the population that is succeeding in some weight loss may be an important target population for weight maintenance programs," Kraschnewski said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Strategies to reduce body weight and to improve healthy lifestyle, and awareness and monitoring of BP may help to address these serious health problems, particularly at an early age. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Body mass index was calculated from weight and height. (bvsalud.org)
  • Birth weight z-score showed an inverse association with peripheral augmentation index and positive with pulse wave velocity, markers of aortic stiffness. (lu.se)
  • Likewise, in the MOS cohort (Paper III), an average 0.054 arbitrary unit decrease in skin autofluorescence advanced glycation end products (sfAGE) value and 0.016 unit decrease in mean ankle-brachial index (ABI) value per 1 kg increase in birth weight (adjusted for gestational age and sex) were noted. (lu.se)
  • In addition, each of the blood metals was associated with selected demographic, behavioral, income, and/or weight-related factors in multivariate models. (cdc.gov)
  • By 1980, telephone surveys had emerged as both a reliable and affordable alternative method for determining the preva- lence of behavioral risk factors in the population. (cdc.gov)
  • Accordingly, the CDC began working with state health departments to develop a system for the on- going surveillance of behavioral risk factors in the population using random- digit-dialed telephone techniques. (cdc.gov)
  • From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, the WHO MONICA Project monitored coronary events and classic risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in 38 populations from 21 countries. (nih.gov)
  • We assessed the extent to which changes in these risk factors explain the variation in the trends in coronary-event rates across the populations. (nih.gov)
  • We carried out population surveys to estimate trends in risk factors. (nih.gov)
  • Changes in the classic risk factors seem to partly explain the variation in population trends in CHD. (nih.gov)
  • Negative selection is a form of natural selection whereby rare genetic factors with harmful effect on survival and reproduction are removed from populations. (ukbiobank.ac.uk)
  • If we can predict the diabetic population and nondiabetic population at an early stage, when doctors diagnose diabetes, they can tend to focus on people with a high probability of having diabetes, which greatly reduces the intervention of human factors and provides a general direction for doctors to diagnose and take timely measures related to prevention and interception. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cross-sectional associations have been found between short sleep duration and lower HDL-C levels in adult American women with type 2 diabetes[ 19 ] and adult Japanese women from the general population[ 11 ]. (researchsquare.com)
  • 5 ] in a systematic review of published data on blood type diet concluded that there was no scientific proof to assess the effectiveness of the blood type diet. (hindawi.com)
  • Is there any trend data on life expectancy for the AIAN population prior to 2019? (cdc.gov)
  • The data covered 65% of the non-Hispanic AIAN population, those living in Contract Health Service Delivery Areas of the IHS. (cdc.gov)
  • The results are weighted to take into account the effects of telephone non-coverage, non-response, refusals, sampling design, and to adjust the survey data to the age-, race-, or sex- specific population counts from the most recent census or intercensal estimate in each state. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers extrapolated the NHANES sample data to the US population. (medscape.com)
  • Design Analysis of prospective data from a multiethnic population based cohort. (bmj.com)
  • They also bolster confidence in well-designed community samples as sources for data on sexual minority populations. (umd.edu)
  • evidence suggests that blood group antigens may play a biological role in some disease pathogenesis [ 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Of note, Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is the 4th leading cause for this population but the 11th cause for the US overall, Suicide is the 8th vs 10th cause, and Alzheimer is the 11th vs 6th cause. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, if the conventional index of sleep apnoea, apnoea hypopnoea index (AHI), poorly represents the precise aspect of the disease that may be responsible for cardiovascular consequences, then the situation is even worse. (bmj.com)
  • Primary care doctors currently detect liver disease through a serendipitous abnormal finding on ultrasound or blood tests that detect elevated transaminases, and then the patient is referred to a hepatologist, who figures out what is really going on," said Kim. (medscape.com)
  • The problem with this approach is that genes that play a major role in the disease process will not be picked up by GWAS if they don't happen to contain a common variant that alters their function in that population . (scienceblogs.com)
  • Compared to patients with HFpEF, those with HFmrEF were more likely to have comorbid acute myocardial infarction, infection and coronary artery disease, had higher level of N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), cardiac troponin, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), white blood cell (WBC). (researchsquare.com)
  • Repeated blood donation may play a significant role in reducing the incidence of heart disease. (scirp.org)
  • With time, this can cause serious damage to the human body and result in blindness, amputation, heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The figure entitled "Population Growth and Crude Death and Birth Rates for Tajikistan between 1950 and 2015" shows the trends in life expectancy at birth (left axis) and total fertility rate (right axis). (wikipedia.org)
  • The figure entitled "Trends in Life Expectancy at Birth and Total Fertility Rate in Tajikistan between 1960 and 2014" shows the population growth (right axis) and crude death rate and crude birth rate (left axis). (wikipedia.org)
  • It will be of great benefit to reduce the incidence of diabetes, improve people's quality of life and the healthy life expectancy of the population, and will also effectively reduce the burden of diabetes treatment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From statistical perspective, it may be important to examine the relationship between the ABO blood antigen and BMI. (hindawi.com)
  • After waking the following morning, the subjects took their own blood pressures again. (bmj.com)
  • We identified a rural population in a vulnerable condition with high CRFs. (scielo.org.pe)
  • Moreover, populations are increasingly exposed to diets that are high in calories, salt and fat with low fiber content [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A World Health Organization panel proposed lowering BMI cut points for the Asian population because the association between BMI and health risks for the Asian population is different from the association for European populations (3). (cdc.gov)
  • To describe the association of BMI with education, age, and tobacco habits in an urban Indian population. (bmj.com)
  • Where risk has been identified, further improvement in follow-up management is required to prevent CVD onset and reduce future burden in Australia's Indigenous population. (frontiersin.org)
  • however, this variable really reflects the work of the myocardium since the BMI is the only indicator used here that includes lean mass in its values. (scirp.org)
  • In other cases the variant is at a similar frequency in the two populations, suggesting that the effects of certain genetic variations may depend on variants elsewhere in the genome (i.e. a so-called "genetic background" effect). (scienceblogs.com)
  • In addition, socioeconomic conditions may increase the susceptibility of the population to environmental toxicants 5 . (scielo.org.pe)
  • The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health. (milbank.org)
  • The Milbank Memorial Fund is is a foundation that works to improve population health and health equity. (milbank.org)
  • readmissions fell for healthier patients, but hospitals struggled with sicker patients and population health metrics also did not improve. (milbank.org)
  • The Argentine Republic has natural waters with As contents exceeding 0.05 mg/L, as established by the Argentine Food Code (CAA), with an exposed population of approximately 1 million inhabitants living in rural areas 4 . (scielo.org.pe)