• Women who are poor and of lower social status are more likely to be obese than women of higher socioeconomic status. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Deguchi M, Mau MM, Davis J, Niederman R. Preventable Tooth Loss in Hawai'i: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Diabetes, and Dental Visits. (cdc.gov)
  • Now, a new study from Duke University is the latest to confirm that lead exposure not only damages cognitive function but also leads to lower socioeconomic status. (newsweek.com)
  • Reuben and his team extracted Dunedin data on childhood blood levels, cognitive function and socioeconomic status. (newsweek.com)
  • Socioeconomic status was determined by the occupation of the parents when the participants were children and at age 38 by their own job. (newsweek.com)
  • The same gradient held true for socioeconomic status. (newsweek.com)
  • The socioeconomic status of children with high lead concentrations was also, on average, lower than that of their parents. (newsweek.com)
  • They wanted to know if the weakened socioeconomic status of the high-lead children was connected to diminished cognition. (newsweek.com)
  • Many factors influence the development of disease, including personal lifestyle, occupation, and socioeconomic status. (cdc.gov)
  • The effect is primarily driven by females and patients with high socioeconomic status. (bi.no)
  • Socioeconomic Status is a minor factor in determining one's attitudes towards the war. (ipl.org)
  • The higher the socioeconomic status of an individual the more supportive one is of international interventionism (e.g. war) (Leal, 2005). (ipl.org)
  • We adjusted all models for socioeconomic status and reproductive factors. (cdc.gov)
  • We did not identify any overall associations with high-grade tumors, however when stratifying by menopausal status we found that antimony (Q4 vs Q1: OR= 6.97, 95% CI: 1.61-30.19) and arsenic (Q4 vs Q1: OR= 6.97, 95% CI: 1.61-30.19) were associated with prevalent high-grade tumors in premenopausal women only. (cdc.gov)
  • The primary purpose of this study was to identify differences in parental involvement, motivational factors, and socioeconomic status (SES) between high school band and chorus participants. (auburn.edu)
  • In a longitudinal study of a large sample of Americans, the authors found that people with a low socioeconomic status (SES) gained more weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, further exacerbating their vulnerability to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (insead.edu)
  • This doctoral thesis investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status and the onset of cardiovascular disease in a contemporary population of natives and foreign-born individuals in Sweden. (lu.se)
  • The variety of measurements and definitions of socioeconomic status provides a challenge to formulating general predictions of its impact on individual health. (lu.se)
  • This thesis analyses different measures of socioeconomic status and aims at a broader understanding of the impact mechanism behind the relationship between status and health. (lu.se)
  • The focus on the onset of cardiovascular diseases limits the amount of feedback effects from impaired health conditions on socioeconomic status, which is an important obstacle in the field of social epidemiology. (lu.se)
  • A common finding in this thesis is the interrelationship between different characteristics of socioeconomic status as well as correlations with other health factors. (lu.se)
  • The findings of this thesis add to the understanding of the relationship between socioeconomic status and the onset of cardiovascular disease, accounting for a variety of other risk factors which appear highly correlated with characteristics of socioeconomic status. (lu.se)
  • Analyzing a contemporary population of natives and foreign-born individuals in Sweden, socioeconomic status is operationalized through a variety of measures. (lu.se)
  • A second line of research found a link between low socioeconomic status and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The third set of studies strongly suggests that social factors are more important than genetically related selection factors in the link between low socioeconomic status and the occurrence of disorders such as depression in women and antisocial personality, alcoholism, and substance abuse in men. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The existence of a clear inverse gradient between socioeconomic status and mortality in the Western world is now so well accepted that studies showing associations contrary to this arouse considerable interest. (bmj.com)
  • These findings are puzzling given that health related behaviours such as smoking, poor diet, and lack of exercise are more common in lower social classes 2 and that access to high quality health care, a clear determinant of glycaemic control and thus health status in diabetic people, is also poorest in people of low socioeconomic status. (bmj.com)
  • 16 ] reported similarly (Alternate Healthy Eating Index Score), finding that the gap in diet quality between low and high socioeconomic status (a composite variable based on education and income level) adults in the US widened from 3.9 points in 1999 to 7.8 points in 2010. (biomedcentral.com)
  • How long you will live generally results from a number of factors, including your overall health, socio-economic status, and education. (forbes.com)
  • For example, many researchers have found a positive correlation between socioeconomic status and IQ, although they disagree about the reasons for the relationship. (britannica.com)
  • Differential use of health services is also shaped by such variables as gender and socioeconomic status. (nih.gov)
  • A family's socio-economic status is the biggest factor influencing children's educational opportunities in Australia. (theconversation.com)
  • A survey conducted different socioeconomic status families. (who.int)
  • We estimated the impact of the policy on changes in staffing independent of socioeconomic conditions, resource alloca- tion criteria, population health status, and other factors. (who.int)
  • We will compare pulmonary and cardiometabolic outcomes to carefully matched (age, race/ethnicity, gender, current borough of residence and socioeconomic status) and unexposed (not resident/attending school south of Houston Street on September 11, 2001) populations from NYU School of Medicine affiliated primary care clinics. (cdc.gov)
  • The association of abdominal obesity and independent variables was assessed using the chi-square test and the magnitude of associations was verified using Binary Logistic Regression in an unadjusted model and adjusted for confounders (gender, age, socioeconomic status, physical activity and sedentary behaviour). (bvsalud.org)
  • Factors associated with educational aspirations among adolescents: cues to counteract socioeconomic differences? (biomedcentral.com)
  • Differences in excess tooth loss (6 or more teeth) and known risk factors (demographics, diabetes, and dental visits) were analyzed by using univariate analyses and adjusted stepwise, logistic regression models. (cdc.gov)
  • We sought to examine sex differences in cardiometabolic risk factors and management in the contemporary cohort represented by the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE). (umn.edu)
  • Consistent differences in cardiovascular risk are found for men and women throughout the dissertation, supporting previous research which finds lower risk for women in specific age ranges. (lu.se)
  • Results from this doctoral thesis can be used to establish public health policies in order to account for differences in the socioeconomic distribution of the population and thereby provide new approaches to the prevention of cardiovascular disease. (lu.se)
  • This doctoral thesis investigates the onset of cardiovascular disease with a focus on socioeconomic differences as explanatory factors. (lu.se)
  • These differences in health are largely the consequence of social systems that differentially distribute material and social resources according to factors such as income, education, wealth and power, leading to social stratification [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Nevertheless, theories of inherited differences in IQ between racial groups have been found to be without basis. (britannica.com)
  • These differences remained even after accounting for factors like scientific literacy and socioeconomic differences. (chkd.org)
  • This clearly suggests that the effectiveness of public policies/programs targeted at reducing the prevalence of overweight/obesity depends on clear understanding of the causative factors, which do not seem to be fully understood yet ( 19 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • 20 ), the reduction in the prevalence of obesity (individuals with a BMI higher than 30 kg/m 2 ) is slow because obesity is influenced by many factors. (frontiersin.org)
  • Results Compared with men, women had a higher mean body mass index (BMI), greater prevalence of severe obesity (BMI≥40 kg/m 2), higher mean LDL cholesterol, greater prevalence of low HDL cholesterol, and were less likely to receive statin treatment and achieve target LDL, with a generally greater prevalence of these risk factors in younger women. (umn.edu)
  • The importance of this study is found in the high cost of cardiovascular intervention and the high prevalence of the disease in the developed world. (lu.se)
  • The prevalence of risk factors is changing by age group, geographic region, and over time. (karger.com)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of abdominal obesity and its associated factors among adolescents, independent of confounders. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Brazil, the prevalence ades, and is the the most frequently occurring cardiometa- of obesity among children and adolescents has demon- bolic factor among children and adolescents6,7. (bvsalud.org)
  • The results revealed that a confluence of complex demographic, biological, economic, social and psychological factors was responsible for occurrence of recidivating or habitual relapse into crime. (scirp.org)
  • There is dearth of empirical evidence on demographic, bio-psychological and socio-economic factors associated with recidivism in Zimbabwe. (scirp.org)
  • The following is an account of demographic, bio-psychological and socio-eco- nomic factors associated with recidivism among prison inmates at a Central Prison in Zimbabwe. (scirp.org)
  • This paper illuminates the demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with smoking statuses. (who.int)
  • By clearly elucidating the demographic and socioeconomic variations in smoking, arguably the most salient marker of health behavior, we can better target programs and policies geared toward the reduction of smoking-related diseases and deaths. (who.int)
  • Results After adjustment for socio-demographic and medical factors, financial strain was associated with a 45 % increase in PTB (OR 1.45: 95 % CI 1.06-1.98). (springer.com)
  • demographic and socioeconomic factors Personal Author(s) : Hitchcock, Dale C.;Oliver, Lincoln I. (cdc.gov)
  • Quantifying more than 80 neighborhood-level SDoH factors for each child, the analysis uncovered four broad patterns in the sample, including affluence, high-stigma environment, high socioeconomic deprivation, and high crime and drug sale rates coupled with lower education and densely populated areas. (medicalxpress.com)
  • They found that social deprivation can explain a significant proportion of the geographic variation in premature cardiovascular mortality in the U.S. (integrativepractitioner.com)
  • Socioeconomic deprivation is defined by several social and economic factors including education, income, employment, and neighborhood environment. (integrativepractitioner.com)
  • Factors contributing to their lengthy life expectancy were "high education, high income, high access to medical care, the people are physically active, obesity is lower than anywhere else" said Dr. Ali Mokdad, one of the study's co-authors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Your healthcare providers use BMI to find out your risk for obesity-related diseases. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • But the risk factors that determine obesity can be complex. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Factors that may affect obesity include the following. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Researchers have found several genes that appear to be linked with obesity. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Among the intrapersonal factors, obesity is directly influenced by volitional control of obesity, attitude toward obese persons, holding a correct body image and body image dissatisfaction. (frontiersin.org)
  • Socioeconomic factors that have significant influence on obesity were age, education and gender. (frontiersin.org)
  • 14 ) A recent Cochrane Review of 55 child obesity prevention studies found that increasing physical activity sessions and developing physical activity skills during the school week were among the promising strategies for obesity prevention. (harvard.edu)
  • Increasing inequalities in rates of obesity and chronic disease may be partly fuelled by increasing dietary inequalities, however very few nationally representative analyses of socioeconomic trends in dietary inequalities exist. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cunningham and associates (1986) reported that obesity (weight greater than 200 pounds) and hypertension were common co-factors in causing peripartum heart failure. (health.am)
  • Myles and co-workers (2002) found that obesity was an independent risk factor for postcesarean infection morbidity. (health.am)
  • Abdominal obesity was significantly associated with gender and high levels of sedentary behaviour, regardless of confounding factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lifestyle habits are important modifiable risk factors that can effectively contribute to the reduction of obesity from an early age. (bvsalud.org)
  • Life expectancy found under heading of "Additional Health Outcomes" for each county. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lead exerted a downward trend on their socioeconomic outcomes," says Reuben, "regardless of where they started out in life. (newsweek.com)
  • They found statistical associations between these patterns and outcomes relating to child developmental health , including mental, cognitive and physical health . (medicalxpress.com)
  • Prior studies in this field have tended to focus on narrow sets of socioeconomic variables and health outcomes, and typically have examined outcomes that are averaged over large geographic areas such as counties or states. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Previous studies indicated a range of risk factors associated with these poor outcomes, including maternal psychosocial and economic wellbeing. (springer.com)
  • Socioeconomic characteristics have been identified as determining factors for different health outcomes in many studies. (lu.se)
  • Results: Significant association was found, at baseline, between the mother's educational level (p=0.0040) and the number of people in the household (p=0.0068) for DMFT and deft outcomes, respectively. (bvsalud.org)
  • Chile is a developing country undergoing an accelerated process of socioeconomic transition and classified along with Uruguay in the high-income bracket in South America yet with one of the highest coefficients of social inequality (GINI Index 50.5) [ 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Lead author Joanna Davies from the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation at King's said: "These findings should stimulate widespread efforts to reduce socioeconomic inequality towards the end of life. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Completed exposure pathways were found exclusively for people on the base grounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Here, working within the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) and using a simple urban-growth model, we estimate population trends throughout the 21st century for ~20,000 urban agglomerations in 151 countries. (nature.com)
  • Identifying health-influencing social factors also can guide social policies aimed at improving child health, such as legislation mandating free school lunches for children from low-income families coupled with holistic health care provisions at school and clinical settings, Dr. Xiao said. (medicalxpress.com)
  • We also selected articles on BC epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, and cancer control in Africa. (karger.com)
  • Preliminary data from a clinical sample identified decrements in spirometry associated with dust cloud exposure, and a remarkably high frequency of cardiometabolic risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Sex, advanced age and socio-economic factors were often associated with disparities in waiting times. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • We estimate these relationships using three classes of models: the traditional per capita income-pollution level - Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) - specifications, a more inclusive model containing main socioeconomic variables such as agricultural intensity, land use, ethnic composition, population density and educational attainment, and a model that includes the socioeconomic variables while accounting for spatial correlations too. (feem.it)
  • In fact, Carr recently published a paper that finds correlations between working longer with increased health and longevity. (forbes.com)
  • In recent years, they have been bringing these "big-data" techniques to bear on important social epidemiology problems-for example, examining factors potentially influencing children's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic . (medicalxpress.com)
  • Uncontrolled BP associated significantly to no adherence and both to male sex, socioeconomic, and psychosocial factors. (hindawi.com)
  • Unfavorable socioeconomic and psychosocial conditions have been frequently mentioned as barriers for BP control and adherence to Rx, of particular relevance in developing countries and/or social groups with limited access to health resources [ 6 - 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Our primary aim was therefore to explore ethno-specific risk factors for PTB and SGA, in particular in relation to psychosocial health, within an urban, multi-ethnic, socially disadvantaged cohort. (springer.com)
  • This study aims to better understand the relationship between income and other factors of socioeconomic disadvantage and cycling behaviour. (whiterose.ac.uk)
  • We find no statistically significant association between the estimated place effects and overall mortality. (bi.no)
  • To assess whether the inverse socioeconomic mortality gradient observed in the general population persists in diabetic people. (bmj.com)
  • There was a clear socioeconomic gradient in all cause mortality in both cohorts, with death rates being about twice as high in the lowest compared with the highest social groups. (bmj.com)
  • We confirm the existence of an inverse socioeconomic mortality gradient in diabetic people and suggest that this is largely due to conventional cardiovascular risk factors. (bmj.com)
  • One such study is the population based Finnish comparison of people with or without diabetes published in the BMJ in 1996, 1 which showed no socioeconomic gradient in mortality in diabetic people even though a clear gradient existed in people without diabetes. (bmj.com)
  • 3 4 5 If anything, the combination of these factors should result in a steeper socioeconomic mortality gradient for people with diabetes compared with those without. (bmj.com)
  • While there are numerous factors that contribute to maternal mortality, we focus on those that affect the interval between the onset of obstetric complication and its outcome. (nih.gov)
  • In high income countries, people with low socioeconomic position are more likely to receive poor quality end of life care and die in hospital, according to a King's study published today in PLOS Medicine. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Using a high-speed word association test, the researchers found that people responded faster to words linked to sexiness, no matter how low they claimed to prioritize the physical. (livescience.com)
  • 5. Keeping guns out of the hands of troubled individuals saves lives In a report that would tragically prove very timely this year, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health found that keeping guns away from high-risk individuals prevents gun violence . (livescience.com)
  • The report also found that the availability of high-capacity magazines increased deaths in mass shootings. (livescience.com)
  • Our results indicate that place factors account for half of the difference in utilization between high and low utilization regions, while the rest reflects patient demand. (bi.no)
  • This paper finds an association between maternal financial strain and risk of preterm birth that is as high as that for smoking. (springer.com)
  • The comparatively high divorce risks for spouses with little formal education and for spouses in manual worker occupations were found to be specific to marriages of relatively short duration. (demographic-research.org)
  • In contrast, such factors as unemployment, wife's high income, and living in a rented dwelling were found to increase divorce risk at all marital durations. (demographic-research.org)
  • They found that between 2020 and 2030, disruptions to cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to about 20,000 additional deaths from cancer in Canada . (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted on subject characteristics to assess for potential risk factors for failure to sero-convert. (bvsalud.org)
  • Long-term physical, cognitive, and behavioral impairments are the factors that most commonly limit a patient's reintegration into the community and his/her return to employment. (medscape.com)
  • Compared with the largest group of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and the more affluent, Dalits (Scheduled Castes, or SCs) and STs were found less likely to suffer from an NCD in 2012. (livemint.com)
  • Recent outbreaks of animal-borne emerging infectious diseases have likely been precipitated by a complex interplay of changing ecological, epidemiological and socio-economic factors. (nature.com)
  • In the CVHP patients are provided access to treatment and screening for cardiovascular risk factors plus a multidisciplinary approach to modify unfavorable life style and habits free of copayments. (hindawi.com)
  • Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a powerful risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), conferring a greater relative risk in women than men. (umn.edu)
  • The complexity of individual socioeconomic characteristics and the interrelationship with other cardiovascular risk factors is the focus of the studies in this thesis. (lu.se)
  • Similarly, results showed direct health effects from intermarriage, as well as indirect effects of intermarriage for several cardiovascular risk factors. (lu.se)
  • The secondary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of these factors to students who participate in all-state music festivals. (auburn.edu)
  • Findings from this study included that aquatic competencies were not found to increase risk of drowning and demonstrated children aged 2-4 years are capable of developing age-appropriate aquatic competencies. (mdpi.com)
  • Those findings held up even when Okura controlled for factors such as students' socioeconomic backgrounds and their academic achievement. (edweek.org)
  • All factors related to family environment and parental involvement were significantly higher for all-state participants than for non-all-state participants. (auburn.edu)
  • We found that people in lower-income households cycle less for transport, particularly for commuting, than people in higher-income households. (whiterose.ac.uk)
  • In addition, low-income leisure cyclists were found to cycle more often, but higher-income leisure cyclists further. (whiterose.ac.uk)
  • Teachers were also found to hold higher expectations for Asian American students' future educational attainment, generally expecting they would seek out a college degree or more. (edweek.org)
  • He controlled for factors like the students' higher standardized math scores and data showing that the students reported spending more time doing homework to avoid skewing the results. (edweek.org)
  • Those in lower socioeconomic brackets also had a 27 percent higher risk factor for heart failure following a heart attack. (healthline.com)
  • In the univariate analysis , age, total and campaign OPV doses were associated with higher seroprevalence , whereas stunting , respondent education and diarrhea in the past six months were significant risk factors for failure to sero-convert. (bvsalud.org)
  • A questionnaire about physical activity, sedentary behaviour and socioeconomic conditions was applied. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lower socioeconomic position (SEP) is a known risk factor for reduced life expectancy and earlier onset of diseases. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Risk factors representing socioeconomic disadvantages were associated with increased odds of psychiatric disorders. (nih.gov)
  • However, although genetic factors exert a powerful influence on the development of psychiatric disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, alcoholism, substance abuse, and antisocial personality disorder, they are not the sole cause, according to Dohrenwend. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Furthermore, the results showed different socioeconomic distributions and health behaviors for women compared with men, which can in turn have a health effect. (lu.se)
  • Identifying risk factors that affect seroconversion of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) will enable the polio eradication initiatives to increase seroprevalence . (bvsalud.org)
  • Thirty-seven percent had a low socioeconomic level calculated according to the IPSE index, with a statistically significant association between the lowermiddle and middle socioeconomic classes (p (bvsalud.org)
  • A statistically significant association was found between non-education and loss of sight (P (bvsalud.org)
  • Certain personality factors seem to increase a person's risk of developing an eating disorder. (thirdage.com)
  • Carr states, "There is no credible evidence that supports the conclusion that retirement - at any age - is a causal factor in a person's longevity. (forbes.com)
  • This paper explores patterns of short-term labour demand weakening in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) of the United States and the associated regional factors. (oecd.org)
  • Parental involvement was a significant factor in students' performance achievement in band and chorus. (auburn.edu)
  • This dissertation focuses on the onset rather than the progress of the disease, excluding part of the causation problem due to feedback effects from ill-health on socioeconomic conditions. (lu.se)
  • But, says Reuben, after eliminating all other potential factors that could affect cognition, "lead exposure was associated with lower IQs down the line. (newsweek.com)
  • Children who had a "concerning" blood lead concentration reached a socioeconomic level that was, on average, 4.51 points lower than their less-leaded peers by age 38. (newsweek.com)
  • 15 ] found that although overall diet quality (American Heart Association diet score) improved between 1999 and 2012 in the US population, improvements were smaller for those with lower family incomes and lower educational attainment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Results confirm non-linear relationships between some socioeconomic, intrapersonal factors and body weight. (frontiersin.org)
  • A complex set of social factors can influence children's health, and I think our results underscore the importance of using methods that can handle such complexity," said study lead author Dr. Yunyu Xiao, an assistant professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. (medicalxpress.com)
  • We further document heterogeneous impacts of place across socioeconomic groups. (bi.no)
  • that is, the extent to which genes versus environment matter in IQ depends on many factors, including socioeconomic class. (britannica.com)
  • We found that quality depends on the availability, type, and number of health workers, which, in turn, is affected by public policies about deployment. (who.int)
  • Some genes have also been found to be associated with eating disorders in certain people. (thirdage.com)
  • People with more experience in a field (in this case, basketball or designer goods), were better at making intuitive judgments about that field than newbies, the study found. (livescience.com)
  • The built environment is a decisive factor in how people get to work. (harvard.edu)
  • Or do they live longer because people who can afford to retire very early have more money and more education than the population at large, two factors which have been shown to contribute to living longer. (forbes.com)
  • The release of the 2011-13 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey data allows investigation of change in dietary intake according to socioeconomic position (SEP) in Australia using a large, nationally representative sample, compared to the previous national survey in 1995. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 140/90 mmHg), and lack of adherence to treatment (Rx) is considered an important factor [ 3 - 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • 9 , 10 ) Other important factors in raising active children include paternal activity levels and positive reinforcement, maternal participation, sibling involvement, time spent outdoors, and family income. (harvard.edu)
  • Examining socioeconomic trends in dietary intake might therefore reveal important targets for intervention that can guide public health policy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • this suggests that, as a person grows older, genetic factors become a more important determinant of intelligence, while environmental factors become less important. (britannica.com)
  • Additionally, important risk factors affecting seropositivity were identified. (bvsalud.org)
  • Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis is the etiologic precursor of acute rheumatic fever, but host and environmental factors are important. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Those who use social media regularly are less likely to keep social distancing and to see COVID-19 as a threat, but for those who get their information from regular news media it's the opposite, the researchers found. (chkd.org)
  • Using data from 24,745 adults who experienced their first heart attack between 1998 and 2010, researchers found just under 25 percent of those patients had developed heart failure within four years. (healthline.com)
  • Overall, researchers found for every 10 years in age a patient was, their risk of heart failure increased by 45 percent. (healthline.com)
  • In order to develop appropriate targeted preventative strategies to improve perinatal outcome in disadvantaged groups, a greater understanding of ethno-specific risk factors is required. (springer.com)
  • Despite the general increase in scores, average IQs continue to vary both across countries and across different socioeconomic groups. (britannica.com)
  • We used data from the Hawai'i Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey collected from 2011 through 2014. (cdc.gov)
  • A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition. (thirdage.com)
  • We think that it may be that the children were constantly exposed to this parasite from a very young age so no one risk factor stuck out. (cdc.gov)
  • It is also unknown whether the impact of parental personality on offspring depression is moderated by socioeconomic position (SEP). (medrxiv.org)
  • Socio-economic position and maladaptive personality traits appear to be independent risk factors. (medrxiv.org)
  • SES was measured through Hollingshead's Two-Factor Index of Social Position. (auburn.edu)
  • Using register-based data on Finnish first marriages that were intact at the end of 1990 (about 2.1 million marriage-years) and followed up for divorce in 1991-1993 (n = 21,204), this research explored the possibility that the effect of spouses' socioeconomic position on divorce risk varies according to duration of marriage. (demographic-research.org)
  • The study explores factors that influence residential neighbourhood satisfaction by focusing on determinants such as structural attributes and quality of housing units, neighbourhood facilities, services and social amenities, locational attributes of residential neighbourhood and the social environment. (researchgate.net)
  • The assumption about the primacy of environment has tended to give way over the past 25 to 30 years to a Zeitgeist favoring biological factors, especially those that trace biology to genetic inheritance," said study author Bruce P. Dohrenwend, PhD, of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, in New York City. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Conclusions This contemporary cohort demonstrates that women with T2DM continue to have a greater burden of cardiometabolic and socioeconomic risk factors than men, particularly younger women. (umn.edu)
  • Conclusions This study confirms known risk factors for PTB and SGA, along with a new variable of interest, financial strain. (springer.com)
  • Intelligence is one of the key factors that allows a scientist to draw conclusions from existing knowledge, but you can't draw conclusions from information you don't have. (blogspot.com)
  • Identifying these prognostic factors in heart attack patients could help us predict their risk of developing heart failure and allow us to give treatments to reduce that risk," Dr. Gho said in a press release . (healthline.com)
  • This list of the 64 counties of the US State of Colorado by socioeconomic factors is taken from the "Quick Facts" web pages of the United States Census Bureau and the Population Health Institute of the University of Wisconsin. (wikipedia.org)
  • We examined the strength of the association of health risk factors and tooth loss in Hawai'i. (cdc.gov)
  • Compared with traditional approaches, the strategy, in principle, provides a more objective and comprehensive picture of potential social factors that affect child health, which in turn, can enable better targeted interventions. (medicalxpress.com)
  • A special emphasis was placed on the effect of ethnic background as a health factor. (lu.se)
  • And they're more likely to stick to public health recommendations such as social distancing, the research team found. (chkd.org)
  • I am a cancer doctor and health services researcher, and my team has found new evidence that will help count the invisible cost of the COVID-19 pandemic to the cancer pandemic. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • To examine the relative importance of these factors, CDC used data from the 1989-1991 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and a multivariate model to estimate the independent effect of each factor on self-reported arthritis. (cdc.gov)
  • page 2 have found them to be in keeping with the Health Assembly's Rules of Procedure. (who.int)
  • The association between SES and weight gain was mediated by stress, but not by the other environmental or psychological factors suggested by prior research (e.g., temporal focus). (insead.edu)
  • A non-linear path analysis was used considering the non-linear relationships that might exist between these factors and body weight. (frontiersin.org)
  • Focusing on orthopedic patients, I find no evidence that hospitals respond to price changes, and capacity constraints do not appear to explain this finding. (bi.no)
  • A total of 219 publications, mainly from North and West Africa, were found by systematic search. (karger.com)
  • Enter search terms to find related medical topics, multimedia and more. (msdmanuals.com)