Chronic Kidney Disease Affects Nearly 15% of Fulni-ô Indigenous Adults in Brazil
A cross-sectional study of 569 Fulni-ô Indigenous adults in Brazil estimated a chronic kidney disease prevalence of 14.9%, with older ...
Tag: Cross-sectional Study
Ruptured brain aneurysms show a distinctive multi-system signature in angiography, inflammation and metabolism
A retrospective cross-sectional study of 100 patients links ruptured intracranial aneurysms to slower contrast washout on QDSA imaging, altered inflammatory ...
Ultrasound measures track metabolic health in adults, cross-sectional study finds
A cross-sectional study of 610 adults found that two ultrasound liver measures, 2D-SWE and Vi.PLUS, were independently associated with metabolically ...
Problematic Internet Use Tied to Higher Pregnancy Distress in Iranian Cross-Sectional Study
A cross-sectional study of 255 pregnant women in Iran found problematic internet use was associated with higher pregnancy-related distress, while ...
Pulse Wave Fingerprints of Aging Persist Across Blood Pressure Levels
A cross-sectional study of 1,163 cardiology outpatients identifies ten photoplethysmographic features that differ between adults under and over 65 across ...
Oral Microbiome, Metabolites and Immune Signals Linked in Recurrent Mouth Ulcers
A small integrated study found that recurrent aphthous ulceration is associated with coordinated shifts in oral bacteria, serum metabolites and ...
Midwives in Jaffna show moderate knowledge of postpartum depression, study finds
A cross-sectional survey of 186 midwives in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka, found that over half had moderate knowledge of postpartum ...
Liver MRI Scans Reveal Low Muscle Mass in Many Fontan Patients
A retrospective study found low skeletal muscle mass on existing liver MRI scans in 30% of children and 21% of ...
Pain That Limits Daily Function Tied to Cost-Related Barriers to Care in U.S. Adults
An analysis of 2022 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data links pain-related functional limitation, with or without tobacco or alcohol use, ...
Short-Video Flow Linked to Problematic Social Media Use Through Decision Fatigue and Smombie Behavior
A cross-sectional study of 1,111 people found short-video flow was associated with problematic social media use through decision fatigue, mistake ...
Older adults’ real-world walking mapped in week-long wearable study
A week of wearable sensor monitoring in 569 German adults aged 67 and older found an average of 11,746 steps ...
Internet use linked to modest rise in modern contraceptive uptake among Rwandan women
A cross-sectional analysis of the 2019–2020 Rwanda DHS found internet users had about 16 percent higher adjusted odds of modern ...
Egyptian Study Sets First Age- and Gender-Stratified Hand Grip Strength Norms
A cross-sectional study of 2,247 healthy Egyptian adults has produced the first age- and gender-stratified normative values and percentile references ...
Astigmatism Tops Eye Findings in Egyptian Children with Down Syndrome Study
A cross-sectional study of 48 Egyptian children with trisomy 21 found astigmatism in 71.9 percent of eyes and significant correlations ...
Colitis and Colon Lesions Found in 40% of Obese Patients with Liver Steatosis
A cross-sectional study of 130 obese Egyptian adults with FibroScan-detected hepatic steatosis found colitis in 40% of patients, along with ...
Cervical Cancer Knowledge Gaps Persist Among Pakistani Medical Students, Survey Finds
A survey of 163 medical-related students at the University of Lahore found that only 42 percent recognized HPV as a ...
Fewer than four in ten women on HIV therapy in Ambo town report good quality of life
A cross-sectional study of 420 women on antiretroviral therapy in Ambo town, Ethiopia, found 39.3 percent had good quality of ...
ESM-1 shows non-linear link to cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes
A cross-sectional study of 56 type 2 diabetes patients and 57 matched controls found higher ESM-1 levels and ASCVD risk ...
Parvovirus B19 DNA More Frequent in Lupus Patients and Tracks with Disease Activity
A single-center case-control study in Egypt found parvovirus B19 DNA in 27.3% of systemic lupus erythematosus patients versus 4.5% of ...
Half of Children with Immune Thrombocytopenia Show Zinc Deficiency, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 74 Egyptian children and adolescents with primary immune thrombocytopenia found zinc deficiency in half of patients ...
