Older Adults with Dementia Stand and Walk Less, Lie Awake Longer, HUNT Study Finds
A Norwegian study of 4,699 adults aged 70 and older found that those with dementia spent about half an hour ...
Tag: Cross-sectional Study
Liver Fat Measured by Ultrasound Tied to Poor Blood Sugar Control in Type 2 Diabetes
In a cross-sectional study of 759 hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes, each 5-percentage-point rise in ultrasound-derived liver fat was ...
Anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-38 rises with rheumatoid arthritis severity in Iraqi cohort
A cross-sectional study of 140 people in Iraq found serum IL-38 markedly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis patients and strongly correlated ...
Modern contraceptive uptake in Ugandan border district stays below national average
A cross-sectional study of 690 women in Kisoro District, Uganda, finds modern contraceptive prevalence at 27.3 percent, below the national ...
Iron Deficiency Tied to Higher Blood Lead and Behaviour Problems in Children
A cross-sectional study of 120 Egyptian children found that iron deficiency and anemia were associated with higher blood lead levels, ...
Hanging, rural location and older age linked to death before EMS arrival in southern Iran self-harm study
A cross-sectional study of 2,280 EMS-attended self-directed violence cases in southern Iran found that hanging, rural location, older age and ...
Maltreatment Links to Risky Behavior Differ Between Syrian Refugee and Turkish Adolescents
A cross-sectional study finds that childhood maltreatment is more strongly associated with risky behaviors among Syrian refugee adolescents than among ...
Genes May Shape How Air Pollution Touches Thyroid Hormone Levels
A genome-wide interaction study in Korean adults identifies suggestive genetic loci, including MSRA, PCAT1, and GCOM1, that may modify the ...
Kidney transplant recipients showed strong self-management during the pandemic, study finds
A cross-sectional study of 84 kidney transplant recipients found relatively high self-management scores during the pandemic, with education level, dialysis ...
Most nursing students feel moral pressure in clinical practice, Slovenian survey finds
A survey of 205 Slovenian nursing students found that 61.5 percent felt pressure to act against their moral principles in ...
Turkish online information on premature ejaculation is hard to read and often unreliable, study finds
A cross-sectional study of 65 Turkish-language websites found most were difficult to read, of modest quality, and rarely transparent about ...
Running habits linked to knee status in recreational runners, cross-sectional study finds
A cross-sectional study of 423 recreational runners in Changsha links weekly running frequency, warm-up habits, full-marathon participation, prior knee or ...
Physical Fitness Linked to Core Emergency Competencies in Chinese Emergency Nurses
A cross-sectional study of 146 Chinese emergency nurses found nearly half had poor physical fitness, with self-reported fitness, BMI and ...
Health literacy varies widely among women after breast cancer surgery, study finds
A cross-sectional study of 59 women after breast cancer surgery found that health literacy varied widely and was associated with ...
Better Diet Quality Linked to Lower Blood Pressure in Treated Hypertension in the Peruvian Andes
A cross-sectional study of 154 adults with hypertension in Puno, Peru, found generally low diet quality, with higher diet quality ...
Childhood mild traumatic brain injury linked to worse mental health in U.S. Veterans
A study of 1,286 U.S. Veterans found that those with a childhood mild traumatic brain injury had higher PTSD, depression, ...
Parents’ Attitudes Linked to Lower Dengue Infection Rates in Children in Dhaka
Children in dengue-endemic neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh, were less likely to show evidence of dengue infection when their parents held ...
Emotional intelligence linked to career growth among nurses in Saudi Arabia
A cross-sectional study of 295 nurses in Saudi Arabia's Jazan Health Cluster found emotional intelligence positively associated with perceived career ...
Metabolic Burden Linked to Larger Thyroid Nodules in 50,000-Person Study
A cross-sectional study of 50,023 health-examination attendees in Beijing links a BMI-based metabolic burden to thyroid nodules of at least ...
Muscle mass and strength linked to carotid artery thickness in older Korean adults
A cross-sectional study of 352 Korean adults aged 60 and older found higher fat-free mass index was associated with thicker ...
