Biostatistics

Development of a prediction rule for incomplete vaccination among children in Indonesia | BMC Public Health

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Rodrigues CMC, Plotkin SA. Impact of vaccines; health, economic and social perspectives. Front Microbiol. 2020;11:1526. https://doi.org/10.3389/FMICB.2020.01526 Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Talbird SE, Carrico J, La EM, Carias C, Marshall GS, Roberts CS, et al. Impact of routine childhood immunization in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Pediatrics. 2022;150. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-056013 Li X, Mukandavire … Read more

Global and regional disease burden of HIV/AIDS from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2030 | BMC Public Health

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Trends in HIV/AIDS incidence from 1990 to 2021 The age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) of HIV/AIDS varies significantly worldwide. In 2021, Lesotho had the highest ASIR (818.4 per 100,000 people), followed by Mozambique and Equatorial Guinea (Fig. 1A, Table S1). In terms of absolute numbers, South Africa had the highest number of cases in 2021 (233,500 (95% … Read more

Determinants of sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls and young women in artisanal and small-scale mining communities of Uganda | BMC Public Health

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Fritz W, McQuilken J, Collins N, Weldegiorgis F. Global trends in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM): a review of key numbers and issues: Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF). 2017. Google Scholar  Mpagi I, Ssamula NF, Ongode B, Henderson S, Robinah HG. Artisanal gold mining: both a woman’s and a man’s … Read more

Quality and reliability evaluation of pancreatic cancer-related video content on social short video platforms: a cross-sectional study | BMC Public Health

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Principal findings In this study, we assessed the content, quality, and reliability of health education videos about PC on TikTok, Kwai, and Bilibili. Our findings indicated that the overall quality of PC-related short videos on TikTok, Kwai, and Bilibili was unsatisfactory, which may be attributed to relatively low standards for access on these platforms and … Read more

Monitoring the presence of human papillomavirus in public areas indicates non-sexual transmission of the virus and environmental risk | BMC Public Health

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Sample collection Based on the potential for non-sexual transmission routes of HPV infection, this study selected female restrooms in four types of locations as research subjects: general hospitals, obstetrics and gynecology hospitals, community health centers, and public restrooms. Sampling was conducted on 30 weekdays from May 15 to July 1, 2024. At 15:00 each weekday, … Read more

The relationship between social networks and subjective cognitive decline in Chinese younger older adults: the mediating effect of self-perception of aging | BMC Public Health

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Yang H. Dynamic trend of China’s population ageing and new characteristics of the elderly. Popul Res. 2022;46:104–16. Google Scholar  Wang X, Song L, Peng X. Stay engaged after retirement: characteristics of the young-old and policy responses to utilize these human resources. Sci Res Aging. 2019;7:35–47. Google Scholar  Perminder SS. Editorial: no health without cognitive health. … Read more

Associations of occupation categories with cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: an analysis of NHANES 2005-2014 | BMC Public Health

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Study population This prospective, complex and comprehensive multistage cohort study included US adults aged ≥ 20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005 to 2014, an independent national cross-sectional survey of US civilians not in institutions, conducted biennially by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Further details about NHANES are available elsewhere … Read more

Association of individual and community-level socioeconomic status and education with medication use: a multilevel analysis in the PERSIAN cohort | BMC Public Health

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Study design and participants This cross-sectional study utilized baseline data from the Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN (PERSIAN), a cohort designed to investigate the burden and risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Iran. The cohort includes participants aged 35 to 70 years from 18 geographically distinct sites, selected to represent diverse ethnic, environmental, and … Read more

Disease burden of aortic aneurysm from 1990 to 2021 with a forecast to 2045: insights from the global burden of disease 2021 | BMC Public Health

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Global trends The global mortality and DALYs of aortic aneurysm from 1990 to 2021 are shown in Table 1. Globally, the mortality rate of aortic aneurysm significantly increased by 74.22%, from 8.84 (95% UI 8.31 to 9.35) per 10,000 population in 1990 to 15.39 (95% UI 13.84 to 16.57) per 10,000 population in 2021. The ASMR … Read more

Evaluating the potential of waist-to-BMI ratio, a body shape index, and other anthropometric parameters in predicting cardiovascular disease mortality: evidence from NHANES III | BMC Public Health

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Study design and data source This was a population-based, cohort study that used data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III), a nationally representative survey of the non-institutionalized civilian population of the US. NHANES is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at preset intervals. NHANES III was … Read more