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Perceived risk, behavior changes and Health-related outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic: Findings among adults with and without diabetes in China
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
Aims: To examine perceived infection risk of COVID-19 and the health and related behavior changes among people with diabetes, compared with people without diabetes, and to examine factors associated with self-reported ...
Comparing the predictive ability of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System with the body mass index for use of health services and pharmacotherapies in Australian adults: A nationally representative cross-sectional study.
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Willey
, 2020 , Article)
We assessed the value of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) compared with the body mass index (BMI) for determining associations with use of health services and pharmacotherapies in a nationally representative ...
Personality, Chrono-nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health: A Narrative Review of the Evidence.
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Oxford University Press
, 2020 , Article)
Growing evidence suggests that personality traits play a role in obesity and cardiometabolic health. In addition, irregularity of food intake has emerged as a potential risk factor for obesity, cardiovascular disease, and ...
Dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk among Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
Background and objective
We aimed to examine the prospective association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Chinese adults.
Methods
Adults aged ≥20 years in the China Health and Nutrition ...
The influence of vitamin D supplementation on IGF-1 levels in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Background: Inconsistencies exist with regard to influence of vitamin D supplementation on IGF-1 levels. The inconsistencies could be attributed to several factors, such as dosage and duration of ...
Higher egg consumption associated with increased risk of diabetes in Chinese adults - China Health and Nutrition Survey.
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Cambridge University Press
, 2020 , Article)
The association between egg consumption and diabetes is inconclusive. We aimed to examine the association between long-term egg consumption and its trajectory with diabetes in Chinese adults. A total of 8545 adults aged ...
Nutritional quality and health risk of pepper fruit as affected by magnesium fertilization.
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wiley
, 2020 , Article)
Magnesium (Mg) fertilization is a promising practice to improve vegetable yield. However, its impacts on vegetable quality and human health have not been examined. Thus, a field experiment was conducted to investigate the ...
TLR4 Receptor D299G/T399I Haplotype Polymorphism Is Associated with Insulin Resistance in Obese Female Subjects
(2020 , Article)
Background: Activation of Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4) causes chronic inflammation that can result in obesity and metabolic syndrome (MeS). Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of TLR4 polymorphisms of TLR4D299G/T399I, ...
Genetic Epidemiology of Beta-Thalassemia in the Maldives: 23 years of a Beta-Thalassemia Screening Program.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The Maldives is an archipelago of 407,660 people according to population census of 2014, made up of 20 atolls, which has one of the highest prevalence of β-thalassemia worldwide. However, there is a dearth of studies related ...