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The sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper
BackgroundAn estimated 11 million individuals are released from U.S. jails and prisons each year. Individuals with a history of incarceration have...
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Autophagy-related gene model as a novel risk factor for schizophrenia
Autophagy, a cellular process where cells degrade and recycle their own components, has garnered attention for its potential role in psychiatric...
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Clinical, environmental, and genetic risk factors for substance use disorders: characterizing combined effects across multiple cohorts
Substance use disorders (SUDs) incur serious social and personal costs. The risk for SUDs is complex, with risk factors ranging from social...
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Alcohol use disorder as a risk factor for violent offending and reoffending in delinquent women with substance use disorders
Female gender is generally less associated with aggressive behavior and violent offending than male gender. Therefore, most studies on violence and...
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Lifestyle and environmental risk factors for unexplained male infertility: study protocol for Australian Male Infertility Exposure (AMIE), a case–control study
BackgroundApproximately 1 in 20 men are sub-fertile or infertile yet the aetiologies of male infertility remain largely unexplained. It is suggested...
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Genes polymorphism as risk factor of recurrent urolithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
IntroductionUrolithiasis is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. Its prevalence is rising, both in develo** and developed countries. It is...
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Key factor cutoffs and interval reference values for stratified fall risk assessment in community-dwelling older adults: the role of physical fitness, body composition, physical activity, health condition, and environmental hazards
BackgroundFall risk assessment and determination of older adults’ individual risk profiles are crucial elements in fall prevention. As such, it is...
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Environmental stress, minority status, and local poverty: risk factors for mental health in Berlin’s inner city
This study examines whether climate change-associated environmental stressors, including air and noise pollution, local heat levels, as well as a...
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Characterizing surface water concentrations of hundreds of organic chemicals in United States for environmental risk prioritization
BackgroundThousands of chemicals are observed in freshwater, typically at trace levels. Measurements are collected for different purposes, so sample...
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Circ_0000284: A risk factor and potential biomarker for prehypertension and hypertension
CircRNAs have been shown to be involved in the development of certain diseases, but their application in prehypertension and hypertension remains...
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Ageing as risk factor for tinnitus and its complex interplay with hearing loss—evidence from online and NHANES data
BackgroundTinnitus affects 10 to 15% of the population, but its underlying causes are not yet fully understood. Hearing loss has been established as...
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Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
BackgroundBurden of disease analyses quantify population health and provide comprehensive overviews of the health status of countries or specific...
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Female sex is a risk factor for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: the EURODIAB prospective diabetes complications study
Aims/hypothesisWhile the risk factors for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) are now well recognised, the risk factors for painful DPN remain...
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Low LDL Cholesterol Is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Hepatic Steatosis
BackgroundGenetic mutations causing defective VLDL secretion and low LDL cholesterol are associated with hepatic steatosis and nonalcoholic fatty...
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External Environmental Pollution as a Risk Factor for Asthma
Air pollution is a worrisome risk factor for global morbidity and mortality and plays a special role in many respiratory conditions. It contributes...
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Malaria in under-five children: prevalence and multi-factor analysis of high-risk African countries
BackgroundMalaria remains a significant public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly affecting under-five (UN5) children....
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Contribution of environmental determinants to the risk of develo** type 2 diabetes mellitus in a life-course perspective: a systematic review protocol
BackgroundPrevention policies against type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) focus solely on individual healthy lifestyle behaviours, while an increasing...
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A systematic review of the data, methods and environmental covariates used to map Aedes-borne arbovirus transmission risk
BackgroundAedes (Stegomyia) -borne diseases are an expanding global threat, but gaps in surveillance make comprehensive and comparable risk...
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Structural Racism as an Environmental Justice Issue: A Multilevel Analysis of the State Racism Index and Environmental Health Risk from Air Toxics
Communities of color and poor neighborhoods are disproportionately exposed to more air pollution—a pattern known as environmental injustices....
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Factor VII R353Q (rs6046), FGA A6534G (rs6050), and FGG C10034T (rs2066865) Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in Iranian Women
Recurrent pregnancy loss is a multi factorial and heterogeneous disorder defined as two or more consecutive pregnancy losses before 20 weeks’...