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Composite indices of femoral neck strength predicts the collapse of steroid-associated osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a retrospective study
PurposesThe purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive effect exerted by composite indices of femoral neck strength (compressive...
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From raw data to a score: comparing quantitative methods that construct multi-level composite implementation strength scores of family planning programs in Malawi
BackgroundData that capture implementation strength can be combined in multiple ways across content and health system levels to create a summary...
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Associations between blood antioxidant levels and femoral neck strength
BackgroundStudies have confirmed that antioxidants contribute to a lower risk of osteoporosis, which is an independent factor for femoral neck...
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The Use of Area-Level Socioeconomic Indices in Evaluating Cancer Care Delivery: A Sco** Review
BackgroundMultiple composite indices of small-area socioeconomic characteristics have been used to examine how neighborhood characteristics influence...
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Validation of the vaccination attitudes examination scale in a South African context in relation to the COVID-19 vaccine: quantifying dimensionality with bifactor indices
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic represented a global public health emergency. Existing studies support the view that vaccination and mass...
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The new visceral adiposity index outperforms traditional obesity indices as a predictor of subclinical renal damage in Chinese individuals: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe new visceral adiposity index (NVAI) was superior to previous obesity indices in predicting cardiovascular diseases among Asians....
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Performance of non-invasive respiratory function indices in predicting clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia in medical and sub-intensive wards: a retrospective cohort study
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly recognized infectious disease which can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring...
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Curcumin-polyvinyl alcohol nano-composite enhances tolerance of Helianthus annuus L. against salinity stress
BackgroundNanotechnology is a promising technology in many fields including agriculture. So, this investigation aimed to study effect of curcumin...
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Hand grip strength as a proposed new vital sign of health: a narrative review of evidences
Hand grip strength (HGS) serves as a fundamental metric in assessing muscle function and overall physical capability and is particularly relevant to...
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Effect of high dose vitamin D supplementation on indices of sarcopenia and obesity assessed by DXA among older adults: A randomized controlled trial
BackgroundHypovitaminosis D is associated with Sarcopenic Obesity (SO), but evidence from randomized Vitamin D 3 (VD3) trials is scarce.
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Study protocol on effectiveness of yoga practice on composite biomarker age predictors (yBioAge) in an elderly Indian cohort- two-armed open label randomized controlled trial
IntroductionThe recent development of robust indices to quantify biological aging, along with the dynamic epidemiological transitions of population...
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Assessing consistency among indices to measure socioeconomic barriers to health care access
Many places within rural America lack ready access to health care facilities. Barriers to access can be both spatial and non-spatial. Measurements of...
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Associations between grip strength, brain structure, and mental health in > 40,000 participants from the UK Biobank
BackgroundGrip strength is a widely used and well-validated measure of overall health that is increasingly understood to index risk for psychiatric...
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Construction and validation of CAPSES scale as a composite indicator of SES for health research: an application to modeling social determinants of cardiovascular diseases
BackgroundThe main objective of this study was to construct and validate a composite socioeconomic status indicator containing material capital,...
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More than skin-deep: visceral fat is strongly associated with disease activity, function and metabolic indices in psoriatic disease
ObjectiveTo compare body composition between patients with psoriatic disease (PsD), including cutaneous psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis...
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Development and validation of an intrinsic capacity composite score in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: a formative approach
BackgroundIntrinsic capacity (IC) defined by the WHO refers to the composite of five domains of capacities. So far, develo** and validating a...
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What is measured by the composite, single-item pain/discomfort dimension of the EQ-5D-5L? An exploratory analysis
PurposeThis study examines the EQ-5D-5L pain/discomfort dimension by drawing comparisons with five other pain and discomfort items (pain severity,...
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Assessing the Clinical Meaningfulness of the Alzheimer’s Disease Composite Score (ADCOMS) Tool
IntroductionThe Alzheimer’s Disease Composite Score (ADCOMS) is a tool developed to detect clinical progression and measure treatment effect in...
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Associations between metabolic profiles and incident CKD in the Chinese population aged 45–85 years
PurposeThe roles of metabolic indices in predicting chronic kidney disease (CKD) were lacking. This study aimed to examine the concomitant impact of...
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Identifying depressive symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the role of glucose variability and concomitant hypothyroidism
PurposeDepression in diabetes results in a worse prognosis and quality of life, and increased costs to the patient and the healthcare system, yet...
