To examine the incidence and predictors of carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) in community-based patients with type 2 diabetes, we studied 1,284 type 2 diabetic participants (mean +/- SD age 64.1 +/- 6.1 years, 49.1% male) in the longitudinal observational Fremantle Diabetes Study who had no history of CTD. A total of 67 participants (5.8%) had a first CTD during 12,109 years (mean 9.4 +/- 3.7) ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of DR and to correlate cardiometabolic, sociodemographic, and oxidant/antioxidant imbalance data to the prevalence of DR. DESIGN This case-control study included type 2 DM (T2 DM) patients with DR (n = 66), T2 DM patients without DR (N = 84), and healthy controls (n = 45) without DR, in Kinshasa town. Diet, albuminemia, serum vitamins, and 8-isoprostane we...

This study aimed at examining the predictors of initiation into drug injection among street youth using social cognitive theory framework. A prospective cohort study based on semi-annual interviews was carried out. Psychosocial determinants referred to avoidance of initiation. Other potential predictors were: sociodemographic characteristics, relationships with injectors, parent's substance mis...

Introduction: Historically, pandemics have resulted in higher mortality rates the most vulnerable populations. Social determinants of health (SDH) been associated with people morbidity and at different levels. Objective: To determine relationship between SDH COVID-19 severity mortality. Methods: Retrospective study, where data from patients were collected a public hospital Chile. Sociodemogra...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relative influences of sociodemographic and episode-specific factors on change in low back pain intensity and self-rated disability. METHODS Of 204 patients with chronic low back pain, 102 were randomized to a combined manipulation, exercise and physician consultation group and 102 to a consultation-alone group. These groups were each divided into 2 clusters based on...

Objective We test the hypothesis that aspartate aminotransferase (AST) may be associated inversely with serum triglycerides (TG) and positively with high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in young athletes because athletes have larger amounts of muscle mass. Research design and methods Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated between serum AST and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are common psychiatric symptoms in patients with epilepsy, exerting a profound negative effect on health-related quality of life. Several issues, however, pertaining to their association with psychosocial, seizure-related and medication factors, remain controversial. Accordingly, the present study was designed to investigate the association of interictal mood d...

Men are generally thought to be less inclined to take care of their health. To date, most studies about men's health have focused on deficits in self-care and difficulties in dealing with this sphere of their life. The present study reframes this perspective, using a salutogenic strengths-based approach and seeking to identify variables that influence men to take care of their health, rather th...

BACKGROUND Alcohol use is the third most important global-health risk factor and a main contributor to health inequalities. Previous research on social determinants of alcohol-related disorders has delivered inconsistent results. We aimed to investigate whether socioeconomic position (SEP) in childhood predicts alcohol-related disorders in young adulthood in a Swedish national cohort. METHODS...