background: the superiority of either of body mass index (bmi), waist circumference (wc), waist-to-hip ratio (whr) and waist-to-height ratio (whtr) for prediction of metabolic syndrome (mets) is remained controversial in asian population. the objective of this study was to compare the discriminative capacity of either of these measures in prediction of non-adipose components of mets. methods: i...

OBJECTIVE To explore the dietary changes needed to achieve nutritional adequacy across income levels at constant energy and diet cost. MATERIALS AND METHODS Individual diet modelling was used to design iso-caloric, nutritionally adequate optimised diets for each observed diet in a sample of adult normo-reporters aged ≥20 years (n = 1,719) from the Individual and National Dietary Survey (INCA2...

PURPOSE To prospectively estimate patient-centered financial stress and its relationship with health care utilization in patients with head and neck cancer. This was a survey-based, longitudinal, prospective study of treatment-naïve patients with stage III, IVa, or IVb locally advanced head and neck cancer at a single-institution tertiary care hospital from May 2013 to November 2014. With 121 p...

This paper considers a panel of 80 countries across all continents, over the period 1999–2019, and uses generalized method moments system estimations with data from World Bank Global Financial Development database, to explain evolution bank non-performing-loans-to-total-loans ratio. The results obtained provide clear evidence that banks high profitability, benefiting market stability located in...

abstract the objective of this study is evaluation of government’s optimum combination of policy instruments on per capita consumption of bread and the share of this product in food cost of families in different income classes. the minimization of changes in dead weight loss function is used in this study. by using boot strop method and on base of normal distribution for supply elasticity and d...

This study aims to analyze the superior rice farming of Ciherang variety including costs, revenues, income, profits, and feasibility in Parigi Village, Bakarangan District, Tapin Regency. research was conducted May 2022. The data collected form primary secondary using Census sampling method. Analysis used is a qualitative analysis that processed descriptively financial calculate cost, revenue, ...

This study aims to determine and analyse the organic rice farming income level benefit cost ratio between inhibiting factors in production process Kulisusu Village North Buton district. Data were collected through purposive sampling with a total of 40 respondents farmers. The results show that is IDR 28,122,184 or average 703,054.6 per ha/ harvest season. return (R / C ratio) 3.65 indicates R >...

BACKGROUND We investigated the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and cancer screening in a Korean population aged 40 years or older. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 12,303 participants (5,284 men and 7,019 women) who participated in the 2010-2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Self-reported questionnaires were used to assess participant's SES...