Background Association between casual and 24-h urinary sodium-to-potassium (Na/K) ratio is well recognized, although it has not been validated in diverse demographic groups. Our aim was to assess utility across and within populations of casual urine to estimate 24-h urinary Na/K ratio using data from the INTERSALT Study. Methods The INTERSALT Study collected cross-sectional standardized data ...

As digital cultural collections become increasingly sophisticated in their scope and functionality, there is a need to build an in-depth understanding concerning the information behaviors of users this new domain. Research has demonstrated that many museum visitors are engaged casual leisure during exploration collection, suggesting they do not have inherent goal but rather seek experiences or ...

Background Traditionally viewed as a disease of White men, global frequency and disability burden female gout are rising disproportionately to male gout. 1 Moreover, emerging US cohort data suggest hyperuricemia impart larger burdens on Black adults than Whites. 2 These racial disparities may be largely attributable differences in non-genetic, mainly modifiable risk factors e.g., BMI, diet, 3,4...

The current study sought to answer three key questions about explaining the emotion of regret in the domain of casual sex: Are sex differences in sexual regret robust or attenuated in a highly egalitarian culture? What proximate psychological variables might explain sex differences in sexual regret? And what accounts for within-sex variation in experiences of sexual regret about casual sex. We ...

OBJECTIVE To study possible "import" routes of HIV infection to Norway (by obtaining information on casual sexual contacts abroad from patients attending an STD clinic), and to assess their behavioural risk factors (such as alcohol intake, use of condom) for HIV infection. DESIGN AND SETTING Patients visiting the clinic for sexually transmitted diseases (STD), April-June 1989, received a ques...