BACKGROUND With globalization, transnational marriages become more and more common around the world. Children born to immigrant mothers might be more likely to have developmental delays, but studies on this topic are limited and with inconsistent results. AIMS To determine whether children born to immigrant mothers are more likely to have developmental delays. METHODS AND PROCEDURES We anal...

We recently demonstrated differences in fracture incidence by ethnicity in the UK population using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) [1]. In their letter, Harper et al. [2] draw attention to the differential age structure of the UK population by ethnicity, and suggest that the lower incidence of fractures in Asian adults over 50 years might reflect the lower proportion of very elde...

background: growth of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer-causing behaviors,particularly smoking and various environmental factors. a variety of cancers data in specialgeographic areas can help define medical programs for treatment and screening of high-risk groups.since cancer types has not been reported within districts and neighbourhoods of tehran city so far,this...

to investigate the effects of certain factors on the rate of retained placenta, 2844 calving records from 1288 holstein cows in a herd were used. these cows calved during year period of 2001 to 2007. a generalized statistical linear model was applied to analyze the data. logistic regression model was applied as the statistical model. in the model, fixed effects of year, season (warm or cold) an...

BACKGROUND Few prospective studies have examined cancer incidence among vegetarians. OBJECTIVE We report cancer incidence among vegetarians and nonvegetarians in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Oxford (EPIC-Oxford) study. DESIGN This was a prospective study of 63,550 men and women recruited throughout the United Kingdom in the 1990s. Cancer incidence was fol...

the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of physical activity levels with sleep duration (sd), and self-rated health (srh) using the fifth korean national health and nutrition examination survey data from 2010 and 2011.overall, 12,188 korean people were evaluated in relation to meeting guidelines for vigorous pa (mvpa), moderate pa (mmpa), and low pa (mlpa) associated with sd a...

The reported incidence rate of primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has been increasing in the United States over the past 2 decades. We have considered the possibility that the inclusion of cases of transient hypothyroidism has inflated the reported incidence rate of CH. Assessing the effects of cases of transient hypothyroidism on the incidence rate is problematic, because the definitions, ...

This study evaluated the pregnancy incidence in female nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) survivors of reproductive age.In a nationwide cohort, 2816 female patients 15 to 50 years of age from 1998 to 2010 were identified from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research database. Comorbidities, complications during pregnancy, and delivery status were recorded. All patients were followed up until a...