A Proinflammatory Diet May Increase Mortality Risk in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by Jiaxing Tan, Nuozhou Liu, Peiyan Sun, Yi Tang, Wei Qin

“…Mortality follow-up information was accessed from NDI, which was then merged with NHANES data following the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) protocols. For 15,291 participants from the general population, the average DII was 0.37 ± 1.76 and the prevalence rate of diabetes was 13.26%. …”
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The prevalence of malnutrition and its risk factors in children attending outpatient clinics in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil by Marcelle M. M Maia, Maria A Fausto, Erica L. M Vieira, Maria L. F. N. Benetton, Mariângela Carneiro

“…Anthropometric measurements were transformed into percentiles and z-scores, and nutritional status was evaluated by reference to National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicators. …”
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Cartografia do retardo estatural em escolares do Estado da Paraíba, Brasil by Alice T Carvalho, Maria JC Costa, Luiz OC Ferreira, Malaquias Batista Filho

“…MÉTODOS: Fez-se levantamento de caráter censitário da estatura de 50.144 escolares com idade de 6 a 9 anos, matriculados na primeira série do primeiro grau de todos municípios do Estado da Paraíba, considerando-se como déficit estatural os valores classificados abaixo de -2 "scores" z do padrão do National Center of Health Statistics. RESULTADOS: Em todo o Estado, 14,5% dos escolares foram considerados casos de nanismo, com uma distribuição heterogênea para as quatro mesorregiões fisiográficas estudadas: 18,7% no Sertão, 13,8% no Agreste, 11,9% na Borborema e 10,9% na Zona da Mata. …”
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Disparities in cancer mortality patterns: A comprehensive examination of U.S. rural and urban adults, 1999–2020 by Itunu O. Sokale, Syed Ahsan Raza, Aaron P. Thrift

“…‐wide data from the National Center for Health Statistics, for all cancer deaths among individuals aged 25 years or older. …”
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In Search of the Promised Land: County-Level Disadvantage and Low Birth Weight among Black Mothers of the Great Migration by Vu, Cecilia, Arcaya, Mariana C., Kawachi, Ichiro, Williams, David R.

“…We used the US Census from 1970 as well as the birth records of first-time Black mothers who migrated from the South collected through the National Center of Health Statistics from 1973 to 1980 (n = 154,145). …”
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Clasificación de niños colombianos con desnutrición según la referencia NCHS o el estándar OMS by Claudia Velásquez R, Juliana Bermúdez C, Claudia Echeverri V., Alejandro Estrada R.

“…Se realizó un estudio descriptivo para evaluar la concordancia en la clasificación de niños colombianos con desnutrición según la referencia del National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) y los estándares de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). …”
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Mid-arm muscle circumference as a significant predictor of all-cause mortality in male individuals. by Li-Wei Wu, Yuan-Yung Lin, Tung-Wei Kao, Chien-Ming Lin, Fang-Yih Liaw, Chung-Ching Wang, Tao-Chun Peng, Wei-Liang Chen

“…A population-based longitudinal study of 6,769 participants aged 40 to 90 years in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. …”
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Racial/ethnic and educational inequities in restrictive abortion policy variation and adverse birth outcomes in the United States by Sara K. Redd, Whitney S. Rice, Monica S. Aswani, Sarah Blake, Zoë Julian, Bisakha Sen, Martha Wingate, Kelli Stidham Hall

“…Data were obtained from the 2005–2015 National Center for Health Statistics Period Linked Live Birth-Infant Death Files and analyzed with linear probability models adjusted for individual- and state-level characteristics and state and year fixed-effects. …”
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A gestational vulnerability window for smoking exposure and the increased risk of preterm birth: how timing and intensity of maternal smoking matter by Anthony J. Kondracki, Sandra L. Hofferth

“…Methods A sample of 2,485,743 singleton births was drawn from the 2010 National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) linked birth/infant death file of US residents in 33 states that implemented the revised 2003 birth certificate. …”
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Determinants of impaired growth among hospitalized children: a case-control study by Marilia de Carvalho Lima, Maria Eugênia Farias Almeida Motta, Eliane Cavalcanti Santos, Gisélia Alves Pontes da Silva

“…PARTICIPANTS: The cases were 124 infants with length-for-age below the 10th percentile of the National Center for Health Statistics curve and the controls were 241 infants with length-for-age equal to or above the 10th percentile who were recruited in the same infirmary. …”
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Trends in atrial fibrillation hospitalizations in the United States: A report using data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey by Muhammad Umer Nisar, Muhammad Bilal Munir, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Floyd W. Thoma, Andrew D. Althouse, Samir Saba

“…Methods: Data were obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), a national probability sample survey of discharges conducted annually by National Center for Health Statistics. Because of the survey design, sampling weights were applied to the raw NHDS data to produce national estimates. …”
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Declining life expectancy in the Great Lakes region: contributors to Black and white longevity change across educational attainment by Max Tyler Roberts, Sojung Lim, Eric N. Reither

“…Methods We used 2008 to 2017 death counts from the National Center for Health Statistics and American Community Survey population estimates to measure within-group change in life expectancy at age 25 among non-Hispanic Black and white males and females by educational attainment. …”
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Assessing the association between area deprivation index on COVID-19 prevalence: a contrast between rural and urban U.S. jurisdictions Running title: COVID-19 prevalence, ADI and c... by Christopher Kitchen, Elham Hatef, Hsien Yen Chang, Jonathan P Weiner, Hadi Kharrazi

“…Nonmetropolitan designations from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). These designations were the basis for making comparisons between Urban and Rural jurisdictions. …”
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Eight Americas: investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States. by Christopher J L Murray, Sandeep C Kulkarni, Catherine Michaud, Niels Tomijima, Maria T Bulzacchelli, Terrell J Iandiorio, Majid Ezzati

“…Data sources for population and mortality figures were the Bureau of the Census and the National Center for Health Statistics. We estimated life expectancy, the risk of mortality from specific diseases, health insurance, and health-care utilization for the eight Americas. …”
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Is preterm birth associated with asthma among children from birth to 17 years old? -A study based on 2011-2012 US National Survey of Children’s Health by Jie Zhang, Chenchao Ma, Aimin Yang, Rongqiang Zhang, Jiannan Gong, Fengfeng Mo

“…The NSCH was a nationally representative telephone survey sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. A cross-sectional analysis using data from the US on 90,721 children was conducted to examine the relationship between preterm birth and asthma risk. …”
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A nonparametric multiple imputation approach for missing categorical data by Muhan Zhou, Yulei He, Mandi Yu, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu

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Anemia e peso ao nascer by Taqueco T Uchimura, Sophia C Szarfarc, Maria R D de O Latorre, Nelson S Uchimura, Sonia Buongermino de Souza

“…O estudo do crescimento para o indicador peso/idade e altura/idade teve como referência o padrão NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics). Para o diagnóstico da anemia, utilizou-se a dosagem bioquímica da concentração de hemoglobina pelo método colorimétrico direto, HemoCue. …”
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Effectiveness Comparison of Mothers’ In-person Versus Written Nutritional Education Intervention on Infant Growth in Iran by Nemati Ali, PhD, Tazakori Zahra, PhD, Maryam Namadi Vosogh, MSN, Nazila Vosoghi, MSN, Maryam Zare, PhD, Afroz Mardi, PhD, Adham Davoud, PhD, Hamidzadeh Arbabi Yousef, PhD

“…Height-for-age Z scores and weight-for age Z scores were calculated based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference values. Results: There were significant differences between maternal nutritional knowledge before and after the intervention in all groups. …”
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Geographic analysis of low birthweight and infant mortality in Michigan using automated zoning methodology by Enander Helen, Grady Sue C

“…This study investigates the spatial patterns of low birthweight and infant mortality in the State of Michigan using automated zone matching (AZM) methodology and minimum case and population threshold recommendations provided by the National Center for Health Statistics and the US Census Bureau to calculate stable rates and standardized incidence and mortality ratios at the Zip Code (n = 896) level. …”
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Were US Asian Indian decedents with atherosclerosis more likely to have concurrent diabetes mellitus? Analysis of national multiple cause of mortality data (2012–2019) by Deepak R. Nair, Abhyuday Chauhan, Dhananjay Vaidya

“…Methods Using Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Files (2012–2019) from the National Center for Health Statistics, we included deaths at age ≥ 45 years among US residents where AI versus Non-AI status could be ascertained (n = 55,461 AI; n = 20,090,038 Non-AI) and identsified ATH (ICD10: I20-I25, I63, I70) and DM (ICD10: E10-E14) as contributing causes of death. …”
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