Longitudinal patterns in smoking abstinence in trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analysis of data from a systematic review, with meta-analyses by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Chan, J, Zhitnik, E, Pesola, F, Hajek, P, Lindson, N

“…The few studies addressing relapse highlighted mixed demographic and behavioral characteristics associated with relapse rates. …”

Relationships between general self-efficacy, number of counselling sessions, mandated counselling satisfaction and readiness to change among institutionalised adolescents in Malays... by Muhammad Shariff Paul, Azzah Sabrina

“…A set of self-administered questionnaires were used to collect information related to institutionalised adolescents‟ demographic characteristics information, general self-efficacy measured using General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), and mandated counselling satisfaction and readiness to change, measured using Mandated Counselling Satisfaction Scale (Mansor, Rumaya & Zainal, 2013) and University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1982) respectively. …”
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Intracranial volume post cranial expansion surgery using 3D CT scan imaging in children with craniosynostosis by Sulong, Shukriyah

“…The ICV preoperative and postoperative was measured using the 3D CT imaging and analysed. The demographic data, clinical and radiological findings was identified and analysed. …”
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A comparative study on faecal short-chain fatty acids concentration in lean, overweight and obese school children by Saipudin, Nurul Ain, Suhairom, Nornazira, Abd. Wahid, Nur Husna

“…Malay ethnic, healthy, lean, overweight and obese, age 7 to 10 years old from the selected primary school participated in this study.We assessed the socio-demographic and nutritional status of lean, overweight and obese children. …”
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Food environments and obesity: a geospatial analysis of the South Asia Biobank, income and sex inequalities by Atanasova, Petya, Kusuma, Dian, Pineda, Elisa, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, De Silva, Laksara, Hanif, Abu A. M., Hasan, Mehedi, Hossain, Md Mokbul, Indrawansa, Susantha, Jayamanne, Deepal, Jha, Sujeet, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Katulanda, Prasad, Khawaja, Khadija I., Kumarendran, Balachandran, Mrida, Malay K., Rajakaruna, Vindya, Chambers, John Campbell, Frost, Gary, Sassi, Franco, Miraldo, Marisa

“…Individual-level data (demographic, socio-economic, and health characteristics) were combined with exposure to healthy and unhealthy food environments measured with geolocations of food outlets (obtained through ground-truth surveys) within 300 m buffer zones around participants' homes. …”
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Infectious diseases acquired by international travellers visiting the USA by Stoney, Rhett J, Esposito, Douglas H., Kozarsky, Phyllis, Hamer, Davidson H., Grobusch, Martin P., Gkrania-Klotsas, Effrossyni, Libman, Michael, Gautret, Philippe, Lim, Poh Lian, Leder, Karin, Schwartz, Eli, Sotir, Mark J., Licitra, Carmelo

“…Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis summarizing demographic and travel characteristics, and clinical diagnoses among non-US-resident international travellers seen during or after travel to the USA at a GeoSentinel clinic from 1 January 1997 through 31 December 2016. …”
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Development of the CHARIOT Research Register for the Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia and Other Late Onset Neurodegenerative Diseases by Larsen, Mark E., Curry, Lisa, Mastellos, Nikolaos, Robb, Catherine, Car, Josip, Middleton, Lefkos T.

“…Upon consent, a minimum data set of demographic and contact details was extracted from the patient’s electronic health record. …”
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Young people's understanding of European values: enhancing abilities, supporting participation and voice by Ross, Alistair, Loughran, Tom, Brunold, Andreas, Hartsmar, Nanny, Liljefors Persson, Bodil, Chistolini, Sandra, Dotta, Leanete Thomas, Freires, Thiago, Kõiv, Kristi, Lopes, Juliana Crespo, Pembecioğlu, Nilüfer, Pereira, Fátima, Spinthourakis, Julia Athena

“…Presentation of the analysis: A: The demographic characteristics of the survey population. …”
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Role of primary and secondary care data in atrial fibrillation ascertainment: impact on risk factor associations, patient management, and mortality in UK Biobank by Camm, CF, Von Ende, A, Gajendragadkar, PR, Pessoa-Amorim, G, Mafham, M, Allen, N, Parish, S, Casadei, B, Hopewell, JC

“…AF cases in each of the ascertainment groups had comparable baseline demographic characteristics. However, AF cases identified in hospital data alone had a higher prevalence of cardiometabolic comorbidities and lower rates of subsequent anticoagulation (PC-only: 44%, PC + HADP: 48%, HADP-only: 10%, P < 0.0001) than other groups. …”

Mediating effects of satisfaction in the relationship between motivation factors and continuous viewing intentions towards Chinese documentary programs by Mengyu, Li

“…Meanwhile, the factors of gender, age, and the year of study indicated significant effects on continuous viewing intentions among all socio-demographic factors except for subjects. At last, satisfaction as a mediating variable showed a significant effect. …”
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Creative ageing in Singapore : a population study on participatory arts engagement and wellbeing among adults aged 50 and above by Ma, Stephanie Hilary Xinyi

“…Control variables included demographic information, self-reported health status, intensity and frequency of physical exercises. …”
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Exploring biomechanical variations in ankle joint injuries among Latin dancers with different stance patterns: utilizing OpenSim musculoskeletal models by Gao, Xiangli, Xu, Datao, Baker, Julien S, Teo, Ee-Chon, Liang, Minjun, Gu, Yaodong

“…Background: Dancers represent the primary demographic affected by ankle joint injuries. In certain movements, some Latin dancers prefer landing on the Forefoot (FT), while others prefer landing on the Entire foot (ET). …”
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Implementation of occupational safety and health management system in reducing ergonomic risk among certified and uncertified automotive industry workers by Ikpegbu, Mavis Amarachi

“…Also linear regression test revealed that there is a significant relationship between ergonomics risk and demographic factors. Therefore certification fosters the implementation of OSHMS among workers.…”
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Sociospatial reframing of walking through inclusive streets and urban heritage by Wang, Yongcheng

“…Then, to reach a wider demographic, a street-intercept survey was conducted to investigate perceived importance within a set of six different inclusive street design dimensions in relation to the movement and activity functions of streets. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…We also calculated burden of stroke attributable to 23 risk factors and six risk clusters (air pollution, tobacco smoking, behavioural, dietary, environmental, and metabolic risks) at the global and regional levels (21 GBD regions and Socio-demographic Index [SDI] quintiles), using the standard GBD methodology. 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for each individual future estimate were derived from the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles of distributions generated from propagating 500 draws through the multistage computational pipeline. …”

Associations between health literacy and health care utilization and mortality in patients with coexisting diabetes and end-stage renal disease : a prospective cohort study by Griva, Konstantina, Loong, Russel K. L., Nandakumar, Mooppil, Rajeswari, Moothathamby, Khoo, Eric Y. H., Lee, Vanessa Y. W., Kang, Augustine W. C., Osborne, Richard H., Brini, Stefano, Newman, Stanton P.

“…After adjusting for demographic and clinical factors, the HLQ domain Actively Managing My Health remained independently associated with lower rates of hospitalization (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 0.674, 95% CI [0.490, 0.925], p = .02) and mortality (hazard ratio = 0.382, 95% CI [0.160, 0.848], p = .02). …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…We carried out our survey over 200 Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents between the ages of 20 to 59 based on the demographic of Singapore. This sample size allows us to properly execute both the Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit and Probit methods to draw the relationships between the variables. …”
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The association between the housing structure and continued breastfeeding in two Southern African countries by Khanyile, Ntuthuko, McLaren, Shawn, Fairbrother, Una

“…Data were extracted, with permission, from the Demographic and Health Survey(DHS), a program which provides nutrition surveillance in 90+ countries. …”
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Do dual-mobility cups reduce revision risk in femoral neck fractures compared with conventional tha designs? An international meta-analysis of arthroplasty registries by Farey, JE, Masters, J, Cuthbert, AR, Iversen, P, van Steenbergen, LN, Prentice, HA, Adie, S, Sayers, A, Whitehouse, MR, Paxton, EW, Costa, ML, Overgaard, S, Rogmark, C, Rolfson, O, Harris, IA

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Six member registries of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (from Australia, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States) provided custom aggregate data reports stratified by acetabular cup type (dual-mobility or conventional THA) in primary THA for hip fracture between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2019; surgical approach; and patient demographic data (sex, mean age, American Society of Anesthesiologists class, and BMI). …”

Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality burden of non-COVID-19 lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden... by Bender, RG, Sirota, SB, Swetschinski, LR, Berkley, JA, Eyre, DW, McManigal, B, Pollard, AJ, Roberts, T, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Findings</b></p> Globally, in 2021, we estimated 344 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 325–364) incident episodes of LRI, or 4350 episodes (4120–4610) per 100 000 population, and 2·18 million deaths (1·98–2·36), or 27·7 deaths (25·1–29·9) per 100 000. 502 000 deaths (406 000–611 000) were in children younger than 5 years, among which 254 000 deaths (197 000–320 000) occurred in countries with a low Socio-demographic Index. Of the 18 modelled pathogen categories in 2021, S pneumoniae was responsible for the highest proportions of LRI episodes and deaths, with an estimated 97·9 million (92·1–104·0) episodes and 505 000 deaths (454 000–555 000) globally. …”