Anticholinergic burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms in older patients with cognitive impairment by Sabrina Pistorio, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Vittoria Canzanella, Raffaella Merenda, Gianluigi Cuomo, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Leonardo Bencivenga, Maria Vargas, Annalaura Manes, Mauro Cataldi, Giuseppe Rengo, Giuseppe Rengo, Michela Zanetti, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Grazia Daniela Femminella

“…No statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of demographics (age, sex) and anamnestic variables (education, marital status, family history of dementia, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, dyslipidemia, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease and use of alcohol). Significantly higher NPI scores were found in patients with ACB ≥ 3 (mean scores 47.3 ± 34.8 versus 25.5 ± 24.6, p < 0.001). …”
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Diagnostic properties of differing BP thresholds for adverse pregnancy outcomes in standard-risk nulliparous women: A secondary analysis of SCOPE cohort data. by Laura Slade, Maya Blackman, Hiten D Mistry, Jeffrey N Bone, Milly Wilson, Nuhaat Syeda, Lucilla Poston, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A Magee, SCOPE Consortium

“…RRs were adjusted for maternal age, BMI, smoking, ethnicity, and alcohol use. Of 5,628 women in SCOPE, 5,597 were included in this analysis. …”
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Physical health in young males and risk of chronic musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases by middle age: A population-based cohort study. by Aleksandra Turkiewicz, Karin Magnusson, Simon Timpka, Ali Kiadaliri, Andrea Dell'Isola, Martin Englund

“…Exposures of interest were physical health: body mass and height, blood pressure, pulse at rest, muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and hematocrit; self-reported lifestyle: smoking, alcohol, and drug use; self-reported health: overall, headache and gastrointestinal. …”
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THE PUBLIC DEBT OF UKRAINE: A NEW DIMENSION OF DYNAMICS AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE MODEL FRAMEWORK OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM by Serhii Petrukha, Nina Petrukha, Roman Miakota

“…In addition, the introduction of a progressive scale of taxation on high incomes is justified and recommended, as are increased tax rates on real estate, rent, and natural resources, as well as increased excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and fuel. Furthermore, it emphasises the necessity of a gradual reduction in public expenditures, particularly in the post-war period. …”
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Surgeons are apprehensive to use DCD lungs despite similar post-transplant outcomes: A 20-year UNOS retrospective analysis by J. Sam Meyer, MSc, Oliver K. Jawitz, MD, MHS, Yury Peysakhovich, MD, Dan Aravot, MD, Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, MHS, Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD

“…Odds of lung non-use between DBD and DCD donors were significantly associated with blood type, alcohol use, cause of death, smoking history, drug use, death circumstance, ethnicity, gender, hypertension, cancer, age, and lung pO2 on 100% P/F ratio (P < 0.001 for all variables). …”
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Relationship between physical activity level, leisure sedentary time, and frailty among residents aged 30 – 79 years in Wuzhong district, Suzhou city: a baseline surveillance data... by Xikang FAN, Jiang HUA, Jian SU, Hao YU, Yan LU, Yujie HUA, Jianrong JIN, Pei PEI, Dianjianyi SUN, Canqing YU, Jun LYU, Jinyi ZHOU, Ran TAO

“…After adjusting for confounding factors such as sex, age, education level, marital status, annual household income, smoking status, alcohol consumption, frequency of fresh vegetable intake, frequency of fresh fruit intake, and frequency of red meat intake, the results of unordered multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that compared with residents with a physical activity level of < 12.73 MET-h/d, the risk of pre-frailty was 0.76 times lower (OR = 0.76, 95%CI = 0.72 – 0.80), 0.67 times lower (OR = 0.67, 95%CI = 0.63 – 0.71), and 0.66 times lower (OR = 0.66, 95%CI = 0.62 – 0.69) for those with physical activity levels of 12.73 – 23.19 MET-h/d, 23.20 – 37.29 MET-h/d, and ≥ 37.30 MET-h/d, respectively. …”
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IGJR issue 1/2018 by IF and FRFG

“…Inter alia, it examines changes in child well-being in advanced economies over the first decade of the 2000’s, looking at each country’s progress in educational achievement, teenage birth rates, childhood obesity levels, the prevalence of bullying, and the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. Articles could approach the topic through a broad range of questions, including: • What is a good definition of “elderly-biased policies”? …”
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