Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)4d
Māori work-related fatal injury in Aotearoa-New Zealand, 2005–2014: a decade of continued inequities for Indigenous Māori
Objectives Using Coronial data, this observational study describes and compares the characteristics of work-related fatal injury (WRFI) in Indigenous Māori and non-Māori workers to identify ...
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Trends in acute coronary syndrome hospitalisation, incidence and mortality rates in young adults: an Australian linked data study
Background Australian and international studies have reported an attenuation in previous declines in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events in young adults. This study examines temporal trends in ...
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Body mass index trajectories and all-cause mortality in older Chinese adults: Hong Kong’s Elderly Health Service Cohort
Background Weight loss at older ages appears to be associated with higher mortality in Western and some East Asian countries, despite differences in the prevalence of obesity; whether it is relevant ...
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Early-life death of a sibling and primary care utilisation during middle age: a population-wide cohort study
Background The death of a family member has been linked to higher mortality for those grieving. However, much less is known about different types of health problems of the surviving sibling during ...
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Association between spatial social polarisation and high blood pressure in older adults
Background Using data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) and the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, we investigate the association between socioeconomic ...
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Food insecurity and mental health: an analysis of routine primary care data of pregnant women in the Born in Bradford cohort
Background Since 2008, use of food banks has risen sharply in the UK; however, evidence on the epidemiology of UK food insecurity is sparse. The aim of this study was to describe the trajectory of ...
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Millennials at work: workplace environments of young adults and associations with weight-related health
Correspondence to Allison W Watts, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Ave, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA; ...
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Ethnic inequalities in limiting health and self-reported health in later life revisited
Correspondence to Professor Maria Evandrou, Centre for Research on Ageing, Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK; ...
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The descriptive epidemiology of standing activity during free-living in 5412 middle-aged adults: the 1970 British Cohort Study
Background Standing is often classified as light-intensity physical activity, with potential health benefits compared with sitting. Standing is, however, rarely captured as an independent activity. To ...
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Early life cognitive function and health behaviours in late childhood: testing the neuroselection hypothesis
Correspondence to Daniel Aggio, Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London Medical School, London NW3 2PF, UK; d.aggio{at}ucl.ac.uk Background Higher cognitive ...
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Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria and arbovirus risk in Tanzania: a sensitivity analysis
Principal component analysis (PCA) is frequently adopted for creating socioeconomic proxies in order to investigate the independent effects of wealth on disease status. The guidelines and methods for ...