INTRODUCTION Intermittent smokers account for a large proportion of all smokers, and this trend is increasing. Social and communication inequalities may account for disparities in intermittent smoking status. METHODS Data for this study came from 2,641 ever-smokers from a 2003 nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Independent variables of interest included race/ethnicity, sex, hou...

BACKGROUND This analysis estimates the association between smoking-related knowledge and smoking behaviour in a Chinese context. To identify the specific knowledge most directly related to smoking status, we used a novel latent variable analysis approach to adjust for the high correlations between different measures of knowledge about tobacco smoking. METHOD Data are from the Global Adult Tob...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The J-curve phenomenon between diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mortality has been reported repeatedly in treated patients. However, the baseline risk of low DBP has not been fully explored. This study was to examine the relationship between DBP and risk of mortality from all-cause, atherosclerotic vascular diseases (ASCVD), and ischemic heart disease (IHD) using a p...

Introduction and aim. Favre-Racouchot syndrome though mostly reported in Caucasian men (with an estimated prevalence of 6% adults older than 50 years), cases have been dark-skinned population including Indians, albeit rarely. It is characterized by large open closed comedones along with epidermal cysts over the nose, cheeks, temples, forehead periorbital areas. The association this condition ch...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of and attitudes to smoking among third year medical, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing students in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). DESIGN A cross-sectional survey conducted among third year university level, health professional students. The survey used a self-administered questionnaire which was originally developed by WHO, and modified to suit...

OBJECTIVE To quantify hospital use in a general population over 10 years follow-up and to examine related factors in a general population-based cohort. DESIGN A prospective population-based study of men and women. SETTING Norfolk, UK. PARTICIPANTS 11,228 men and 13,786 women aged 40-79 years in 1993-1997 followed between 1999 and 2009. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES Number of hospital admission...