Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common disease causing three-dimensional spinal deformity in as many 3% of adolescents. Development method that can accurately predict the onset and progression AIS an immediate need for clinical practice. Because heritability estimated high 87.5% twin studies, prediction its based on genetic data promising option. We show usefulness polygenic risk sco...

Abstract. Skillful forecasts of extreme weather events have a major socioeconomic relevance. Here, we compare two complementary approaches to diagnose the predictability weather: recent developments in dynamical systems theory and numerical ensemble forecasts. The former allows us define atmospheric configurations terms their persistence local dimension, which provides information on how atmosp...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that metabolic health may contribute more to the atherosclerosis than obesity. The aim of this study is to compare coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) among patients with different metabolic health and obesity status. METHODS A health-screening program of 24,063 participants (mean age 41 years) was conducted, and CACS was assessed by multi-detector c...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to report on the all-cause readmission and repeat revascularization rates after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND Although PCIs are frequently performed, 30-day rates of readmission and repeat revascularization after PCI are not known. METHODS Retrospective analysis of a cohort of Medicare fee-for-service admissions associated with...

Specific causes of death were analyzed for 10,908 participants in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program, to explore possible explanations for the observed excess 8.3-year mortality from all causes in hypertensives with low body mass. Although the cardiovascular mortality rate among men in the lowest decile of body mass (body mass index 21.96 or less) was 50% higher than that of men i...

We estimate the income-related inequality in Sweden with respect to life-years and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). We use a large data set from Sweden with over 40,000 individuals followed up for 10-16 years, to estimate the survival and quality-adjusted survival in different income groups. For both life-years and QALYs, we discover inequalities in health favouring the higher income groups...

Using holdings data on a representative sample of all Shanghai Stock Exchange investors, we show that increases in ownership breadth (the fraction of market participants who own a stock) predict low returns: highest change quintile stocks underperform lowest quintile stocks by 23% per year. Small retail investors drive this result. Retail ownership breadth increases appear to be correlated with...

Abstract Background There is increasing international attention on delivery of services for people with Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Experience care defined and measured as ‘what’ happened, ‘how’ ‘how often’ an important facet service provision. Socioeconomic deprivation may be associated poor disease-related outcomes sub-optimal utilisation but its effect experience in inflammatory disea...

Abstract Factors associated with structural racism, disenfranchisement, poverty, and other persistent sources of inequity are vulnerability exposure to environmental hazards. Social, demographic, factors hazards have been used by many researchers produce indexes hazard vulnerability. In preparation for a climate change health risk assessment Washington state, we compared methods results from si...