We explore how financial distress and choices are affected by noncognitive abilities. Our measures stem from research in psychology and economics. In a representative panel of households, we find that people in the bottom decile of noncognitive abilities are five times more likely to experience financial distress compared to those in the top decile. Relatedly, individuals with lower noncognitiv...

OBJECTIVE People with type 1 diabetes have increased risk of hospital admission compared with those without diabetes. We hypothesized that HbA(1c) would be an important indicator of risk of hospital admission. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Scottish Care Information-Diabetes Collaboration, a dynamic national register of diagnosed cases of diabetes in Scotland, was linked to national data on ...

Abstract Aim Over 150,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) are diagnosed per year in the UK [1], with greatest incidence less deprived socioeconomic groups [2]. The association between social deprivation and melanoma staging has been reported [3], however is not as well considered Basal or Squamous Cell Carcinomas (BCCs/SCCs). Method A pilot review 200 NMSC excision biopsies completed a...

BACKGROUND The mechanisms by which hypertension causes vascular events are unclear. Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment focus only on underlying mean blood pressure. We aimed to reliably establish the prognostic significance of visit-to-visit variability in blood pressure, maximum blood pressure reached, untreated episodic hypertension, and residual variability in treated patients. METHODS...

Drought is an unpredictable hydrological phenomenon, and climate change has made it difficult to predict analyze droughts. Nyala city airport metrological station rainfall records from 1943 2017 (75 years) were investigated. Four statistical drought indices used; the standardized precipitation index (SPI), anomaly (RAI), decile percent (RDI), normal (PNI). The study analyzes, assesses, compares...

BACKGROUND There is little empirical evidence in support of a relationship between rates of influenza infection and level of material deprivation (i.e., lack of access to goods and services) and social deprivation (i.e. lack of social cohesion and support). METHOD Using validated population-level indices of material and social deprivation and medical billing claims for outpatient clinic and e...

BACKGROUND African Americans are more likely to be seen by physicians with less clinical training or to be treated at hospitals with longer average times to acute reperfusion therapies. Less is known about differences in health outcomes. This report compares risk-adjusted mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between US hospitals with high and low fractions of elderly black AMI pati...

Background and aim Family history (FH) and genetic risk scores (GRSs) are increasingly used for risk stratification for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. However, they were mostly considered alternatively rather than jointly. The aim of this study was to assess the potential of individual and joint risk stratification for CRC by FH and GRS. Patients and methods A GRS was built based on the n...

The Triglyceride Glucose Index (TyG index) is considered a surrogate marker of insulin resistance. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the TyG index has a predictive role in identifying individuals with a high risk of incident diabetes and to compare it with other indicators of metabolic health. A total 2900 non-diabetic adults who attended five consecutive annual health check-ups a...

We investigated whether potassium (K(+)) disturbances during and following intense exercise may be pronounced when utilizing a large contracting muscle mass, examining maximal 2,000-m rowing exercise effects on radial arterial plasma K(+) concentration ([K(+)]a) in 11 healthy adults. Blood was sampled at baseline, preexercise, each 30 s during rowing, and for 30 min postexercise. Time to comple...