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Corrigendum to “E-cigarette market proportion by nicotine claims in the United States” [Prevent. Med. Rep. 54 (2025) 103087] “美国电子烟市场尼古丁声明比例”的勘误表[预防。众议院54 (2025)103087]
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103181
Shaoying Ma , Eden Chaudhry , Sooa Ahn , Marielle C. Brinkman , Micah Berman , Theodore L. Wagener , Ce Shang
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Sociodemographic disparities in health literacy among American adults: A national survey study 美国成年人健康素养的社会人口差异:一项全国性调查研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103179
Yiqing “Skylar” Yu , Ana Altares , Alyssa Leib , Laura L. Bellows , Christopher Berry , Dan J. Graham , Megan P. Mueller
{"title":"Sociodemographic disparities in health literacy among American adults: A national survey study","authors":"Yiqing “Skylar” Yu ,&nbsp;Ana Altares ,&nbsp;Alyssa Leib ,&nbsp;Laura L. Bellows ,&nbsp;Christopher Berry ,&nbsp;Dan J. Graham ,&nbsp;Megan P. Mueller","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103179","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103179","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Health literacy is associated with various health behaviors and outcomes. The recent distribution of health literacy across different sociodemographic groups in the U.S. is unknown. This study aims to investigate sociodemographic differences in health literacy among U.S. adults using the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) assessment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted an online survey in 2022 using CloudResearch, involving 2829 participants. This survey included the NVS to measure health literacy and information on sociodemographic factors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Over 60 % of participants demonstrated inadequate (low to moderate) health literacy. Significant associations between health literacy and gender (<em>p</em> &lt; .01), age (<em>p</em> &lt; .01), ethnicity (<em>p</em> = .02), race (<em>p</em> &lt; .01), education level (<em>p</em> &lt; .01), residential region (<em>p</em> &lt; .01), and household income (<em>p</em> = .04) were found. Males, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino individuals, those with lower income, and those residing in the Northeast, South, and West regions exhibited lower health literacy compared to their counterparts. Additionally, a positive correlation between age and health literacy was observed, with the highest health literacy level among adults aged 65 and older. Education level showed a non-linear relationship with health literacy, peaking among those with job-specific training post-high school.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study highlights sociodemographic disparities in health literacy. Targeted interventions and policies are needed to address these gaps, improve health outcomes, and reduce economic burdens associated with low health literacy. Future research should consider additional factors, such as digital literacy and language barriers, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of health literacy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 103179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144662139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Association between parent-perceived neighborhood support on food insufficiency and public benefit participation among US children 美国儿童在食物不足问题上父母感知的邻里支持与公益参与之间的关系
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103174
Claire E. Branley , Mary R. Lee , Sharina Person , Kurt Hager , Stephenie C. Lemon
{"title":"Association between parent-perceived neighborhood support on food insufficiency and public benefit participation among US children","authors":"Claire E. Branley ,&nbsp;Mary R. Lee ,&nbsp;Sharina Person ,&nbsp;Kurt Hager ,&nbsp;Stephenie C. Lemon","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Food insufficiency leads to significant negative health outcomes among children. A neighborhood's social environment (including social cohesion and support) could be associated with participation in federal nutrition programs that reduce food insufficiency through sharing of information related to how to enroll. We sought to examine the association of parent-perceived neighborhood support with food insufficiency and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) among US children.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Cross-sectional data from the 2022 National Survey of Children's Health, a nationally representative survey of US children aged 0–17, were used (<em>n</em> = 49,907). Weighted ordinal logistic regression models estimated the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for the relationship between caregiver-perceived neighborhood support and food insufficiency and weighted logistic regression models for the association between neighborhood support and SNAP and WIC participation.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In 2022, 44 % of children lived in non-supportive neighborhoods. After controlling for covariates and accounting for sampling weights, children in non-supportive neighborhoods had 2.41 times the odds of food insufficiency (aOR: 2.39; 95 % CI: 2.19–2.65) and 1.18 times the odds of participating in SNAP (95 % CI 1.01–1.37), but there was no significant association with WIC participation (aOR: 1.04, 95 % CI 0.84–1.29).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Despite low neighborhood social support being significantly associated with food insufficiency, it is associated with only slightly higher odds of participation in SNAP and is not associated with WIC participation. Further research is needed to understand whether social networks can be leveraged to improve uptake of these programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 103174"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Knowledge and attitudes about lung cancer screening amongst American Indian adults who use commercial tobacco 使用商业烟草的美国印第安成年人对肺癌筛查的知识和态度
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103173
Abbie Begnaud , Wyatt Pickner , Antony Stately , Dylan Jennings , Ebiere Okah , Katelyn M. Tessier , Michael Businelle , Dana Carroll
{"title":"Knowledge and attitudes about lung cancer screening amongst American Indian adults who use commercial tobacco","authors":"Abbie Begnaud ,&nbsp;Wyatt Pickner ,&nbsp;Antony Stately ,&nbsp;Dylan Jennings ,&nbsp;Ebiere Okah ,&nbsp;Katelyn M. Tessier ,&nbsp;Michael Businelle ,&nbsp;Dana Carroll","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103173","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103173","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Objectives</em> Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in the US and the world. In some parts of the US, American Indian adults experience extreme disparities in lung cancer incidence and mortality that mirror commercial tobacco use disparities. Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose chest computed tomography has been underutilized in all groups, including in American Indian communities, although they have the greatest proportion of people who smoke older than 50 years of age eligible for LCS. <em>Methods</em> This is a secondary analysis of LCS knowledge, attitudes and behavior collected during a pilot study testing a culturally aligned digital tool for smoking cessation. Data were collected in 2023 via web surveys from American Indian adults residing in the Midwestern US. <em>Results</em> We found striking similarities to national studies showing most participants are unaware of, but open to, LCS and are looking to their doctors and clinics to provide recommendations for screening. <em>Conclusions</em> American Indian adults who use commercial tobacco have knowledge, attitudes and intentions similar to other Americans eligible for LCS. Healthcare organizations must find systematic ways to offer LCS to eligible persons.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 103173"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144867093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Job satisfaction, work commitment, and intention to leave among cardiac technologists in Saudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯心脏技术人员的工作满意度、工作承诺与离职意向
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103172
Lamia Al Saikhan
{"title":"Job satisfaction, work commitment, and intention to leave among cardiac technologists in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Lamia Al Saikhan","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103172","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103172","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>We examined the factors influencing job satisfaction and work commitment among cardiac technologists across different healthcare settings, and the influence of these factors on the likelihood of leaving their current job.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this cross-sectional study, an online self-administered survey using a previously validated questionnaire was distributed from August to November 2022 to all graduates of the cardiac technology program at the <em>Imam</em> Abdulrahman bin Faisal University in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia between 2013 and 2022<strong>.</strong></div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 204 graduates, 141 completed the survey(69.1 % response rate). Of these, 105(74.5 %) were employed during the survey and included in the final analysis. All respondents were women, and the majority(76.9 %) were aged 25–30 years, had a bachelor's degree(95.2 %), and were per-forming noninvasive procedures(echocardiography; 68.3 %). Most respondents worked eight to nine hours daily, and 56.6 % worked at government hospitals. Most respondents reported some level of job satisfaction with their current job(12.4 %, 35.2 %, and 25.7 % were extremely satisfied, satisfied, and slightly satisfied, respectively). However, 54 % of the respondents still intended to leave their current jobs. Their likelihood of leaving their current job was associated with place of practice(<em>p</em> = 0.01) and monthly income(<em>p</em> = 0.00). Place of practice, overnight call system, day/night shift system, and monthly income were associated with job satisfaction and work commitment(<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The surveyed cardiac technologists were mostly satisfied with and relatively committed to their current jobs. However, they intended to leave. Future research exploring the reasons behind cardiac technologists' intentions to leave their cardiac technology practice jobs is needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 103172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144634115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prevalence of clinician-ordered genetic testing in rural and urban United States counties: An analysis of the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey 美国农村和城市县临床医生要求的基因检测的流行:对2022年健康信息全国趋势调查的分析
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103163
Anne C. Madeo , Erin D. Bouldin , Kimberly A. Kaphingst , Chelsey R. Schlechter , Melissa Yack , Jennie L. Hill
{"title":"Prevalence of clinician-ordered genetic testing in rural and urban United States counties: An analysis of the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey","authors":"Anne C. Madeo ,&nbsp;Erin D. Bouldin ,&nbsp;Kimberly A. Kaphingst ,&nbsp;Chelsey R. Schlechter ,&nbsp;Melissa Yack ,&nbsp;Jennie L. Hill","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Rural residents face challenges to realizing guideline-concordant healthcare. Less is known about the role of rurality in achieving guideline-concordant genetic testing. To address this gap, we estimated the association between rural residence and two types of clinician-ordered genetic testing among individuals who had heard of genetic testing.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In 2024, we considered the 4559 individuals (80.0 % of respondents) who indicated that they had heard of genetic testing in the cross-sectional Health Information National Trends Survey wave 6, collected in the United States, March 7 – November 8, 2022, to assess the association between rurality and two types of clinician-ordered genetic testing, reproductive carrier and disease risk testing. Log binomial regression models estimated the prevalence ratios of two types of guideline-concordant clinician-ordered genetic testing while adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 4559 respondents assessed for eligibility, 976 and 3933 responses were eligible for analysis of clinician-ordered reproductive genetic carrier testing and disease risk testing, respectively. The prevalence of clinician-ordered reproductive carrier and disease risk genetic testing did not vary by rurality in adjusted multivariable regression analyses (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR): 0.71, 95 % CI 0.38–1.33, aPR: 1.23, 95 % CI 0.86–1.75, respectively). <em>Post hoc</em> we identified significant differences in different covariate aPRs in both types of clinician-ordered genetic testing.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Clinician-ordered genetic testing does not appear to be associated with geography among individuals who have heard of genetic testing. <em>Post hoc</em> differences in factors associated with each type of testing suggest pathways by which the differences in use may occur.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 103163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The association of physical activity with perceived fatigability among community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years in regional China 中国地区≥60岁社区居住老年人体力活动与感知疲劳的关系
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103165
Bin Yang , Qing Ye , Xiaojing Deng , Zhiyong Wang , Caihong Hu , Yeping Bian , Jian Xu , Fei Xu
{"title":"The association of physical activity with perceived fatigability among community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years in regional China","authors":"Bin Yang ,&nbsp;Qing Ye ,&nbsp;Xiaojing Deng ,&nbsp;Zhiyong Wang ,&nbsp;Caihong Hu ,&nbsp;Yeping Bian ,&nbsp;Jian Xu ,&nbsp;Fei Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103165","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103165","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study aimed to investigate the association of physical activity with perceived fatigability among community-dwelling older adults in regional China.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Totally, 5484 community-dwelling residents aged 60+ years were randomly chosen from Nanjing municipality of China in this cross-sectional study in 2023. The outcome variable, perceived physical and mental fatigability, was assessed with the validated Chinese version of Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale. The independent variable, physical activity, was measured with the Chinese version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Mixed-effect logistic regression models were employed to compute odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 %CIs) for examining associations of physical activity with both physical and mental fatigability.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among overall participants, the prevalence of physical and mental fatigability was 59.0 % (95CI = 57.7, 63.0) and 51.1 % (95 %CI = 49.8, 52.4), respectively. After adjustment for potential confounders, participants with sufficient physical activity were less likely to perceive either physical (OR = 0.66; 95 %CI = 0.55, 0.81) or mental (OR = 0.68; 95 %CI = 0.56, 0.83) fatigability compared to their counterparts with insufficient physical activity. Moreover, such negative associations of physical activity with physical and mental fatigability were observed for participants stratified by age/gender, with an exemption for the relationship between physical activity and physical fatigability in participants aged 80+ years.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Physical activity was negatively associated with either physical or mental fatigability for overall or age−/gender-specific community-dwelling residents aged 60+ years in regional China. This study has important implications for building healthy-aging societies, since it is possible to prevent or mitigate both physical and mental fatigability for older adults through population-level physical activity promotion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 103165"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sleep patterns and risk of new-onset hypertension and cardiovascular disease in prehypertensive adults: The UK Biobank Study 高血压前期成人的睡眠模式与新发高血压和心血管疾病的风险:英国生物银行研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103171
Wanqing Yan , Menglin Fan , Jin Lv , Shaoyong Xu , Yong Ren
{"title":"Sleep patterns and risk of new-onset hypertension and cardiovascular disease in prehypertensive adults: The UK Biobank Study","authors":"Wanqing Yan ,&nbsp;Menglin Fan ,&nbsp;Jin Lv ,&nbsp;Shaoyong Xu ,&nbsp;Yong Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to investigate the relationship between comprehensive sleep patterns and the incidence of new-onset hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals with prehypertension.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This analysis included 118,523 baseline participants from the UK Biobank (2006–2010) with follow-up through 31 December 2021. A sleep pattern included chronotype, sleep duration, insomnia, snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Over a median follow-up period of 12.5 years, 10,276 participants (8.7 %) developed HTN, and 7665 participants (6.5 %) experienced CVD events. Participants adhering to healthy sleep patterns had a 27 % lower risk of developing HTN (HR = 0.73; 95 % CI: 0.69–0.77) and a 23 % lower risk of CVD (HR = 0.77; 95 % CI: 0.72–0.82) compared with those with unhealthy sleep patterns. When analyzed as a continuous variable, higher healthy sleep scores were associated with a progressive reduction in disease risks.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Healthy sleep patterns are significantly associated with reduced risk the risk of new-onset HTN and CVD in people with prehypertension, emphasizing the importance of assessing and optimizing sleep health as part of clinical primary prevention strategies for CVD in prehypertensive populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 103171"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Association between hemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio and rheumatoid arthritis in US adults: evidence from the national health and nutrition examination survey 2009–2018 美国成人血红蛋白与红细胞分布宽度比与类风湿关节炎的关系:来自2009-2018年国家健康与营养检查调查的证据
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103169
Nian Kuang , Jing Liu , Zhaoduan Hu , Yanxia Wu , Rui Peng
{"title":"Association between hemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio and rheumatoid arthritis in US adults: evidence from the national health and nutrition examination survey 2009–2018","authors":"Nian Kuang ,&nbsp;Jing Liu ,&nbsp;Zhaoduan Hu ,&nbsp;Yanxia Wu ,&nbsp;Rui Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103169","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103169","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between the hemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio (HRR) and rheumatoid arthritis in adults.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Cross-sectional data from 22,352 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009–2018 were analyzed. HRR was defined as hemoglobin concentration (g/dL) divided by red blood cell distribution width (%) and grouped into quartiles. The multivariable logistic regression model and restricted cubic spline (RCS) models assessed the connection between HRR and rheumatoid arthritis, adjusted for demographics, socioeconomic factors, and comorbidities.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Our findings reveal a significant negative correlation between HRR measurements and rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility. Higher HRR quartiles showed progressively lower rheumatoid arthritis risk (quartile 4 vs. quartile 1: OR = 0.68, 95 % CI: 0.56,0.83). RCS revealed an inverse linear association after adjustment (P for overall &lt;0.001; P for nonlinear = 0.174).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>HRR is inversely associated with rheumatoid arthritis risk, suggesting its potential as a biomarker for rheumatoid arthritis risk stratification. Nevertheless, additional investigations are required to corroborate these observations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"56 ","pages":"Article 103169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144596138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Trends in the use of non-nutritive sweeteners among female university students in the United Arab Emirates 阿拉伯联合酋长国女大学生使用非营养性甜味剂的趋势
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Preventive Medicine Reports Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103166
Dalia Haroun, Aseel Ehsanallah, Wafa Mubarak
{"title":"Trends in the use of non-nutritive sweeteners among female university students in the United Arab Emirates","authors":"Dalia Haroun,&nbsp;Aseel Ehsanallah,&nbsp;Wafa Mubarak","doi":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103166","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103166","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to explore the consumption patterns of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) among female university students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in the context of rising health awareness.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A cross-sectional survey was conducted from February to April 2023 among female university students in the UAE. A total of 192 participants aged 18 and above were recruited through convenience sampling. A structured, self-administered online questionnaire was used to collect data on NNS consumption, motivations for use, physical activity, dietary habits, and self-reported height and weight. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated and categorized using the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22.0. Descriptive statistics and chi-squared tests were applied, with significance set at <em>p</em> &lt; 0.05.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Only 24 % of participants reported current consumption of artificially sweetened foods and beverages, while 15.1 % used sweeteners in pill or powder form. The most common reasons for using NNS were weight management and adopting a healthy diet. Among former users, taste preferences (23.9 %) and perceived health risks (13 %) were primary reasons for discontinuation. Significant associations were observed between NNS use and BMI, engagement in weight loss diets, and physical activity levels.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>NNS consumption appears relatively low among female university students in the UAE, with health-driven motivations and sensory preferences shaping usage patterns. These findings highlight the need for targeted public health messaging and suggest potential shifts in dietary behavior among young women.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38066,"journal":{"name":"Preventive Medicine Reports","volume":"56 ","pages":"Article 103166"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144588782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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