{"title":"Commentary: “Exposure to ambient air pollution-does it affect semen quality and the level of reproductive hormones?” by Michał Radwan, Joanna Jurewicz, Kinga Polańska, Wojciech Sobala, Paweł Radwan, Michał Bochenek and Wojciech Hanke","authors":"L. M. Schell","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2397130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2397130","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Annals of Human Biology (Vol. 51, No. 1, 2024)","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142178960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underweight in young Japanese women over time: a longitudinal retrospective study of the change in body mass index from ages 6 to 20 years","authors":"Yuka Nagashima, Mikako Inokuchi, Yasunori Sato, Tomonobu Hasegawa","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2345393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2345393","url":null,"abstract":"The high prevalence of underweight in young women has become a serious health problem in Japan. When and how young women reach a low body mass index (BMI) has not been clarified.To clarify the char...","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140834090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MTHFR and MTRR gene polymorphisms in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infections in Zigong, Sichuan Province","authors":"Shunhua Qiu, Lifen Jin, Dan Yang, Dewen Zhang","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2330926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2330926","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a severe disease affecting the physical and economic well-being of patients. The relationship between polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene and disease progre...","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140614225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causal relationship of genetically predicted particulate matter 2.5 level with Alzheimer’s disease and the mediating effect of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate","authors":"Zehan Huang, Guodong He, Shuo Sun, Yuqing Huang","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2337731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2337731","url":null,"abstract":"The causal association between particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains inconclusive, and the mediators of the association have yet to be explored.We aimed to assess the ...","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140614300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda McGrosky, Zane S. Swanson, Rebecca Rimbach, Hilary Bethancourt, Emmanuel Ndiema, Rosemary Nzunza, David R. Braun, Asher Y. Rosinger, Herman Pontzer
{"title":"Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya","authors":"Amanda McGrosky, Zane S. Swanson, Rebecca Rimbach, Hilary Bethancourt, Emmanuel Ndiema, Rosemary Nzunza, David R. Braun, Asher Y. Rosinger, Herman Pontzer","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2310724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2310724","url":null,"abstract":"Pastoralists live in challenging environments, which may be accompanied by unique activity, energy, and water requirements.Few studies have examined whether the demands of pastoralism contribute to...","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140036023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-15DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2379900
Davide Risso, Dennis Drayna
{"title":"To be or not to be bitter? The knowns, and unknowns, of the genetics of phenylthiocarbamide perception.","authors":"Davide Risso, Dennis Drayna","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2379900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2379900","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141983817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2415983
William Johnson
{"title":"Preece & Baines (1978): essential reading for anyone wanting to model human physical growth curves.","authors":"William Johnson","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2415983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2415983","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phylogeographic analysis of Y-chromosomal haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472, a minor paternal lineage of Han populations with possible ancestry of Xiongnu.","authors":"Xian-Peng Zhang, Hui-Xin Yu, Jin Sun, Hui Li, Kai-Jun Liu, Lan-Hai Wei","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2398610","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2398610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Y-chromosome haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472, a unique paternal line in the ancient Xiongnu population, is concentrated in the modern Han people. The most closely related lineage of this paternal lineage is mainly distributed in Tungusic-, Mongolic-, and Turkic-speaking populations.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate the formation process of this unique distribution state.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>In total, 36 sequences of haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472 were analysed to generate a revised phylogenetic tree with age estimation and to explore the geographic distribution pattern.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results suggested that northern China is likely the diffusion centre of this paternal haplogroup. This lineage is concentrated in the Liu clan () of Han populations and may have originated in the Tuge tribe () of Xiongnu populations. The initial expansion (∼2,600 years ago) and the second phase of expansion (∼1,570 years ago) of haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472 coincide with the earlier appearance and later disappearance of the Tuge tribe. As a sub-clade of M48, the history of F8472 suggested that ancient peoples related to Tungusic-speaking populations were intricately connected with the demographic history of populations in the Mongolian Plateau.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The appearance of this paternal line in the Han population is helpful for understanding the mixed history of ancient and modern people in the Mongolian Plateau and Central China.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2369274
Feng Zhao, Fang Pan, Jian Li
{"title":"Relationship between dietary inflammation index and frailty in patients with osteoarthritis.","authors":"Feng Zhao, Fang Pan, Jian Li","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2369274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2369274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic joint disease that significantly affects an individual's quality-of-life and frailty has become one of the common complications in OA patients as the disease progresses. The relationship between dietary patterns is not clear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All participants are from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and have been diagnosed with OA. The dietary inflammation index (DII) is calculated based on the dietary intake reported by the participants. Logistic regression analysis is used to investigate the relationship between DII and frailty. Restricted cubic splines are utilised to explore their nonlinear relationship. Mediation analysis is conducted to explore the role of inflammation in this relationship.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 2,530 OA patients were included in the study, with an average age of 64.46 (12.67) years. After adjusting for covariates, for each one standard deviation increase in DII, the risk of frailty increased by 15% (OR = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.03-1.28). Compared to patients with DII < -1, patients with DII > 1 had a significantly higher risk of frailty (OR = 1.50, 95% CI = 1.05-2.14).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings of this study indicate a positive association between DII and the risk of frailty in OA patients. These results underscore the potential impact of dietary interventions in improving the quality-of-life for OA patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141560276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2366248
María Esther Esteban, Débora Pino, Alicia Romero-Lorca, Apolonia Novillo, María Gaibar, José A Riancho, Augusto Rojas-Martínez, Carlos Flores, Pablo Lapunzina, Ángel Carracedo, Georgios Athanasiadis, Ana Fernández-Santander
{"title":"Worldwide distribution of genetic factors related to severity of COVID-19 infection.","authors":"María Esther Esteban, Débora Pino, Alicia Romero-Lorca, Apolonia Novillo, María Gaibar, José A Riancho, Augusto Rojas-Martínez, Carlos Flores, Pablo Lapunzina, Ángel Carracedo, Georgios Athanasiadis, Ana Fernández-Santander","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2366248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2366248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 severity have been carried out mostly on European or East Asian populations with small representation of other world regions. Here we explore the worldwide distribution and linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns of genetic variants previously associated with COVID-19 severity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We followed up the results of a large Spanish genome-wide meta-analysis on 26 populations from the 1000 Genomes Project by calculating allele frequencies and LD scores of the nine most significant SNPs. We also used the entire set of summary statistics to compute polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and carried out comparisons at the population and continental level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed the strongest differences among continental regions for the five top SNPs in chromosome 3. European, American, and South Asian populations showed similar LD patterns. Average PRSs in South Asian and American populations were consistently higher than those observed in Europeans. While PRS distributions were similar among South Asians, the American populations showed striking differences among them.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Considering the caveats of PRS transferability across ethnicities, our analysis showed that American populations present the highest genetic risk score, hence potentially higher propensity, for COVID-19 severity. Independent validation is warranted with additional summary statistics and phenotype data.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141621718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}