Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2023
Short-term exposure to ozone and mortality from AIDS-related diseases: A case-crossover study in the middle Yangtze River region, China.
Previous investigations have predominantly concentrated on the influence of ozone (O3) on general population mortality. However, a noticeable gap exists regarding the attention directed towards susceptible demographics, specifically individuals afflicted by human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). ⋯ Our study presents novel evidence spotlighting the deleterious repercussions of O3 on mortality in the HIV/AIDS population.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2023
Electronic cigarette use and cigarette smoking associated with inadequate sleep duration among U.S. young adults.
Nicotine use can influence inadequate sleep, but less is known about the associations of exclusive and dual use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) with combustible cigarettes in U.S. young adults. This study assessed the associations between current exclusive e-cigarette use, exclusive cigarette smoking, and dual e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use and inadequate sleep duration among U.S. young adults. ⋯ Current e-cigarette and cigarette use may influence inadequate sleep among U.S. young adults. Tobacco cessation efforts may encourage increased sleep health.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2023
Descriptive analysis of occupational accidents in Spain and their relationship with heatwaves.
The purpose of this work is to carry out a descriptive analysis of occupational accidents and to evaluate the relationship between heatwaves and work accidents in Spain's three most populated provinces: Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. ⋯ Since work accidents increase during heatwaves, risk prevention services and public administrations must take special measures to prevent them.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2023
Association of four health behaviors in Life's Essential 8 with the incidence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
The association between health behaviors and the risk of developing hypertension and diabetes is not fully understood. We aimed to examine the association between four health behaviors involved in Life's Essential 8, the American Heart Association's key measures for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health, and the incidence of hypertension and diabetes. ⋯ Factors that can be substituted for the four health behaviors involved in Life's Essential 8 can stratify the risk of hypertension and diabetes, and improving these health behaviors is useful in preventing hypertension and diabetes in general population.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2023
Global disease burden attributed to high sugar-sweetened beverages in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019.
High sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a controllable risk factor for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but their effect on the global disease burden is uncertain. The study aims to assess the global burden of high SSBs from 1990 to 2019. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 provides data on deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life with disabilities (YLDs) and years of life lost (YLLs) ascribe to high SSBs by ages, genders, regions and countries. ⋯ The burden of disease ascribed to high SSBs was in the elderly significantly higher than in the young and middle-aged, mainly concentrated in Central Asia and Oceania. The disease burden was highest in regions with moderate sociodemographic index (SDI). More extraordinary efforts should be made to raise awareness among the general public about interventions aimed at limiting the use of high SSBs, to reduce disease burden ascribed to high SSBs.