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Clinical Neurology
Lars Alfredsson, Jan Hillert, Tomas Olsson, Anna Karin Hedstrom
Summary: A study in Sweden found that there is no association between education and income and the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), unless lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and sun exposure habits are taken into account. This suggests that socioeconomic status does not have an influence on the risk of MS in the Swedish context.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Hematology
Helle Jorgensen, Erzsebet Horvath-Puho, Kristina Laugesen, Sigrid Braekkan, John-Bjarne Hansen, Henrik Toft Sorensen
Summary: The study found that individuals with higher levels of education, income, and employment status had a lower risk of incident VTE. A composite SES score was found to be superior to individual indicators in assessing VTE risk.
JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Jean-Luc Bulliard, Nicolas Bovio, Patrick Arveux, Yvan Bergeron, Arnaud Chiolero, Evelyne Fournier, Simon Germann, Isabelle Konzelmann, Manuela Maspoli, Elisabetta Rapiti, Irina Guseva Canu
Summary: Socioeconomic status and occupation both contribute to inequalities in breast cancer risk and early detection. Further interdisciplinary studies are needed to explain the causes of socioprofessional inequalities in risk and subtypes of breast cancer.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ty Felmingham, Fakir M. Amirul Islam
Summary: Globally, around 5% of adults suffer from depressive disorder. This study examined the association between sociodemographic factors and depression using data from a national survey in Australia. The findings showed that depression is more prevalent among younger individuals, females, and those with lower socioeconomic status in the Australian population. Appropriate intervention programs should be implemented for this specific group.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Gali H. Weissberger, S. Duke Han, Lei Yu, Lisa L. Barnes, Melissa Lamar, David A. Bennett, Patricia A. Boyle
Summary: Attitudes towards risk impact financial decisions in older adulthood. Socioeconomic status influences risk aversion, and this study found that subjective socioeconomic status is associated with risk aversion independent of objective socioeconomic status. In addition, factors such as cognition, age, sex, and race were also found to influence risk aversion. These findings highlight the importance of considering subjective indicators of socioeconomic status in understanding economic preferences of older adults.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Majid Babaei, Habibollah Pirnejad, Jafar Rezaie, Gholamreza Roshandel, Rana Hoseini
Summary: This study aimed to determine the association between gastric cancer (GC) incidence and socioeconomic status in Iran. Panel data analysis was used to analyze the data of socioeconomic variables and GC incidence from 2014 to 2017 in 31 provinces. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between GC incidence and socioeconomic factors such as income changes, unemployment rate, inflation rate, and air pollution changes.
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ourania Preventza, Elizabeth Akpan-Smart, Katherine K. Simpson, Lorraine D. Cornwell, Hiruni Amarasekara, Susan Y. Green, Subhasis Chatterjee, Scott A. LeMaire, Joseph S. Coselli
Summary: This study examined the relationship among community socioeconomic factors, gender, and outcomes in patients who underwent proximal aortic surgery. The findings suggest that female gender predicted adverse outcomes, while in elective patients, men had fewer adverse outcomes. However, larger studies with patient-level socioeconomic information are needed.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yung-Taek Ouh, Kyung-Jin Min, Sanghoon Lee, Jin-Hwa Hong, Jae Yun Song, Jae-Kwan Lee, Nak Woo Lee
Summary: This study investigated whether socioeconomic status affected the risk of hysterectomy in Korean women. The results showed that women with lower education and income were more likely to undergo hysterectomy.
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Nikola Stankovic, Mathias J. Holmberg, Asger Granfeldt, Lars W. Andersen
Summary: This matched case-control study found that higher socioeconomic status was associated with a lower risk of in-hospital cardiac arrest compared to lower socioeconomic status. This association was consistent across household income, household assets, and education, and persisted after adjustment for comorbidities.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Minh Tuan Hoang, Ingemar Kareholt, Lena von Koch, Hong Xu, Juraj Secnik, Dorota Religa, Edwin C. K. Tan, Kristina Johnell, Sara Garcia-Ptacek
Summary: The study indicates that higher education or income is associated with a higher likelihood of receiving diagnostic examinations, a specified diagnosis, being diagnosed at a memory clinic, and using memantine among persons with dementia. There is no significant association between SES and prescription of antidementia medication, except for an association between education and the use of memantine.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Giulia Collatuzzo, Claudio Pelucchi, Eva Negri, Lizbeth Lopez-Carrillo, Shoichiro Tsugane, Akihisa Hidaka, Gerson Shigueaki Hamada, Raul Ulises Hernandez-Ramirez, Malaquias Lopez-Cervantes, Reza Malekzadeh, Farhad Pourfarzi, Lina Mu, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Nuno Lunet, Carlo La Vecchia, Paolo Boffetta
Summary: The analysis revealed that there is a super-multiplicative interaction between Hp infection and alcohol drinking, as well as high salt intake, while the interaction with smoking and socioeconomic status is weaker. The interactions were more pronounced in individuals with a history of peptic ulcer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alessio Petrelli, Gabriella Sebastiani, Anteo Di Napoli, Alessandra Macciotta, Paola Di Filippo, Elena Strippoli, Concetta Mirisola, Angelo d'Errico
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of education differences on the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) in Italy, as well as the role of behavioral and biological risk factors (BBRF). The findings revealed a higher risk of CVD and CHD among individuals with lower education levels. BBRF played a significant mediating role in the education inequalities.
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fatima Nari, Juwon Park, Nayeon Kim, Dong Jin Kim, Jae Kwan Jun, Kui Son Choi, Mina Suh
Summary: This study examined the impact of deprivation on breast cancer screening participation rates among South Korean women. The results showed that the participation rates increased gradually across all age groups from 2005 to 2018, and women in their 60s consistently had high participation rates. Regions with higher levels of deprivation also had higher participation rates in 2005 and 2012, but not in 2018. This suggests an association between deprivation and breast cancer screening participation rates.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Aya Hinata, Keiko Kabasawa, Yumi Watanabe, Kaori Kitamura, Yumi Ito, Ribeka Takachi, Shoichiro Tsugane, Junta Tanaka, Ayako Sasaki, Ichiei Narita, Kazutoshi Nakamura
Summary: Both education and household income levels are independently associated with the prevalence of depressive symptoms, with household income levels showing a more robust association with depressive symptoms than education levels. This suggests that a high household income level may offset the risk of depressive symptoms from having a low education level.
Article
Oncology
Parker Tope, Samantha Morais, Mariam El-Zein, Eduardo L. Franco, Talia Malagon
Summary: Income, a component of socioeconomic status, influences cancer risk as a social determinant of health. This study evaluated the independent associations between individual- and area-level income and site-specific cancer incidence in Canada. The findings suggest that individual- and area-level income have significant effects on cancer incidence, with lower income associated with higher rates of certain cancers and wealthier income associated with higher rates of other cancers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Luca Giraldi, Jovana Stojanovic, Dario Arzani, Roberto Persiani, Jinfu Hu, Kenneth C. Johnson, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Monica Ferraroni, Domenico Palli, Guo-Pei Yu, Carlo La Vecchia, Claudio Pelucchi, Nuno Lunet, Ana Ferro, Reza Malekzadeh, Joshua Muscat, David Zaridze, Dmitry Maximovich, Nuria Aragones, Vicente Martin, Jesus Vioque, Eva M. Navarrete-Munoz, Mohammadreza Pakseresht, Eva Negri, Matteo Rota, Farhad Pourfarzi, Lina Mu, Robert C. Kurtz, Areti Lagiou, Pagona Lagiou, Roberta Pastorino, Stefania Boccia
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between height and risk of gastric cancer. Through a large pooled analysis of case-control studies, the study found no significant association between adult height and gastric cancer.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Federica Turati, Marta Rossi, Panagiota Strikoudi, Monica Ferraroni, Maria Parpinel, Diego Serraino, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia
Summary: This study found a positive association between dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and pancreatic cancer risk. The association persisted even after excluding subjects with diabetes and family history of pancreatic cancer. These findings support previous research on the link between circulating BCAA and pancreatic cancer.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Federica Turati, Federica Concina, Paola Bertuccio, Federica Fiori, Maria Parpinel, Martina Taborelli, Valentina Rosato, Werner Garavello, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between the intake of specific fibers with prebiotic activity and laryngeal cancer risk. The results showed that the intake of kestose, raffinose, and stachyose was inversely associated with laryngeal cancer risk, while ITFs, nystose, and 1F-beta-fructofuranosylnystose were not associated with the risk. Current smokers and heavy drinkers with low intake of prebiotic fibers had a significantly higher risk of laryngeal cancer compared to never smokers and moderate drinkers with high intake of prebiotic fibers.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Harriet Rumgay, Marta Ortega-Ortega, Linda Sharp, Nuno Lunet, Isabelle Soerjomataram
Summary: More than 1.9 million people die from cancer each year in Europe. Alcohol use is a major modifiable risk factor for cancer and poses an economic burden on society. We estimated the cost of productivity lost due to premature death (under 65 years of age) from alcohol-attributable cancer in the European Union (EU) plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018.
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Djibril M. Ba, Paddy Ssentongo, Claudio Pelucchi, Eva Negri, Domenico Palli, Monica Ferraroni, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Guo-Pei Yu, Shoichiro Tsugane, Akihisa Hidaka, Gerson Shigueaki Hamada, David Zaridze, Dmitry Maximovich, Mireia Obon-Santacana, Laura Alvarez-Alvarez, Jesus Vioque, Manoli Garcia de la Hera, Lizbeth Lopez-Carrillo, Malaquias Lopez-Cervantes, Lina Mu, Areti Lagiou, Pagona Lagiou, Paolo Boffetta, Maria Constanza Camargo, Maria Paula Curado, Nuno Lunet, Carlo La Vecchia, Joshua Muscat
Summary: Edible mushrooms are considered functional foods for their disease-prevention properties and have high concentrations of vitamins and minerals. Research shows that consuming mushrooms can reduce the risk of gastric cancer.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Luisa Lopes-Conceicao, Barbara Peleteiro, Natalia Araujo, Teresa Dias, Filipa Fontes, Susana Pereira, Nuno Lunet
Summary: This study aimed to describe pet ownership in a breast cancer cohort within 5 years post-diagnosis and identify associated factors. Results showed that 51.7% of patients had pets at diagnosis, which increased to 58.4% at 5 years. Women with depressive symptoms and poor quality of life were more likely to stop having pets, while older and unpartnered women were less likely to start having pets.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Giulia Collatuzzo, Eva Negri, Claudio Pelucchi, Rossella Bonzi, Federica Turati, Charles S. Rabkin, Linda M. Liao, Rashmi Sinha, Domenico Palli, Monica Ferraroni, Lizbeth Lopez-Carrillo, Nuno Lunet, Samantha Morais, Demetrius Albanes, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Dominick Parisi, David Zaridze, Dmitry Maximovitch, Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos, Jose Juan Jimenez-Moleon, Jesus Vioque, Manoli Garcia de la Hera, Maria Paula Curado, Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Raul Ulises Hernandez-Ramirez, Malaquias Lopez-Cervantes, Mary H. Ward, Shoichiro Tsugane, Akihisa Hidaka, Areti Lagiou, Pagona Lagiou, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Antonia Trichopoulou, Anna Karakatsani, Maria Constanza Camargo, Carlo La Vecchia, Paolo Boffetta
Summary: A meta-analysis of 16 studies found no significant association between yoghurt consumption and gastric cancer risk.
Article
Oncology
Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi, Marta Rossi, Maryam Hadji, Hamideh Rashidian, Maryam Marzban, Maria Parpinel, Federica Fiori, Ahmad Naghibzadeh-Tahami, Yusuf A. Hannun, Chiara Luberto, Kazem Zendehdel, Paolo Boffetta
Summary: This study found that dietary betaine, choline, and choline-containing compounds are associated with the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Men who consume phosphocholine and sphingomyelin are more likely to develop CRC, while women who consume betaine have a decreased risk. Therefore, modifying the diet to increase betaine intake and managing the consumption of animal products can help reduce the risk of CRC.
Review
Oncology
Federica Teglia, Giulia Collatuzzo, Paolo Boffetta
Summary: This narrative review provides new insights and reports the current state of knowledge on occupational cancers among women, with a focus on three female working categories: beauticians and hairdressers, farmers, and healthcare workers. The inclusion of women in occupational cancer studies has become more urgent and feasible due to the changing workforce and increasing number of women employed. The review also discusses the difficulties in evaluating occupational causes of female gynecologic tumors and the potential gender differences in outcome responses.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Marta Rossi, Malak Khalifeh, Federica Fiori, Maria Parpinel, Diego Serraino, Claudio Pelucchi, Eva Negri, Attilio Giacosa, Anna Crispo, Giulia Collatuzzo, Yusuf Hannun, Chiara Luberto, Carlo La Vecchia, Paolo Boffetta
Summary: This study found an inverse association between choline intake and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, but inconsistent findings were observed. On the other hand, sphingomyelin (SM) choline moiety was not associated with CRC risk. These results suggest that choline intake may be a favorable factor for preventing CRC.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marco Mariani, Roberta Pastorino, Denise Pires Marafon, Ken C. Johnson, Jinfu Hu, Antonio Jose Molina de la Torre, Guillermo Fernandez-Tardon, David Zaridze, Dmitry Maximovich, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Robert C. Kurtz, Claudio Pelucchi, Matteo Rota, Stefania Boccia
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the association between leisure-time physical activity (PA) and gastric cancer (GC) through a pooled analysis of case-control studies. The results showed no significant relationship between leisure-time PA and GC, except for a slight decreased risk below age 55 and in control population-based studies.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Carolina Donat-Vargas, Victor Mico, Rodrigo San-Cristobal, Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez, Jordi Salas-Salvado, Dolores Corella, Montserrat Fito, Angel Maria Alonso-Gomez, Julia Waernberg, Jesus Vioque, Dora Romaguera, Jose Lopez-Miranda, Ramon Estruch, Miguel Damas-Fuentes, Jose Lapetra, Luis Serra-Majem, Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas, Josep Antoni Tur, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo, Xavier Pinto, Miguel Delgado-Rodriguez, Pilar Matia-Martin, Josep Vidal, Claudia Causso, Emilio Ros, Estefania Toledo, Josep Maria Manzanares, Carolina Ortega-Azorin, Olga Castaner, Patricia Judith Pena-Orihuela, Juan Manuel Zazo, Carlos Munoz Bravo, Diego Martinez-Urbistondo, Alice Chaplin, Rosa Casas, Naomi Cano Ibanez, Lucas Tojal-Sierra, Ana Maria Gomez-Perez, Elena Pascual Roquet-Jalmar, Cristina Mestre, Rocio Barragan, Helmut Schroder, Antonio Garcia-Rios, Inmaculada Candela Garcia, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Nancy Babio, Mireia Malcampo, Lidia Daimiel, Alfredo Martinez
Summary: Anemia and lower levels of anemia markers are associated with inferior cognitive function, worse executive function, and poorer physical component of quality of life. These effects are particularly pronounced in individuals with diabetes. Dietary iron intake does not influence these outcomes.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Desiree Valera-Gran, Daniel Prieto-Botella, Dries S. Martens, Sandra Gonzalez-Palacios, Isolina Riano-Galan, Mario Murcia, Amaia Irizar, Jordi Julvez, Loreto Santa-Marina, Adonina Tardon, Jordi Sunyer, Jesus Vioque, Tim Nawrot, Eva-Maria Navarrete-Munoz
Summary: This study found that the use of high-dose folic acid supplements during pregnancy may be associated with shorter telomere length in children at age four, particularly in boys.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Luigi De Maria, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Stefania Sponselli, Francesco Cafaro, Antonio Caputi, Gianmarco Giannelli, Pasquale Stefanizzi, Francesco Paolo Bianchi, Angela Stufano, Silvio Tafuri, Piero Lovreglio, Paolo Boffetta, Luigi Vimercati
Summary: A observational study at the University Hospital of Bari found a significant prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections (BIs) among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the first year of mandatory vaccination with BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. However, there were no hospitalizations or deaths. The study extended the observation period and determined the incidence, characteristics, and clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 BIs among 6213 HCWs. The results showed that SARS-CoV-2 infections can occur despite vaccination, but the clinical course is favorable.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)