Quantitative Ultrasound Normative Reference Data for Community-Dwelling White and Black Females in the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zanovec ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Kenneth M. West ◽  
Georgianna Tuuri
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Quantitative Ultrasound ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Black Females

scholarly journals Circumstances of fall-related injuries by age and gender among community-dwelling adults in the United States

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. e0176561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lava R. Timsina ◽  
Joanna L. Willetts ◽  
Melanye J. Brennan ◽  
Helen Marucci-Wellman ◽  
David A. Lombardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
And Gender

Vitamin B12 deficiency is the dominant nutritional cause of hyperhomocysteinemia in a folic acid-fortified population

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Green ◽  
Joshua W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Folic Acid ◽  
Vitamin B12 Deficiency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Vitamin B ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Total Vitamin ◽  
Folic Acid Fortification ◽  
B12 Deficiency

AbstractPrevalence rates for folate deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia have been markedly reduced following the introduction of folic acid fortification in the United States. We report the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in a population of community-dwelling elderly Latinos in the post-folic acid fortification era. We measured homocysteine, total vitamin B

Abstract 615: Association Between Multiple Modifiable Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension in a Rural Population of the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadii M Mamudu ◽  
Timir Paul ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Sreenivas P Veeranki ◽  
Hemang B Panchal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sedentary Lifestyle ◽  
Subclinical Atherosclerosis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Modifiable Risk Factors ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes ◽  
Asymptomatic Individuals ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) that afflicts one-third of the population in United States (US). This study examined the association between multiple modifiable risk factors for HTN in a rural hard-to-reach population. Methods: During January 2011 and December 2012, 1629 community-dwelling asymptomatic individuals from central Appalachia participated in screening for subclinical atherosclerosis, during which the participants were asked to report whether a physician or health worker has informed them that they had HTN (yes/no). Additionally, baseline data consisting of two non-modifiable risk factors (sex, age) and 5 modifiable risk factors (obesity, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, and sedentary lifestyle) were collected. Descriptive statistics involving prevalence of risk factors and multivariate logistic regression analyses to determine the strength of association between hypertension and the number of risk factors were conducted. Results: Of the 1629 study participants, about half (49.8%) had hypertension. Among hypertensive patients, 31.4% were obese and 62.3% having hypercholesterolemia. Overall, having 2 risk factors consisted the largest group of participants with HTN. After adjusting for the non-modifiable risk factors (sex, age), obesity and diabetes increased the odds of having HTN by more than two folds ([OR=2.02, CI=1.57-2.60] and [OR=2.30, CI=1.66-3.18], respectively) and hypercholesterolemia and sedentary lifestyle increased the odds for HTN by more than one fold ([OR=1.26, CI=1.02-1.56) and [OR=1.38, CI=1.12-1.70], respectively). Compared to those without HTN, having 2, 3, and 4 or 5 modifiable risk factors were significantly associated with increased odds of having HTN by about two-folds [OR=1.72, CI=1.21-2.44], two and half folds [OR=2.55, 1.74-3.74], and six folds [OR=5.96, 3.42-10.41], respectively. Conclusion: The study suggests that odds of having HTN increases with the number of modifiable risk factors for CVD. Hence, by implementing an integrated CVD program for treating and controlling modifiable risk factors of HTN would decrease the future risk of CVD and help to achieve the 2020 Impact Goal of the American Health Association.

The Setting: A Description of Adolescents in the United States

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy G. Dryfoos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Census Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
Developmental Issues ◽  
Black Females ◽  
Diverse Society ◽  
Number Of Births

Before problem behaviors are examined in detail, it is important to understand the current status of American youth and what comprises so-called “normative” behaviors. It is not sufficient to describe the situation only in aggregate terms; there are such vastly different life scripts that are being experienced by the subgroups in this complex and diverse society. Many books on adolescents solve this problem by presenting an array of vignettes from children’s lives with detailed accounts of individuals and quotations from them. This makes more interesting reading than statistics, but vignettes are not necessarily generalizable to the whole society. For an overview of the “setting,” describing the youth population and the social and economic characteristics of various subpopulations, we turn largely to census data. For a look at health status, we rely on national health statistics. However, to gain an understanding of adolescent developmental issues, different kinds of information are required. For these insights, the works of social and behavioral scientists based on small samples of subjects and personal observations will be explored. In 1987, there were about 28 million 10- to 17-year-olds in the United States, with half a million more boys than girls. More males are born than females, but the sex ratio reverses as populations grow older. This becomes an important factor when individuals reach the age of marriage (about 23 for females and 25 for males) because it controls the pool of partners, a particular problem for marriage-age black females, who outnumber marriage-age black males. The number of young people will increase over the next decade by about 10 percent because the number of births has increased every year since 1973, when the current 15-year-olds were born. One way to understand the expected change is to compare the number of births in 1986, almost 3.76 million, with the number in 1973, 3.13 million. By the year 2000, babies born in 1986 will be 14 years old, right in the center of our population of interest. This group will be enlarged by immigrants as well as by increased numbers of births.

Characterizing the United States Nuclear Used Fuel Inventory Using the Cyclus Fuel Cycle Simulator

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cem Bagdatlioglu ◽  
Robert Flanagan ◽  
Erich Schneider
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Reactors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Information Administration ◽  
Reactor Modeling ◽  
Cycle Simulation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Energy Information

The used fuel inventory of the United States commercial nuclear fleet has been accumulating since the inception of nuclear reactors. In order to understand the mass and composition of the used fuel inventory, a nuclear fuel cycle simulation package (Cyclus) is used with a reactor modeling tool (Bright-lite). The parameters for the simulation are obtained as historical operation and burnup data for every reactor in the US fleet, taken from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The historical burnup data is used to calculate the fuel enrichment of every reactor at every refueling. Discharged uranium inventories calculated by the software are shown to closely match the reference data. The total mass of three major actinide groups are presented as they build up over time. In addition, the evolution of the plutonium composition in discharged fuel is also presented, illustrating Cyclus’ ability to track the composition of material flowing through a large, evolving reactor fleet over decades.

Suicide in the Medical Patient

1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. MacKenzie ◽  
Michael K. Popkin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Patient ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Black Females ◽  
White Males ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Suicidal Patients ◽  
The Relationship

According to the statistical abstract of the United States for 1982–1983, there were 1,913,800 deaths in the United States in 1979 [1]. Twenty-seven thousand, or 1.4 percent of those deaths were by suicide, yielding a suicide rate of 11.9/100,000/year. The rate was highest (39.2/100,000) for white males sixty-five years and over and lowest (0.1/100,000) for black females between five and fourteen years. It is generally accepted that physical illness is a risk factor for suicide. If this is true, then in caring for persons with significant physical illness, physicians are dealing with a population at increased risk of suicide. In its opening section, this article will review the evidence that points to a positive correlation between suicide and physical illness. Next the association between specific illnesses, such as peptic ulcer and cancer, and suicide will be examined. Third, risk factors associated with the occurrence of suicide in medical-surgical hospitals will be reviewed. Fourth, the occurrence of suicide in relationship to medical procedures will be discussed. Fifth, the evaluation and management of suicidal patients in medical settings will be briefly considered. This review will not consider the relationship between physical illness and attempted suicide.

Psychotropic Prescription Use by Community-Dwelling Elderly in the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 671-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajender R. Aparasu ◽  
Jane R. Mort ◽  
Heather Brandt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Dwelling
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