Cluster analysis of social determinants of health and HIV/AIDS knowledge among Peruvian youths using Kohonen’s self-organized maps: a data-exploration study based on a Demographic... by Alejandro Aybar-Flores, Alvaro Talavera, Elizabeth Espinoza-Portilla

“…Compared to other age groups, youth have increased risks of contracting the disease due to social and health structural factors; thus, additional efforts are needed to effectively tackle the challenges associated with this age group. Epidemiological studies employing unsupervised learning techniques are essential for shaping public health policies. …”
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Five Years Pathological Evaluation of Corneal Regrafts: A Study from Southern Iran by Masoomeh Eghtedari, Mahmood Kamalzadeh, Masoud Yasemi, Hossein Movahedan, Mohammad Javad Ashraf

“…The aim of the study is five years epidemiologic and histopathological evaluation of corneal regrafts. …”
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The influence of anti-COVID-19 measures on the incidence of hand-foot-mouth disease in Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city in China by Yixing Guo, Yuhan Zhu, Yihan Wang, Hui Yin, Laiye Han, Tian Zhong, Ying Xiao, Lawrence T. Lam, Xi Yu

“…Methods: Descriptive epidemiological methods and an autoregressive integrated moving average model were employed to analyze the hand-foot-mouth disease incidence data in Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city in China from 2010 to 2019. …”
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Risk factors associated with children learning disorders at school: a socio-medical problem. by Beatriz Sabina Roméu, Zenaida María Saéz, Margarita Roméu Escobar

“…<strong>Background</strong>: At the polyclinic ´´Area I´´ in Cienfuegos there are no previous studies on learning disorders in children and no epidemiological or exploratory research on personal, family and school issues related to this problem has been conducted. …”
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Effects of Location-Specific Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 Daily Infection in a Tropical Climate: A Case of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Ezekiel Kaura Makama, Hwee San Lim

“…Meteorological and environmental factors, in both laboratory and epidemiological studies, have been reported to affect the survival and transmission of the virus. …”
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Comorbidities among Patients with Epilepsy Attending Imam Al-Sadiq General Hospital in Babylon Governorate, Iraq by Bilal Hadi Jawad, Khadija Shaban Hassan, Wahab Razzaq Ebdan

“… People with epilepsy often have other health conditions. Epidemiological findings are an important source of information on the topic of epilepsy comorbidity. …”
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Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors Influencing Visual Outcome and Globe Survival in 373 Eyes by Yang Liu, Shuang Wang, Ying Li, Qiaoyun Gong, Guanfang Su, Jinsong Zhao

“…Aim. To describe epidemiologic and clinical characteristics and prognostic factors influencing visual outcome after intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) injury. …”
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Behavior of liver cirrhosis at the "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Hospital from July 2007 to March 2009 by María Herminia Fajardo González, Merlyn Arce Nuñez, Yosvany Medina Garrido, Lisset Esteva Carral, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola

“…<strong>Background</strong>: Liver cirrhosis is among the top ten death causes in the developed world and also in Cuba, so it is important to know its clinical and epidemiological characteristics in order to propose appropriate preventive measures. …”
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The longitudinal association between multiple cardiometabolic diseases, socioeconomic status, and depressive symptoms in China by Dan Guo, Yanshang Wang, Yanan Zhao, Ruoxi Ding, Yanan Luo, Wanwei Dai, Ping He

“…Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10). Cox proportional hazards regression models were employed to examine the association between baseline CMDs and subsequent depressive symptoms. …”
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The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in people with severe mental illness: A systematic review protocol. by Claire Carswell, Kate Bramham, Joseph Chilcot, Rowena Jacobs, David Osborn, Najma Siddiqi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We will search Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science for primary epidemiological research reporting the prevalence or incidence of CKD among people with SMI in any setting. …”
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How many stroke survivors develop problematic spasticity requiring pharmacological therapy? An international (Europe and USA) observational study protocol by Pascal Maisonobe, Sergiu Groppa, Simon Page, Richard D Zorowitz, Laura Serrano Barrenechea, Simon Butet, David Hernández Herrero, Rama Prasad, Susan Sandars, Seema Meloni, Alessandro Picelli

“…While studies have explored the incidence and prevalence of PSS, little is known about how early PSS develops and how many stroke survivors develop ‘problematic’ PSS that would benefit from pharmacological treatment.Methods and analysis EPITOME is a prospective, international, observational, epidemiological study of participants (aged 18–90 years) who develop paresis within days 3–14 of a first-ever stroke that occurred within the past 4 weeks. …”
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Analyzing the cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios and health expenditures in the aging population: a 20-year comparative study across high-income countries by Majed Ramadan, Shadell AlGhamdi, Rawiah Alsiary

“…The study aims to examine the association between cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIR) with healthcare expenditures (HE), and human development index score for individuals 70 years old or older.MethodThis is an epidemiological study using publicly available data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) for six over the years 1990–2019. …”
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Analysis of Maternal Mortality in the Province of Imbabura in the Period 2017-2021 by Mónica Gabriela Chachalo Sandoval, Camila Dayaneth Mier Báez, Ariana Celeste Castro De la Cruz

“…For data collection, we worked with the Maternal Death Epidemiological Gazettes for the years 2017 to 2021. The following variables were analyzed: number of maternal deaths by canton and causes of maternal mortality. …”
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Evaluation of serum leptin and adiponectin and their associations with obesity-related renal injury among Egyptian adolescents by Azza A El-Shaheed, Reham F. Fahmy, Nermine N. Mahfouz, Salwa R El-Zayat, Hiba Sibaii, Rehab S.I. Moustafa

“…Background/aim Childhood obesity has come to be a worldwide epidemic. Current epidemiological data advocate that obesity is linked with an increased threat of renal injury in children. …”
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How do we measure the costs, benefits, and harms of sharing data from biomedical studies? A protocol for a scoping review [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Lauren Maxwell, Ankur Krishnan, Priya Shreedhar

“…Introduction The benefits of sharing participant-level data, including clinical or epidemiological data, genomic data, high-dimensional imaging data, or human-derived samples, from biomedical studies have been widely touted and may be taken for granted. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Fetomaternal Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zainab Groof, Ghadeer Garashi, Hamid Husain, Shaikhah Owayed, Shaima AlBader, Hawra’a Mouhsen, Anwar Mohammad, Ali H. Ziyab

“…Despite its criticalness, many countries still do not have the epidemiological data which could guide them in responding to the problem. …”
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Mortality of Post-COVID-19 Condition: 2025 Update by Giuseppe Lippi, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar

“…Methods: A descriptive epidemiological study was conducted using data from the US National Center for Health Statistics 2018–2024 to identify deaths attributed to the post-COVID-19 condition, as classified by the ICD-10 code U09.9, from October 2021 to December 2024. …”
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Ambient Air Pollution and Congenital Heart Disease: Updated Evidence and Future Challenges by Francesca Gorini, Alessandro Tonacci

“…With the exception of PM, for which there is currently moderate evidence of its positive association with overall CHD risk following exposure during the periconception and throughout pregnancy, and for ozone which shows a signal of association with increased risk of pooled CHD and certain CHD subtypes in the periconceptional period, for the other pollutants, the data are inconsistent, and no conclusion can be drawn about their role in CHD onset. Future epidemiological cohort studies in countries with different degree of air pollution and experimental research on animal models are warranted to gain a comprehensive picture of the possible involvement of ambient air pollutants in CHD etiopathogenesis. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2007 Update by Denis E O’Donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Alan Kaplan, Sean Keenan, Yves Lacasse, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road, Graeme Rocker, Don Sin, Tasmin Sinuff, Nha Voduc

“…Highlights of this update include new epidemiological information on mortality and prevalence of COPD, which charts its emergence as a major health problem for women; a new section on common comorbidities in COPD; an increased emphasis on the meaningful benefits of combined pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies; and a new discussion on the prevention of acute exacerbations. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis of dermatophytes isolated from small domestic animals by A. M. Smagulova, E. V. Kukhar, T. I. Glotova, A. G. Glotov

“…The identification of the agent’s species has a great epidemiological significance and is essential for effective therapy. …”
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