Urban vs Suburban: Is the Door-to-Balloon Time Affected by Geographic, Socioeconomic, or Racial Differences? A Tale of Two Campuses by Marc Zughaib, Patrick Ters, Robby Singh, Marcel Zughaib

“…To add another layer of complexity, patients with varying socioeconomic status and racial differences experience large disparities in health. …”
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Seroprevalence of COVID-19 among voluntary blood donors by Arumugam Pothipillai, Swathandran Hamsavardhini, Deepa Duraisamy, Lincy Thiyagarajan, Chandrasekaran Kaliyaperumal, Jyotsnaa Grace Velure Mohan Rao

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the COVID-19 IgG/IgM + IgA seropositivity status with age, gender, blood group, occupation, or socioeconomic status. The IgG and IgM/IgA/IgG ELISA kits showed a difference of 13 cases which could be attributed to the higher sensitivity of IgG alone ELISA kit. …”
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Social Inequalities in Adolescents’ Psychological and Somatic Complaints: Cross-National Trends Between 2002 and 2022 and the Role of Societal Changes by Mathilde E. Brons, Paola Berchialla, Marco Helbich, Maxim Dierckens, Michela Lenzi, Joanna C. Inchley, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens

“…We tested (1) whether the association between family socioeconomic status and psychological and somatic complaints changed between 2002 and 2022, (2) the extent to which these trends varied across countries, and (3) whether changes in income inequality, schoolwork pressure, and internet activity within countries were related to these trends.MethodsUsing data from 903,344 adolescents across 32 countries from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study between 2002 and 2022, we employed multilevel models to investigate the research questions.ResultsWe observed a nonlinear increase in psychological and somatic complaints over time. …”
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Sensitivity of Self-reported Opium Use in Cancer Patients: Implications for conducting epidemiological studies by Vahideh Mohseni, Maryam Hadji, Mina Khaki, Omid Nabavian, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian

“…Additionally, the sensitivity of self-reported opium use was higher among alcohol users and participants with low socioeconomic status compared to their counterparts, although these differences were not statistically significant. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Substance Use and Its Determinants Among College Students in a Coastal Town of South India by Shyamashree Das, Veena G Kamath, Divya Arvind Prabhu, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey

“…Paternal education, affluent socioeconomic status and usage of substances significantly correlated with knowledge. …”
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Neighborhood Material Deprivation Is Associated with Childhood Asthma Development: Analysis of Prospective Administrative Data by Elinor Simons, Sharon D. Dell, Rahim Moineddin, Teresa To

“…Material deprivation has been proposed as a more comprehensive measure of socioeconomic status than parental income. Stronger associations between childhood emergency department visits for asthma and air pollution have been demonstrated among children living in neighborhoods with high levels of deprivation, but the associations with asthma development and ongoing asthma are not known. …”
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Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: The Possible Effect on the Course of Pregnancy and Fetal Outcomes—A Case Report and Literature Review by Dovile Kielaite, Saule Januskiene, Virginija Paliulyte

“…The importance of adequate and timely management as well as the accessibility of healthcare and socioeconomic status, which influence health outcomes, are stressed. …”
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Trajectories of Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Secondary Students in Canada in the Context of a Province-Wide Physical Education Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis by Erin Hobin, Jannice So, Laura Rosella, Melisa Comte, Steve Manske, Jonathan McGavock

“…The results found, despite the PE policy, a grade-related decline in the physical activity trajectories of adolescents; however, the decline in physical activity was attenuated among adolescents with low and moderate baseline physical activity compared to adolescents with high baseline physical activity and among adolescents who attended schools in neighbourhoods of low compared to high socioeconomic status. There are several possible explanations for these findings, including the influence of the PE policy on the PA patterns of adolescent subpopulations that tend to be at higher risk for inactivity in both childhood and adult life.…”
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Care-seeking in the presence of signs of sexually transmitted infections in Moroccan women: A comparison between the COVID-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic era by Nezha Nacer, Nadia Ouzennou, Samia Rkha

“…The study revealed a relationship between women's healthcare seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic (p<0.05) and factors such as place of residence, education, marital status, socioeconomic status, and distance from healthcare facilities. …”
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Health literacy and influencing factors in university students across diverse educational fields in Kazakhstan by Zhaniya Dauletkaliyeva, Zhanerke Bolatova, Nurbek Yerdessov, Karina Nukeshtayeva, Olzhas Zhamantayev, Aliya Takuadina, Gaukhar Kayupova

“…Socioeconomic factors, regional disparities, and health behaviors significantly influenced HL, with lower scores observed among students from the West region, rural areas, and those with unhealthy behaviors or low socioeconomic status. The following factors were positively associated with HL in this study: field of education, affordability of medical examination and treatment, social connections and support, age, and social status. …”
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Effect of maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy on birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors in infants, children and adolescents: a systematic re... by Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Tammy Charlene Hartel, André Oelofse, Juléy Janice Abigail De Smidt

“…Introduction Tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy are particularly prevalent in low socioeconomic status populations, with an adverse association with birth outcomes and cardiometabolic risk factors. …”
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Association of Sociodemographic Variables and Healthy Habits with Body and Visceral Fat Values in Spanish Workers by María Gordito Soler, Ángel Arturo López-González, Pedro Juan Tárraga López, Emilio Martínez-Almoyna Rifá, Cristina Martorell Sánchez, María Teófila Vicente-Herrero, Hernan Paublini, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: The profile of a person at high risk of having elevated body and visceral fat levels is an older male with a low socioeconomic status who smokes and leads a sedentary lifestyle.…”
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Distribution of Pupil Size and Associated Factors: Results from the Population-Based Gutenberg Health Study by Marian Kiel, Stephanie D. Grabitz, Susanne Hopf, Thomas Koeck, Philipp S. Wild, Irene Schmidtmann, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Alexander K. Schuster

“…A smaller pupil was associated with older age, hyperopic refractive error, previous cataract surgery, diabetes, obesity, and ACE inhibitor intake, whereas wider pupil was associated with female gender, arterial hypertension, intake of tricyclic antidepressants, and intake of SNRI and tetracyclic antidepressants. Socioeconomic status and smoking were not associated with pupil size. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Dengue Transmission and Spatial Distribution of High Seroprevalence in Schoolchildren from the Urban Area of Medellin, Colombia by Leidy Diana Piedrahita, Ivony Y. Agudelo Salas, Katherine Marin, Andrea I. Trujillo, Jorge E. Osorio, Sair Orieta Arboleda-Sanchez, Berta Nelly Restrepo

“…Furthermore, in 2010, patients with high socioeconomic status presented a lower risk. Predominant multitypic and DENV4 monotypic antibody responses were demonstrated. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors, and adverse outcomes of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women: a systematic review by Neha Sethi, Vallikkannu Narayanan, Rahmah Saaid, Aizura Syafinaz Ahmad Adlan, Soo Tein Ngoi, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Mashitah Hamidi, on behalf of WHOW research group

“…Additionally, factors including age, socioeconomic status, unhygienic practices, ethnicity, 2nd trimester, spontaneous abortion, vaginal douching, symptoms, and history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were also associated with a higher prevalence of BV. …”
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Exploring the causal paths and longitudinal impact of telework on health: the TeleHealth survey–data linkage study protocol by Barbara Cagnie, Bas de Geus, Robby De Pauw, Eduardo Antonio Bracho Montes de Oca, Laura Int Panis, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Els De Waegeneer

“…Administrative data (eg, healthcare consumption contacts and socioeconomic status) will be extracted from Belgian administrative data sources (Statistics Belgium and the InterMutualistic Agency) for the same period. …”
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The COVID‐19 pandemic and associated declines in cancer incidence by race/ethnicity and census‐tract level SES, rurality, and persistent poverty status by Benmei Liu, Mandi Yu, Jeffrey Byrne, Katheen A. Cronin, Eric J. Feuer

“…However, no single study has comprehensively analyzed its effects on cancer incidence and disparities among groups such as race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), persistent poverty (PP), and rurality. …”
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Relationship between dietary intake and atherogenic index of plasma in cardiometabolic phenotypes: a cross-sectional study from the Azar cohort population by Shirin Soheilifard, Elnaz Faramarzi, Reza Mahdavi

“…Adjustments were made for age, gender, socioeconomic status, and physical activity. Results A notable difference was observed in demographic and clinical status between cardiometabolic groups of males and females. …”
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Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Mental Health Disorders Among School Children in Umuahia, South-East Nigeria by Ikechukwu F. Ogbonna, Chizoba F. Achor, Joseph Ezeogu

“…The sociodemographic risk factors for MHD were the children’s age, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) of their caregivers, and their caregivers’ marital status and categories (P < 0.05). …”
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Feasibility and potential effect of a pilot blended digital behavior change intervention promoting sustainable diets over a year by Ujué Fresán, Miguel López-Moreno, Sergi Fàbregues, Paquito Bernard, Anna Boronat, Vera Araújo-Soares, Laura M. König, Joren Buekers, Guillaume Chevance

“…Upcoming iterations should involve a more diverse population, particularly less motivated individuals and with more diverse socioeconomic status. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/41443…”
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