Objective To quantify the association between physical activity and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19-associated hospitalisation, severe illness and death due to COVID-19 in adults. Design A ...

Objectives To characterise the non-linear joint dose–response relationship of accelerometer-measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF, estimated as ...

Objectives To estimate the shape of the causal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality risk in a Mendelian randomisation framework. Design Mendelian randomisation analyses of two ...

The landscape of AI tools for PPT creation has transformed beyond recognition in just two years — what was once a novelty is now a competitive necessity for teams, startups, consultants, and ...

Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ...

School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States ...

Background Gains in life expectancies have stalled in Scotland, as in several other countries, since around 2012. The relationship between stalling mortality improvements and socioeconomic ...

1 Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK 2 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool ...

Objectives Nursing is a safety critical activity but not easily quantified. This makes the building of predictive staffing models a challenge. The aim of this study was to determine if relationships ...

The Degree of Linear Polarization (DoLP) for unperturbed particle fields in waters from six diverse regions around the globe was measured with the custom Multi-Angle Scattering Optical Tool (MASCOT).

Clinical prediction models aim to predict outcomes in individuals, to inform diagnosis or prognosis in healthcare. Hundreds of prediction models are published in the medical literature each year, yet ...

The linear no-threshold (LNT) model for radiation-induced cancer was adopted by national and international advisory bodies in the 1950s and has guided radiation protection policies worldwide since ...