The Reproductive Risk Factors for Incontinence Study at Kaiser (RRISK) was a population-based study of 2,109 women aged 40-69 years who were randomly selected from long-term Kaiser Permanente members. Women completed self-report questionnaires on sexual activity, comorbidities, and general quality ...
Increasing life expectancy and a growing share of older people around the world spotlight the issue of health during additional years of life. Research on trends of proportions of older people with activity limitations for low and middle income countries
Regular physical activity (PA) can bring significant health benefits to people of all ages and the need for PA does not end in later life with evidence increasingly indicating that PA can extend years of active independent living, reduce disability and improve the quality of life for older peopl...
Although the decision tree model could not reflect the specific patterns, it could be a helpful reference for undertaking a new fitness regime for hypertension prevention. It was worth noting that vigorous physical activity would increase the risk of musculoskeletal injury rates. In order to avoid s...
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a significant increase from 34% and 13%, respectively, since 1995. The survey also found that the average age of the first sexual experience for boys had decreased to 16.1 years old [3]. More and more surveys now indicate that the attitude of teens towards sex has gradually become more op...
The increase in sexual inactivity coincided with decreases in the proportion reporting weekly or more sexual frequency (men aged 18-24 years: 51.8% vs. 37.4%; aOR for trend, 0.88 [95% CI, 0.79-0.99]; men aged 25-34 years: 65.3% vs 50.3%; aOR for trend, 0.87 [95% CI, 0.81-0.94]...
Figure 3. Trends of sedentary behaviors among Chinese children from 2004 to 2015. Repeated measures mixed effect models were conducted to examine the trends of sedentary behaviors across CHNS survey years, controlling for the random effect of communities and adjusting for socio-demographic factors inclu...
for muscle mass and function. Skeletal muscle is a major immune regulatory organ and generates a range of proteins, termed myokines, which have anti-inflammatory and immunoprotective effects. Several studies indicate that maintaining physical activity has immune benefits in older adults, for example,...
Of the 24,269 individuals included in the 7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VII) (2016–2018), 4661 satisfied the following inclusion criteria: ≥19 years old and a BMI (body mass index) ≥ 25 kg/m2. The researchers excluded respondents according to the foll...