The Visceral Obesity Index (VAI) is utilized as a metric employed to assess the distribution of abdominal adipose tissue as well as the functional status of adipose tissue. Nevertheless, the interplay between VAI and persistent pain has yet to be investi
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Chapter 7 Scatterplots, association, and correlation math2200. Correlation vs. Causation. In a Gallup poll, surveyors asked, “Do you believe correlation implies causation?’” 64% of American’s answered “Yes”. 38% replied. Do Now Examine the two scatterplots and determine the best course ...
To address concerns about reverse causation, we excluded participants who reported an outcome within 2 years of enrollment, as well as participants who reported chest pain, persistent cough, or jaundice in the 6 months before enrollment, and repeated the analyses for that outcome. We also excluded...
This study aims to identify empirically-driven classes of age-of-onset across multiple substances (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis) and to characterize the different classes in relation to mental health and substance use severity. The sample comprised 1,051 young adults (aged 18–25; 61.9% women), ...
The cross-sectional design prevents us from establishing causal relationships, highlighting the need for prospective studies to determine long-term causation. Furthermore, dietary intake was assessed using the FFQ rather than weighted dietary records, which may introduce some degree of measurement error....
Elevated serum urate levels, a complex trait and major risk factor for incident gout, are correlated with cardiometabolic traits via incompletely understood mechanisms. DNA methylation in whole blood captures genetic and environmental influences and
Panicle architecture is a key determinant of rice grain yield and is mainly determined at the 1-2 mm young panicle stage. Here, we investigated the transcriptome of the 1-2 mm young panicles from 275 rice varieties and identified thousands of genes whose
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is a professional organization of psychiatrists that promotes psychiatry and educates people about the...
Sleep dysregulation is a feature of dementia but it remains unclear whether sleep duration prior to old age is associated with dementia incidence. Using data from 7959 participants of the Whitehall II study, we examined the association between sleep dura