TL;DR: The JECS will provide valuable information on the impact of the environment in which children live on their health and development and the final birth data will eventually be used to evaluate the national representativeness of the JECs population.

TL;DR: Age, gender, and BMI were associated with a flatfoot diagnosis, and the indices studied are suitable for diagnosing flatfoot in adults, especially Clarke’s angle, which is highly accurate for flat foot diagnosis in this population.

TL;DR: Prevalence of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology was highest among males, rice farming communities, and those presenting at later disease stages, and low prevalence of CKDU was noticed among those who consumed water from natural springs.

TL;DR: Reduced HRV was associated with insulin resistance and lower insulin sensitivity, and was linked with parasympathetic dysfunction, primarily in non-overweight individuals.

TL;DR: There is an additive interaction of poor sleep quality and short sleep duration on hypertension prevalence in adult Chinese males, and further investigation of the association of different combinations of sleep duration and quality indicated an additive interactions.

TL;DR: A moderate but significant association of diabetes with ALS onset is demonstrated, and such association is not confounded by socio-demographic characteristics or certain ALS-related co-morbidities.

TL;DR: It is indicated that the neighborhood deprivation level influences stroke incidence in Japan, suggesting that area socioeconomic conditions could be a potential target for public health intervention to reduce the risk of stroke.

TL;DR: Clinicians should consider male sex, older age, higher platelet count, lower albumin levels, and higher CRP levels when assessing risk of cardiac lesions in the initial phase of Kawasaki disease.

TL;DR: High Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity was an independent predictor of CD in a general population of older adults and may be useful in the clinical evaluation of elders.

TL;DR: Awareness of clenching and underweight were related to malocclusion (crowding) in university male students.

TL;DR: Different individual n-3 PUFA exposures may exhibit different or even opposite associations with PCa risk, and more prospective studies, especially those examining dietary n- 3 PUFAs and PCarisk stratified by severity of cancer, are needed to confirm the results.

TL;DR: In this analysis, adiponectin concentration appeared to partially mediate the effect of smoking on diabetes, while leptin and CRP levels did not.

TL;DR: Phthalate metabolites investigated in this study show significant associations with pubertal timing both in boys and in girls, especially among girls with high BF%.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that preeclampsia increases the risk of metabolic syndrome in later life, and late age at first pregnancy can further exacerbate this risk.

TL;DR: Weight, height, and HC growth charts were created for children with Down syndrome and can be used as a reference standard for the UAE children with DS, which were significantly shorter and heavier than normal children in the UAE.

TL;DR: Hearing loss is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in older people in Taiwan and multivariable logistic regression showed strong links with Alzheimer's.

TL;DR: This large descriptive study is the first to investigate temporal trends in the characteristics of ONFH, which provide useful information for future studies.

TL;DR: Health impact assessment (HIA) aims to influence general social, political, and environmental factors, as well as the social determinants of health, and intervene in the environment.

TL;DR: T1DM was associated with a 13% increase in risk of all-cause cancer incidence, and patients with T1DM should be advised to undergo cancer screening for certain types of cancer.

TL;DR: ECMO use has increased dramatically in Taiwan over the last decade, and the high mortality rate of ECMO users suggested that ECMO may be being used in Taiwan for situations in which it provides no added benefit.

TL;DR: Allergic disorders are common in children with INS, especially within the first year after diagnosis, and the role of INS in the development of allergic disorders should be elucidated to establish innovative disease intervention programs.

TL;DR: Scoliosis seems to be positively associated with female sex and age between 13 and 15 years, whereas the habit of sleeping in a hammock is negatively associated with the onset of scoliosis.

TL;DR: This study sought to identify factors associated with non- participation in a second survey of a population-based cohort, and to evaluate the influence of self-reported disease incidence on non-participation.

TL;DR: Greater exposure to UVR increases the disease burden of cataracts in the whole population, especially in the elderly and among the agricultural population, and increased with increases in UVR exposure in 31 regions of China.

TL;DR: Older females have significantly lower UME than older males, an association which is independent of light exposure profiles in home settings, and may be useful as basic data for further research to investigate gender differences in several diseases associated with melatonin in the elderly.

TL;DR: Different duration of daily walking was associated with decreased mortality for younger-elderly men with or without critical diseases, independent of sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, BMI, medical status, disease history, and functional capacity.

TL;DR: Prevalence of overweight is higher in males than in females, but the reverse is the case for prevalence of obesity, and tertiary educational attainment is associated with overweight.

TL;DR: Self-reported data showed high sensitivity but low specificity, meaning women who had a stillbirth always reported it, but there was also over-reporting of stillbirths, and data linkage provides great opportunity to assess the validity and reliability of self-reported study data.

TL;DR: Avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, particularly prolonged TV viewing, may help in preventing death from COPD among men, and no association was found in women.