Speed Of Bone Accretion Assessed by Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) and Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) in Mexican Health Workers Cohort Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 405
Author(s):  
R. Rivas Ruiz ◽  
P. Clark ◽  
J.O. Talavera ◽  
J. Tamayo ◽  
G. Huitrón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Quantitative Ultrasound ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Health Workers Cohort Study

scholarly journals Soft drink intake is associated with weight gain, regardless of physical activity levels: the health workers cohort study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romina González-Morales ◽  
Francisco Canto-Osorio ◽  
Dalia Stern ◽  
Luz María Sánchez-Romero ◽  
Leticia Torres-Ibarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Health Workers Cohort Study

scholarly journals Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and risk of hyperuricemia: a longitudinal analysis of the Health Workers Cohort Study participants in Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-660
Author(s):  
Joacim Meneses-León ◽  
Leith León-Maldonado ◽  
Nayeli Macías ◽  
Leticia Torres-Ibarra ◽  
Rubí Hernández-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Uric Acid ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Mexican Adults ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Health Workers Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Background The elevated consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Mexico is an important public health concern. However, the association between SSB consumption and hyperuricemia has been scarcely studied and not well documented. Objectives To prospectively evaluate the association between SSB consumption and risk of hyperuricemia in Mexican adults. Methods A longitudinal analysis was conducted using data from the Health Workers Cohort Study. Participants were followed from 2004 to 2018, with measurements every 6 y. The analysis sample consisted of 1300 adults, aged 18 to 85 y. SSB consumption during the previous year was evaluated through a semiquantitative FFQ. Hyperuricemia was defined as a concentration of uric acid ≥7.0 mg/dL in men and ≥5.7 mg/dL in women. We evaluated the association of interest using 2 methodologies: fixed-effects logistic regression and generalized estimating equations (GEEs). Potential confounders were included in both approaches. Results At baseline, median intake of SSBs was 472.1 mL/wk (IQR: 198.8–1416.4 mL/wk), and 233 participants had hyperuricemia. Uric acid was higher in participants with an SSB intake ≥7 servings/wk, compared with those with an intake <1 serving/wk (P < 0.001). Participants who changed from the lowest to the highest category of servings consumption experienced 2.6 increased odds of hyperuricemia (95% CI: 1.27, 5.26). Results from the GEE model indicated the odds of hyperuricemia increased by 44% (OR=1.44; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.84) in the 2–6 servings/wk group, and by 89% (OR=1.89; 95% CI: 1.39, 2.57) in the ≥7 servings/wk categories, compared with the <1 serving/wk category. Diet soft drinks were not associated with hyperuricemia. Conclusions Our results suggest that the consumption of SSBs is associated with an increased risk of hyperuricemia in Mexican adults, but diet soft drink consumption is not, which supports the need to strengthen existing recommendations to reduce the intake of SSBs. The Health Workers Cohort Study (HWCS) has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Mexican Social Security Institute (12CEI 09 006 14), and the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (13CEI 17 007 36).

scholarly journals Health workers cohort study: methods and study design

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez ◽  
Yvonne N. Flores ◽  
Katia Gallegos-Carrillo ◽  
Paula Ramírez-Palacios ◽  
Berenice Rivera-Paredez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Disease Mechanisms ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Health Workers Cohort Study ◽  
Social Security Institute ◽  
Risk Factor Information

Objective. To examine different health outcomes that are associated with specific lifestyle and genetic factors. Materials and methods. From March 2004 to April 2006, a sample of employees from three different health and academic institutions, as well as their family members, were enrolled in the study after providing informed consent. At baseline and follow-up (2010-2013), participants completed a self-administered questionnaire, a physical examination, and provided blood samples. Results. A total of 10 729 participants aged 6 to 94 years were recruited at baseline. Of these, 70% were females, and 50% were from the Mexican Social Security Institute. Nearly 42% of the adults in the sample were overweight, while 20% were obese. Conclusion. Our study can offer new insights into disease mechanisms and prevention through the analysis of risk factor information in a large sample of Mexicans.

scholarly journals Association between tax on sugar sweetened beverages and soft drink consumption in adults in Mexico: open cohort longitudinal analysis of Health Workers Cohort Study

BMJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. m1311
Author(s):  
Luz María Sánchez-Romero ◽  
Francisco Canto-Osorio ◽  
Romina González-Morales ◽  
M Arantxa Colchero ◽  
Shu-Wen Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Soft Drinks ◽  
Sugar Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Soft Drink Consumption ◽  
Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Health Workers Cohort Study

Abstract Objective To examine changes in categories of soft drink consumption in a cohort of Mexican adults, three years after the implementation of the sugar sweetened beverage tax. Design Open cohort longitudinal analysis. Setting Three waves of the Health Workers Cohort Study, Mexico, spanning 2004 to 2018. Participants 1770 people aged 19 years or older with information on drinks consumption available in at least one of the three cohort waves. Main outcome measure Change in probability of belonging to one of four categories of soft drinks consumption (non, low, medium, high) after the tax was implemented. Heterogeneity of associations by income and education was also assessed. Results Before the implementation of the tax, more than 50% of the participants were medium and high consumers of soft drinks and less than 10% were in the non-consumer category. After the tax was implemented, 43% of the population was categorised as medium or high consumers and the prevalence of non-consumers increased to 14%. Three years after implementation of the tax on 1 January 2014, the probability of being a non-consumer of soft drinks increased by 4.7 (95% confidence interval 0.3 to 9.1) percentage points and that of being a low consumer increased by 8.3 (0.6 to 16.0) percentage points compared with the pre-tax period. Conversely, the probability of being in the medium and high levels of soft drinks consumption decreased by 6.8 (0.5 to 13.2) percentage points and 6.1 (0.4 to 11.9) percentage points, respectively. No significant heterogeneity of the tax across income levels was observed, but stronger effects of the tax were seen in participants with secondary school education or higher, compared with those with elementary school or less. Conclusions The Mexican sugar sweetened beverage tax was associated with a reduction in the probability of consuming soft drinks in this cohort of employees from a healthcare provider. The results cannot be extrapolated to the Mexican population, but they suggest that three years after implementation, the tax had helped to increase the proportion of people who do not consume soft drinks while decreasing the proportion of high and medium consumers.

scholarly journals Survival analysis of time to SARS-CoV-2 PCR negativisation to optimise PCR prescription in health workers: the Henares COVID-19 healthcare workers cohort study

2021 ◽  
pp. oemed-2020-106903
Author(s):  
Julio González Martin-Moro ◽  
Marta Chamorro Gómez ◽  
Galicia Dávila Fernández ◽  
Ana Elices Apellaniz ◽  
Ana Fernández Hortelano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Associated Variables

ObjectivesReverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is considered the gold standard in diagnosing COVID-19. Infected healthcare workers do not go back to work until RT-PCR has demonstrated that the virus is no longer present in the upper respiratory tract. The aim of this study is to determine the most efficient time to perform RT-PCR prior to healthcare workers’ reincorporation.Materials and methodsThis is a cohort study of healthcare workers with RT-PCR-confirmed COVID-19. Data were collected using the medical charts of healthcare workers and completed with a telephone interview. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to determine the influence of several variables on the time to RT-PCR negativisation. The impact of the variables on survival was assessed using the Breslow test. A Cox regression model was developed including the associated variables.Results159 subjects with a positive RT-PCR out of 374 workers with suspected COVID-19 were included. The median time to negativisation was 25 days from symptom onset (IQR 20–35 days). Presence of IgG, dyspnoea, cough and throat pain were associated with significant longer time to negativisation. Cox logistic regression was used to adjust for confounding variables. Only dyspnoea and cough remained in the model as significant determinants of prolonged negativisation time. Adjusted HRs were 0.68 (0.48–096) for dyspnoea and 0.61 (0.42–0.88) for dry cough.ConclusionsRT-PCR during the first 3 weeks leads to a high percentage of positive results. In the presence of respiratory symptoms, negativisation took nearly 1 week more. Those who developed antibodies needed longer time to negativisate.

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