The Predictive Relationship of Pediatric Body Mass Indexes and Comorbid Diagnoses

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
Jessica Parrott ◽  
Carolyn Rutledge ◽  
Kathie Zimbro ◽  
Laurel Shepherd

Pediatric obesity is a leading threat to the long-term health of the population. The rise in pediatric obesity has resulted in increased comorbidities and decreased health status. A secondary data analysis was completed to evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), health care environment, and health services use of pediatric patients. This research used a retrospective secondary data analysis of 942 charts of which 526 contained critical data elements. The information was gathered by means of an original data collection tool. Statistical analysis was achieved through χ2 and ANOVA techniques. The project was congruent with the then current Healthy People 2010 goals of improving health, fitness, and quality of life through daily physical activity for children and adolescents and also aimed to reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese. There was a statistically significant difference between BMI levels and comorbid diagnoses ( χ2, P = .035) with an increase among obese levels, particularly with abscesses (ANOVA, P = .003). It was found that pediatric obesity results in increased comorbidities, most significantly abscesses.

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. CMRH.S869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Richman

Objective To examine the association between body mass index and time to conception. Methods Secondary data analysis of The Asthma in Pregnancy Study, a Prospective cohort of 2205 women assembled from April 1997-June 2000. Results Time to conception in women not on contraception, by BMI category, did not show a significant difference among the groups, p = 0.81 for test of equality over the strata. Conclusions No association between time to conception and BMI was demonstrated in these data.


Author(s):  
Deodatt M. Suryawanshi ◽  
Raghuram Venugopal ◽  
Ramchandra Goyal

In December 2019, SARS COV-2 which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan achieved pandemic proportions and spread rapidly to countries through International air traffic causing acute respiratory infection and deaths. Presence of International airports, demography, health financing and human developments factors were assumed to influence COVID-19 cases burden and case fatality rate (CFR). So, this study was undertaken to find a association between these factors and COVID-19 cases and deaths. The study used 48 districts using purposive sampling as proxy for cities and used secondary data analysis. Data was obtained for various variables like demographic, Health Financing, Indices and Testing infrastructure, COVID cases burden and case fatality from trusted sources. Descriptive statistics correlational statistics using Pearsons coefficient students T was used to describe, correlate and find significant difference in the data. The analysis found a significant difference between COVID cases burden in districts with International Airports (p<0.039) and those without it. Positive correlation of population density (r=0.65) with COVID-19 case burden and negative correlation of case fatality rate with NITI Aayogs health index (r=-0.12), human development index (HDI) (r=-0.18), per-capita expenditure on health (r=-0.072) and a correlation of r=0.16 was observed for gross state domestic product. Decongestion of cities through perspective urban planning is the need of the hour. Stricter quarantine measures in those districts with international airports can help reduce the transmission. Negative correlation of HDI and NITI Aayogs health index with CFR emphasizes the importance of improvements in social determinants of health.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110139
Author(s):  
Jodie Murphy-Oikonen ◽  
Lori Chambers ◽  
Karen McQueen ◽  
Alexa Hiebert ◽  
Ainsley Miller

Rates of sexual victimization among Indigenous women are 3 times higher when compared with non-Indigenous women. The purpose of this secondary data analysis was to explore the experiences and recommendations of Indigenous women who reported sexual assault to the police and were not believed. This qualitative study of the experiences of 11 Indigenous women reflects four themes. The women experienced (a) victimization across the lifespan, (b) violent sexual assault, (c) dismissal by police, and (d) survival and resilience. These women were determined to voice their experience and make recommendations for change in the way police respond to sexual assault.


1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-69
Author(s):  
Dorothy G. Herron

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