Background The association between resting heart rate (RHR) trajectory patterns based on multiple measurements and the risk ...

Background The WHO recommends ≥150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for older adults, while the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare suggests ≥6000 steps/day.

Background Growing up with parental alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a risk factor for psychiatric disorders. This study investigated the risk of mood disorders and of anxiety disorders in the adult ...

Correspondence to Vilde Hatlevoll Stensrud, Dept of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, 7034, Norway; vildehs{at}stud.ntnu.no Background Socioeconomic ...

Background Gender influences cardiovascular disease (CVD) through norms, social relations, roles and behaviours. This study identified gender-specific aspects of socialisation associated with CVD.

Background The association between socioeconomic disadvantage (low education and/or income) and head and neck cancer is well established, with smoking and alcohol consumption explaining up to ...

2 University of Queensland, School of Population Health and Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute 3 University of Queensland, School of Population Health and University of Washington, ...

Background Differential vulnerability to alcohol contributes to socioeconomic inequities in alcohol-attributable harm. This study aimed to estimate the sex-/gender-specific joint effects of ...

Background There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. However, turning these demands for better evidence ...

Correspondence to Dr Nancy Krieger, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; nkrieger{at}hsph.harvard.edu Background Severe ...