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  • Osteoarthritis Initiative

    Alternate Title(s)
    OAI
    Description

    Four clinical centers participated in this 11 year, prospective observational study of knee osteoarthritis. The goal of the research was to identify biochemical, genetic, and imaging biomarkers associated with the development and progression of osteoarthritis. Evaluation of the cumulative data in comparison with structural and/or clinical outcomes is expected to provide insights into the prevention...

    Subject
    Osteoarthritis
    Osteoarthritis, Knee
    Osteoarthritis/epidemiology
    Access Rights
    Registration required
    Local Experts
    Qoot Alkhubaizi
  • UMB Dataset

    Prevalence, Control, and Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension, and High Cholesterol in the Amish

    Authors
    Braxton C. Mitchell
    Shisi He
    Kathleen A. Ryan
    Elizabeth A. Streeten
    11 more author(s)...
    Description

    Diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia are three of the major risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a leading cause of death in the United States. The burden of these disorders is not uniform across the country primarily due to socioeconomic status, cultural practices, and lifestyle. To evaluate the effect of these disparities, this study compared the prevalence...

    Subject
    Amish
    Epidemiology
    Heart Disease Risk Factors
  • UMB Dataset

    Social Capital during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Case of the Island of Menorca

    Authors
    Ester Villalonga-Olives
    Ichiro Kawachi
    Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado
    Description

    This dataset was created to understand the mechanisms through which social capital shaped the community response to the coronavirus pandemic on the island of Menorca, Spain. Data was collected through qualitative interviews of 25 permanent residents of the island between April and June of 2020. The age range of the participants was between 26 to 89 years old. The semi-structured interview guide had...

    Subject
    COVID-19
    Social Capital
    Spain/epidemiology
    Timeframe
    2020
    Access Rights
    Approval required