Goldman Smedegaard (milkeye9)

This study explored the association between BMI and COVID-19 positive status in a tertiary care hospital from New Delhi. Three hundred and seventy nine adult patients who presented to COVID-19 screening outpatient department of the hospital were interviewed over the phone regarding their body weight and height. The COVID-19 RT-PCR report of the patients was extracted from the hospital information system. The mean BMI and the prevalence of obesity was observed to be higher in individuals who were detected to be COVID-19 RT-PCR positive as compared to those who were negative. With every one-unit increment in BMI above 23kg/m , the odds of being COVID-19 positive increased by 1.8 times among these patients. The findings suggest a dose-response association between BMI and the odds of COVID-19 infection in individuals with excess weight. The findings suggest a dose-response association between BMI and the odds of COVID-19 infection in individuals with excess weight. to determine the oral health practices in patients with DM and to identify their perspectives on treatment-seeking for oral health. We conducted a cross-sectional study in the diabetes clinic of a government hospital in Delhi, India. Data was collected through face-face interviews with the patients. We enrolled a total of 339 participants having a mean (SD) age of 46.1 (5.4) years. An optimal glycemic control was present in 109 (32.2%) participants. Self-reported poor or very poor condition of teeth and gums was reported by 161 (47.5%) and 69 (20.35%) participants, respectively. The awareness that DM worsens oral health was correctly reported by 15.2% participants. The prevalence of twice-daily brushing was 18.6%, and 15.6% participants underwent a dental examination in the previous 12 months. There exists a high prevalence of poor oral care despite unsatisfactory oral health status among patients with DM in India. We recruited 339 patients with DM in Delhi, India. Twice-daily brushing was practiced by 18.6% participants. Self-reported poor or very poor condition of teeth and gums was reported by 47.5% and 20.3% participants, respectively. Patients avoided dental visits when asymptomatic, if not referred and due to fatalistic health beliefs. We recruited 339 patients with DM in Delhi, India. Twice-daily brushing was practiced by 18.6% participants. Self-reported poor or very poor condition of teeth and gums was reported by 47.5% and 20.3% participants, respectively. Patients avoided dental visits when asymptomatic, if not referred and due to fatalistic health beliefs.The distance at which drivers follow other vehicles has been found to be linked to crash risk. Tailgating (i.e. driving at an unsafe following distance) is both endemic and a leading cause of rear-end crashes. Similarly, drivers' decisions about when to merge with a stream of traffic are likely to influence crash risk. Consistent with this, it has been shown that crashes are more common at intersections where drivers more frequently have to slow for vehicles pulling out into insufficient gaps. Therefore, the development of reliable and valid measures of both of these driving behaviours would facilitate further crash prevention research. Given the problems associated with assessing these behaviours during real driving, we developed new video-based measures. In our new following distance measure, participants view videos shot from the perspective of a driver who is following another vehicle at a range of distances across a variety of traffic environments. On each trial, participants report their own minimum comfortable following distance relative to the following distance depicted in the video. In our new test of gap acceptance behaviour, participants view a series of video clips and indicate when they would pull out into the approaching stream of traffic shown in each clip. The two new measures each yi