Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain a major challenge in the
21st century. High-income countries (HICs) populations are ethnically and culturally diverse …

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and Scopus
and included community-based cross-sectional studies reporting data on the prevalence of …

Background In the United States, COPD is a leading cause of mortality, with a substantial
societal health and economic burden. With anticipated population growth, it is important for …

Smoking is the leading risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
worldwide, yet many people who never smoke develop COPD. We perform a longitudinal …

Background AI models have shown promise in performing many medical imaging tasks.
However, our ability to explain what signals these models have learned is severely lacking …

Abstract Background & Aims Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects about 25% of
the general population worldwide. Although epidemiology of NAFLD is well studied in the …

Rationale: Racial residential segregation has been associated with worse health outcomes,
but the link with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) morbidity has not been …

Aims The aim is to evaluate associations of lung function impairment with risk of incident
heart failure (HF). Methods and results Data were pooled across eight US population-based …

The elderly and patients with several comorbidities experience more severe cases of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than healthy patients without underlying medical …

Purpose Claim data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) database have
previously been utilized in the study of COPD. However, there are limited data on the …