Publications by authors named "Craig A Rolling"
Purpose: Diabetes is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing adverse health conditions in the United States and disproportionately affects those demographic and socioeconomic groups that are also more likely to be involved with the criminal justice (CJ) system. This study examines the prevalence and correlates of diabetes among CJ-involved individuals in the United States.
Methods: Using traditional statistical modeling and modern machine learning methods, data from the National Study on Drug Use and Health were analyzed to compare the correlates and predictive interactions of diabetes diagnosis among those respondents on probation and parole to a sample, matched by age and gender, who were not.
Objectives: We aimed to assess the effects of short-term and long-term exposure to ambient fine particle matter (PM) on acute nasopharyngitis.
Methods: A total of 9468 participants aged 18 years and above were recruited from 10 communities in four cities of Guangdong, China during the baseline survey in 2014, and they were followed-up from January 2015 to December 2016. Air pollution exposure was assessed based on the daily concentrations (short-term) and annual concentrations (long-term) of the nearby air monitoring station and the survey date.
Importance: Breastfeeding and exposure to ambient air pollutants have been found to be independently associated with respiratory health in children; however, previous studies have not examined the association of breastfeeding as a potential moderator of the association.
Objective: To assess associations of breastfeeding and air pollution with lung function in children.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Using a cross-sectional study design, children were recruited from 62 elementary and middle schools located in 7 Chinese cities from April 1, 2012, to October 31, 2013.
Importance: Which cardiometabolic risk factors (eg, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, overweight or obesity, and dyslipidemia) are more sensitive to long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and whether participants with these conditions are more susceptible to the cardiovascular effects of air pollution remain unclear.
Objectives: To evaluate the associations among long-term exposure to air pollutants, cardiometabolic risk factors, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1 through December 31, 2009, in 3 cities in Northeastern China.
Background: Ambient PM is considered harmful to the respiratory system. However, little has been shown about the long-term association between ambient PM and asthma.
Methods: A survey from 2007 to 2010 was conducted among adults over 50 years of age in six low- and middle- income countries (including China, India, Ghana, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa), which belonged to one part of a prospective cohort study - the Study on global AGEing and adult health.
While increasing evidence suggested that PM is the most harmful fraction of the particle pollutants, the health effects of coarse particles (PM) have been inconclusive, especially on cerebrovascular diseases, we thus evaluated the effects of PM, PM, and PM on stroke mortality in six Chinese subtropical cities using generalized additive models. We also conducted random-effects meta-analyses to estimate the overall effects across the six cities. We found that PM, PM, and PM were significantly associated with stroke mortality.
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