Sleep as a contributor to socioeconomic disparities in hypertension: The Midlife in the United States (MIDUS II) Study.

Study Objectives: Hypertension is highly prevalent and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. There is a higher burden of hypertension among individuals of lower socioeconomic status (SES), yet the role of sleep in understanding socioeconomic disparities in hypertension is unclear. We investigated whether sleep quality is a partial mediator of the association between SES and hypertension.

Timing of outpatient postpartum care utilization among women with chronic hypertension and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Background: The postpartum period represents an opportunity to assess the cardiovascular health of women who experience chronic hypertension or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether women with chronic hypertension or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy access outpatient postpartum care more quickly compared to women with no hypertension.

Study Design: We used data from the Merative MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database.

A systematic review of acculturation and sleep health among adult immigrants in the United States.

The United States (US) has more immigrants than any other country in the world, with an estimated 44 million non-US-born individuals residing in the country as of 2018. Previous studies have linked US acculturation to both positive and negative health outcomes, including sleep. However, the relationship between US acculturation and sleep health is not well understood.

Geographic variation in COVID-19 vulnerability by legal immigration status in California: a prepandemic cross-sectional study.

Objective: To quantify COVID-19 vulnerabilities for Californian residents by their legal immigration status and place of residence.

Design: Secondary data analysis of cross-sectional population-representative survey data.

Data: All adult respondents in the restricted version of the California Health Interview Survey (2015-2020, n=128 528).

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Cross-Contamination in the Operating Room: A Case Report.

complex (MTBC) false-positive cultures are commonly attributed to laboratory cross-contamination, but cross-contamination in the operating room (OR) is seldom reported. We report an investigation of cross-contamination in the OR for our case patient, who underwent surgical intervention for a chronic, left-sided breast lesion. Although the case patient had never received bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine or chemotherapy, a subsequent surgical sample culture was identified as MTBC by high-performance liquid chromatography and BCG-type by genotyping.

How stress, discrimination, acculturation and the gut microbiome affect depression, anxiety and sleep among Chinese and Korean immigrants in the USA: a cross-sectional pilot study protocol.

Introduction: Although a considerable proportion of Asians in the USA experience depression, anxiety and poor sleep, these health issues have been underestimated due to the model minority myth about Asians, the stigma associated with mental illness, lower rates of treatment seeking and a shortage of culturally tailored mental health services. Indeed, despite emerging evidence of links between psychosocial risk factors, the gut microbiome and depression, anxiety and sleep quality, very few studies have examined how these factors are related in Chinese and Korean immigrants in the USA. The purpose of this pilot study was to address this issue by (a) testing the usability and feasibility of the study's multilingual survey measures and biospecimen collection procedure among Chinese and Korean immigrants in the USA and (b) examining how stress, discrimination, acculturation and the gut microbiome are associated with depression, anxiety and sleep quality in this population.