Publications by authors named "P Rovira"
Alcohol-attributable deaths in Thai people from 2015 to 2021 using the comparative risk assessment approach.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- The study examines alcohol-attributable deaths in Thailand from 2015-2021, estimating an annual total of 20,039 deaths, with higher rates in men (6.50% of total deaths) compared to women (1.11%).
- The age-standardized mortality rates increased from 2015 to 2019, reaching 37.5 deaths per 100,000 population, before declining to 34.5 in 2020 and 35.3 in 2021, likely influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The leading causes of these alcohol-related deaths included road injuries, cirrhosis, and other unintentional injuries, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to reduce alcohol-related
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined trends in alcohol-related health issues and deaths among German adults aged 15-69 between 2000 and 2021, focusing on fully and partially alcohol-attributable diseases for specific years like 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2021.
- - Data from hospitalizations, rehabilitation statistics, and death registries were used to assess alcohol consumption and its impact across different age groups and genders.
- - Findings revealed a peak in alcohol-specific health problems in 2012 followed by a decline, with mortality rates decreasing until 2019 before rising again; overall, both morbidity and mortality rates related to alcohol decreased from 2006 to 2021.
Background: Lithuania, a Baltic country in the European Union, can be characterized by high alcohol consumption and attributable burden. The aim of this contribution is to estimate the mortality burden due to alcohol use for the past two decades based on different relative risk functions, identify trends, and analyse the associations of alcohol-attributable burden with alcohol control policies and life expectancy.
Methods: The standard methodology used by the World Health Organization for estimating alcohol-attributable mortality was employed to generate mortality rates for alcohol-attributable mortality, standardized for Lithuania's 2021 population distribution.
Introduction: Epigenetic mechanisms involving microRNAs (miRNAs) play a fundamental role in many biological processes, particularly during prenatal and early postnatal development. Their role in adolescent brain development, however, has been poorly described. The present study aimed to explore miRNA expression in the hippocampus during adolescence compared to adulthood in rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Major depressive disorder (MDD) and obesity are global health problems that frequently co-occur. Among shared etiological factors, genetic variation at the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is interesting since its implication in energy balance regulation, food intake and synaptic function. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in relation to MDD and body mass index (BMI) in two large independent cohorts.
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