The Interaction between Exercise and Marital Status on Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Taiwan Biobank.

Few studies evaluating the relationship between depression and exercise consider peoples' socio-demographic characteristics. This cross-sectional study investigated the interaction between exercise and marital status and depression in Taiwanese adults. Data from the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) was recruited from the Taiwan Biobank.

Association of Age and Sex with Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwanese Adults.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association of age and sex with metabolic syndrome (MS) in Taiwanese adults.

Methods: We extracted information of 4307 men and 4783 women aged 30-70 from the Taiwan Biobank.

Results: The interaction between age and sex on MS was significant (p-value = 0.

APOE Variant (rs405509) might Modulate the Effect of Sex and Educational Level on Cognitive Impairment Risk in a Taiwanese Population.

Education, sex, and the APOE-rs405509 variant are associated with Alzheimer's disease and cognitive performance. We investigated if the rs405509 TT, TG, and GG genotypes modulate the effect of sex and education on cognitive impairment in Taiwanese adults. Data on cognitive health (defined by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores) and rs405509 were from Taiwan Biobank.

Psychological well-being, dental esthetics, and psychosocial impacts in adolescent orthodontic patients: A prospective longitudinal study.

Introduction: We examined the role of adolescent orthodontic patients' psychological well-being attributes (self-esteem, general body image, and positive and negative affects) and the clinical indicators of dental esthetics (orthodontists' ratings on the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need-Aesthetic Component [IOTN-AC]), and their changes from pretreatment to posttreatment as predictors of the psychosocial impact of dental esthetics.

Methods: In this prospective longitudinal study, 1090 adolescent orthodontic patients seeking treatment at the Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China (mean age, 14.25 years; SD, 2.