Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) usage guidelines for scholarly publishing: a cross-sectional study of medical journals.

Background: Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has developed rapidly and been increasingly used in scholarly publishing, so it is urgent to examine guidelines for its usage. This cross-sectional study aims to examine the coverage and type of recommendations of GAI usage guidelines among medical journals and how these factors relate to journal characteristics.

Methods: From the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) list for medicine in 2022, we generated two groups of journals: top SJR ranked journals (N = 200) and random sample of non-top SJR ranked journals (N = 140).

Quorum Sensing Mediates Interaction with In Vitro.

and are opportunistic pathogens that cause severe infections in hospitals, and their co-infections are increasingly reported. The interspecies interactions between these two bacterial species and their potential impacts on infections are largely unexplored. In this study, we first demonstrated that inhibits the growth of by iron chelating via quorum sensing.

Childhood Housing Condition and Old Age Health Among Chinese: The Mediation Role of Adulthood Socioeconomic and Medical History.

Guided by the lifecourse perspective and social determinants of health framework, this study examined the association of childhood housing with old age health among Chinese and its midlife mediators. Respondents were middle-aged and older adults (aged 45+) from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ( = 12,842). They were asked about their childhood housing conditions (e.

Health Effect of Elderly Family Planning Subsidy on Older Chinese with Only One Child.

The decades-long one-child policy in China has led to a growing number of older individuals with only one child. The Elderly Family Planning Subsidy (EFPS) policy was introduced to provide extra financial support to this group and was expanded nationwide in 2012. This study investigated the relationship between EFPS use and health among EFPS-eligible older Chinese using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

Perceived Housing Problems and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Americans.

Housing insecurity has been shown to be associated with worse mental health. However, previous studies mostly examined one aspect of housing insecurity (e.g.

Education, gender, and frequent pain among middle-aged and older adults in the United States, England, China, and India.

Using cross-sectional data from the United States, England, China, and India, we examined the relationship between education and frequent pain, alongside the modification role of gender in this relationship. We further examined patterns of 3 pain dimensions among participants who reported frequent pain, including pain severity, interference with daily activities, and medication use (these pain dimension questions were not administered in all countries). Our analytical sample included 92,204 participants aged 50 years and above.

Community-Based Residential Relocation in Middle and Older Age: A United States-China Comparison Study on Its Predictors and Associated Mortality Risk.

Objectives: This study compared the United States and China in examining the predictors of community-based residential relocation and its associated mortality risk.

Methods: Data from the 2010 to 2018 US Health and Retirement Study and from 2011 to 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were used (N = 20,292 and N = 11,694). Community-dwelling respondents (aged 50+) reported whether they had relocated and were followed up until 2018.

Parent-Child Relationship Typologies and Associated Health Status Among Older Adults in the United States and China: A Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Background And Objectives: Cultural differences in intergenerational relationships have been well established in prior research. However, cross-national comparison evidence on the parent-child relationship and its health implications remains limited.

Research Design And Methods: Data from the 2014 U.

Long-Term Depressive Symptom Trajectories and Midlife Cognition: The CARDIA Study.

Background And Objectives: The nature of associations between depressive symptoms and cognition early in the life course remains unclear, and racial differences in these associations are not well characterized. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between trajectories of depressive symptom over 20 years, beginning in young adulthood, and cognitive functions in middle-age among Black and White adults.

Methods: We used prospective data from participants of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.

A critique and examination of the polysocial risk score approach: predicting cognition in the Health and Retirement Study.

Polysocial risk scores were recently proposed as a strategy for improving the clinical relevance of knowledge about social determinants of health. Our objective in this study was to assess whether the polysocial risk score model improves prediction of cognition and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older adults beyond simpler models including a smaller set of key social determinants of health. We used a sample of 13 773 individuals aged ≥50 years at baseline from the 2006-2018 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, a US population-based longitudinal cohort study.

Dietary Knowledge and Preference Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples.

This study investigates the interdependence of dietary knowledge and preference and potential rural-urban differences among middle-aged and older Chinese couples. Couple-level data from the 2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey were included (N = 2933). Structural Equation Model examined the actor and partner effects of dietary knowledge on dietary preferences.

Racial/ethnic/gender-Based Differences in Health Trajectories Among American Older Adults: 10-Year Longitudinal Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.

Health disparity by race/ethnicity or gender has been well-documented. However, few researchers have examined health outcomes based on the intersection of individuals' race, ethnicity, and gender or investigated various health dimensions. Guided by an intersectionality framework, this study explores racial/ethnic/gender-based differences in trajectories of multiple health outcomes over a ten-year period among American older adults.

Who Cares for Older Adults? A Cross-National Study of Care Sources for Older Adults With Functional Limitations and Associated Determinants.

The study compared care source typologies for older adults in China and the United States. Data from the 2014 U.S.

Spousal Concordance of Hypertension Among Middle-Aged and Older Heterosexual Couples Around the World: Evidence From Studies of Aging in the United States, England, China, and India.

Background: Health concordance within couples presents a promising opportunity to design interventions for disease management, including hypertension. We compared the concordance of prevalent hypertension within middle-aged and older heterosexual couples in the United States, England, China, and India.

Methods And Results: Cross-sectional dyadic data on heterosexual couples were used from contemporaneous waves of the HRS (US Health and Retirement Study, 2016/17, n=3989 couples), ELSA (English Longitudinal Study on Aging, 2016/17, n=1086), CHARLS (China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2015/16, n=6514), and LASI (Longitudinal Aging Study in India, 2017/19, n=22 389).

Memory Trajectories and Disability Among Older Couples: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms.

Objectives: Using a dyadic approach, this study examined the mediating effect of depressive symptoms on the longitudinal relationships between husbands' and wives' memory trajectories and their prospective disability status.

Methods: Longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study 2004-2018 were used. Older (aged 50+) heterosexual couples who had no limitations in the activity of daily living at the baseline (2004) were included (N = 1,310).

Physical well-being recovery trajectories by reconstruction modality in women undergoing mastectomy and breast reconstruction: Significant predictors and health-related quality of life outcomes.

Objectives: We sought to identify trajectories of patient-reported outcomes, specifically physical well-being of the chest (PWBC), in patients who underwent postmastectomy breast reconstruction, and further assessed its significant predictors, and its relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Methods: We used data collected as part of the Mastectomy Reconstruction Outcomes Consortium study within a 2-year follow-up in 2012-2017, with 1422, 1218,1199, and 1417 repeated measures at assessment timepoints of 0,3,12, and 24 months, respectively. We performed latent class growth analysis (LCGA) in the implant group (IMPG) and autologous group (AUTOG) to identify longitudinal change trajectories, and then assessed its significant predictors, and its relationship with HRQOL by conducting multinomial logistic regression.

Associations of Food Insecurity and Memory Function Among Middle to Older-Aged Adults in the Health and Retirement Study.

Importance: Food insecurity is a leading public health issue in the US. Research on food insecurity and cognitive aging is scarce, and is mostly cross-sectional. Food insecurity status and cognition both can change over the life course, but their longitudinal relationship remains unexplored.

Spatial-temporal variation of extreme precipitation in the Yellow-Huai-Hai-Yangtze Basin of China.

Climate warming leads to frequent extreme precipitation events, which is a prominent manifestation of the variation of the global water cycle. In this study, data from 1842 meteorological stations in the Huang-Huai-Hai-Yangtze River Basin and 7 climate models of CMIP6 were used to obtain the historical and future precipitation data using the Anusplin interpolation, BMA method, and a non-stationary deviation correction technique. The temporal and spatial variations of extreme precipitation in the four basins were analysed from 1960 to 2100.

Insomnia Symptom Trajectory of Spouse Caregivers of Older Adults with Functional Limitations.

Objectives: This study examined the long-term impact of spouse caregiving on insomnia symptoms, compared to propensity-score matched non-caregivers.

Methods: Health and Retirement Study data between 2006 and 2018 were used. Caregivers ( = 403) were respondents (aged 50+) who assisted their heterosexual spouses in performing (instrumental) activities of daily living at baseline.

Depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between sustained food insecurity and cognition: a causal mediation analysis.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association of change in food insecurity over time with cognitive function in midlife, and whether depressive symptoms mediated that relationship.

Methods: We used longitudinal data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. Change in food insecurity in 2000-2005 was coded as "persistently food-secure," "persistently food-insecure," "became food-insecure," and "became food-secure.

History of Low Hourly Wage and All-Cause Mortality Among Middle-aged Workers.

Importance: Earning a low wage is an increasingly recognized public health concern, yet little research exists on the long-term health consequences of sustained low-wage earning.

Objective: To examine the association of sustained low-wage earning and mortality in a sample of workers with hourly wage reported biennially during peak midlife earning years.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This longitudinal study included 4002 US participants, aged 50 years or older, from 2 subcohorts of the Health and Retirement Study (1992-2018) who worked for pay and reported earning hourly wages at 3 or more time points during a 12-year period during their midlife (1992-2004 or 1998-2010).

Health Behavior Patterns and Associated Risk of Memory-Related Disorders Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples.

Studies on the interdependence of couples' health behaviors and subsequent cognitive outcomes remain limited. Longitudinal data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011-2018) were used ( = 1869 heterosexual couples). Latent class analysis identified the dyadic pattern of health behaviors in 2011 (i.

Racial Differences in Employment and Poverty Histories and Health in Older Age.

Introduction: Black Americans encounter more barriers in the job market and earn less than White Americans. However, the extent to which racial disparities in employment and poverty histories impact health is not fully understood. This study characterized employment‒poverty histories for Black and White middle-aged adults and examined their association with health.

Caregiving for Foreign-Born Older Adults With Dementia.

Objectives: This study examines how nativity, dementia classification, and age of migration (AOM) of older foreign-born (FB) adults are associated with caregiver psychological well-being and care burden.

Methods: We used linked data from Round 1 and Round 5 of the National Health and Aging Trends Study and Round 5 of the National Study of Caregiving for a sample of nondementia caregivers (n = 941), dementia caregivers (n = 533), and matched care recipients. Ordinary least squares regression models were estimated, adjusting for caregiver characteristics.

Association Between Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use and Memory Decline: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study.

Background And Objectives: Studies on the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on the cognitive health of older adults are scarce. We sought to examine the associations between SNAP use and memory decline among SNAP-eligible US older adults.

Methods: Participants aged 50+ years and SNAP-eligible in 1996 from the Health and Retirement Study were included.