U-shaped association between age at first childbirth and mortality: A prospective cohort study.

Objectives: We examined the association between maternal age at first childbirth and death from cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in Korean women.

Methods: We used data from a community-based cohort with a follow-up of 18 years (2001-2018). Participants were subdivided into three groups according to the tertiles of age at first childbirth [≤ 23 (n=1498), 24 and 25 (n=1033), and ≥ 26 years (n=1513)].

Effects of the Healthy Children, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Program for Obesity Prevention among Vulnerable Children: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

: We aimed to examine whether the Healthy Children, Healthy Families, and Healthy Communities Program, consisting of multi-level strategies for obesity prevention tailoring the context of socioeconomically vulnerable children based on an ecological perspective, would be effective on improving their healthy lifestyle behaviors and obesity status. : Participants were 104 children (and 59 parents) enrolled in public welfare systems in Seoul, South Korea. Based on a cluster-randomized controlled trial (no.

Serum total bilirubin is inversely associated with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in men with hypertension.

Serum total bilirubin has been suggested to have the potential anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects on the vasculature. This study was designed to investigate the association of bilirubin with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), a marker of arterial stiffness and cardiovascular disease. Hypertensive male subjects (n = 2,361) were classified into groups according to the 50th, 75th, and 95th percentiles of baPWV value.