Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with increased odds of fragility fractures, osteoporosis, and higher abdominal and femoral fat levels.

Background: A measure of the socioeconomic deprivation experienced by the registered patient population of a general practice is of interest because it can be used to explore the association between ...

Background Maternal obesity is known to be associated with a range of adverse outcomes, both for the mothers and their children. It may be more prevalent in areas with higher deprivation as measured ...

The way the Government measures deprivation fails to take into account the challenges faced in rural areas like Cornwall, a new report has said. Researchers at Plymouth Marjon University criticised ...

Molecular Gene Expression Profiling to Predict the Tissue of Origin and Direct Site-Specific Therapy in Patients With Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Prospective Trial of the Sarah Cannon ...

Social groups should be stratified by the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). The IMD reflects different aspects of deprivation, is widely collected in research studies, and is often used to estimate ...

We calculated three measures of practice level deprivation. In the first method we used the All Fields Postcode Directory to link the postcode of the main surgery address to its LSOA, [20] and hence ...