Chronic illness

Disease2 papers5 findings

Humans2

Associations

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Prospective Resilience Scale

downin humans1

1 study

Prospective Resilience Scale is associated with chronic illness in humans (r = -.14).
Humans
Assessing Resilience in the 45 and Up Study: Validation of the Prospective Resilience Scale (PRS) · Clinical gerontologist · 20 Sep 2026

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Alcohol

upin humans1Very low certainty

1 study

Alcohol raises the risk of chronic illness in humans.
Humansn = 40,394
Determinants of Chronic Illness Status Among Adults in Tanzania Based on the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey · Research Square · 18 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Smoking

upin humans1Very low certainty

1 study

Smoking raises the risk of chronic illness in humans.
Humansn = 40,394
Determinants of Chronic Illness Status Among Adults in Tanzania Based on the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey · Research Square · 18 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Biological ageing

upin humans1

1 study

biological ageing is associated with chronic illness in humans.
Humansn = 40,394
Determinants of Chronic Illness Status Among Adults in Tanzania Based on the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey · Research Square · 18 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Olfactory threshold performance

downin humans1

1 study

Chronic illness is associated with olfactory threshold performance in humans.
Humansn = 798
Olfactory Threshold Can Be Reliably Tested With Sniffin' Sticks in Non-Clinical Settings: Associations Shown in a Diverse, General Population · Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 7 Sep 2026

Funding

National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesUS$792.7k1 grant since 2021

Environmental Interventions to Prevent Chronic Illness in Agricultural Communities
National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Colorado, DenverUS$792.7k2021–2031

Latest

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BMC Public HealthReview4 Oct

Community-based interventions for managing frailty among people experiencing homelessness: a systematic review

PLOS Global Public HealthHumans2 Oct

Screening men in the Toledo district of southern Belize for elevated blood pressure and blood sugar

Research SquareHumansPreprint26 Sep

Perceived Environmental Barriers and Disability Among Older Adults in the Eastern Himalayan Region of India: A Mixed-Methods Community-Based Study

HealthcareReview26 Sep

Preventive Care for Non-Communicable Diseases in Greece: A Situational Analysis of Disease Burden, Service Delivery, Financing, Screening and Quality Governance

Industry & policy

Yonsei Medical JournalHumans23 Sep

Urinary Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the KoGES-ARIRANG Community-Based Cohort

Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio

Clinical GerontologistHumans21 Sep

Assessing Resilience in the 45 and Up Study: Validation of the Prospective Resilience Scale (PRS)

Research SquareHumansPreprint19 Sep

Determinants of Chronic Illness Status Among Adults in Tanzania Based on the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey

Frontiers in PsychiatryHumans18 Sep

Prevalence of physical comorbidities and multimorbidity in Borderline Personality Disorder: risk factors and comparisons with schizophrenia and healthy controls

CJC OpenHumans18 Sep

Perceived Self-Efficacy, Gender Roles, and Cultural Identity As Determinants of Vascular and Neurovascular Health in Métis People in Canada

BMC Sports Science, Medicine & RehabilitationHuman trial16 Sep

Feasibility of an exercise intervention for chemotherapy-related fatigue in patients with gynecologic cancer: a randomized controlled trial with multidimensional assessment