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Exposure

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C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Government of Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare and 6 more
  • Humans1

Associations

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Functional disability

downin humans1HR 0.96

1 study

  1. Public library books lower the risk of functional disability in humans (HR = 0.96, 95% CI: 0.95-0.97).

    “the number of library books (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.95-0.97) and that of libraries (HR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.28-1.00) were associated with the onset of functional disability”

    Humans7.3 yearsn = 73,138

    Public libraries and functional disability: A cohort study of Japanese older adults

    SSM - population health4 Feb 2025

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