Nature

Confirmatory factor analysis comparing incentivized experiments with self-report methods to elicit adolescent smoking and vaping social norms

Globally, tobacco smoking is still the most important preventable risk factor for chronic disease 1. Smokers usually start during adolescence when the influence of social norms on behavior is most ...
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Confirmatory-factor-analysis-derived metabolic syndrome risk score: development, validation, and clinical utility in dual adolescent populations

This study developed and validated a continuous metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk score (msRS) for adolescents and evaluated its clinical utility in identifying multiple clinical cardiovascular markers ...