Particulate matter and subclinical atherosclerosis: associations between different particle sizes and sources with carotid intima-media thickness in... (Publications)
and 90th percentile was 1.58% (95% CI: -0.30, 3.47%) for PM10, 2.10% (95% CI: 0.04, 4.16%) for PM2.5, 1.67% (CI: -0.13, 3.48%) for the vehicular source of PM2.5, -0.58% (95% CI: -3.95, 2.79%) for the crustal [...] crustal source of PM2.5, 2.06% (95% CI: 0.03, 4.10%) for PNC, and 2.32% (95% CI: 0.23, 4.40%) for LDSA. Stronger associations were observed among diabetics, subjects with low educational level and those
Is age at menopause increasing across Europe? Results on age at menopause and determinants from two population-based studies (Publications)
activity (HR, 1.37; 95%, CI, 1.12-1.67). The determinant for later menopause was multiparity (HR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.62-0.89). Predictors were similar for naturally and surgically induced menopause. Oral contraceptive [...] ous effects on timing of menopause. Later birth was associated with later menopause (HR, 0.934; 95% CI, 0.91-0.96). This evidence of a secular trend is heterogeneous across countries. CONCLUSIONS: Age
Diagnostic accuracy of the InBios Scrub Typhus DetectTM ELISA for the detection of IgM antibodies in Chittagong, Bangladesh (Publications)
a specificity (Sp) of 92.4 (95% CI: 95.0(-)89.0), while for convalescent samples the OD cut-off was > /=1.50 with Sn of 66.0 (95% CI: 78.5(-)51.7) and Sp of 96.0 (95% CI: 98.3(-)92.3). Comparisons against [...] cut-off OD to be within the range of 0.75(-)1.25. For admission samples, the best Sn/Sp compromise was at 1.25 OD (Sn 91.5%, Sp 92.4%) and for convalescent samples at 0.75 OD (Sn 69.8%, Sp 89.5%). A relatively
Bovine leptospirosis in abattoirs in Uganda: molecular detection and risk of exposure among workers (Publications)
= 3, p-value 0.003), exotic versus local breeds (OR = 21.3, p-value 0.002) or cattle from Western Uganda (OR = 4.4, p-value 0.001) and from regions across the border (OR = 3.3, p-value 0.032) versus from [...] urine) positive carcass ranged from 27% (95% credibility interval 18.6-52.3) to 100% (95% CI 91.0-100.0), with halal butchers and pluck inspectors being at highest risk. In conclusion, cattle slaughtered
Doxycycline responding illnesses in returning travellers with undifferentiated non-malaria fever: a European multicenter prospective cohort study (Publications)
95%CI 4.85-322.18). Features of dengue such as retro-orbital pain (aOR 0.40, 95%CI 0.21-0.76) and neutropenia (aOR 0.41, 95%CI 0.21-0.79) were negatively associated with DRI. CONCLUSIONS: Although DRI are
Cross-validation of bioelectrical impedance analysis for the assessment of body composition in a representative sample of 6- to 13-year-old children (Publications)
(RMSE)=0.90 (95% CI 0.82-0.98) vs 1.12 kg (1.01-1.24); limits of agreement 1.80 to -1.80 kg vs 2.24 to -2.24 kg). 8-BIA also gave accurate estimates of appendicular body composition, with RMSE < or = 0.10 [...] 10 kg for arms and < or = 0.24 kg for legs. All external 4-BIA algorithms performed poorly with substantial negative proportional bias (r> or = 0.48, P
Levels of physical activity and sedentary time among 10- to 12-year-old boys and girls across 5 European countries using accelerometers: an... (Publications)
and PA according to gender and country. METHODS: 686 children (mean age = 11.6 +/- 0.8 years, 53% girls, mean BMI = 19.0 +/- 3.4 kg/m2) from Belgium, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands and Switzerland wore [...] respectively; p < 0.001). 4.6% of the girls and 16.8% of the boys met moderate-to-vigorous PA recommendations of at least 60 minutes/day. Greek boys were more sedentary (510 minutes/day; all at p < 0.05) than other [...] girls were less sedentary (457 minutes/day; all at p < 0.05) than...
A Kiswahili version of the SF-36 Health Survey for use in Tanzania: translation and tests of scaling assumptions (Publications)
ranged from 0.47 to 0.81 for the entire sample. Median scaling success rates were 100% (range 87.5- 100.0). The median internal consistency reliability of the eight scales for the entire sample was 0.81 (range [...] (range 0.70-0.92). Floor effects were low and ceiling effects were high on five of the eight scales. Results for n = 402 people without formal education did not differ substantially from those of the entire
Development of HIV drug resistance and therapeutic failure in children and adolescents in rural Tanzania - an emerging public health concern (Publications)
odds of VF. CD4 T cell percentage [OR = 0.20; 0.10-0.40 per additional 10%] and older age at ART initiation [OR = 0.84per additional year-of-age; 95%CI 0.73 to 0.97] were protective (also in predicting
Air pollution and atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional analysis of four European cohort studies in the ESCAPE study (Publications)
estimated increase in CIMT (geometric mean) of 0.72% (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: -0.65%, 2.10%) per 5 microg/m3 increase in PM2.5 and 0.42% (95% CI: -0.46%, 1.30%) per 10-5/m increase in PM2.5abs. Living [...] analyses. In an extended meta-analysis for PM2.5 with three other previously published studies, a 0.78% (95% CI: -0.18%, 1.75%) increase in CIMT was estimated for a 5 microg/m3 contrast in PM2.5. CONCLUSIONS:
