Prevalence of atopy and respiratory allergic diseases in the elderly SAPALDIA population (Publications)
1% in women, respectively (both p < 0.001). Prevalence rates of self-reported allergic rhinitis in subjects > 60 years old were 13.0% for men and 15.4% for women (p = 0.12), and for doctor's diagnosed asthma [...] asthma 6.6% versus 7.6%, respectively (p = 0.40). Both rhinitis and asthma prevalences were higher in persons
The contribution of malaria control interventions on spatio-temporal changes of parasitaemia risk in Uganda during 2009-2014 (Publications)
living in urban areas were associated with parasitaemia odds reduction of 46% (95% BCI: 0.51-0.57) and 57% (95% BCI: 0.40-0.53), respectively. The probability of parasitaemia risk decline in the country was
Malaria treatment for prevention: a modelling study of the impact of routine case management on malaria prevalence and burden (Publications)
years old > 0.3), affecting 39% of young children in Benin and 20% in Mozambique previously living in those areas. In Kenya where most of the population lives in areas with prevalence below 0.15, and case [...] reduction - up to 50% - was observed in young children from lower transmission settings (prevalence below 0.2), alongside a 35% reduction in incidence, when increasing effective treatment from 28% to 60%. A nonlinear [...] case management is fairly high (53.9%), 0.39% of children were...
Excess mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: evidence from a rural survey (Publications)
death in 2020 included cardiac disease (CSMR = 121.0, CI = 115.8-127.3), stroke (CSMR = 108.0, CI = 102.6-114.0), and acute respiratory infection (CSMR = 61.0, CI = 55.1-66.5), all displaying significantly
Follow-up of patients with chronic conditions within primary care practices during COVID-19: results from 7 central and eastern-European countries... (Publications)
p-value = 0.005), an above-average chronic patient population (aOR = 3.13, p-value = 0.006), adequate government support (aOR = 2.35, p-value = 0.001), and GPs having time for guideline reading (aOR = 0.008
Follow-up of patients with chronic conditions within primary care practices during COVID-19: results from 7 Central and Eastern-European countries... (Publications)
p-value = 0.005), an above-average chronic patient population (aOR = 3.13, p-value = 0.006), adequate government support (aOR = 2.35, p-value = 0.001), and GPs having time for guideline reading (aOR = 0.008
Circulating biomarkers of airflow limitation across the life span (Publications)
adult life (p=0.02 and 0.005, respectively). In adults, persistently high levels of the biomarker score were associated with subsequent accelerated decline of FEV(1) and FEV(1)/FVC (p=0.01 and 0.001). CONCLUSION:
Mixtures of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution, built environment and temperature and stroke incidence across Europe (Publications)
surfaces were associated with a protective effect [%change in HR per 1 unit = -2.0 (95 %CI, -5.9;2.0) and -1.1(95 %CI, -2.0; -0.3) for traditional adult and administrative cohorts, respectively]. No clear
Modular Clinical Decision Support Networks (MoDN)-Updatable, interpretable, and portable predictions for evolving clinical environments (Publications)
consultation) with a mean macro F1 score across all diagnoses of 0.749 vs 0.651 for logistic regression and 0.620 for multilayer perceptron (p < 0.001). To test collaborative learning between IIO datasets, we
Effects of climatic factors on diarrheal diseases among children below 5 years of age at national and subnational levels in Nepal: an ecological study (Publications)
C increase in mean temperature (4.4%; 95% CI: 3.95, 4.85) and 1 cm increase in rainfall (0.28%; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.41). Seasonal variation of diarrheal incidence was prominent at the national level (11.63% [...] minimum temperature, rainfall, relative humidity, and diarrhea burden. Predictors with p-values < 0.25 were retained in the fitted models. RESULTS: Overall, diarrheal disease incidence in Nepal significantly
