Interventional cardiac catheterization predictors at Al-Arabi Heart Center in Palestine in 2017 (Publications)
on. Multivariate logistic regression showed Troponin (RR = 4.5), Age (RR = 1.0), Female gender (RR = 0.4) previous catheterization (RR = 2.0), and existence of diabetes as significant predictors for r
Ambient air pollution and adult asthma incidence in six European cohorts (ESCAPE) (Publications)
= 1.10; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.21 per 10 mug/m3; p = 0.10] and nitrogen oxides (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.08 per 20 mug/m3; p = 0.08). Nonsignificant positive associations were estimated for PM10 (adjusted [...] 88, 1.23 per 10 mug/m3), PM2.5 (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.88, 1.23 per 5 mug/m3), PM2.5absorbance (adjusted OR = 1.06; 95% CI: 0.95, 1.19 per 10-5/m), traffic load (adjusted OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 0.93 [...] 93, 1.30 per 4 million vehicles x meters/day on major roads in a 100-m...
Ambient air pollution and adult asthma incidence in six European cohorts (ESCAPE) (Publications)
= 1.10; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.21 per 10 mug/m3; p = 0.10] and nitrogen oxides (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.08 per 20 mug/m3; p = 0.08). Nonsignificant positive associations were estimated for PM10 (adjusted [...] 88, 1.23 per 10 mug/m3), PM2.5 (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.88, 1.23 per 5 mug/m3), PM2.5absorbance (adjusted OR = 1.06; 95% CI: 0.95, 1.19 per 10-5/m), traffic load (adjusted OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 0.93 [...] 93, 1.30 per 4 million vehicles x meters/day on major roads in a 100-m...
Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
low; 11.0 g/dl (95% CI 10.8-11.1) for men and 10.4 g/dl (95% CI 10.3-10.5) for women, respectively. Plasmodium falciparum infections were significantly associated with anaemia (Hb < 10 g/dl). At the aid posts [...] diagnosed at the aid posts and malaria accounted for 30-40% of all clinical cases. Of the malaria cases, 13-20% were HOP employees. On average, an employee sick with malaria was absent for 1.8 days, resulting in
Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
low; 11.0 g/dl (95% CI 10.8-11.1) for men and 10.4 g/dl (95% CI 10.3-10.5) for women, respectively. Plasmodium falciparum infections were significantly associated with anaemia (Hb < 10 g/dl). At the aid posts [...] diagnosed at the aid posts and malaria accounted for 30-40% of all clinical cases. Of the malaria cases, 13-20% were HOP employees. On average, an employee sick with malaria was absent for 1.8 days, resulting in
Long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic kidney disease-associated mortality: results from the pooled cohort of the European multicentre... (Publications)
03-1.66) per 5μg/m(3), BC (1.26 (1.03-1.53) per 0.5×10(- 5)/m), NO(2) (1.13 (0.93-1.38) per 10μg/m(3)) and inverse for O(3) (0.71 (0.54-0.93) per 10μg/m(3)). Results were robust to further covariate adjustment [...] status, marital status, employment status and neighbourhood mean income. Over a mean follow-up time of 20.4 years, 313 of 289 564 persons died from CKD. Associations were positive for PM(2.5) (hazard ratio [...] European cohort. Cohort data were linked to local mortality registry...
Long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic kidney disease-associated mortality - results from the pooled cohort of the European multicentre... (Publications)
03-1.66) per 5μg/m(3), BC (1.26 (1.03-1.53) per 0.5×10(- 5)/m), NO(2) (1.13 (0.93-1.38) per 10μg/m(3)) and inverse for O(3) (0.71 (0.54-0.93) per 10μg/m(3)). Results were robust to further covariate adjustment [...] status, marital status, employment status and neighbourhood mean income. Over a mean follow-up time of 20.4 years, 313 of 289 564 persons died from CKD. Associations were positive for PM(2.5) (hazard ratio [...] European cohort. Cohort data were linked to local mortality registry...
Comparative functional survival and equivalent annual cost of 3 long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) products in Tanzania: a randomised trial with... (Publications)
FINDINGS: A randomised double-blinded trial of 3 pyrethroid LLIN products (10,571 nets in total) was conducted at 3 follow-up points: 10 months (August-October 2014), 22 months (August-October 2015), and 36 [...] significantly different between the 3 net products (p = 0.001): 2.0 years (95% CI 1.7-2.3) for Olyset, 2.5 years (95% CI 2.2-2.8) for PermaNet 2.0 (hazard ratio [HR] 0.73 [95% CI 0.64-0.85], p = 0.001), and [...] between US$1.2 (95% CI $1.1-$1.4) and US$1.5 (95% CI $1.3-$1.7), assuming...
Comparative functional survival and equivalent annual cost of 3 long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) products in Tanzania: a randomised trial with... (Publications)
FINDINGS: A randomised double-blinded trial of 3 pyrethroid LLIN products (10,571 nets in total) was conducted at 3 follow-up points: 10 months (August-October 2014), 22 months (August-October 2015), and 36 [...] significantly different between the 3 net products (p = 0.001): 2.0 years (95% CI 1.7-2.3) for Olyset, 2.5 years (95% CI 2.2-2.8) for PermaNet 2.0 (hazard ratio [HR] 0.73 [95% CI 0.64-0.85], p = 0.001), and [...] between US$1.2 (95% CI $1.1-$1.4) and US$1.5 (95% CI $1.3-$1.7), assuming...
School-based preventive chemotherapy program for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Angola: 6-year impact assessment (Publications)
0% (95%CI -48.6, 20.6). Prevalence of any STH in Huambo was 16.3%, Uige 65.1%, and Zaire 28.2%. Relative reduction in STH prevalence for Huambo was -28.4% (95%CI -92.1, 35.2), Uige -10.7% (95%CI -30.2, [...] asis and STH surveys, respectively. Prevalence of any schistosomiasis in Huambo was 29.6%, Uige 35.4%, and Zaire 28.2%. Relative reduction in schistosomiasis prevalence from 2014 for Huambo was 18.8% (95% [...] 8.8), and Zaire -20.9% (95%CI -79.5, 37.8). A higher proportion of...
