Prediction of long-term disability in multiple sclerosis (Publications)
EP-latencies(T0) (rho = 0.68, p < 0.0001), but not with MR-parameters(T0). EDSS(T4) as predicted by the formula EDSS(T4) = 4.194 + 0.088 * z-score P100(T0) + 0.071 * z-score CMCT(UE, T0) correlated with [...] with the observed values (rho = 0.69, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Combined EPs allow prediction of long-term disability in small groups of patients with MS. This may have implications for the choice of monitoring [...] prospectively investigated with VEPs, MEPs and the Expanded Disability...
Rhinitis in Swiss adults is associated with asthma and early life factors, but not second hand tobacco smoke or obesity (Publications)
11, 1.79). Older subjects were at lower risk (0.96; 0.95,0.97 per year), as were those raised on a farm (0.64; 0.49,0.84), with older siblings (0.92; 0.86,0.97 per sib) or from rural areas. The risk of [...] also increased in subjects with physician diagnosed asthma (4.02; 2.86, 5.67), reduced in males (0.59; 0.46, 0.77), but not associated with upbringing on a farm or older siblings. There were no significant
Bayesian analysis of zero inflated spatiotemporal HIV/TB child mortality data through the INLA and SPDE approaches: applied to data observed between... (Publications)
age and more antenatal clinic visits during pregnancy (adjusted RR (95% CI)): 0.73(0.53;0.99), 0.18(0.14;0.22) and 0.96(0.94;0.97) respectively. Therefore childhood HIV/TB mortality could be reduced if mothers [...] Laplace Approximation (INLA) suited for GMRF. The models were applied to data from 71,057 children aged 0 to under 10 years from rural north-east South Africa living in 15,703 households over the years 1992-2010
Effect of a lifestyle intervention on adiposity and fitness in socially disadvantaged subgroups of preschoolers: a cluster-randomized trial... (Publications)
effect sizes for BMI were -0.10, -0.05, -0.11 and 0.04kg/m(2) and for aerobic fitness were 0.55, 0.20, 0.37 and -0.05 stages for children of non-migrant, migrant, middle/high EL and low EL parents, r [...] ts (p for interaction> /=0.09). However, children of low EL parents benefitted less, although these differences did not reach statistical significance (p for interaction> /=0.06). Average intervention
Microbial characteristics in homes of asthmatic and non-asthmatic adults in the ECRHS cohort (Publications)
different quartiles: II 0.71 (0.39-1.30), III 0.44 (0.23-0.82) and IV 0.60 (0.31-1.18) p for trend 0.07] and with asthma score (p for trend 0.06) and with atopy (p for trend 0.02). These associations were
Bayesian analysis of zero inflated spatiotemporal HIV/TB child mortality data through the INLA and SPDE approaches: applied to data observed between... (Publications)
age and more antenatal clinic visits during pregnancy (adjusted RR (95% CI)): 0.73(0.53;0.99), 0.18(0.14;0.22) and 0.96(0.94;0.97) respectively. Therefore childhood HIV/TB mortality could be reduced if mothers [...] Laplace Approximation (INLA) suited for GMRF. The models were applied to data from 71,057 children aged 0 to under 10 years from rural north-east South Africa living in 15,703 households over the years 1992-2010
Effect of a lifestyle intervention on adiposity and fitness in socially disadvantaged subgroups of preschoolers: a cluster-randomized trial... (Publications)
effect sizes for BMI were -0.10, -0.05, -0.11 and 0.04kg/m(2) and for aerobic fitness were 0.55, 0.20, 0.37 and -0.05 stages for children of non-migrant, migrant, middle/high EL and low EL parents, r [...] ts (p for interaction> /=0.09). However, children of low EL parents benefitted less, although these differences did not reach statistical significance (p for interaction> /=0.06). Average intervention
Microbial characteristics in homes of asthmatic and non-asthmatic adults in the ECRHS cohort (Publications)
different quartiles: II 0.71 (0.39-1.30), III 0.44 (0.23-0.82) and IV 0.60 (0.31-1.18) p for trend 0.07] and with asthma score (p for trend 0.06) and with atopy (p for trend 0.02). These associations were
Incidence of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria infection in 6-month to 45-year-olds on selected areas of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Publications)
incidence of malaria was 0.25 [95% CI (0.19, 0.32)] and of first malaria was 0.23 [95% CI (0.17, 0.30)] per person per 24 weeks (0.22 in 6-59-month-olds, 0.26 in 5-17-year-olds, 0.20 in 18-45-year-olds) [...] . Incidence of first malaria with symptoms was 0.13 [95% CI (0.09, 0.19)] per person per 24 weeks (0.16 in 6-59-month-olds, 0.10 in 5-17-year-olds, 0.11 in 18-45-year-olds). Multivariate assessment showed
Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in Papua New Guinea: a comparison of Bayesian decision network and multivariate regression modelling... (Publications)
CI = - 0.01-0.02) and slope (β = 0.12; 95% CI = 0.05-0.19). Compared with GLM model performance, BDNs showed improved accuracy in prediction of the prevalence of P. falciparum (AUC = 0.49 versus 0.75, r [...] August (β = 0.015; 95% CI = 0.01-0.03), whereas P. vivax infection was associated with elevation (β = - 0.26; 95% CI = - 0.38 to - 3.04), precipitation during the 3 driest months of the year (β = 0.01; 95% [...] respectively) and P. vivax (AUC = 0.56 versus 0.74, respectively) on...
