CCDC26, CDKN2BAS, RTEL1, and TERT polymorphisms in pediatric brain tumor susceptibility (Publications)
combined. The results indicated that four SNPs, CDKN2BAS rs4977756 (p=0.036), rs1412829 (p=0.037), rs2157719 (p=0.018), and rs1063192 (p=0.021), were associated with an increased susceptibility to PBTs, whereas [...] decreased risk (p=0.018). Moreover, the stratified analyses showed a decreased risk of astrocytoma associated with RTEL1 rs6089953, rs6010620, and rs2297440 (ptrend=0.022, ptrend=0.042, ptrend=0.029, respectively) [...] RTEL1 rs4809324 (ptrend=0.033). In addition, SNPs rs10464870...
Ten-year trends of syphilis in sero-surveillance of pregnant women in Rwanda and correlates of syphilis-HIV co-infection (Publications)
participants (25-49 years) residing in urban areas (aOR = 0.43[95% CI: 0.32%-0.58%]) and women with secondary or high education (aOR = 0.35[95% CI: 0.20%-0.62%]) were less likely to screen positive for syphilis [...] 8.32[95% CI: 3.54%-19.56%]), but less likely in women with secondary/high education (aOR = 0.11[95% CI: 0.01%-0.77%]). In conclusion, syphilis increased in HIV-positive pregnant women, but decreased in [...] HIV. Results showed that syphilis decreased from 3.8% in 2002 to 2.0% in...
Associations of daily levels of PM10 and NO2 with emergency hospital admissions and mortality in Switzerland: trends and missed prevention potantial... (Publications)
from any medical cause increased by 0.2% (95% Confidence Interval [95% CI]: 0.01, 0.33) and 0.2% (95% CI: -0.1, 0.6) for a 10µg/m(3) increment of PM10, and 0.7% (95% CI: 0.1, 1.3) for NO2 and mortality. Over [...] emergencies and PM10 changed by a factor of 1.017 (95% CI: 1.001, 1.034) and by a factor of 0.977 [95% CI: 0.956, 0.998]) for respiratory mortality among the elderly for NO2. During the study period, abatement
Comparing a disease-specific and a generic health-related quality of life instrument in subjects with asthma from the general population (Publications)
and the validation measures ranged from 0.29-0.57. Correlations between the emotional function domain and the validation measures were also in this range (0.31-0.55) and not as low as we hypothesized. For [...] role physical, and the validation measures ranged from 0.25-0.56, whereas role emotional and mental health correlated with these measures from 0.01-0.23. CONCLUSION: The AQLQ and the SF-36 showed fairly [...] similar aspects and be correlated moderately (> =0.3) to strongly (> =0.5),...
Breaking the dogma of intravenous treatment for infective endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
rate (OR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.31-0.92). No statistically significant differences were observed for treatment failure (OR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.48-1.14), length of hospitalization (OR: -0.42, 95% CI: -1.55-0.71), c [...] complication rate (OR: 0.38, 95% CI: 0.1-1.54), and mortality (OR: 0.52, 95% CI: 0.22-1.22). Discussion: Our results allow us to conclude that oral switch therapy is a feasible option in clinically stable
CCDC26, CDKN2BAS, RTEL1, and TERT polymorphisms in pediatric brain tumor susceptibility (Publications)
combined. The results indicated that four SNPs, CDKN2BAS rs4977756 (p=0.036), rs1412829 (p=0.037), rs2157719 (p=0.018), and rs1063192 (p=0.021), were associated with an increased susceptibility to PBTs, whereas [...] decreased risk (p=0.018). Moreover, the stratified analyses showed a decreased risk of astrocytoma associated with RTEL1 rs6089953, rs6010620, and rs2297440 (ptrend=0.022, ptrend=0.042, ptrend=0.029, respectively) [...] RTEL1 rs4809324 (ptrend=0.033). In addition, SNPs rs10464870...
Ten-year trends of syphilis in sero-surveillance of pregnant women in Rwanda and correlates of syphilis-HIV co-infection (Publications)
participants (25-49 years) residing in urban areas (aOR = 0.43[95% CI: 0.32%-0.58%]) and women with secondary or high education (aOR = 0.35[95% CI: 0.20%-0.62%]) were less likely to screen positive for syphilis [...] 8.32[95% CI: 3.54%-19.56%]), but less likely in women with secondary/high education (aOR = 0.11[95% CI: 0.01%-0.77%]). In conclusion, syphilis increased in HIV-positive pregnant women, but decreased in [...] HIV. Results showed that syphilis decreased from 3.8% in 2002 to 2.0% in...
Associations of daily levels of PM10 and NO2 with emergency hospital admissions and mortality in Switzerland: trends and missed prevention potantial... (Publications)
from any medical cause increased by 0.2% (95% Confidence Interval [95% CI]: 0.01, 0.33) and 0.2% (95% CI: -0.1, 0.6) for a 10µg/m(3) increment of PM10, and 0.7% (95% CI: 0.1, 1.3) for NO2 and mortality. Over [...] emergencies and PM10 changed by a factor of 1.017 (95% CI: 1.001, 1.034) and by a factor of 0.977 [95% CI: 0.956, 0.998]) for respiratory mortality among the elderly for NO2. During the study period, abatement
Comparing a disease-specific and a generic health-related quality of life instrument in subjects with asthma from the general population (Publications)
and the validation measures ranged from 0.29-0.57. Correlations between the emotional function domain and the validation measures were also in this range (0.31-0.55) and not as low as we hypothesized. For [...] role physical, and the validation measures ranged from 0.25-0.56, whereas role emotional and mental health correlated with these measures from 0.01-0.23. CONCLUSION: The AQLQ and the SF-36 showed fairly [...] similar aspects and be correlated moderately (> =0.3) to strongly (> =0.5),...
Long-term exposure to road traffic noise, ambient air pollution, and cardiovascular risk factors in the HUNT and lifelines cohorts (Publications)
hsCRP (1.9%, 95% CI: 0.5-3.3%) was seen. In Lifelines, an IQR higher noise (4.2 dB(A)) and PM10 (2.4 microg/m3) was associated with 0.2% (95% CI: 0.1-0.3%) and 0.6% (95% CI: 0.4-0.7%) higher fasting glucose [...] associated with 1.1% [95% confidence interval (95% CI: 0.02-2.2%)] higher hsCRP, 0.7% (95% CI: 0.3-1.1%) higher triglycerides, and 0.5% (95% CI: 0.3-0.7%) higher high-density lipoprotein (HDL); only the [...] association with HDL was robust to adjustment for air pollution. An IQR...
