Bridging the gap: how traditional healers interact with their patients. A comparative study in Cameroon (Publications)
n (P < 0.05) and communicated more emotionally (P < 0.001). They asked more frequently for their patients' opinion (P < 0.01) and explicitly discussed their patients' concept of illness (P < 0.001). Patients [...] (P < 0.05). Patients of TH travelled 2.5 times as far to their provider as did patients in the WP group (79 vs. 31 km; P < 0.05) and paid 12 times more for their treatment (123 vs. 10 Euros; P < 0.05). [...] of TH were shorter (5.6 vs. 10.3 min, P < 0.01), had fewer...
Relationship between HIV-1 Env subtypes A and D and disease progression in a rural Ugandan cohort (Publications)
n was 0.72 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.50 to 0.85] for A and 0.58 (95% CI, 0.42 to 0.71) for D, and the adjusted hazard ratio of subtype D compared to A was estimated to be 1.39 (95% CI, 0.66 to 2 [...] 2.94; P = 0.39). The estimated difference in rates of decline in square root CD4 lymphocyte counts was -0.41 per year (95% CI, -0.98 to 0.15; P = 0.15). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that although subtype
Family characteristics as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a population-based case-control study (Publications)
siblings and ALL diagnosed at age 0-4 years (OR per sibling 0.85, 95% CI 0.68-1.06; p = 0.141) and a positive trend for ALL diagnosed at age 5-9 (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.05-1.72; p = 0.019), with some evidence for [...] (OR per 5-year increase in maternal age 1.18, 95% CI 1.05-1.31; p = 0.004), remaining stable (trend OR 1.14, 95% CI 0.99-1.31; p = 0.060) after adjustment for other risk factors. The association with paternal [...] increase 1.14, 95% CI 1.01-1.28, p = 0.032) and disappeared after...
A polymorphism in CD14 modifies the effect of farm milk consumption on allergic diseases and CD14 gene expression (Publications)
between farm milk and asthma varied between the genotypes: AA, 0.18 (95% CI, 0.07-0.47); AG, 0.47 (95% CI, 0.26-0.86); and GG, 0.98 (95% CI, 0.46-2.08). Similar patterns were observed for symptoms of allergic [...] gene expression (adjusted geometric means ratios: AA, 1.61 (95% CI, 0.98-2.66); AG, 1.11 (95% CI, 0.71-1.72); and GG, 0.76 (95% CI, 0.39-1.48). CONCLUSION: The protective effect of farm milk consumption
Puberty and microvascular function in healthy children and adolescents (Publications)
14 (3.0) years and a mean body mass index of 19.0 +/- 3.63 kg m(-2). Significant correlations with RHI were observed for Tanner stage (r = 0.569; P < .001), age (r = 0.567; P < .001), stature (r = 0.553; [...] function (R(2) = 0.242; beta = 0.492; P < .001). Prepubertal children (group 1) had a significantly lower RHI [1.14 (0.24)] compared with group 2 [1.65 (0.57)] and group 3 [1.70 (0.75)] (all P < .001) [...] 553; P < .001), systolic blood pressure (r = 0.4941; P < .001), and body mass...
Different contribution of interleukin-6 and cortisol activity to total plasma fibrin concentration and to acute mental stress-induced fibrin formation (Publications)
activity (R2 = 0.33, P = 0.007) and total cortisol activity (DeltaR2 = 0.17, P = 0.034) explained 50% of the variance in total D-dimer activity. Stress-induced changes in fibrinogen (R2 = 0.47, P = 0.001) and [...] entire 2-h period and of stress reactivity of proteins. IL-6 (P < 0.001), fibrinogen (P = 0.001), D-dimer (P = 0.021) and cortisol (P < 0.001) had all significantly changed across the four time points assessed [...] and IL-6 (DeltaR2 = 0.18, P = 0.008) together explained 65% of the...
The intergenerational relationship between conditional cash transfers and newborn health (Publications)
weight (OR 0.93, CI; 0.92-0.94), very low birth weight (0.87, CI; 0.84-0.89), as well as to be born after 37 weeks of gestation (OR 0.98, CI; 0.97-0.99) or 28 weeks of gestation (OR 0.93, CI; 0.88-0.97). There
Bridging the gap: how traditional healers interact with their patients. A comparative study in Cameroon (Publications)
n (P < 0.05) and communicated more emotionally (P < 0.001). They asked more frequently for their patients' opinion (P < 0.01) and explicitly discussed their patients' concept of illness (P < 0.001). Patients [...] (P < 0.05). Patients of TH travelled 2.5 times as far to their provider as did patients in the WP group (79 vs. 31 km; P < 0.05) and paid 12 times more for their treatment (123 vs. 10 Euros; P < 0.05). [...] of TH were shorter (5.6 vs. 10.3 min, P < 0.01), had fewer...
Relationship between HIV-1 Env subtypes A and D and disease progression in a rural Ugandan cohort (Publications)
n was 0.72 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.50 to 0.85] for A and 0.58 (95% CI, 0.42 to 0.71) for D, and the adjusted hazard ratio of subtype D compared to A was estimated to be 1.39 (95% CI, 0.66 to 2 [...] 2.94; P = 0.39). The estimated difference in rates of decline in square root CD4 lymphocyte counts was -0.41 per year (95% CI, -0.98 to 0.15; P = 0.15). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that although subtype
Family characteristics as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a population-based case-control study (Publications)
siblings and ALL diagnosed at age 0-4 years (OR per sibling 0.85, 95% CI 0.68-1.06; p = 0.141) and a positive trend for ALL diagnosed at age 5-9 (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.05-1.72; p = 0.019), with some evidence for [...] (OR per 5-year increase in maternal age 1.18, 95% CI 1.05-1.31; p = 0.004), remaining stable (trend OR 1.14, 95% CI 0.99-1.31; p = 0.060) after adjustment for other risk factors. The association with paternal [...] increase 1.14, 95% CI 1.01-1.28, p = 0.032) and disappeared after...
