Heart rate variability in an ageing population and its association with lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors: results of the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
27.2% lower low-frequency (LF) power than men (n=847). Per unit increase in BMI, SDNN decreased by 0.7% and TP decreased by 1.2%. Persons with high blood pressure had a 9.2% lower LF than normotensive [...] smokers a 15.5% lower LF than never smokers. Each hour of heavy physical exercise was associated with a 2.0% increase in SDNN, a 3.6% increase in the high frequency (HF) range power and a 4.2% increase in LF
Effect of strategic gastrointestinal nematode control on growth of N'Dama cattle in Gambia (Publications)
subsequent rainy seasons until December 1994. One group in every herd served as control (Treatment group 0) and received no anthelmintic treatment throughout the study. One annual fenbendazole treatment had [...] 6.3% higher liveweights after two treatments, the difference was statistically not significant (P < 0.06). Average weights of 3- and 4-year-old, twice-treated animals were 13.1% and 8.2%, respectively,
Mortality among adults transferred and lost to follow-up from antiretroviral therapy programmes in South Africa: a multicenter cohort study (Publications)
Excluding early deaths after TFO or LTF, the risk was comparable among TFOs and retained (aHR, 0.75; 95% CI: 0.54 to 1.03) and higher among LTF (aHR, 2.85; 95% CI: 2.43 to 3.33). After linkage, corrected
An analysis of interprovincial migration in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009 (Publications)
provincial economic status (monthly income per capita: OR = 4.62, p = 0.005) and urbanization (proportion of urban population: OR = 3.47, p = 0.019), suggesting that provinces with high monthly income per capita
A need for better housing to further reduce indoor malaria transmission in areas with high bed net coverage (Publications)
Namwawala and 3398 in Idete. Individually, each house factor had a statistically significant impact (p < 0.05) on the mean catches for An. gambiae s.l. but not An. funestus. A multivariate analysis indicated [...] of house occupants, house size, netting over windows, and roof type were significantly related (p < 0.05) to An.gambiae s.l. and An. funestus house entry in both villages. CONCLUSIONS: Despite significant
The socioeconomic benefit to individuals of achieving the 2020 targets for five preventive chemotherapy neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
2011-2020 and I$313 billion in 2021-2030, considerably greater than the total OPPs averted of I$0.72 billion and I$0.96 billion in the same periods. The net benefit is expected to be US$ 27.4 and US$ 42.8 for
Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
later antenatal care enrolment (p < 0.05). Primiparity and previous experience of a miscarriage or stillbirth were associated with an earlier antenatal care attendance (p < 0.05). Adolescent pregnant women
Population pharmacokinetic modeling of tribendimidine metabolites in <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em>-infected adults (Publications)
Higher dADT, but not adADT, peak concentrations and exposures were associated with cure (P = 0.004 and 0.003, respectively). For the first time, population pharmacokinetics of tribendimidine have been
Re-infection with <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> 6-months post-treatment with triclabendazole in cattle from mobile pastoralist husbandry systems at Lake... (Publications)
(CI) 35.2-48.9%). At the 6-month post-treatment follow-up, the prevalence was 46.0% (95% CI 39.2-52.9%), ranging between 0% and 75% at the herd level. The mean faecal egg counts at the unit of the herd were
Outdoor air pollution and risk for kidney parenchyma cancer in 14 European cohorts (Publications)
higher HRs in association with higher PM concentration, e.g. HR=1.57 (95%CI: 0.81-3.01) per 5mug/m3 PM2.5 and HR=1.36 (95%CI: 0.84-2.19) per 10-5 m-1 PM2.5 absorbance, albeit never statistically significant
