Association between allergic sensitization and intestinal parasite infection in schoolchildren in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
parasite infection and sensitization to Blomia tropicalis (OR: 0.54, 95%CI 0.33-0.89) and to Dermatophagoides spp. (OR 0.65, 95%CI 0.43-0.96), and between protozoan infection and allergic sensitization [...] intensity of geohelminth infection were both associated with reduced risk of polysensitization (OR 0.41, 95%CI 0.21-0.86), and this association remained significant with adjustment for false discovery. Reported [...] detected against the house dust mites (HDM) Dermatophagoides spp. (31.9%)...
Limited activity and social participation after hospital discharge from leprosy treatment in a hyperendemic area in North Brazil (Publications)
limitation, age (r = 0.40; p < 0.0001) and degree of functional limitation (r = 0.54; p < 0.0001), as well as of restricted social participation, activity limitation (r = 0.56, p < 0.0001) and functional [...] operational classification was more common (170; 60.3%). The eye-hand-foot score ranged from 0 to 12 (mean: 0.7). A total of 84 (29.8%) individuals presented limited activity. A slight restriction in social [...] functional limitations (r = 0.54, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Functional...
Factors associated with cessation of smoking among Swiss adults between 1991 and 2011: results from the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
96-0.98, per cigarette smoked a day) and female sex between age 45 and 60 (e.g., OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.61-0.91, at age 50) were negatively associated with smoking cessation. Moreover, smokers at S2 reporting [...] FEV1/FVC /=0.7), higher age in men (OR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.03, per year) and overweight (OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.16-1.64) were significant predictors of smoking cessation. Nicotine dependence (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.96-0 [...] reporting a diagnosis of depression were less likely to quit smoking by S3...
Associations between birth registration and early child growth and development: evidence from 31 low- and middle-income countries (Publications)
(beta = - 0.10, 95% CI: -0.13, - 0.07), and ECDI z-scores (beta = - 0.10; 95% CI: -0.13, - 0.07) among children aged 36-59 months. CONCLUSION: Our findings document links between birth registration and [...] children aged 0-59 months did not possess a birth certificate. After controlling for covariates, not owning a birth certificate was associated with lower HAZ (beta = - 0.18; 95% CI: -0.23, - 0.14), WAZ (beta
Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts (Publications)
ratio (95% confidence interval) of 1.07 (0.95, 1.21) per 10 μg/m³ NO(2), 1.17 (0.96, 1.41) per 5 μg/m³ PM(2.5), 1.10 (0.97, 1.25) per 0.5 10(-5)m(-1) BC, and 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) per 10 μg/m³ O(3). CONCLUSIONS: [...] according to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-9/ICD-10 codes 192.1/C70.0, 191.0-191.9/C71.0-C71.9, 192.0/C72.2-C72.5. We applied Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounders
Association between allergic sensitization and intestinal parasite infection in schoolchildren in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
parasite infection and sensitization to Blomia tropicalis (OR: 0.54, 95%CI 0.33-0.89) and to Dermatophagoides spp. (OR 0.65, 95%CI 0.43-0.96), and between protozoan infection and allergic sensitization [...] intensity of geohelminth infection were both associated with reduced risk of polysensitization (OR 0.41, 95%CI 0.21-0.86), and this association remained significant with adjustment for false discovery. Reported [...] detected against the house dust mites (HDM) Dermatophagoides spp. (31.9%)...
Limited activity and social participation after hospital discharge from leprosy treatment in a hyperendemic area in North Brazil (Publications)
limitation, age (r = 0.40; p < 0.0001) and degree of functional limitation (r = 0.54; p < 0.0001), as well as of restricted social participation, activity limitation (r = 0.56, p < 0.0001) and functional [...] operational classification was more common (170; 60.3%). The eye-hand-foot score ranged from 0 to 12 (mean: 0.7). A total of 84 (29.8%) individuals presented limited activity. A slight restriction in social [...] functional limitations (r = 0.54, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Functional...
Factors associated with cessation of smoking among Swiss adults between 1991 and 2011: results from the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
96-0.98, per cigarette smoked a day) and female sex between age 45 and 60 (e.g., OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.61-0.91, at age 50) were negatively associated with smoking cessation. Moreover, smokers at S2 reporting [...] FEV1/FVC /=0.7), higher age in men (OR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.03, per year) and overweight (OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.16-1.64) were significant predictors of smoking cessation. Nicotine dependence (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.96-0 [...] reporting a diagnosis of depression were less likely to quit smoking by S3...
Associations between birth registration and early child growth and development: evidence from 31 low- and middle-income countries (Publications)
(beta = - 0.10, 95% CI: -0.13, - 0.07), and ECDI z-scores (beta = - 0.10; 95% CI: -0.13, - 0.07) among children aged 36-59 months. CONCLUSION: Our findings document links between birth registration and [...] children aged 0-59 months did not possess a birth certificate. After controlling for covariates, not owning a birth certificate was associated with lower HAZ (beta = - 0.18; 95% CI: -0.23, - 0.14), WAZ (beta
Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts (Publications)
(95% confidence interval) of 1.07 (0.95, 1.21) per 10 mug/m(3) NO(2), 1.17 (0.96, 1.41) per 5 mug/m(3) PM(2.5), 1.10 (0.97, 1.25) per 0.5 10(-5)m(-1) BC, and 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) per 10 mug/m(3) O(3). CO [...] according to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-9/ICD-10 codes 192.1/C70.0, 191.0-191.9/C71.0-C71.9, 192.0/C72.2-C72.5. We applied Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounders
