Sleep fragmentation and sleep-disordered breathing in individuals living close to main roads: results from a population-based study (Publications)
(odds ratio [OR], 1.58 [confidence interval {CI}, 1.03-2.42]; P=.038) but not in men (OR, 1.35 [CI, 0.77-2.35]; P=.295). Women under hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) were at higher risk for increased
Serum bilirubin is associated with lung function in a Swiss general population sample (Publications)
significant associations persisted in ever smokers, amounting to 1.1 percent (95%-confidence interval 0.1 to 2.2) increase in FEV1/FVC, and 116.2 mL.sec-1 (-15.9 to 248.4) in FEF25-75 per interquartile range
Modification of the association between PM10 and lung function decline by cadherin 13 polymorphisms in the SAPALDIA cohort: a genome-wide interaction... (Publications)
between this CDH13 variant and cumulative PM10 exposure on annual decline in FEF25-75 was successful (P=0.008). The interaction was not sensitive to adjustment for smoking or body weight. Conclusions: CDH13
Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years (Publications)
many countries has been greater than the rate of increase in adult obesity. High BMI accounted for 4.0 million deaths globally, nearly 40% of which occurred in persons who were not obese. More than two thirds
The role of community health workers and local leaders in reducing attrition among participant in the AIDS indicator survey and HIV incidence in a... (Publications)
revisited and consented to participate at 12 months of follow up. The overall attrition rate was 8.0%. A majority of those lost (54.3%) were less than 25 years of age, male (55.1%), not living in union
Effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the dynamics of multiple <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections (Publications)
by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in any one sample of 0.5 microL of packed peripheral blood cells. In children less than 18 months old this sensitivity was
Safety profile of fractional dosing of the 17DD yellow fever vaccine among males and females: experience of a community-based pharmacovigilance in... (Publications)
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Due to a shortage in vaccine supply, fractional dosing (0.1ml) of 17DD Yellow Fever Vaccine (YFV) was proposed in preventive vaccination campaign in Kinshasa
Marginal structural models and other analyses allow multiple estimates of treatment effects in randomized clinical trials: meta-epidemiological... (Publications)
significance. MSM-based effect estimates deviated more from the null than those based on ITT (P = 0.18). The effect estimates of both approaches differed 1.12-fold (median; interquartile range 1.02-1
Association of ambient air pollution with lengths of hospital stay for Hanoi children with acute lower-respiratory infection, 2007-2016 (Publications)
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The association was examined using admission data for 75,432 children in Hanoi, aged 0-5 years, hospitalized with acute lower-respiratory infection (ALRI) and daily air pollutant levels in
Ensuring Africa's food security by 2050: the role of population growth, climate-resilient strategies, and putative pathways to resilience (Publications)
a critical factor in Africa's food systems, with an average temperature increase of approximately +0.3 °C per decade. By 2050, the total food required to meet the 2100-kilocalorie per adult equivalent
