Descriptive epidemiology of anaemia among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in rural Northern Ghana (Publications)
initiation of ANC. RESULTS: We analysed data from 506 women with median Hb of 11.1 g/dL (IQR 7.31-13.8). The median gestational age at booking was 14 weeks (5-36 weeks). The prevalence of anaemia was 42 [...] 7%, with 95% confidence interval (CI) [38.4-47.1], and was high among teenage mothers (52% [34.9-67.8]), mothers who booked in the third trimester (55% [33.6-74.7]) and grand multiparous women (58% [30 [...] [1.78-2.21]) and mother who were underweight compared to those with normal weight...
Evaluation of the Merlin MICRONAUT system for rapid direct susceptibility testing of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli from positive blood... (Publications)
for 0.8% showing minor errors. For gram-positive cocci, 373 isolates were evaluated and MIC agreement was found for 95.6% of 8,951 organism-antibiotic combinations. SIR agreement was found for 98.8%, with
Nutritional status of Tajik children and women: transition towards a double burden of malnutrition (Publications)
iodine intake compared with urban areas; 20.9% of children were stunted, 2.8% wasted, 6.2% underweight, 52.4% iron deficient, and 25.8% anaemic; all more prominent in rural areas. Dietary diversity was higher [...] previous national surveys (2003 and 2009). Prevalence of iron deficiency and anaemia was 38.0% and 25.8%, respectively; 64.5% of women were iodine deficient, 46.5% vitamin A deficient, and 20.5% had insufficient
N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Publications)
placebo was 0.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.5 to 1.2, P = 0.16; Breslow-Day test for heterogeneity, P = 0.01), and the risk ratio of fatal myocardial infarction was 0.7 (95% CI: 0.6 to 0.8, P 0.20). In [...] a risk ratio of 0.7 (95% CI: 0.6 to 0.9, P 0.20), whereas the risk ratio of overall mortality was 0.8 (95% CI: 0.7 to 0.9, P 0.20). There was no difference in summary estimates between dietary and non-dietary
Prevalence of four enteropathogens in the faeces of young diarrhoeic dairy calves in Switzerland (Publications)
evaluated. The prevalences of C parvum, rotavirus, BCV and E coli k99 were 55.0 per cent, 58.7 per cent, 7.8 per cent and 5.5 per cent, respectively. The proportions of herds positive for the respective pathogens [...] The immunoglobulin concentration in the serum of 90.5 per cent of the diarrhoeic calves was below 8 g/l
Molecular modeling study and synthesis of novel dicationic flexible triaryl guanidines and imidamides as antiprotozoal agents (Publications)
of fourteen dicationic flexible triaryl bis-guanidines 3a,b, bis-N-substituted guanidines 7a,b and 8a,b as well as bis-imidamides 9-12a,b having a 1,3- or 1,4-diphenoxybenzene scaffold backbone were s [...] falciparum (P.f.) was assessed. Interestingly, six of the newly synthesized dications viz3a,b, 7a,b and 8a,b were more active against P.f. than the reference drug pentamidine. Also, some of the dications showed
Single pollutant versus surrogate measure approaches: do single pollutant risk assessments underestimate the impact of air pollution on lung cancer... (Publications)
13.3 (95% CI = 6.9-19.8) excess lung cancer cases per 100,000 person years. This estimate was considerably higher than the unit risk-based estimate yielding 1.1 (range, 0.45-2.8) cancer cases per 100,000
Economic burden of underweight and overweight among adults in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review (Publications)
2.5% to 3.8% of the country's total GDP. Using hospital data, and compared to normal weight individuals, 4 articles estimated extra health care costs for overweight individuals of 7% to 9.8% and more;
Spirometry reference equations for central European populations from school age to old age (Publications)
populations. OBJECTIVE: To develop spirometry reference equations for central European populations between 8 and 90 years of age. MATERIALS: We used data collected between January 1993 and December 2010 from a [...] CONCLUSION: We developed spirometry reference equations for a central European population between 8 and 90 years of age that can be implemented in a wide range of clinical settings.
Prevalence of four enteropathogens in the faeces of young diarrhoeic dairy calves in Switzerland (Publications)
evaluated. The prevalences of C parvum, rotavirus, BCV and E coli k99 were 55.0 per cent, 58.7 per cent, 7.8 per cent and 5.5 per cent, respectively. The proportions of herds positive for the respective pathogens [...] The immunoglobulin concentration in the serum of 90.5 per cent of the diarrhoeic calves was below 8 g/l
