Effects of passive smoking on heart rate variability, heart rate and blood pressure: an observational study (Publications)
frequency power of HRV compared with subjects not exposed to ETS at home or work. We also found a 2.7% (_0.01 to 5.34%) higher heart rate during the recording in exposed subjects. Conclusions Exposure to ETS
Spirometer replacement and serial lung function measurements in population studies: results from the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
spirometer replacement, uncorrected, corrected by fixed term, and individualized term, the declines were 47.0 (SD, 30.1), 40.4 (SD, 30.1), and 30.4 (SD, 29.9) mL/year, respectively. In healthy never smokers, ultrasonic
Identification of a new locus at 16q12 associated with time-to-asthma onset (Publications)
upstream of IL33) and 17q12-q21 (near ZPBP2 and within GSDMA). Together, these 7 distinct loci explained 6.0% of the variance in TAO. In addition, we showed that genetic variants at 9p24 and 17q12-q21 were strongly
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
