Prevalence of wheezing and atopic diseases in Austrian schoolchildren in conjunction with urban, rural or farm residence (Publications)
lower risk for W12 (odds ratios (OR) = 0.3; 95 %; confidence interval (CI) 0.2-0.5), dd-asthma (OR = 0.4; 95 % CI 0.2-0.9) and dd-hay fever (OR 0.2; 95 % CI 0.1-0.4). The protective effect of regular exposure
Variability and reproducibility of carotid structural and functional parameters assessed with transcutaneous ultrasound - results from the SAPALDIA... (Publications)
ICCs of repeated examinations ranged between 0.67 and 0.77 for blood pressure indices, between 0.87 and 0.97 for structural properties and between 0.75 and 0.79 for functional parameters. CV was lowest [...] 4.2(19.6)% for strain, 1.9(24.4)% for distensibility, 2.4(22.2)% for compliance, 3.0(24.4)% for ß-stiffness index, 0.9(25.7)% for Peterson's elastic modulus and 1.2(27.9)% for Young's elastic modulus. [...] structural parameters (1.6-4.6%), followed by blood pressure (5.1-7.9%) and...
Is there a gender-specific association between asthma and carotid intima media thickness in Swiss adolescents? (Publications)
was significantly different by gender (male 0.53 mm (+/- 0.045), female 0.50 mm (+/- 0.048); p < 0.001). Interaction was highly significant by gender (p = 0.001) with significantly increased CIMT in asthmatic [...] asthmatic vs. non-asthmatics boys (difference 0.023 mm, 95% CI 0.003; 0.043), as compared to girls. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests an increased risk for early vascular change in adolescent asthmatic boys
Dietary magnesium, vitamin D, and animal protein intake and their association to the linear growth trajectory of children from birth to 24 months of... (Publications)
with the linear growth trajectory. We also found that birth weight (beta = 0.91, P < .01), treating water (beta = 0.35, P < 0.00), and maternal height (beta = 3.4, P < .00) were positively associated with [...] association with the slope (beta = -0.39, P < .01; beta = 0.08, P < .04), respectively. Conversely, birth weight had negative association with the slope (beta = -0.12, P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Dietary magnesium [...] positively associated (coefficient beta = 0.006, P < .02) with LAZ at 12...
Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries (Publications)
was 0.26% (95% confidence interval 0.24% to 0.28%), corresponding to 8203 annual excess deaths (95% confidence interval 3525 to 12 840) across the 406 cities studied. The excess remained at 0.20% (0.18% [...] Europe, America, and China, excess mortality was 0.14%, 0.09%, and 0.05%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that ozone related mortality could be potentially reduced under stricter air quality [...] 18% to 0.22%) when restricting to days above the WHO guideline (100 microg/m(3)),...
Prediction of live body weight using length and girth measurements for pigs in rural western Kenya (Publications)
42 +/- 17.0 kg, respectively. Models for the young, market-age, and breeding-age pigs were weight = 0.18 (length) + 0.36 (girth) - 16, weight = 0.39 (length) + 0.64 (girth) - 48, and weight = 0.36 (length) [...] (length) + 1.02 (girth) - 74, respectively. A single prediction model for weight = 0.25 (length) + 0.56 (girth) - 32 was also developed. Weight predicted by the models was a more accurate estimate than that
Rapid appraisal of human intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren in Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
(OR)=0.69, p=0.022); tap water was borderline protective (OR=0.56, p=0.057). Children of the richest families were at a lower risk of an E. vermicularis infection than the poorest ones (OR=0.41, p=0.011) [...] Sharing the bed with more than one person was a risk factor for E. vermicularis infection (OR=2.0, p=0.002). Based on the results, it has been concluded that targeted efforts to control intestinal helminths
Density interactions among <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae</em> and <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in the nasopharynx of young... (Publications)
11-3.17, P < 0.001) and qPCR (OR 1.95-1.97, P < 0.01). The densities of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae, measured by qPCR, were positively correlated (correlation coefficient 0.32, P < 0.001). A negative [...] presence of S. pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in carriage with both culture (OR 0.45, P = 0.024) and qPCR (OR 0.61, P < 0.05). The impact of density on detection by culture and the observed density-related
Identification of fungal candidates for asthma protection in a large population based study (Publications)
hypothesis-driven approach Penicillium chrysogenum emerged with an odds ratio of 0.80 (95%-confidence interval 0.66-0.96; p=0.020). The effect size was changed by 39% towards the null when adjusting for the [...] additional band (containing DNA of Pseudotaeniolina globosa) with reduced risk of asthma (OR=0.80 [0.66-0.96], p=0.012). CONCLUSIONS: A large population based study revealed several fungal taxa with inverse
Visual and motor evoked potentials in the course of multiple sclerosis (Publications)
(rho > or = 0.6, P < or = 0.01). When the latencies of VEP and MEP were combined using the sum of their Z scores, correlation with the EDSS was even more significant (rho > or = 0.6, P < 0.001). Changes [...] cal data and EDSS were also correlated (rho = 0.43, P < 0.05). Moreover, VEP and MEP at baseline correlated with the EDSS after 2 years (rho = 0.43,P = 0.03). Reliable prediction of the course of multiple
