Determinants of low bone turnover in type 2 diabetes-the role of PTH (Publications)
mass index (BMI), patients with T2DM had lower serum levels of PINP (p < 0.001), CTX (p < 0.001), iPTH (p = 0.03) and magnesium (p < 0.001) compared to controls. Serum calcium, creatinine, 25-Hydroxyvitamin [...] iPTH remained an independent determinant of bone turnover markers in T2DM (PINP: p = 0.02; CTX: p < 0.001 and BAP: p < 0.01), whereas glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), disease duration, age and BMI were not
Constructing a malaria-related health service readiness index and assessing its association with child malaria mortality: an analysis of the Burkina... (Publications)
that of peripheral health centres (3.5% vs. 0.7%, p < 0.0001). Essential medicines was the domain with the lowest readiness (only 0.1% of medical centres and 0% of peripheral health centres had the whole [...] peripheral health centres, respectively. Mortality rate ratio (MRR) was by 59% (MRR = 0.41, 95% Bayesian credible interval: 0.19–0.91) lower in the high readiness group of peripheral health centres, compared to
Increasing blood flow increases kt/V(urea) and potassium removal but fails to improve phosphate removal (Publications)
+/- 0.14 to 1.22 +/- 0.14 and finally to 1.39 +/- 0.16 (p = 0.0001) with increasing Qb similar to the increase in potassium removal from 53.0 +/- 2.4 to 63.4 +/- 2.6 and to 74.2 +/- 3.8 mMol (p = 0.01) [...] 01). Phosphate removal only improved from 28.1 +/- 1.3 to 31.4 +/- 1.5 (p = 0.050) when Qb was increased from 200 to 250 ml/min but remained unchanged at 31.2 +/- 1.5 mMol (NS compared to phosphate removal
Reproducibility of pacing profiles in elite swimmers (Publications)
for total time in finals ranged between 0.8% and 1.3% (CL 0.6-2.2%). Regarding split times, 200-m freestyle showed a consistent pacing over all split times (CV 0.9-1.6%). During butterfly, backstroke, and [...] (CV 0.9-1.7%), with greater variability in the last section (1.9-2.2%). In breaststroke, values were higher in all sections (CV 1.2-2.3%). Within-subject SDs for changes between laps were between 0.9% and [...] and 2.6% in all finals. Split-time variability for finals and heats ranged...
Analysis of personal and bedroom exposure to ELF-MFs in children in Italy and Switzerland (Publications)
geometric mean (Spearman's correlation 0.78 for personal and 0.86 for bedroom measurements) but less for the 95th and 99th percentile of the personal measurements (=0.42). Spearman's correlation between bedroom [...] taken in the bedroom of children. In our study, sample geometric mean ELF-MF exposure was 0.04?µT for personal and 0.05?µT for bedroom measurements. Living within 100?m of a highest voltage power line increased [...] bedroom and personal exposure was 0.86 for the geometric...
Exposure to microbial agents in house dust and wheezing, atopic dermatitis and atopic sensitization in early childhood: a birth cohort study in rural... (Publications)
amount of dust (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.73, 95% CI 0.58-0.93) and the loads (units/m(2) ) of EPS (aOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.55-1.04) and endotoxin (aOR 0.79, 95% CI 0.60-1.05) in the mother's mattress. Similar
Domestic radon exposure and risk of childhood cancer: a prospective census-based cohort study (Publications)
139.9 Bq/m3) were 0.93 (95% CI: 0.74, 1.16) for all cancers, 0.95 (95% CI: 0.63, 1.43) for all leukemias, 0.90 (95% CI: 0.56, 1.43) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 1.05 (95% CI: 0.68, 1.61) for CNS
A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya (Publications)
being found to be positive on serology. An intra-cluster correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.07 (0.02-0.12); p < 0.0001 was calculated for bovine cysticercosis in this area [...] was poor agreement between meat inspection and serology (k = 0.025; p = 0.2797). The prevalence of taeniosis was estimated as 2.5% (95% CI 0.8-5.6%) by microscopy. A backwards elimination logistic regression
An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages (Publications)
for stage 0, 2.5% (95% CI 2.2 to 2.7) for stage I, and 1.1% (95% CI 1.0 to 1.3) for stages II-III. Moderate to heavy smoking (> or =15 pack years) was significantly associated with both stage 0 (relative [...] likelihood of giving up smoking (RRR=1.39; 95% CI 1.04 to 1.86) than those with GOLD stage 0 (RRR=1.05; 95% CI 0.86 to 1.27). Environmental tobacco smoke had the same degree of positive association in both [...] obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from mild (stage I) to very severe (stage...
Associations of daily walking activity with biomarkers related to cardiac distress in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Publications)
walk and MMRC (R = -0.70; p < 0.001) and fast walk was only independently predictive of MRproANP but not MRproADM once MMRC was excluded from the list of covariates (p = 0.023 and p = 0.057, respectively) [...] MRproANP included age (p = 0.015) and either total walk or steps per day (both p < 0.0001). Total walk or steps per day were the only independent predictors of MRproADM (p < 0.0001). There was a significant
