Regular family breakfast was associated with children's overweight and parental education: results from the ENERGY cross-sectional study (Publications)
This study aims to assess (i) the prevalence of having regular family breakfast, lunch, dinner (i.e. 5-7days/week together with their family) among 10-12year olds in Europe, (ii) the association between [...] residence, gender, ethnicity and parental levels of education. METHODS: 7716 children (mean age: 11.5+/-0.7years, 52% girls) in eight European countries (Belgium, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Norway
Wounds to the dorsal carpus (coronation injury) in horses: treatment, complications and survival (Publications)
prognosis for hospital survival was 97.8% and the long-term coronation specific mortality risk was 4.3%. 87.5% were sound and returned to intended use. Risk factors for prolonged hospitalisation time were extensor [...] tendon involvement (4.2 days), carpal joint involvement (3.8 days) and complications (skin necrosis [9.5 days] and local infection [3.2 days]. Coronation injuries reccurred in 8.8% and 20% had evidence of
Transient hyperglycemia in patients with tuberculosis in Tanzania: implications for diabetes screening algorithms (Publications)
DM prevalence was significantly higher among TB patients (N=539; FCG> 7mmol/L:4.5%, 2-hCG> 11mmol/L:6.8% and HbA1c> 6.5%:9.3%) compared to controls (N=496; 1.2%, 3.1% and 2.2%). Association between hy
Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline (Publications)
was increased by -10.2 ml/yr (95% Confidence interval -13.1 to -7.2) in transitional women and -12.5 ml/yr (-16.2 to -8.9) in postmenopausal women, compared to women menstruating regularly. The adjusted [...] expiratory volume in one second decline increased by -3.8 ml/yr (-6.3 to -2.9) in transitional women and -5.2 ml/yr (-8.3 to -2.0) in postmenopausal women. CONCLUSIONS: Lung function declined more rapidly among
Seasonal pattern of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in the environment in Ghana (Publications)
of MU along the Densu River basin was 89/434 (20.5 %), whilst that of the Offin River basin was 50/1166 (4.3 %). The DNA was detected mainly in snails (5/6, 83 %), moss (8/40, 20 %), soil (55/586, 9 %)
Symptoms and cognitive functions in adolescents in relation to mobile phone use during night (Publications)
for daytime tiredness and rapid exhaustibility were 1.86 (95% CI: 1.02-3.39) and 2.28 (95% CI: 0.97-5.34), respectively. Similar results were found when analyzing objective operator recorded mobile phone [...] phone use data (tiredness: 1.63, 95% CI: 0.94-2.82 and rapid exhaustibility: 2.32, 95% CI: 1.01-5.36). The cognitive tests on memory and concentration capacity were not related to mobile phone use during
<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> diversity and population structure across four continents (Publications)
South Pacific (8.1-9.9) Madagascar and Sudan (7.9-8.4), and lowest in South America and Central Asia (5.5-7.2). A reduced panel of only 3 markers was sufficient to identify approx. 90% of all haplotypes in
Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of mortality in relation to malaria incidence in western Kenya (Publications)
positive association with malaria-specific mortality in young children (HR = 9.48; 5.11-37.94), however, in older children (5-14 years), it was associated with a reduction in malaria specific mortality (HR
Efficacy of moxidectin versus ivermectin against <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infections: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial (Publications)
compared to 95.2% (59/62) for ivermectin. Difference between CRs were estimated as -1.5%-pts (95% CI: -9.6 - 6.5), thus the lower limit of the CI exceeds the non-inferiority margin of 7%-pts. No side
Can school-based distribution be used to maintain coverage of long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets: evidence from a large scale programme in... (Publications)
and distributed one LLIN to each enrolled child attending schools in primary grades (standards) 1, 3, 5 and 7, and secondary grades (forms) 2 and 4 in 2013 and again with slightly modified eligibility criteria [...] , ownership of at least one LLIN had dropped significantly in the control area to 65.4% (95% CI 59.5-71.0) in 2015 (P < 0.001), while coverage in the intervention area was maintained at 79.3% (95% CI 75