Adiposity, fitness and metabolic risk in children: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study (Publications)
Abstract Objective. To better understand the early development of cardiovascular disease, we examined the association of adiposity measures and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with baseline values and
Combined impact of negative lifestyle factors on cardiovascular risk in children: a randomized prospective study (Publications)
PURPOSE: Negative lifestyle factors are known to be associated with increased cardiovascular risk (CVR) in children, but research on their combined impact on a general population of children is sparse
Effects of a lifestyle intervention on adiposity and fitness in overweight or low fit preschoolers (Ballabeina) (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Overweight (OW) and low fit children represent cardiovascular high-risk groups. A multidimensional school-based lifestyle intervention performed in 652 preschoolers reduced skinfold thickne
Developing and validating a tablet version of an illness explanatory model interview for a public health survey in Pune, India (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mobile electronic devices are replacing paper-based instruments and questionnaires for epidemiological and public health research. The elimination of a data-entry step after an interview i
Cohort study of somatostatin-based radiopeptide therapy with [(90)Y-DOTA]-TOC versus [(90)Y-DOTA]-TOC plus [(177)Lu-DOTA]-TOC in neuroendocrine... (Publications)
PURPOSE: Radiopeptide therapy is commonly performed with a single radioisotope. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of somatostatin-based radiopeptide therapy with a single versus a combination of r
Acute respiratory health effects of urban air pollutants in adults with different patterns of underlying respiratory disease (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Whether underlying chronic respiratory diseases are susceptible factors for symptomatic episodes, which lead to primary-level care, in association with air pollutant exposures is unknown. W
