... health riskfactorsand their role in the current and future disease burden globally and in specific countries and regions His research on riskfactors focuses on environmental risks, smoking, and ... Disease, by Age and Sex Joint Contributions (PAFs) of the Leading RiskFactors to Mortality and Burden of Disease, by Region Individual and Joint Contributions of RiskFactors to 10 Leading Diseases ... Diseases and Total Burden of Disease Individual and Joint Contributions of RiskFactors to Mortality and Burden of Disease from Site-Specific Cancers Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors...
... between IMT, disease- related factors, and markers of endothelial activation Traditional risk factors, like increasing age and dyslipidemia, accounted for increased IMT values in SSc patients and controls ... artery (CCA) in patients with SSc and healthy controls In addition, we related the outcome to traditional riskfactorsand markers of endothelial activation Materials and methods Patients Consecutive ... accident and one patient was known to have left ventricular dysfunction probably caused by coronary artery disease Both had other cardiovascular riskfactors like current or former smoking and hypertension...
... Prevalence andRiskFactors for Refractive Errors………………………………50 4.3 Axial Length and Other Ocular Biometric Parameters………………………… 54 4.4 Myopia Prevalence and Axial Length in the First and Second ... prevalence and patterns of myopia and other refractive errors and theirs associations with major age-related eye diseases in adult Singapore Indians The aims include: i) To determine the prevalence and ... complications and morbidity159-160, 29 a clearer understanding of the associations between refractive errors and these major ocular diseases is important for clinicians, epidemiologists and patients...
... Xu B and Song J Prevalence andriskfactors of overactive bladder syndrome in Fuzhou Chinese women Neurourol Urodyn 2006; 25:717 Teleman PM, Lidfeldt J, Nerbrand C, Samsioe G, Mattiasson A and ... Overactive bladder: prevalence, riskfactorsand relation to stress incontinence in middle-aged women BJOG 2004; 111:600 Coyne K, Margolis M, Zyczynski T, Elinoff V and Roberts RG Validation of ... hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diuretic medications Table Riskfactors for OAB http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2010, 394 CONCLUSION The prevalence...
... Jalisco; 4, Michoacan; and 5, Chiapas received a blood transfusion for woman, spouse used other drugs for woman, spouse had sex with other women for women, and no riskfactors were identified ... before delivery and 54% having or fewer prenatal visits; therefore, this was a high -risk population.[3] In contrast, the CENSIDA surveillance studies were conducted between 1990 and 1999 among ... IS02 SD 701 and ID03 SD 029, and AI3614 (Virology Core of the UCSD Center for AIDS Research) Also partially supported by the San Diego EXPORT Center, National Center of Minority Health and Health...
... severe cases and deaths of pH1N1/2009 did not occur in the elderly group 5 1.3.2 Riskfactorsand high -risk groups Currently, there is not much research related to identifying riskfactors for ... China A/H3N2
... Prevalence of, andriskfactors for, brucellosis in Awassi sheep in Southern Jordan Small Rumin Res 2007, 73, 300-303 Al-Majali AM, Al-Qudah KM, Al-Tarazi YH, Al-Rawashdeh OF Riskfactors associated ... manufacturer, the sensitivity and specificity of the RBPT are 89% and 92%, respectively The ELISA we used had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 98% Positive and negative cow sera controls ... the need to study and understand the epidemiology of trans-boundary diseases such as brucellosis in this country The epidemiology of brucellosis as well as other trans-boundary diseases in Jordan...
... patients Other prospective randomized trials [16] have found a Table 4: Risk group according to amount of vascularization and PI Low Risk High Risk Total Scanty Vascularization and PI > 0.82 (55.2%) ... these data and based on different patterns of recurrence it has been proposed three different risk groups: low (absence of any risk factor), intermediate (DSI ≥ 10 mm, LVSI), and high risk (LN ... cancer "Abundant" vascularization and the lowest PI are related to postoperative treatment due to riskfactors that can be easily and prospectively assessed by TVCD and these findings encourage following...
... vs 15.2%, p = 1.0) Riskfactors for arrhythmias Riskfactorsand their odds ratios are summarized in Table for neonates and Table for infants and children Among neonates, boys and patients with ... SVE, VE and VT Gender, duration of CPB and aortic cross clamp time did not manifest as riskfactors for postoperative arrhythmias Ventricular septal defect repair was a risk factor for JET and Fontan ... Conception and study design, acquisition of data GvB: Conception and study design, revision and final approval of manuscript MCS: Conception and study design, acquisition of data, revision and final...
... poor water and sanitation, and 2–3% from risks such as unsafe sex, tobacco, alcohol and occupational exposures Improving Comparative Quantification of Diseases, Injuries andRisk Factors: The ... of Diseaseand Injuries, and the major riskfactors that cause http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/1/1/5 those health outcomes The approach has been widely adopted by countries and ... to provide a comprehensive assessment of disease burden in 1990 from over 100 diseases and injuries, and from 10 selected risk factors, for the world and major World Bank regions [15-17] The...
... in the southern and northern parts of Xinjiang was 23.1% and 25.9%, respectively Table presents the associations with gender, age and education stratified by region (Southern and Northern) The ... antibody titer group in south, north and KS patients was 35,40 and 28 For medium group, the number is 5,0 and 11 However, the number is 0,0 and 12 in south, north and KS patients for high group( χ2 ... design, sample collection, and statistical analyses performance and participated in the antibody detection JL and LL participated in sample collection Dilimulati and ZH R wrote and collected the questionnaire...
... system, and the statistical analysis was carried out (by SPSS and Epi-info), using frequencies and cross tabulation between dependant and independent variables Chi square test and T test were used and ... designed and supervised on the molecular genetic studies and the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript SZ carried out and personally financed the molecular genetic studies and statistical ... transmission and needle stick injury [20-22] Results of this study indicate that there are only two major genotypes of HCV among chronic carriers in Gaza Strip: Genotype and its subtypes 1a and 1b, and...
... characteristics and extrinsic riskfactorsRisk factor Number (%) of patients Number (%) of patients with HSV-1related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia Without risk factor With risk factor Without risk factor ... evocative The variables analysed as riskfactors for HSV-related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia and fatal outcome are presented in Tables and The variables pneumonia and HSV-related tracheobronchitis ... Table Frequency of outcome death depending on patient characteristics and extrinsic riskfactorsRisk factor P valuea Relative risk (28.0) 1.00 0.95 (26.7) 11 (29.7) 1.00 1.12 (22.2) (36.0) 0.36...
... seasonal infectious diseases, may have biased morbidity and mortality estimates Because the covariates were camp-level characteristics, associations between riskfactors for diseaseanddisease incidence ... and proximity; latrine access and coverage; soap access), nutrition standards (global acute malnutrition and ration adequacy) and health service utilization (new visits per 10 persons/month and ... conducted in Stata 11 and included summary measures of disease incidence and multivariable Poisson regression analyses to identify factors associated with disease Camp characteristics and health status...
... a detailed history and examination from 47 other subjects Complete data for the analysis of hypertension and possible riskfactors in this study were, therefore, available and based on the remaining ... hypertension and kept BP normal (systolic BP , 140 mmHg and diastolic BP , 90 mmHg) Data analysis All the data of this study were summarized as mean and standard deviation for continuous variables and ... Mean systolic and diastolic BP (mmHg) was 128.9 Æ 18.0 and 83.6 Æ 12.9 for men; and 121.1 Æ 18.1 and 77.3 Æ 12.6 for women, respectively (Table 1) Figure displays the mean systolic and diastolic...
... Western countries and developing nations, suggests that most cases of this disease are caused by changes in environmental factors Major riskfactors for T2D such as overnutrition and low dietary ... in fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia and the subsequent development of peripheral insulin resistance (Michael et al., 2000; Takamura et al., 2012) Metabolic and environmental factors affecting ... resistance and impaired insulin secretion The development of T2D involves genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors Insulin resistance occurs in different tissues, mainly in muscle and liver and...
... Talay F et al RiskFactors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection andDisease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis (such as uncle, grandfather, cousin) ... VOLUME • ISSUE 35 RiskFactors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection andDisease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Talay F et al Table Factors associated ... contacts to be infected and become ill APRIL 2008 • VOLUME • ISSUE TURKISH RESPIRATORY JOURNAL Talay F et al RiskFactors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection andDisease in Household...
... associations between insulin resistance and NAFLD, and similar riskfactorsand protective factors for these interrelated disorders Waist circumference and the ratio of apolipoprotein B to apolipoprotein ... NAFLD and its related complications can be expected in the near future Studying the underlying mechanisms and broadening efforts to prevent and control the main universal risk factors, obesity and ... Obesity and Air Pollution diagnosis, and pathogenesis of pediatric NAFLD, as well as the possible associations with obesity and air pollution, which are the adverse effects of urbanization and globalization...
... diagnoses and operations, and the retrospective design Due to these limitations, we could not methodically analyze the impact of the loss of pro- and anti-coagulation factors, total protein and immunoglobulins ... heart disease in newborns and infants – riskfactorsand efficacy of MCT-diet Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:127 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage ... appearance of chylothorax was clearly observable at day postoperative Riskfactors for chylothorax Table lists the potential riskfactors which have been analyzed in our database Additionally we assessed...
... Africans', 'Black' and http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/5/1/7 'ethnic minority groups', and were combined with cardiovascular diseases and related various riskfactors Reference lists ... excess CVD morbidity and mortality may due to several factors including the higher prevalence of CVD riskfactors such as hypertension and diabetes [8,21-29] The major riskfactors for CVD have ... and Sub-Saharan Africans men and women (32% and 45%) were more likely than the general population men and women (8% and 14%) to be non-drinkers African Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African men and...