Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Cohort"
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Does duration of physical activity bouts matter for adiposity and metabolic syndrome? A cross-sectional study of older British men
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Older adults have low physical activity(PA) and high sedentary behaviour(SB) levels. We investigate how total volume and specific patterns of moderate to vigorous PA(MVPA), light PA(LPA) and SB are related to ... -
Obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular prognosis: from the Partners coronary computed tomography angiography registry
(BioMed Central, 2017)Objective: To investigate the relationship among body mass index (BMI), cardiometabolic risk and coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA). Methods: Retrospective ... -
Physical Activity and Gestational Weight Gain in Hispanic Women
(2013)Objective: Hispanic women have high rates of excessive and inadequate gestational weight gain (GWG) according to Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. Observational studies suggest that physical activity may be associated ... -
Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival and loss to follow-up after a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma in five countries across sub-Saharan Africa
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Survival after diagnosis is a fundamental concern in cancer epidemiology. In resource-rich settings, ambient clinical databases, municipal data and cancer registries make survival estimation in real-world ...