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HLA-A is a Predictor of Hepatitis B e Antigen Status in HIV-Positive African Adults
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Outcomes of chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) are varied, with increased morbidity reported in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. The factors driving different outcomes are not well ... -
Home endotoxin exposure and wheeze in infants: correction for bias due to exposure measurement error
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2005)Exposure to elevated levels of endotoxin in family-room dust was previously observed to be significantly associated with increased wheeze in the first year of life among a cohort of 404 children in the Boston, Massachusetts, ... -
Homocysteine and Carotid Plaque Stability: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Adults
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Background and Purpose This study aimed to explore the possible association of plasma total homocysteine with carotid plaque stability. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 2010 to 2011. A stratified random ... -
Horizontal Inequity in Elderly Health Care Utilization: Evidence from India
(Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMJE), 2015)Against the backdrop of population aging, this paper presents the analysis of need-standardised health care utilization among elderly in India. Based on nationally representative morbidity and health care survey 2004, we ... -
A hormone complex of FABP4 and nucleoside kinases regulates islet function
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-12-08)Liberation of energy stores from adipocytes is critical to support survival in times of energy deficit, however, uncontrolled or chronic lipolysis associated with insulin resistance and/or insulin insufficiency, disrupts ... -
Hormone Levels During Dietary Changes in Premenopausal African-American Women
(Oxford University Press, 1996)Background: In the United States, 5-year survival rates of 69% and 84%, respectively, have recently been reported for African-American and Caucasian women diagnosed with breast cancer, Differences in the levels of endogenous ... -
Hospice Use Following Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation in Older Patients: Results From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)Background— Older recipients of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are at increased risk for short-term mortality in comparison with younger patients. Although hospice use is common among decedents aged >65, ... -
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Purpose Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a major complication of stroke. We sought to determine associations between infarction of specific brain regions and HAP. Methods: 215 consecutive acute stroke patients with HAP ... -
Hospital Based Emergency Department Visits Attributed to Child Physical Abuse in United States: Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Objectives: To describe nationally representative outcomes of physical abuse injuries in children necessitating Emergency Department (ED) visits in United States. The impact of various injuries on mortality is examined. ... -
Hospital Differences in Cesarean Deliveries in Massachusetts (US) 2004–2006: The Case against Case-Mix Artifact
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Objective: We examined the extent to which differences in hospital-level cesarean delivery rates in Massachusetts were attributable to hospital-level, rather than maternal, characteristics. Methods: Birth certificate and ... -
Hospitals, Market Share, and Consolidation
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Host and Bacterial Proteins That Repress Recruitment of LC3 to Shigella Early during Infection
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Shigella spp. are intracytosolic gram-negative pathogens that cause disease by invasion and spread through the colonic mucosa, utilizing host cytoskeletal components to form propulsive actin tails. We have previously ... -
Household and Community Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in Cameroon
(BioMed Central, 2006)Background: Undernutrition is a leading cause of child mortality in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine the household and community level socioeconomic and environmental factors associated ... -
Household and School-Level Influences on Smoking Behavior among Korean Adolescents: A Multilevel Analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: Trends in adolescent smoking rates in South Korea have not shown substantial progress due to a lack of effective anti-smoking interventions and policies in school settings. Methods and Findings: We examined ... -
Household Food Insecurity Is Positively Associated with Depression among Low-Income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants and Income-Eligible Nonparticipants
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Background: Food insecurity is associated with adverse mental health outcomes. Given that federal food assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aim to alleviate food insecurity, ... -
Household malaria knowledge and its association with bednet ownership in settings without large–scale distribution programs: Evidence from rural Madagascar
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2014)Background: Insecticide–treated bednets are effective at preventing malaria. This study focuses on household–level factors that are associated with bednet ownership in a rural area of Madagascar which had not been a recipient ... -
Household Transmission of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: Vibrio cholerae infections cluster in households. This study's objective was to quantify the relative contribution of direct, within-household exposure (for example, via contamination of household food, water, ... -
How Can the Health System Retain Women in HIV Treatment for a Lifetime? A Discrete Choice Experiment in Ethiopia and Mozambique
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Introduction: Option B+, an approach that involves provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to all HIV-infected pregnant women for life, is the preferred strategy for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. ... -
How Can Vaccines Contribute to Solving the Antimicrobial Resistance Problem?
(American Society for Microbiology, 2016)ABSTRACT There is a growing appreciation for the role of vaccines in confronting the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Vaccines can reduce the prevalence of resistance by reducing the need for antimicrobial use ... -
How common are ALS plateaus and reversals?
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)Objective: To determine the frequency of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) plateaus and reversals in the Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials (PRO-ACT) database. Methods: We analyzed Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ...