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Baseline CD4 Cell Counts of Newly Diagnosed HIV Cases in China: 2006–2012
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Late diagnosis of HIV infection is common. We aim to assess the proportion of newly diagnosed HIV cases receiving timely baseline CD4 count testing and the associated factors in China. Methods: Data were extracted ...
Height, Socioeconomic and Subjective Well-Being Factors among U.S. Women, Ages 49–79
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: A vast literature has associated height with numerous factors, including biological, psychological, socioeconomic, anthropologic, genetic, environmental, and ecologic, among others. The aim of this study is to ...
Prevention of HPV-Related Cancers in Norway: Cost-Effectiveness of Expanding the HPV Vaccination Program to Include Pre-Adolescent Boys
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Increasingly, countries have introduced female vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV), causally linked to several cancers and genital warts, but few have recommended vaccination of boys. Declining vaccine ...
An Innovative Influenza Vaccination Policy: Targeting Last Season's Patients
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Influenza vaccination is the primary approach to prevent influenza annually. WHO/CDC recommendations prioritize vaccinations mainly on the basis of age and co-morbidities, but have never considered influenza infection ...
Whole Blood Gene Expression and Atrial Fibrillation: The Framingham Heart Study
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) involves substantial electrophysiological, structural and contractile remodeling. We hypothesize that characterizing gene expression might uncover important pathways related to AF. ...
Joint Effects of Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility Loci, Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Colorectal Cancer
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several SNPs associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) susceptibility. Vitamin D is also inversely associated with CRC risk. Methods: We examined main and ...
Impact of the Adipokine Adiponectin and the Hepatokine Fetuin-A on the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Cohort- and Cross-Sectional Phenotyping Studies
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Among adipokines and hepatokines, adiponectin and fetuin-A were consistently found to predict the incidence of type 2 diabetes, both by regulating insulin sensitivity. Objective: To determine to what extent ...
Outcomes of Acute Chest Syndrome in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Predictors of Mortality
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Adults with sickle cell disease(SCD) are a growing population. Recent national estimates of outcomes in acute chest syndrome(ACS) among adults with SCD are lacking. We describe the incidence, outcomes and predictors of ...
Characterization of Dietary Patterns in the Danish National Birth Cohort in Relation to Preterm Birth
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Dietary patterns better reflect eating habits as opposed to single dietary components. However, the use of dietary pattern analysis in nutritional epidemiology has been hampered by the complexity of interpreting ...
Social Participation and the Prevention of Functional Disability in Older Japanese: The JAGES Cohort Study
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: We examined the relationship between incident functional disability and social participation from the perspective of number of types of organizations participated in and type of social participation in a ...