Calderon, Roger I. Arriaga, Maria B. Lopez, Kattya Barreda, Nadia N. Sanabria, Oswaldo M. Fróes Neto, José F. Araújo, Davi Neri Lecca, Leonid Andrade, Bruno B.
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundThe accuracy of different laboratory tests for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes (preDM) in populations exposed to tuberculosis (TB) remains poorly understood. Here, we examined the prevalence of DM and preDM in TB affected people in Lima, Peru.MethodsA prospective cohort study of patients affected TB and their household...
Moossdorff-Steinhauser, Heidi Rademakers, Kevin L.J. Nieman, Fred van Koeveringe, Gommert A. Berghmans, Bary
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Current Urology
Introduction: This article reports the prevalence of self-reported voiding complaints and the relationship with other pelvic floor and bladder dysfunctions (PFD). Materials and Methods: Women with a variety of PFDs were referred to the pelvic care center. A standardised questionnaire on 6 PFDs was used. Frequencies of patient characteristics, PFDs ...
Du, Jiajun Zhu, Guoning Yue, Yanhong Liu, Miao He, Yao
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThere were little national data on hypertension based on the oldest-old, and lack of information on chronological changes. This study aimed to describe trends of blood pressure (BP) levels and hypertension prevalence for the past 16 years among the oldest-old in China.MethodsAll the oldest-old who had participated in the Chinese Longitudi...
Bahrey, Degena Gebremedhn, Gebreamlak Mariye, Teklewoini Girmay, Alem Aberhe, Woldu Hika, Assefa Teklay, Girmay Tasew, Hagos Zeru, Teklay Gerensea, Hadgu
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of chronic kidney disease and to identify associated factors of chronic kidney disease among hypertensive patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted among selected 578 hypertensive patients. Data were collected using face to face interviewing questionnaires and from medical chart revi...
Tembo, Blackson Pitolo Malangu, Ntambwe Gustav
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundTo investigate the prevalence and factors associated with the prevalence of multidrug/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis among suspected drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Botswana.MethodsA retrospective review of medical records of suspected drug resistant tuberculosis patients receiving care at public health facilities in Botswana w...
Al Kibria, Gulam Muhammed Swasey, Krystal Hasan, Md Zabir Sharmeen, Atia Day, Brendan
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Global Health Research and Policy
IntroductionAlthough the prevalence of underweight is declining among Indian women, the prevalence of overweight/obesity is increasing. This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with underweight and overweight/obesity among reproductive-aged (i.e., 15–49 years) women in India.MethodsThis cross-sectional study analyzed data from the ...
EKOUEVI, Didier K. BITTY-ANDERSON, Alexandra M. GBEASOR-KOMLANVI, Fifonsi A. KONU, Yao R. SEWU, Essèboè K. SALOU, Mounerou DAGNRA, Claver A.
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Archives of Public Health
BackgroundThe World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends the screening of syphilis among populations highly exposed to HIV. However, data on the prevalence of syphilis in these populations are scarce in Togo. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of syphilis among males who have sex with males (MSM), female sex workers (FSW) and drug users ...
Jalali, Rostam Mohammadi, Masoud Vaisi-Raygani, Aliakbar Ghobadi, Akram Salari, Nader
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Reproductive Health
BackgroundUnwanted pregnancies are considered as one of the most important public health risks. Regarding the importance of the unwanted pregnancy in the country and helping health policy-makers obtain more accurate information on this issue, this study aims to provide a systematic review and meta-analytical on the prevalence of unwanted pregnancie...
Manandhar, Kedar Risal, Ajay Shrestha, Oshin Manandhar, Nirmala Kunwar, Dipak Koju, Rajendra Holen, Are
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundThe increasing elderly population worldwide is likely to increase mental health problems such as geriatric depression, which has mostly been studied in high-income countries. Similar studies are scarce in low-and-middle-income-countries like Nepal.MethodsA cross-sectional, population-based, door-to-door survey was conducted in randomly se...
Hu, Chunmei Huang, Lili Cai, Min Wang, Weixiao Shi, Xudong Chen, Wei
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundEnvironmental bacteria, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), are recognized as one of the major human infection pathogens. NTM are prone to be mistaken as multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and challenge our fight against TB. In addition, treatment of NTM per se is intractable. Remarkably, the distribution of NTM pathogenic spec...
