This study was funded by NIH grants – Capacity Development for Research in AIDS Associated Malignancies (NCI/NIH 1D43CA153792), African Collaborative Center for Microbiome and Genomics Research grants (NHGRI/NIH U54HG006947) and Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center grant (NCI/NIH 5P30CA134274).
Published in Obesity Facts
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and geographic distribution of overweight and obesity in Russian adults aged 25–64 years as well as the association between chronic risk factors and obesity. Methods: Data were obtained from the survey “Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and Its Risk Factors in Some Regions of the Russian Federation” (ESSE...
Published in Obesity Facts
Objective: Obesity-related disease risks may vary depending on whether the subject has metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) or metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO). At least 5 definitions/criteria of obesity and metabolic disorders have been documented in the literature, yielding uncertainties in a reliable international comparison of obesity pheno...
TS was funded by a College Research Award at the University of Edinburgh and by the Medical Research Council (grant number MC_UU_12015/3) at the University of Cambridge.
Published in Kidney Diseases
Background: This study addresses an important gap, as it is the first US nationwide, epidemiologic study of ADPKD incidence and prevalence. Summary: This 3-year, observational study utilized data from Truven Health MarketScan® administrative claims, as well as cross-sectional data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). We estimat...
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Estimation of the true prevalence of infected individuals involves the application of a diagnostic test to a population and adjusting according to test performance, sensitivity and specificity. Bayesian latent class analysis for the estimation of herd and animal-level true prevalence, has become increasingly used in veterinary epidemiology and is p...
BackgroundExtended-spectrum ss-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) represent a major problem in the management of nosocomial infections. However, ESBL-PE are not systematically monitored in African countries. The aim of this study was to determine ESBL-PE prevalence in patients from three hospitals in N'Djamena, the capital city of Cha...
