Yang, Chao Yang, Zhao Wang, Jinwei Wang, Huai-Yu Su, Zaiming Chen, Rui Sun, Xiaoyu Gao, Bixia Wang, Fang Zhang, Luxia
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American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
The national prevalence of dialysis in China has not been well studied. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of kidney disease treated with dialysis and predict the trend using claims data in order to provide evidence for developing prevention strategies. Cross-sectional study of insurance claims. Medical claims data from January 1, 2013, to Decembe...
Mohammadi, Mohammad-Reza Zarafshan, Hadi Khaleghi, Ali Ahmadi, Nastaran Hooshyari, Zahra Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali Ahmadi, Ameneh Alavi, Seyyed-Salman Shakiba, Alia Salmanian, Maryam
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Journal of attention disorders
Objective: We aimed to investigate the prevalence of ADHD and its comorbidities and some associated demographic factors in a large sample population-based study. Method: As part of a population-based survey among 30,532 children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years, we used K-SADS-PL to screen and detect ADHD and its comorbidities. Results: The p...
Vandekerckhove, Olivia De Buck, Emmy Van Wijngaerden, Eric
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Acta clinica Belgica
Objectives: Lyme borreliosis is the most common zoonotic disease in Europe and causes an estimated total burden of 10.55 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) per 100 000 population. Its incidence in Western Europe is assumed to be increasing, yet this remains to be confirmed. The aim of this study was to assess the emergence of Lyme disease in Wes...
Martínez, Alfredo P Pereson, Matías J Pérez, Paula S Baeck, María Inés Mandó, Pablo López Saubidet, Ignacio Di Lello, Federico A
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Journal of medical virology
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in a young population from the Northeast region of Argentina. Four hundred and twelve patients under 18 years old, from rural areas of Chaco Province, were tested for anti-HEV immunoglobulin G (IgG) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Anti-HEV IgG antibodies were det...
Hemmingsson, Erik Ekblom, Örjan Kallings, Lena V Andersson, Gunnar Wallin, Peter Söderling, Jonas Blom, Victoria Ekblom, Björn Ekblom-Bak, Elin
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Scandinavian journal of public health
Aims: The purpose of this research was to describe the current prevalence and historic trends in overweight, obesity and severe obesity in Sweden. Methods: Data on BMI, age, gender, education and geographic region were obtained in n=447,925 Swedish adults through a nationwide screening test (1995-2017). To account for sampling variations, we quanti...
Lucina, Stephany B Sarraff, Ana P Wolf, Marcela Silva, Vinícius B C Sousa, Marlos G Froes, Tilde R
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Topics in companion animal medicine
The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of congenital heart diseases in dogs attending 2 veterinary hospitals in Brazil and to identify possible associations between these conditions and epidemiological characteristics. A retrospective study was carried out in the cardiology sections of 2 veterinary hospitals during a period of 70 month...
Ustuner Top, Fadime Cam, Hasan Hüseyin
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Psychology, health & medicine
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a global problem with serious life-long consequences. The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of CM among university students and to assess the associations between CM and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adulthood. The present descriptive cross-sectional study involved 626 studen...
Pataccini, Gabriela Berini, Carolina Andrea Pedrozo, Williams René Biglione, Mirna Marcela Delfino, Cecilia María
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Journal of medical virology
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/2 (HTLV-1/2), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis D virus (HDV) share transmission routes. Argentina shows low prevalence of HTLV-1/2, HBV, and HDV infections; however, this situation may vary according to the geographic region and group studied. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of HBV and HDV inf...
Haugland, Siri H Elgán, Tobias H
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International journal of environmental research and public health
The aim of the study presented here was to estimate the prevalence of parental alcohol problems during childhood in a general population of Norwegian adults, and to investigate associations between parental alcohol problems during childhood and lower socioeconomic status in adulthood. This cross-sectional study recruited 28,047 adults (≥18 years) t...
Magill, Shelley S O'Leary, Erin Ray, Susan M Kainer, Marion A Evans, Christopher Bamberg, Wendy M Johnston, Helen Janelle, Sarah J Oyewumi, Tolulope Lynfield, Ruth
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
In the 2011 US hospital prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use 50% of patients received antimicrobial medications on the survey date or day before. More hospitals have since established antimicrobial stewardship programs. We repeated the survey in 2015 to determine antimicrobial use prevalence and describe chang...
