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Renaming non-communicable diseases [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
Kozelka, Ellen Elizabeth, Jenkins, Janis H   +1 more
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Prevalence and determinants of heavy episodic drinking among adults in Kenya: analysis of the STEPwise survey, 2015

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Globally, alcohol consumption contributes to 3.3 million deaths and 5.1% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), and its use is linked with more than 200 disease and injury conditions.
Anne Kendagor, Gladwell Gathecha, Melau W Ntakuka, Philip Nyakundi, Samuel Gathere, Dorcas Kiptui, Hussein Abubakar, Oren Ombiro, Pamela Juma, Christine Ngaruiya   +9 more
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Prevalence and predictors of injuries in Kenya: findings from the national STEPs survey

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Injuries are becoming an increasingly important public health challenge globally, and are responsible for 9% of deaths. Beyond their impact on health and well-being, fatal and non-fatal injuries also affect social and economic development for ...
Gladwell Koku Gathecha, Christine Ngaruiya, Wilfred Mwai, Ann Kendagor, Scholastica Owondo, Loise Nyanjau, Duncan Kibogong, Wilson Odero, Joseph Kibachio   +8 more
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Youth Manifesto on Non-Communicable Diseases

Global Heart, 2011
Sandeep P. Kishore , Karen R. Siegel , Aria Ahmad , Amina A. Aitsi-Selmi k, Mohammed K. Ali , Phillip Baker , Sanjay Basu , Asaf Bitton , Gerald S. Bloomfield , Gene Bukhman , Eleanor Emery , Andrea B. Feigl , Karen Grepin , Mark D. Huffman , Kiti Kajana , Shweta Khandelwal , Kavitha Kolappa , Chenhui Liu , Naaznin Lokhandwala , Vishal Marwah kk, Modi ...
Kishore, Sandeep P., Siegel, Karen R., Ahmad, Aria, Aitsi-Selmi, Amina A., Ali, Mohammed K., Baker, Phillip, Basu, Sanjay, Bitton, Asaf, Bloomfield, Gerald S., Bukhman, Gene, Emery, Eleanor, Feigl, Andrea B., Grepin, Karen, Huffman, Mark D., Kajana, Kiti, Khandelwal, Shweta, Kolappa, Kavitha, Liu, Chenhui, Lokhandwala, Naaznin, Marwah, Vishal, Mwatsama, Modi, Novak, Nicole, Nundy, Shantanu, Park, Paul H., Perez, Cristina Parsons, Price, Matthew R., Rapkin, Nikka, Rice, Hester, Seligman, Ben, Shah, Sumit, Silva, Joao da, Sridhar, Devi, Stuckler, David, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Zaman, Justin, Chronic Disease Network, The Young Professionals’   +35 more
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Tobacco related morbidity among patients hospitalized at Kenyatta National Referral Hospitals Kenya

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco use and exposure has been demonstrated to affect nearly all organs of the body. The Kenya Global Adult Tobacco Survey estimates that fifteen percent of men aged 15 and above and less than one percent of women currently smoke tobacco ...
Gladwell Gathecha, Dorcas Kiptui, Ann Kendagor, Joseph Kibachio, Samuel Amwayi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco consumption patterns among Iranian adults: a national and sub-national update from the STEPS survey 2021

Scientific Reports, 2023
Smoking is recognised as a critical public health priority due to its enormous health and economic consequences. Constant monitoring of the effectiveness of tobacco control programs calls for timely population-based data.
Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Ali Ghanbari, Nima Fattahi, Mohammad-Reza Malekpour, Masoud Masinaei, Naser Ahmadi, Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari, Mohammadreza Naderian, Mohammad-Mahdi Rashidi, Negar Rezaei, Erfan Ghasemi, Yosef Farzi, Moein Yoosefi, Nazila Rezaei, Elmira Foroutan Mehr, Mana Moghimi, Maryam Nasserinejad, Ali Maleki, Zeinab Abbasi-Kangevari, Farshad Farzadfar   +19 more
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The comparison of plasma fibronectin in term and preterm delivery: A cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study

International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine, 2020
Background: Preterm delivery is one of the main causes of infant death. Therefore, prediction of preterm delivery may eliminate a large number of prenatal complications.
Zahra Moradi, Parvin Moradi, Mohamad Hassan Meshkibaf, Mehrnoosh Aleosfoor, Mehdi Sharafi, Saeedeh Jafarzadeh   +5 more
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The yield of early-pregnancy homeostasis of model assessment -insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for predicting gestational diabetes mellitus in different body mass index and age groups

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Early prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) can be beneficial for lifestyle modifications to prevent GDM. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive values of Homeostasis of Model Assessment -Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR)
Sima Hashemipour, Mahnaz Zohal, Leila Modarresnia, Sepideh Kolaji, Hamidreza Panahi, Milad Badri, Sarah Mirzaeei Chopani, Sara Esmaeili Kelishomi, Amirabbas Ghasemi, Seyyed Hamidreza Ghafelehbashi   +9 more
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Precision Medicine in Non-Communicable Diseases [PDF]

High-Throughput, 2020
The increase in life expectancy during the 20th century ranks as one of society’s greatest achievements, with massive growth in the numbers and proportion of the elderly, virtually occurring in every country of the world. The burden of chronic diseases is one of the main consequences of this phenomenon, severely hampering the quality of life of elderly
Novelli, Giuseppe, Biancolella, Michela, Latini, Andrea, Spallone, Aldo, Borgiani, Paola, Papaluca, Marisa   +5 more
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The association of inflammatory markers in early pregnancy with the development of gestational diabetes: Qazvin maternal and neonatal metabolic study (QMNS)

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background This study investigates the association of blood cell components and blood cell-derived inflammatory indices in early pregnancy with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Sima Hashemipour, Seyedeh Sareh Kalantarian, Hamidreza Panahi, Sara Esmaeili Kelishomi, Amirabbas Ghasemi, Sarah Mirzaeei Chopani, Sepideh Kolaji, Milad Badri, Arefeh Ghobadi, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Hadizadeh Khairkhahan, Fatemeh Lalooha, Farideh Movahed, Mahnaz Abbasi, Khadijeh Elmizadeh   +13 more
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