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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2016
Summary Background Underweight and severe and morbid obesity are associated with highly elevated risks of adverse health outcomes. We estimated trends in mean body-mass index (BMI), which characterises its population distribution, and in the prevalences ...
M. Cesare   +499 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sex and Urbanicity Contribute to Variation in Lymphocyte Distribution across Ugandan Populations

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2016
Management of patient care and interpretation of research data require evaluation of laboratory results in the context of reference data from populations with known health status to adequately diagnose disease or make a physiological assessment. Few studies have addressed the diversity of lymphocyte subsets in rural and urban Ugandan populations. Here,
Prossy Naluyima   +12 more
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Some aspects of the history and population ecology of the tsessebe damaliscus lunatus lunatus in the Kruger National Park

open access: yesKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1977
The population trends and distribution of the tsessebe population of the Kruger National Park are evaluated in terms of the available data derived from records compiled in the developmental history of the Kruger National Park (KNP).
S.C.J. Joubert, P.J.L. Bronkhorst
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A solution to the distribution problems arising in the studies of a two-sex population process

open access: yesStochastic Processes and their Applications, 1985
The authors analyse a model of population growth involving two sexes in which the birth rates of both males and females depend only on the female population size. Using the Markov property of the process, the authors set up a partial differential equation for the probability generating function of the sizes of the two sexes.
Tapaswi, P.K., Roychoudhury, R.K.
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Sex‐specific associations of obesity and N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide levels in the general population

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, 2018
Obese subjects have lower natriuretic peptide levels, but males and females have different anthropometric characteristics and fat distribution. Whether obesity‐associated lowering of natriuretic peptides differs among males and females is unknown ...
N. Suthahar   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epidemiological Trends of Urolithiasis at the Global, Regional, and National Levels: A Population-Based Study

open access: yesInternational journal of clinical practice, 2022
Background. Urolithiasis is common worldwide and can predispose to urinary tract infections and renal failure. We aimed to explore the global, regional, and national burden of urolithiasis between 1990 and 2019, stratified by sex, age, and ...
X. Qian   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First assessment of age and sex structures of elephants by using dung size analysis in a West African savannah [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
1. An age and sex structure study of the West African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) population of the Nazinga Game ranch (Burkina Faso) was carried out using direct sightings of individuals near water points, where they group ...
Di Vittorio, Masimiliano   +4 more
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DISTRIBUTION OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS BY SEX, AGE GROUPS AND RESIDENCE IN YEAR 2020 IN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS POPULATION OF DISTRICT D.I.KHAN, PAKISTAN

open access: yesGomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Leishmaniasis is not an uncommon tropical disease. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is its most common form. The objectives of our study were to determine the distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis by sex, age groups and residence in year 2020 in ...
Muhammad Rashid   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants

open access: yesInternational Journal of Epidemiology, 2018
Background Change in the prevalence of raised blood pressure could be due to both shifts in the entire distribution of blood pressure (representing the combined effects of public health interventions and secular trends) and changes in its high-blood ...
Bin James Mariachiara Honor Goodarz Kaveh Cristina Rod Zhou Bentham Di Cesare Bixby Danaei Hajifathalian   +499 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Differentiation of Population in Serbia by Sex-Analysis of Selected Demographic Indicators [PDF]

open access: yesДемографија, 2016
Sex is one of the basic characteristics of every living individual. From this biological characteristic form the sex structure of a population. The aim is to analyze changes in sex structure of population in Serbia over a long period of time (including ...
Olivera Negovanović
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