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Forecasting Tunisian type 2 diabetes prevalence to 2027: validation of a simple model. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Most projections of type 2 diabetes (T2D) prevalence are simply based on demographic change (i.e. ageing). We developed a model to predict future trends in T2D prevalence in Tunisia, explicitly taking into account trends in major risk factors
A Briggs, AH Mokdad, AJ Al-Quwaidhi, C Willi, Dhafer Malouche, FS Facchini, GG Schwartz, H Alberti, H Aounallah-Skhiri, Habiba Ben Romdhane, HB Romdhane, IF Godsland, International Diabetes Federation, JJ Barendregt, JJ Barendregt, JM Chan, JM Chan, Julia A Critchley, KG Alberti, KM Flegal, L Beltaïfa, L Guariguata, M Elasmi, M Eliasson, M Muggeo, Martin O’Flaherty, MEN Abu-Rmeileh, Nadia Ben Mansour, Olfa Lassoued, Olfa Saidi, P Hossain, PT James, R Al Ali, R Bouguerra, R Sicree, RG Spollett, Simon Capewell, T Saaristo, TA Gaziono, Wafa Aissi   +39 more
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A cross sectional study of prevalence, risk factors, population attributable fractions and pathology for foot and limb lesions in preweaning piglets on commercial farms in England [PDF]

, 2009
Background: In a cross sectional study of 88 indoor and outdoor English pig farms, the prevalence of foot and limb lesions in 2843 preweaning piglets aged 1–4 weeks from 304 litters was recorded.
Kilbride, A. L. (Amy L.), Gillman, Claire E., Ossent, P., Green, Laura E.   +3 more
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Analysis of echocardiographic parameters suggestive of pulmonary hypertension in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and assessment of clinical features favoring development of the PH-phenotype

Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis
Introduction: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is characterized by left ventricle (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Impaired diastolic function induces pulmonary congestion and leads to postcapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH), which is ...
Julia Dołęga, Katarzyna Ciekot, Aleksandra Owczarska, Gabriela Majta, Michał Macnar, Klaudia Marcinkiewicz, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec   +6 more
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Goitre and Iodine Deficiency in Europe [PDF]

, 1985
The prevalence of endemic iodine-deficiency goitre in Europe has been reduced in many areas by the introduction of iodination programmes. Recent reports, however, show that goitre remains a significant problem and that its prevalence has not decreased in
Beckers, C., Bürgi, H., Escobar del Rey, F., Gembicki, M., Koutras, D. A., Lamberg, B. A., Langer, P., Lazarus, J. H., Querido, A., Scriba, Peter Christian, Thilly, C., Vigneri, R.   +11 more
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From thread to yarn, and yarn to thread: a complex case of persistent left superior vena cava

Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis
Introduction: Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare venous anomaly, occurring in 0.3–0.5% of the general population and up to 4.3% of patients with heart defects. It forms from the junction of the left subclavian and internal jugular veins,
Julia Dołęga, Natalia Lekston, Karolina Krzywiecka, Aleksandra Machnik, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec   +4 more
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Preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus in Qatar by reducing obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity: mathematical modeling analyses. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of reducing the prevalence of obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity, and introducing physical activity as an explicit intervention, on the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), using ...
A Abdullah, A Alhazmi, A Pan, Abdulla O. Al-Hamaq, AJ Al-Quwaidhi, C Hawkes, C Willi, D Aune, DP Guh, G Li, J Lindstrom, J Lindstrom, J Lindstrom, JC Lagarias, JM Borys, Julia A. Critchley, Katie G. El-Nahas, L Chen, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, M Chiu, Martin O’Flaherty, NM Abu-Rmeileh, O Saidi, SF Awad, Susanne F. Awad, The Lancet Diabetes E, VS Malik, WC Knowler   +27 more
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Prognostic role of exercise intensity in familial Filamin C truncating variants

Open Heart
Background Truncating variants in the Filamin C (FLNCtv) gene are causative of highly arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies. Guidelines remain controversial concerning competitive and high-intensity sports for FLNCtv carriers.
Flavio Luciano Ribichini, Marta Gigli, Marco Merlo, Gianfranco Sinagra, Luisa Mestroni, Matteo Dal Ferro, Maria Perotto, Irena Tavčar, Martina Setti, Giulio Savonitto, Alessia Paldino, Samuel Furlan   +11 more
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Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia Coli from Retail Poultry Meat with Different Antibiotic Use Claims [PDF]

, 2018
Background We sought to determine if the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli differed across retail poultry products and among major production categories, including organic, “raised without antibiotics”, and conventional.
Davis, Gregg S., Grande, Heidi, Horwinski, Joseph, Hungate, Bruce A., Koch, Benjamin, Liu, Cindy M., Nordstrom, Lora, Papp, Katerina, Price, Lance B., Waits, Kara, Weaver, Brett   +10 more
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Is the HCV-HIV co-infection prevalence amongst injecting drug users a marker for the level of sexual and injection related HIV transmission?

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Amongst injecting drug users (IDUs), HIV is transmitted sexually and parenterally, but HCV is transmitted primarily parenterally. We assess and model the antibody prevalence of HCV amongst HIV-infected IDUs (denoted as HCV-HIV co-infection ...
Beattie, Tara, EMCDDA Collaborative Group, Hickman, Matthew, Jarlais, Don Des, Martin, Natasha K, Roy, Anuradha, Strathdee, Steffanie, Vickerman, Peter, Wiessing, Lucas   +8 more
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Precise role of H pylori in duodenal ulceration [PDF]

, 2006
The facts that H pylori infection is commoner in duodenal ulcer (DU) patients than in the normal population, and that eradication results in most cases being cured, have led to the belief that it causes DU. However, early cases of DU are less likely than
Hobsley, M, Holton, J, Tovey, FI
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