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pro vyhledávání: '"Rainford J. Wilks"'
Autor:
Forrester Tf, John Kennedy Cruickshank, Maria D. Jackson, Rainford J. Wilks, Janet E Cade, Sangita Sharma, Susan P. Walker, Novie Younger, Jean Claude Mbanya
Publikováno v:
Public Health Nutrition. 10:122-130
ObjectivesTo determine the relationship of diet to overweight and obesity among populations of African origin.Design and settingCross-sectional data were obtained from adults aged 25–74 years in rural Cameroon (n = 686), urban Cameroon (n = 975), J
Autor:
R Wright-Pascoe, Trevor S. Ferguson, Rainford J. Wilks, AK Soyibo, Novie O. Younger-Coleman, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Michael S. Boyne
Publikováno v:
West Indian Medical Journal.
To estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among patients attending the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Diabetes Clinic and to determine the proportion of patients at high risk for adverse outcomes.We conducted a cross-s
Autor:
Christina Howitt, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Louis W. Sullivan, Rainford J. Wilks, Anselm Hennis, Ian Hambleton, Selvi Jeyaseelan, E. Nigel Harris, Marlene Y. MacLeish
Publikováno v:
American journal of public health. 105
Objectives. We investigated changes in life expectancy (LE) and cause-specific mortality over time, directly comparing African-descent populations in the United States and the Caribbean. Methods. We compared LE at birth and cause-specific mortality i
Autor:
Trevor S. Ferguson, Rainford J. Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Nadia R. Bennett, Damian K Francis, Anselm Hennis, Louis W. Sullivan, Marlene Y. MacLeish
Publikováno v:
BMC Public Health
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the predominant cause of death globally. The large health disparities in the distribution of the burden of disease seen in developed and developing countries are of growing concern. Central to this concern
Autor:
L A Sargeant, Rainford J. Wilks, Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Monica Smikle, Eulalia Kahwa, Terrence Forrester, Affette McCaw-Binns
Publikováno v:
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 26:122-126
A prevalence survey of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) was done among 924 primiparae. aCL were measured in serum by the standardised anticardiolipin enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and beta(2)-glycoprotein 1 assays to determine the seropr
Autor:
Rainford J. Wilks, Franklyn I. Bennett, Trevor S. Ferguson, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Maria D. Jackson, Nadia R. Bennett, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Novie O. Younger-Coleman
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 1 (2014)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) has been shown to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) endpoints and is associated with CVD risk factors and the metabolic syndrome. This study evaluated the association between hsCRP and CVD ri
Autor:
Clive Osmond, David I. W. Phillips, Michael S. Boyne, Rainford J. Wilks, Terrence Forrester, Minerva Thame, Franklyn I. Bennett
Publikováno v:
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 19:294-302
We tested the hypothesis that women who are thin or have poor pregnancy weight gain have offspring with higher blood pressure and examined whether this link is mediated by increased secretion of cortisol. We studied a cohort of 388 children born in K
Autor:
Lincoln A. Sargeant, Michael S. Boyne, Franklyn I. Bennett, Terrence E. Forrester, Richard S. Cooper, Rainford J. Wilks
Publikováno v:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 35-42 (2004)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the 1999 World Health Organization (WHO) fasting plasma glucose (FPG) criteria and the WHO 2-hour post-challenge glucose (2hPG) criteria during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in identifying adults in Jamaica with hypergly
Autor:
Michael S. Boyne, Rainford J. Wilks, L A Sargeant, Franklyn I. Bennett, Richard S. Cooper, Terrence Forrester
Publikováno v:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 35-42 (2004)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the 1999 World Health Organization (WHO) fasting plasma glucose (FPG) criteria and the WHO 2-hour post-challenge glucose (2hPG) criteria during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in identifying adults in Jamaica with hypergly
Autor:
Paul H. Levine, Barrie Hanchard, Michie Hisada, Paul C. VanVeldhuisen, Michael Walters, Takashi Sawada, Rainford J. Wilks
Publikováno v:
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 33:387-392
Summary: In a prospective study of food handlers in Jamaica, we estimated the age- and sex-specific seroincidence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. Of 682 sexually active adults (132 males and 550 females) who were initially se