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pro vyhledávání: '"Rainford J. Wilks"'
Autor:
Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Harika Dyer, Joette Mckenzie, Novie Younger-Coleman, Marshall Tulloch-Reid, Alphanso Blake, Ishtar Govia, Nadia Bennett, Shelly McFarlane, Rainford J. Wilks, David R. Williams, Trevor S. Ferguson
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023)
BackgroundDespite limited data on neighborhood factors and health risk in Caribbean populations, previous analyses from Jamaica have shown that neighborhood and home disorder were associated with lower physical activity and higher cumulative biologic
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/75fa803102ce438ea133ee0dc0028a0e
Autor:
Michelle Daya, Nicholas Rafaels, Tonya M. Brunetti, Sameer Chavan, Albert M. Levin, Aniket Shetty, Christopher R. Gignoux, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Genevieve Wojcik, Monica Campbell, Candelaria Vergara, Dara G. Torgerson, Victor E. Ortega, Ayo Doumatey, Henry Richard Johnston, Nathalie Acevedo, Maria Ilma Araujo, Pedro C. Avila, Gillian Belbin, Eugene Bleecker, Carlos Bustamante, Luis Caraballo, Alvaro Cruz, Georgia M. Dunston, Celeste Eng, Mezbah U. Faruque, Trevor S. Ferguson, Camila Figueiredo, Jean G. Ford, Weiniu Gan, Pierre-Antoine Gourraud, Nadia N. Hansel, Ryan D. Hernandez, Edwin Francisco Herrera-Paz, Silvia Jiménez, Eimear E. Kenny, Jennifer Knight-Madden, Rajesh Kumar, Leslie A. Lange, Ethan M. Lange, Antoine Lizee, Pissamai Maul, Trevor Maul, Alvaro Mayorga, Deborah Meyers, Dan L. Nicolae, Timothy D. O’Connor, Ricardo Riccio Oliveira, Christopher O. Olopade, Olufunmilayo Olopade, Zhaohui S. Qin, Charles Rotimi, Nicolas Vince, Harold Watson, Rainford J. Wilks, James G. Wilson, Steven Salzberg, Carole Ober, Esteban G. Burchard, L. Keoki Williams, Terri H. Beaty, Margaret A. Taub, Ingo Ruczinski, Rasika A. Mathias, Kathleen C. Barnes, CAAPA
Publikováno v:
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019)
The burden of asthma varies between ancestries, but GWAS have so far focused on mainly European ancestry populations. Here, Daya et al. perform GWAS for asthma in 14,654 individuals of African ancestry and, besides confirming previously known loci, i
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/52d5362512b747ddbffccc263d738739
Autor:
Michelle Daya, Nicholas Rafaels, Tonya M. Brunetti, Sameer Chavan, Albert M. Levin, Aniket Shetty, Christopher R. Gignoux, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Genevieve Wojcik, Monica Campbell, Candelaria Vergara, Dara G. Torgerson, Victor E. Ortega, Ayo Doumatey, Henry Richard Johnston, Nathalie Acevedo, Maria Ilma Araujo, Pedro C. Avila, Gillian Belbin, Eugene Bleecker, Carlos Bustamante, Luis Caraballo, Alvaro Cruz, Georgia M. Dunston, Celeste Eng, Mezbah U. Faruque, Trevor S. Ferguson, Camila Figueiredo, Jean G. Ford, Weiniu Gan, Pierre-Antoine Gourraud, Nadia N. Hansel, Ryan D. Hernandez, Edwin Francisco Herrera-Paz, Silvia Jiménez, Eimear E. Kenny, Jennifer Knight-Madden, Rajesh Kumar, Leslie A. Lange, Ethan M. Lange, Antoine Lizee, Pissamai Maul, Trevor Maul, Alvaro Mayorga, Deborah Meyers, Dan L. Nicolae, Timothy D. O’Connor, Ricardo Riccio Oliveira, Christopher O. Olopade, Olufunmilayo Olopade, Zhaohui S. Qin, Charles Rotimi, Nicolas Vince, Harold Watson, Rainford J. Wilks, James G. Wilson, Steven Salzberg, Carole Ober, Esteban G. Burchard, L. Keoki Williams, Terri H. Beaty, Margaret A. Taub, Ingo Ruczinski, Rasika A. Mathias, Kathleen C. Barnes, CAAPA
Publikováno v:
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-2 (2019)
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2d68d701f8c74b0eb6caf8af2f5f350d
Publikováno v:
Farmeconomia: Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp 81-95 (2016)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic cost of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) and the portion attributable to obesity among patients in Jamaica. METHODS: The cost-of-illness approach was used to estimate the cost of care in a hospital settin
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/8ff2ce4bc35b4244a16a8c19a45ba1f4
Autor:
Trevor S. Ferguson, Novie O.M. Younger-Coleman, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Nadia R. Bennett, Amanda E. Rousseau, Jennifer M. Knight-Madden, Maureen E. Samms-Vaughan, Deanna E. Ashley, Rainford J. Wilks
Publikováno v:
PeerJ, Vol 6, p e4385 (2018)
Background Although several studies have identified risk factors for high blood pressure (BP), data from Afro-Caribbean populations are limited. Additionally, less is known about how putative risk factors operate in young adults and how social factor
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/51cf60b16f664b568a5a41271356f8b1
Autor:
Janeil M. Williams, Trevor S. Ferguson, Nadia R. Bennett, Amanda Rousseau, Renee Walters, Novie O. Younger-Coleman, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Seeromanie Harding, J. Kennedy Cruickshank, Rainford J. Wilks
Publikováno v:
Artery Research, Vol 20 (2017)
Background: This study evaluated the test-retest reliability of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) among young adults in Jamaica. Methods: We recruited participants from the Jamaica 1986 Birth Cohort Stu
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/d831626d375d45cda4fd647ca43f6c6d
Autor:
Trevor S. Ferguson, Novie O. M. Younger-Coleman, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Ian R. Hambleton, Damian K. Francis, Nadia R. Bennett, Shelly R. McFarlane, Aurelian Bidulescu, Marlene Y. MacLeish, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rainford J. Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Louis W. Sullivan
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 4 (2017)
ObjectivesSocioeconomic disparities in health have emerged as an important area in public health, but studies from Afro-Caribbean populations are uncommon. In this study, we report on educational health disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) ris
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/20e0039711ea455a8584c23bde4bb420
Autor:
Krystal A.T. Gayle, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Novie O. Younger, Damian K. Francis, Shelly R. McFarlane, Rosemarie A. Wright-Pascoe, Michael S. Boyne, Rainford J. Wilks, Trevor S. Ferguson
Publikováno v:
Clinics and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 4 (2012)
This study aimed to estimate the proportion of patients at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Diabetes Clinic who engage in recommended foot care and footwear practices. Seventy-two participants from the UHWI Diabetes Clinic completed
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/dfa8a3d0bc374619847a84820cd8092c
Publikováno v:
Clinics and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 2 (2012)
This study evaluated the ability of the slipping slipper sign (defined as unknowingly losing a slipper while walking) to identify diabetic neuropathy in Jamaican patients. A single question was used to ascertain the presence of the slipping slipper s
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/97635d5d65514886af8fcc2d93694293
Autor:
Chisa G. Cumberbatch, Novie O. Younger, Trevor S. Ferguson, Shelly R. McFarlane, Damian K. Francis, Rainford J. Wilks, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Endocrinology, Vol 2011 (2011)
Background. There are limited data on sleep duration and diabetes from developing countries. We therefore examined the relationship between reported hours of sleep, diabetes prevalence and glucose control in Jamaican adults. Methods. Data on reported
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/370a52046edf47b6a63d0745b021a18c