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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Population Attributable Risk"”.
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A statistical analysis of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) data to determine the risk factors for HIV infection in Namibia
… prevention strategies, this study determined the risk factors for HIV infection in Namibia and estimated the potential for HIV prevention. The study adopted a cross sectional research design with a sample of 14296 VCT clients from Oshana, Khomas and Kavango regions of Namibia for the period of …
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The prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients at Ubuntu clinic, Khayelitsha
… that diabetes mellitus (DM) triples the risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease and worsens TB outcomes. South Africa carries a heavy burden of TB which is primarily driven by the human deficiency virus (HIV). The burden of non-communicable disease is also growing rapidly in South Africa. There …
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Biological And Psychosocial Risk Factors Of Stroke In African Americans Enrolled In The Jackson Heart Study (JHS)
… the impact of biological, psychosocial and other risk factors on stroke in African Americans enrolled in the JHS and determine the population attributable risk of risk factors. Methods: this study used a nested case control design. Cases were patients with stroke during the follow up period. …
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Road Traffic Injuries in the Pacific: The epidemiology of road traffic injuries in Fiji and the role of driver sleepiness
… contemporary knowledge regarding the burden and risk factors for road traffic injuries (RTI) in Pacific Island countries. Aim To investigate the epidemiology of RTI and the contribution of driver sleepiness to fourwheel motor vehicle crash injuries in Viti Levu, Fiji. Methods Systematic reviews …
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Lifestyle Factors and Risk of Heart Failure: A Prospective Cohort Study
… and leisure-time physical activity with HF risk; 2) the association of coffee consumption with HF risk; 3) the role of lifestyle factors in explaining the risk of HF; and 4) the association between antihypertensive drug treatment and HF risk with the association between engaging in a healthy …
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Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning for Chronic Disease Management and Prevention: Focus on Asthma
… data from large-scale longitudinal sources for population-level chronic disease prevention, as well as to capture trends and propose models for individual-level proactive self-management. Nonetheless, the exact role of Big Data Analytical tools in the area of chronic disease management has not …
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The contribution of non-additive and longitudinal genetic effects to health and cognitive traits
… regions identical by descent) on disease risk. Initially, using data from the Genes & Health cohort and UK Biobank, I developed a method to control for social and environmental confounding in autozygosity-trait associations by including indicators of parental relatedness in regression …
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Child road trauma: a profile for children in New South Wales and evaluation of properly-used age-appropriate restraints as a countermeasure
… and 3) estimate the benefit in the general child population from different intervention targets relating to restraint use. It comprised two studies to validate methodology and four independent epidemiological studies. The first study to validate methodology assessed the data item availability and …