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Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol.
High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries(1,2). However, dietary and behavioural …
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Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol.
Trends in cardiometabolic risk factors in the Americas between 1980 and 2014: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys.
BACKGROUND: Describing the prevalence and trends of cardiometabolic risk factors that are associated with non-communicable diseases …
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Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults.
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in …
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Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults.
Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among Caribbean men. However, little data exists on the …
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Managing acute ischaemic stroke in a small island developing state: meeting the guidelines in Barbados.
BACKGROUND: We describe hospital-based management of acute ischaemic stroke patients in 2010-2013 in Barbados, by comparing documented …
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Social distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related risk factors in Barbados: a cross-sectional study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related behavioural and biological risk factors in adults in …
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Cause-of-death disparities in the African diaspora: exploring differences among shared-heritage populations.
OBJECTIVES: We investigated changes in life expectancy (LE) and cause-specific mortality over time, directly comparing African-descent …
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Systemic lupus erythematosus in an African Caribbean population: incidence, clinical manifestations, and survival in the Barbados National Lupus Registry.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the predominantly …
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A comparison of outcome for stroke patients in Barbados and South London.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Little is known about the poststroke outcome in Caribbean populations. We investigated differences in the …
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The changing face of homozygous sickle cell disease: 102 patients over 60 years.
Earlier reports on homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease have been biased by severely affected cases. The Jamaican clinic which seeks to …
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