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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults.
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences …
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Human papillomavirus genotype distribution in cervical samples among vaccine naïve Barbados women.
PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to provide baseline HPV genotype distribution among women in Barbados before HPV immunization was …
Juann M. Ward, Kolin Schmalenberg, Nick A. Antonishyn, Ian R. Hambleton, Elizabeth L. Blackman, Paul N. Levett, Marquita V. Gittens-St Hilaire
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The spectrum of neuropsychiatric lupus in a Black Caribbean population: a report of the Barbados National Lupus Registry.
Objective The objective of this study was to examine neuropsychiatric lupus in a Black Caribbean population. Methods We reviewed …
C. Flower, I. Hambleton, D. Corbin, S. Marquez, R. Edghill
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Barbados Insulin Matters (BIM) study: Perceptions on insulin initiation by primary care doctors in the Caribbean island of Barbados.
AIMS: With regards to insulin initiation in Barbados we explored primary care doctor (PCD) perception, healthcare system factors and …
Charles Grafton Jr Taylor, Gordon Taylor, Anique Atherley, Ian Hambleton, Nigel Unwin, Oswald Peter Adams
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Educational health disparities in hypertension and diabetes mellitus among African descent populations in the Caribbean and the USA: a comparative analysis from the Spanish town cohort (Jamaica) and the Jackson heart study (USA).
BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that social inequalities in chronic disease outcomes differ between industrialized and developing …
Aurelian Bidulescu, Trevor S. Ferguson, Ian Hambleton, Novie Younger-Coleman, Damian Francis, Nadia Bennett, Michael Griswold, Ervin Fox, Marlene MacLeish, Rainford Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Louis W. Sullivan
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The Effect of Psychosocial and Neuropsychiatric Factors on Medication Adherence in a Cohort of Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
BACKGROUND: Medication adherence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) reduces disease activity and the risk of flares. OBJECTIVES: We …
Cindy Flower, Ian Hambleton, Mike Campbell
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A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population: combining objective and questionnaire data to guide future interventions.
BACKGROUND: Current understanding of population physical activity (PA) levels and sedentary behaviour in developing countries is …
Christina Howitt, Soren Brage, Ian R. Hambleton, Kate Westgate, T. Alafia Samuels, Angela Mc Rose, Nigel Unwin
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A checklist that enhances the provision of education during insulin initiation simulation: a randomized controlled trial.
AIM: The study tested the hypothesis that doctors using an insulin information checklist during simulated insulin initiation would …
C. G. Jr Taylor, K. Bynoe, A. Worme, I. Hambleton, A. Atherley, A. Husbands, N. Unwin
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A century of trends in adult human height.
Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, …
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Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants.
BACKGROUND: One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025, the rise in the age-standardised adult …
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