"Age Factors"

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.
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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Prevalence and risk factors for inter-generational sex: a cross-sectional cluster survey of Barbadian females aged 15-19.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence and risk factors for intergenerational (IG)-sex in females aged 15-19 …
Nicole Drakes, Clarissa Perks, Alok Kumar, Kim Quimby, Colin Clarke, Rajul Patel, Ian R. Hambleton, R. Clive Landis
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Measurement and predictors of adherence in a trial of HSV suppressive therapy in Tanzania.
This study estimates adherence and identifies predictors of good adherence among 1305 Tanzanian women participating in a randomised, …
Deborah Watson-Jones, Kathy Baisley, Mary Rusizoka, Clare Tanton, Kokugonza Mugeye, Helen A. Weiss, John Changalucha, Tim Clayton, Ian Hambleton, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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Voices of the women: feedback from women of child-bearing age who are living with HIV can help improve efficacy of psychosocial interventions.
BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy are necessary but not sufficient to provide the …
P. D. Weller, I. R. Hambleton, C. Chambers, S. Bain, C. D. C. Christie, B. Bain
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The prevalence of marijuana smoking in young adults with sickle cell disease: a longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND: The active ingredients of marijuana may have beneficial properties in the treatment of chronic pain and inflammation and is …
J. Knight-Madden, N. Lewis, I. R. Hambleton
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with obesity in the elderly in Barbados.
This article’s objective is to examine the epidemiology of obesity in the urban elderly population of Barbados. A random sample …
Anne O. Carter, Ian R. Hambleton, Hedy L. Broome, Henry S. Fraser, Anselm J. Hennis
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Fecundity and pregnancy outcome in a cohort with sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease followed from birth.
OBJECTIVE: To compare pregnancy outcome in sickle cell-haemoglobin C (SC) disease with that in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and …
Graham R. Serjeant, Ian Hambleton, Minerva Thame
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Psychological distress among younger siblings of patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Jamaican cohort study.
The presence of a chronically ill family member may adversely affect the psychological health of siblings. This study used the General …
K. Foster-Williams, I. R. Hambleton, C. Hilton, G. R. Serjeant
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