"Middle Aged"

The inflammatory effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on leukocyte extravasation in vivo.
OBJECTIVE: Extravascular trafficking of leukocytes into organs is thought to play a major role in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of …
B. J. Evans, D. O. Haskard, J. R. Finch, I. R. Hambleton, R. C. Landis, K. M. Taylor
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Sex and the city: differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
BACKGROUND: The world’s population is ageing, and four of the top 10 most rapidly ageing developing nations are from the region …
Angela M. C. Rose, Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton
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Microbicides development program, Tanzania-baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort and reattendance at 3 months.
OBJECTIVES: To determine baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort of women in Mwanza City, Tanzania, and factors associated …
Andrew Vallely, Stella Kasindi, Ian R. Hambleton, Louise Knight, Tobias Chirwa, Rebecca Balira, John Changalucha, Deborah Watson-Jones, Dean Everett, Awene Gavyole, Jocelyn Moyes, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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Elderly survivors with homozygous sickle cell disease.
Graham R. Serjeant, Douglas R. Higgs, Ian 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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The role of inheritance and environment in predisposition to vascular disease in people of African descent.
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to compare vascular reactivity and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) between Afro-Caribbean people in …
Lalit Kalra, Curtis Rambaran, Elizabeth Iveson, Philip J. Chowienczyk, Ian Hambleton, James M. Ritter, Ajay Shah, Rainford Wilks, Terrence Forrester
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Ethnic differences in arterial responses and inflammatory markers in Afro-Caribbean and Caucasian subjects.
OBJECTIVE: Small vessel disease is more common in Afro-Caribbeans than Caucasians. We investigated underlying differences in metabolic, …
Lalit Kalra, Curtis Rambaran, Philip Chowienczyk, David Goss, Ian Hambleton, James Ritter, Ajay Shah, Rainford Wilks, Terrence Forrester
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Historical and current predictors of self-reported health status among elderly persons in Barbados.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the relative contribution of past events and of current experiences as determinants of health status among the …
Ian R. Hambleton, Kadene Clarke, Hedy L. Broome, Henry S. Fraser, Farley Brathwaite, Anselm J. Hennis
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Paravertebral anaesthesia for breast surgery an initial experience at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Paravertebral blockade (PVB) is a regional anaesthetic technique that allows the injection of local anaesthetic agents into the …
A. M. Crawford-Sykes, D. E. Chin, I. R. Hambleton
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Patients' desire for peri-operative information: Jamaican attitudes.
The desire for peri-operative information has been examined in patients from other countries. This study was undertaken to assess the …
A. M. Crawford-Sykes, I. R. Hambleton
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