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Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be lower among people of African descent than Caucasians. However, …
C. N. Edwards, S. G. Griffith, A. J. Hennis, I. R. Hambleton
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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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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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Incidence and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy: observations from a cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence, prevalence, and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy (PSR). DESIGN: …
Susan M. Downes, Ian R. Hambleton, Elaine L. Chuang, Noemi Lois, Graham R. Serjeant, Alan C. Bird
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CDC-defined diseases and opportunistic infections in Jamaican children with HIV/AIDS.
OBJECTIVE: To document the frequency of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-defined clinical conditions, opportunistic and …
R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, T. Evans-Gilbert, B. Rodriguez, P. Palmer, M. F. Smikle, S. Whorms, I. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: In the face of the continuing pandemic of HIV/AIDS, the burden of the disease is now largest in the resource-poor …
B. Rodriquez, J. C. Steel-Duncan, R. Pierre, T. Evans-Gilbert, I. Hambleton, P. Palmer, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Tuberculosis and HIV co-infections in Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: There has been a worldwide increased prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, with a similar trend observed in …
M. Geoghagen, J. A. Farr, I. Hambleton, R. Pierre, C. D. C. Christie
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Gallstones in sickle cell disease: observations from The Jamaican Cohort study.
The prevalence, incidence, risk factors, clinical associations, and morbidity of gallstones were studied in 311 patients with …
T. M. Walker, I. R. Hambleton, G. R. Serjeant
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