[PDF] Top 20 An exploratory case control study of risk factors for hepatitis E in rural Bangladesh.

... cause of epidemic and sporadic hepatitis ...contamination of drinking water, yet the environmental reservoir of HEV between epidemics remains ...unclear. In contrast to neighboring ... See full document

... In a second stage, we approached the clinical out- comes associated with methicillin resistance in ...infections. In-hospital mortality was defined as the propor- tion of MRSA and MSSA ... See full document

... is an acute, febrile infectious ...bite of an infected larval trombiculid mite (chigger), which belongs to the family Trombi- culidae and primarily consisting of the genus Leptortrombidium ... See full document

... use of antimicrobials was associated with a higher occurrence of BSI (OR: ...use of antimi- crobials within 6 months before the ...BSI in patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. However, ... See full document

... disease in Taiwan since 2007, little is known about its risk ...This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for acute Toxoplasma gondii diseases in ...population-based ... See full document

... incidence of liver cancer [35, 46]; this is an interesting phe- nomenon worthy of further ...previous study [29] suggested that HIF-2a rs4953354 SNP is a potentially susceptible marker for the ... See full document

... children. In a study carried out in Vitória/ES, it was concluded that the fact that the mother is illiterate or does not complete elementary education raises approximately ...chance of the ... See full document

... In case-control studies, the selection of partic- ipants is a major challenge to minimize the occur- rence of any ...bias. In this study, all individuals in the ... See full document

... power of 80%, 5% significant level (two-tailed test), and 15% frequency of exposure in the case group, was consid- ered to give an expected odds ratio (OR) of ...The case ... See full document

... hospital-based case-control study was part of an international study carried out in Latin America and coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer ...the ... See full document

... family of phase II metabolizing enzymes that catalyse the detoxification of a large range of endogenous and exogenous toxic compounds, playing an important role in protecting cells ... See full document

... Some of the drugs which we found to be associated with type 1 diabetes are known to influence glucose tolerance and insulin secretion ...number of these drugs the mechanism by which this influence occurs ... See full document

... - Rural populations present an elevated risk of exposure to hepatitis A ...objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors associated ... See full document

... Mortality risk factors according to the risk stratifi cation criteria of the Guideline of the Rede Mãe Paranaense ...a case-control epidemiological study with ... See full document

... hospital-based case-control study was performed in three hospitals (Dezyani, Falsafi, Masoud) in Gorgan, which is located in the north of ...the study was obtained ... See full document

... 90% of all cases of hypertension. Though it is a one of major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, it is a condition with its own risk ...prevalence of hypertension ... See full document

... measurement of blood pressure in pregnant women is essential to the precise diagnosis of hypertension, which can cause serious problems, such as stroke, premature birth or low birth ...increase ... See full document

... use of actual and historical data to predict the financial outcome of the upcoming months ...resulting in a corporate budget reflected on projected financial statements and ...method of ... See full document

... Foundation case- control component of the “Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development” ... See full document

... questionnaire of the Census provides individual information about education, age, gender, race, employment status, labor earnings and occupation in the main job, and place of residence, among many ... See full document