Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications
Research in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications examines age, environment, chronic disease, social health determinants, maternal and child health, and mental health all in an effort to understand and improve the health of populations as a whole. These publications contain risk assessment and examinations of various health determinants to understand the health and circumstances of certain populations.
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Submissions from 2019
Multimorbidity and comorbidity revisited: refining the concepts for international health research, Kathryn Nicholson, Tatjana T. Makovski, Lauren E. Griffith, Parminder Raina, Saverio Stranges, and Marjan van den Akker
The integration of primary care and public health to improve population health: tackling the complex issue of multimorbidity, Kathryn Nicholson, Tatjana T. Makovski, and Saverio Stranges
Vegan dietary pattern for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, Karen Rees, Lena Al-Khudairy, Andrea Takeda, and Saverio Stranges
Mediterranean-style diet for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, Karen Rees, Andrea Takeda, Nicole Martin, Leila Ellis, Dilini Wijesekara, Abhinav Vepa, Archik Das, Louise Hartley, and Saverio Stranges
Sleep duration and multimorbidity in Luxembourg: Results from the European Health Examination Survey in Luxembourg, 2013-2015, Maria Ruiz-Castell, Tatjana T. Makovski, Valéry Bocquet, and Saverio Stranges
Metabolically healthy and unhealthy weight statuses, health issues and related costs: Findings from the 2013–2015 European Health Examination Survey in Luxembourg, H. Samouda, M. Ruiz-Castell, M. Karimi, V. Bocquet, A. Kuemmerle, A. Chioti, F. Dadoun, and S. Stranges
Production of physician services under fee-for-service and blended fee-for-service: Evidence from Ontario, Canada., Nibene H Somé, Rose Anne Devlin, Nirav Mehta, Greg Zaric, Lihua Li, Salimah Shariff, Bachir Belhadji, Amardeep Thind, Amit Garg, and Sisira Sarma
Effect of selenium supplementation on changes in HbA1c: Results from a multiple-dose, randomized controlled trial, Saverio Stranges, Margaret P. Rayman, Kristian H. Winther, Eliseo Guallar, Søren Cold, and Roberto Pastor-Barriuso
Cochrane corner: Does the Mediterranean-style diet help in the prevention of cardiovascular disease?, Saverio Stranges, Andrea Takeda, Nicole Martin, and Karen Rees
Submissions from 2018
Comparative analysis of the association between 35 frailty scores and cardiovascular events, cancer, and total mortality in an elderly general population in England: An observational study, Gloria A. Aguayo, Michel T. Vaillant, Anne Françoise Donneau, Anna Schritz, Saverio Stranges, Laurent Malisoux, Anna Chioti, Michèle Guillaume, Majon Muller, and Daniel R. Witte
Reply-Letter to the Editor – Smoking status is inversely associated with overall diet quality: Findings from the ORISCAV-LUX study, Ala'a Alkerwi, Burcu Baydarlioglu, Nicolas Sauvageot, Saverio Stranges, Paul Lemmens, Nitin Shivappa, and James R. Hébert
Study design and characteristics of the Luxembourg European Health Examination Survey (EHES-LUX), Valéry Bocquet, Jessica Barré, Sophie Couffignal, Marylène D'Incau, Charles Delagardelle, Georges Michel, Marc Schlesser, Saverio Stranges, Andrea Kuemmerle, and Maria Ruiz-Castell
Lipoprotein(a) and secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events: A critical appraisal, Michael B. Boffa, Saverio Stranges, Neil Klar, Patrick M. Moriarty, Gerald F. Watts, and Marlys L. Koschinsky
Magnitude and pattern of hypertension in the Niger Delta: A systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based studies, Martinsixtus Ezejimofor, Olalekan Uthman, Yen Fu Chen, Benedeth Ezejimofor, Aloysius Ezeabasili, Saverio Stranges, and Ngianga Bakwin Kanda-La
Trends in obesity and multimorbidity in Canada., Michael Lebenbaum, Gregory S Zaric, Amardeep Thind, and Sisira Sarma
The state of US health, 1990-2016: Burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors among US states, Christopher J.L. Murray, Ali H. Mokdad, Katherine Ballestros, Michelle Echko, Scott Glenn, Helen E. Olsen, Erin Mullany, Alex Lee, Abdur Rahman Khan, Alireza Ahmadi, Alize J. Ferrari, Amir Kasaeian, Andrea Werdecker, Austin Carter, Ben Zipkin, Benn Sartorius, Berrin Serdar, Bryan L. Sykes, Chris Troeger, Christina Fitzmaurice, Colin D. Rehm, Damian Santomauro, Daniel Kim, Danny Colombara, David C. Schwebel, Derrick Tsoi, Dhaval Kolte, Elaine Nsoesie, Emma Nichols, Eyal Oren, Fiona J. Charlson, and George C. Patton
Effect of long-term selenium supplementation on mortality: Results from a multiple-dose, randomised controlled trial, Margaret P. Rayman, Kristian Hillert Winther, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, Frederick Cold, Marianne Thvilum, Saverio Stranges, Eliseo Guallar, and Søren Cold
Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016, Gregory A. Roth, Valery L. Feigin, Grant Nguyen, Kelly Cercy, Catherine O. Johnson, Tahiya Alam, Priyakumari G. Parmar, Amanuel A. Abajobir, Kalkidan H. Abate, Foad Abd-Allah, Ayenew N. Abejie, Gebre Y. Abyu, Zanfina Ademi, Gina Agarwal, Muktar B. Ahmed, Rufus O. Akinyemi, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Leopold N. Aminde, Catherine Amlie-Lefond, Hossein Ansari, Hamid Asayesh, Solomon W. Asgedom, Tesfay M. Atey, Henok T. Ayele, Maciej Banach, Amitava Banerjee, Aleksandra Barac, Suzanne L. Barker-Collo, Till Bärnighausen, Lars Barregard, Sanjay Basu, and Neeraj Bedi
The burden of cardiovascular diseases among us states, 1990-2016, Gregory A. Roth, Catherine O. Johnson, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Foad Abd-Allah, Muktar Ahmed, Khurshid Alam, Tahiya Alam, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Hossein Ansari, Johan Ärnlöv, Tesfay Mehari Atey, Ashish Awasthi, Tadesse Awoke, Aleksandra Barac, Till Bärnighausen, Neeraj Bedi, Derrick Bennett, Isabela Bensenor, Sibhatu Biadgilign, Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela, Ferrán Catalá-López, Kairat Davletov, Samath Dharmaratne, Eric L. Ding, Manisha Dubey, Emerito Jose Aquino Faraon, Talha Farid, Maryam S. Farvid, Valery Feigin, João Fernandes, Joseph Frostad, and Alemseged Gebru
Geographical variation of overweight, obesity and related risk factors: Findings from the European Health examination Survey in Luxembourg, 2013-2015, Hanen Samouda, Maria Ruiz-Castell, Valery Bocquet, Andrea Kuemmerle, Anna Chioti, Frédéric Dadoun, Ngianga Bakwin Kandala, and Saverio Stranges
Family physician remuneration schemes and specialist referrals: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ontario, Canada., Sisira Sarma, Nirav Mehta, Rose Anne Devlin, Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse, and Lihua Li
Real-time polymerase chain reaction tests versus antenatal culture tests for the screening of maternal group B Streptococcus colonisation in labour, Farah Seedat, Jennifer A. Cooper, Olalekan A. Uthman, Yemisi Takwoingi, Esther R. Robinson, Ngianga Bakwin Kandala, Saverio Stranges, and Sian Taylor-Phillips
Substance Use Patterns Among Women Living with HIV Compared with the General Female Population of Canada, Mostafa Shokoohi, Greta R Bauer, Angela Kaida, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Mina Kazemi, Brenda Gagnier, Alexandra de Pokomandy, and Mona Loutfy
Reducing health disparities among indigenous populations: the role of collaborative approaches to improve public health systems, Piotr Wilk, Martin Cooke, Saverio Stranges, and Alana Maltby
Submissions from 2017
Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years, Ashkan Afshin, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Marissa B. Reitsma, Patrick Sur, Kara Estep, Alex Lee, Laurie Marczak, Ali H. Mokdad, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Mohsen Naghavi, Joseph S. Salama, Theo Vos, Kalkidan H. Abate, Cristiana Abbafati, Muktar B. Ahmed, Ziyad Al-Aly, Ala'a Alkerwi, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Azmeraw T. Amare, Alemayehu Amberbir, Adeladza K. Amegah, Erfan Amini, Stephen M. Amrock, Ranjit M. Anjana, Johan Ärnlöv, Hamid Asayesh, Amitava Banerjee, Aleksandra Barac, Estifanos Baye, Derrick A. Bennett, Addisu S. Beyene, and Sibhatu Biadgilign