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Noninvasive integrative approach applied to children in the context of recent air pollution exposure demonstrates association between fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and urinary CC16.
analysed. When considering recent (lag1) low level exposure to PM as air pollution measurement, we found that U- CC16 was positively associated with FeNO (β = 0.23; 95% CI [-0.01; 0.47]; p = 0.06) in an ...
A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing
A one-point increment in the lifestyle score was associated with lower odds (ranging from 0.56 to 0.74) for all studied mental health outcomes and with a 1.74% (95% CI: 0.11, 3.40%) longer TL and 4.07% (95% CI ...
Prevalence, incidence and longevity of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among primary healthcare providers in Belgium: a prospective cohort study with 12 months of follow-up.
The seroprevalence in December 2020 (before vaccination availability) was 15.1% (95% CI 13.5% to 16.6%), increased to 84.2% (95% CI 82.9% to 85.5%) in March 2021 (after vaccination availability) and ...
Genomic epidemiology of persistently circulating MDR Shigella sonnei strains associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Belgium (2013–19)
both. Men were at higher risk of carrying a double resistant S. sonnei strain, compared with women (risk ratio = 8.6, 95% CI = 5.4-13.9). Phylogenetic analysis revealed four independent Belgian clusters ...
Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium.
population. The adjusted incremental annual health care cost of excess weight in Belgium was estimated at €3,329,206,657 (€651 [95% CI: €144-€1,084] and €1,015 [95% CI: €343-€1,697] per capita for individuals ...
Surveillance épidémiologique de la rougeole. Morbillivirus – 2020/2021
Wallonie avec 4,7/million (contre 65,8/million en 2019), et la Flandre avec 2,6/million (contre 11,2/million en 2019). En 2021, qu’un seul cas a été détecté à Bruxelles mais comme celui-ci a été importé, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic minimally interfered with delivery of care and did not result in worse outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
The overall probability of DFU healing (HR =1.03, 95% CI 0.88-1.21), major amputation (HR =0.77, 95% CI 0.58-1.01) or death (HR =1.26, 95% CI 0.79-1.99) as a first event was not different compared ...
Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children- epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022.
admitted to intensive care or high-dependency units (OR = 2.11; 95% CI: 1.18-3.74) and transplanted (OR = 3.36; 95% CI: 1.19-9.55) than cases with a negative test result for adenovirus, but this was no ...
Benchmarking public policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Guatemala.
information panels on packaged foods. Seventy-seven actions were recommended prioritizing the top 10 for immediate action. The Gwet AC2 was 0.73 (95% CI 0.67-0.80), indicating a good concordance among experts. ...
Residential green space in association with the methylation status in a CpG site within the promoter region of the placental serotonin receptor HTR2A
increased with 1.47% (95% CI:0.17;2.78), 1.52% (95% CI:0.21;2.83) and 1.42% (95% CI:0.15;2.69), respectively. Additionally„ we found 3.00% (95% CI:1.09;4.91) and 1.98% (95% CI:0.28;3.68) higher ...