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Contribution of chronic conditions to disability in men and women in France
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Results: Musculoskeletal diseases caused most disability for both men (10.1%, CI: 8.1–12.0) and women (16.0%, CI 13.6–18.2). The second contributor for men was heart diseases (5.7%, CI: 4.5–6.9%), and for ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in health expectancies in Belgium, 2001, 2004 and 2008
and disability to gender disparities in DFLE and LED. Results: Higher LE, DFLE and LED were observed for women compared with men in all years studied. A decrease in the gender gap in LE (2001: 5.9; ...
Development of a dot-blot assay for the detection of mould-specific IgE in the Belgian population
“major sensitization” defined as the strongest response against a single mould species was calculated. Results Intra- and inter-assay variations were both below 20%, and the positivity threshold of the ...
Is there evidence for correct diagnosis in cystic fibrosis registries?
predefined diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: Using as case definition sweat chloride >60mmol/L or 2 CFTR mutations identified, CF diagnosis was not documented in 2.8, 5.7, 6.5 and 21.6% of subjects in the F, B, ...
Risk factors for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a multi-laboratory study
study on a cohort of patients that underwent microbiological diagnostics in Belgium during 2005. The bacteriological results retrieved from 17 voluntary participating clinical laboratories were coupled ...
Association between variables used in the field substitution and post-stratification adjustment in the Belgian health interview survey and non-response.
techniques in the Belgian health interview survey 2004 are associated with non-response and assessed the impact of field substitution and post-stratification adjustment on the survey results. METHODS: Data ...
Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change
country with the lowest rate as reference; statistical significance was tested assuming a Poisson distribution of the number of deaths. Results The burden of premature mortality is much higher in men than ...
Using multiple measures to assess changes in social inequalities for breast cancer screening
indices measuring the total inequality impact at population level: the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF), the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) and the Slope Index of Inequality (SII). Results: All ...
Assessment of pfcrt 72-76 haplotypes eight years after chloroquine withdrawal in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
of uncomplicated malaria cases, as monotherapies had become ineffective in many parts of the world. As a result, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) withdrew chloroquine (CQ) from its malaria ...
Burden of influenza, healthcare seeking behaviour and hygiene measures during the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic in France: a population based study.
sample of the French population. RESULTS: For the 10 076 people included, 107 episodes of self-defined influenza were reported. The annual incidence of self-defined influenza was estimated at 13 942 cases ...