Zoekresultaten - 129 results
Decreasing rates of major lower-extremity amputation in people with diabetes but not in those without: a nationwide study in Belgium.
RESULTS: A total of 5438 individuals (52.1% with diabetes) underwent a major LEA, 2884 people with above- and 3070 with below-the-knee major amputations. A significant decline in the major amputation rate ...
Annual report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2016
36.3% in 1998 to 17.4% in 2010 and 11.7% in 2016; this decline was noted also amongst the F508 del homozygous patients. Amongst the patients up to 20 years, the proportion with BMI below the tenth ...
Analysis of mineral oil in food: results of a Belgian market survey
samples, MOSH was detected in 142 samples with concentrations up to 84.82 mg kg−1. For the MOAH fraction, there are 175 samples with a concentration below the limits of quantification (LOQ), while 23 samples ...
The effect of enteral tube feeding in cystic fibrosis: A registry based study.
original curve before the decline, but remained below the controls. Starting ETF had no effect on rate of height gain in children. The pre-index FEV1 decline (-1.52%/year (p = 0.002)) stabilized to ...
Development and validation of a quantitative UHPLC-MS/MS method for selected brominated flame retardants in food.
most of the analytes the apparent recovery was in the range 70-120%, and the method precision (under repeatability conditions) was below 20%. The method was successfully applied in proficiency testing ...
Intake of Fat-Soluble Vitamins in the Belgian Population: Adequacy and Contribution of Foods, Fortified Foods and Supplements.
the subjects had vitamin D intake from all sources below the adequate intake (AI) of 15 μg/day. The risk for inadequate intake of vitamins K and E was low (median > AI). Belgian fortification and ...
Pertussis diagnosis in Belgium: results of the National Reference Centre for Bordetella anno 2015.
were from infants and children below the age of five, serum samples were distributed among all age categories. A total of 394 (9·6%) cases was diagnosed as positive for Bordetella pertussis by qPCR and ...
Ethnicity impacts the cystic fibrosis diagnosis: A note of caution.
controls) and 14% have sweat chloride values below 60mmol/L (versus 6% in non-Asians). Also, CFTR mutations differ from those in Caucasians: 55% of British Asian patients with CF do not have one mutation ...
Does air pollution trigger suicide? A case-crossover analysis of suicide deaths over the life span.
1.06-1.29). Recent increases in outdoor air pollutants such as PM10 or O3 can trigger suicide, particularly during warm periods, even at concentrations below the European thresholds. Furthermore, PM10 may have ...
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 ...