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Gestational diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review.
Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of impaired glucose tolerance first recognised during pregnancy. Most women with GDM revert to normal glucose... -
Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds
It is often claimed that pair bonds preferentially form between individuals that resemble one another. Such assortative mating appears to be widespread throughout the animal... -
Diagnostic accuracy of a digital fundus photographic system for detection of ...
Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a digital fundus photographic system that consists of taking fundus photographs by a trained technician using a RetCam®... -
Understanding a successful obesity prevention initiative in children under 5 ...
Introduction/Background Systems thinking represents an innovative and logical approach to understanding complexity in community-based obesity prevention interventions. We... -
Relationship between Research Outcomes and Risk of Bias, Study Sponsorship, a...
Background Artificially sweetened beverage consumption has steadily increased in the last 40 years. Several reviews examining the effects of artificially sweetened beverages... -
Measuring the importance of vertices in the weighted human disease network
AbstractMany human genetic disorders and diseases are known to be related to each other through frequently observed co-occurrences. Studying the correlations among multiple... -
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There is increased concern about poor scientific practices arising from an excessive focus on P-values. Two particularly worrisome practices are selective reporting of... -
Analysing trajectories of a longitudinal exposure: A causal perspective on co...
: Longitudinal data is commonly analysed to inform prevention policies for diseases that may develop throughout life. Commonly methods interpret the longitudinal data as a... -
Small Molecule-Induced Complement Factor D (Adipsin) Promotes Lipid Accumulat...
Adipocytes are differentiated by various transcriptional cascades integrated on the master regulator, Pparγ. To discover new genes involved in adipocyte differentiation,... -
Tooth loss and risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke: A dose-response met...
Conflicting results identifying the association between tooth loss and cardiovascular disease and stroke have been reported. Therefore, a dose-response meta-analysis was... -
Association between maternal overweight or obesity and cerebral palsy in chil...
Context There is no consensus regarding the association between maternal obesity or overweight and cerebral palsy (CP) in children. Objectives To investigate whether... -
The association between maternal body mass index and child obesity: A systema...
Background There is a global obesity crisis, particularly among women and disadvantaged populations. Early-life intervention to prevent childhood obesity is a priority for...
