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A randomized, multicentre, open-label phase II proof-of-concept trial investigating the clinical efficacy and safety of the addition of convalescent plasma to the standard of care in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: the DAWn-Plasma trial.
influenza to patients actively having the disease showed promising effects on mortality and appeared safe. Whether or not this also holds true for the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus is currently unknown. METHODS: DAW ...
Food cost and adherence to guidelines for healthy diets: evidence from Belgium.
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/food-cost-and-adherence-guidelines-healthy-diets-evidence-belgium
/ METHODS: Data from the nationally representative food consumption survey (FCS) 2014-2015 (n = 3146; 3-64 years) were used. Dietary data were collected through two non-consecutive 24-h recalls (records for ...
Validity of self-reported mammography uptake in the Belgian health interview survey: selection and reporting bias.
Health Insurance organizations (BCHI). METHODS: Individual BHIS 2013 data (n = 1040) were linked to BCHI data 2010-13 (BHIS- BCHI sample). Being reimbursed for mammography within the last 2-years was used ...
Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium.
(BHIS) data for asserting CD s. METHODS: Individual BHIS 2013 data were linked with BCHI data using the unique national register number. The study population included all participants of the BHIS 2013 aged ...
All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century.
century including those of the Spanish influenza pandemic. METHODS: Excess mortality predictions and COVID-19 mortality data were analysed for the period March 10th to June 21st 2020. The number of COVID-19 ...
The potential impact of an implemented income redistribution package on obesity prevalence in New Zealand.
Package) on adult obesity prevalence. METHODS: Logistic regressions were used to investigate associations between absolute individual income and adult obesity prevalence in NZ. Linear regressions were used ...
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants.
measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. Methods: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the ...
Efficient control of Japanese encephalitis virus in the central nervous system of infected pigs occurs in the absence of a pronounced inflammatory immune response.
immune responses controlling JEV infection in the CNS of pigs, however remains scarce. METHODS: Nine-week-old pigs were inoculated intranasal or intradermal with a relevant dose of 10 TCID of JEV genotype ...
Health-related quality of life in patients with non-communicable disease: study protocol of a cross-sectional survey
of this study is to assess the impact of NCD s on patients’ HRQ oL, with a focus on multimorbidity and socioeconomic status. Methods and analysis A primary care-based cross-sectional study is conducted ...
Urinary sodium and iodine concentrations among Belgian adults: results from the first national Health Examination Survey.
/ METHODS: Spot urine samples were collected in 2018 from participants of the Belgian Health Examination Survey. Iodine and sodium concentrations were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ...