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Mark Walker
Researcher at University of Ottawa
Publications - 690
Citations - 63950
Mark Walker is an academic researcher from University of Ottawa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 622 publications receiving 58554 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Walker include Newcastle University & Queen's University.
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Caesarean section in pregnancies conceived by assisted reproductive technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nakeisha A. Lodge-Tulloch,Flavia T. S. Elias,Flavia T. S. Elias,Jessica Pudwell,Laura Gaudet,Mark Walker,Graeme N. Smith,Maria P. Velez +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared caesarean section rates in ART pregnancies versus spontaneous conceptions by indication (elective versus emergent), and by type of ART treatment (in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), fresh embryo transfer, frozen embryo transfer) in a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Translating research evidence to service provision for prevention of type 2 diabetes: development and early outcomes of the ‘New life, New you’ intervention
TL;DR: The development and early outcomes of an innovative intervention, directed to people at risk of type 2 diabetes, delivered by fitness trainers in leisure and community settings in Middlesbrough, UK, are reported.
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Insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial gene mutation.
Mark Walker,Robert W. Taylor,Murray Stewart,Laurie A Bindoff,Margaret Jackson,George Alberti,Douglass M. Turnbull +6 more
TL;DR: Longer term studies of atherosclerosis end points will be required to determine whether a potential benefit of the sustained use of acarbose on Lp(a) might outweigh any potential detriment due to an elevation in apoB, an atherogenic risk factor.
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Prospective head-to-head comparison of accuracy of two sequencing platforms for screening for fetal aneuploidy by cell-free DNA: the PEGASUS study.
François Rousseau,Sylvie Langlois,Jo-Ann Johnson,Jean Gekas,Emmanuel Bujold,François Audibert,Mark Walker,Mark Walker,Sylvie Giroux,André Caron,Valérie Clément,Jonatan Blais,Tina MacLeod,Richard A. Moore,Julie Gauthier,Loubna Jouan,Alexandre D. Laporte,Ousmane Diallo,Jeremy Parker,Lucas Swanson,Yongjun Zhao,Yves Labelle,Yves Giguère,Jean-Claude Forest,Julian Little,Aly Karsan,Guy A. Rouleau +26 more
TL;DR: Threshold analysis in high-risk pregnancies with different fetal fractions and z-score cut-offs suggested that a z- score cutoff to 3.5 for positive results improved test accuracy.
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Women’s perspectives of the fetal fibronectin testing process: a qualitative descriptive study
Wendy E. Peterson,Ann E. Sprague,Jessica Reszel,Mark Walker,Mark Walker,Deshayne B. Fell,Sherry L. Perkins,Sandra Dunn,Moya Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: Fetal fibronectin testing was acceptable and beneficial to these women with symptoms of preterm labour and Implications for practice and future research are suggested.