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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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About: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a government organization based out in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 58238 authors who have published 82592 publications receiving 4405701 citations. The organization is also known as: CDC & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Topics: Population, Public health, Poison control, Vaccination, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
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TL;DR: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) is a national surveillance system that has been assessing the health and nutritional status of Koreans since 1998 and collects information on socioeconomic status, health-related behaviours, quality of life, healthcare utilization, anthropometric measures, biochemical and clinical profiles for non-communicable diseases and dietary intakes.
Abstract: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) is a national surveillance system that has been assessing the health and nutritional status of Koreans since 1998. Based on the National Health Promotion Act, the surveys have been conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). This nationally representative cross-sectional survey includes approximately 10 000 individuals each year as a survey sample and collects information on socioeconomic status, health-related behaviours, quality of life, healthcare utilization, anthropometric measures, biochemical and clinical profiles for non-communicable diseases and dietary intakes with three component surveys: health interview, health examination and nutrition survey. The health interview and health examination are conducted by trained staff members, including physicians, medical technicians and health interviewers, at a mobile examination centre, and dieticians' visits to the homes of the study participants are followed up. KNHANES provides statistics for health-related policies in Korea, which also serve as the research infrastructure for studies on risk factors and diseases by supporting over 500 publications. KCDC has also supported researchers in Korea by providing annual workshops for data users. KCDC has published the Korea Health Statistics each year, and microdata are publicly available through the KNHANES website (http://knhanes.cdc.go.kr).
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TL;DR: This chapter provides an up to date review of the biology, biochemistry and host parasite relationships of Cryptosporidium.
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TL;DR: Rates of diabetes-related complications have declined substantially in the past two decades, but a large burden of disease persists because of the continued increase in the prevalence of diabetes.
Abstract: Background Preventive care for adults with diabetes has improved substantially in recent decades. We examined trends in the incidence of diabetes-related complications in the United States from 1990 through 2010. Methods We used data from the National Health Interview Survey, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, the U.S. Renal Data System, and the U.S. National Vital Statistics System to compare the incidences of lower-extremity amputation, end-stage renal disease, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and death from hyperglycemic crisis between 1990 and 2010, with age standardized to the U.S. population in the year 2000. Results Rates of all five complications declined between 1990 and 2010, with the largest relative declines in acute myocardial infarction (−67.8%; 95% confidence interval [CI], −76.2 to −59.3) and death from hyperglycemic crisis (−64.4%; 95% CI, −68.0 to −60.9), followed by stroke and amputations, which each declined by approxi mately half (−52.7% and −51.4%, respectively); the smallest decline was in endstage renal disease (−28.3%; 95% CI, −34.6 to −21.6). The greatest absolute decline was in the number of cases of acute myocardial infarction (95.6 fewer cases per 10,000 persons; 95% CI, 76.6 to 114.6), and the smallest absolute decline was in the number of deaths from hyperglycemic crisis (−2.7; 95% CI, −2.4 to −3.0). Rate reduc tions were larger among adults with diabetes than among adults without diabetes, leading to a reduction in the relative risk of complications associated with diabetes. When expressed as rates for the overall population, in which a change in prevalence also affects complication rates, there was a decline in rates of acute myocardial infarction and death from hyperglycemic crisis (2.7 and 0.1 fewer cases per 10,000, respectively) but not in rates of amputation, stroke, or end-stage renal disease. Conclusions Rates of diabetes-related complications have declined substantially in the past two decades, but a large burden of disease persists because of the continued increase in the prevalence of diabetes. (Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
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TL;DR: Rates of bronchiolitis-associated hospitalizations associated with RSV infection among infants may be greater than previous estimates for RSV bron chiolitis and pneumonia hospitalizations combined.
Abstract: ContextRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes more lower respiratory tract
infections, often manifested as bronchiolitis, among young children than any
other pathogen. Few national estimates exist of the hospitalizations attributable
to RSV, and recent advances in prophylaxis warrant an update of these estimates.ObjectivesTo describe rates of bronchiolitis-associated hospitalizations and to
estimate current hospitalizations associated with RSV infection.Design and SettingDescriptive analysis of US National Hospital Discharge Survey data from
1980 through 1996.ParticipantsChildren younger than 5 years who were hospitalized in short-stay, nonfederal
hospitals for bronchiolitis.Main Outcome MeasureBronchiolitis-associated hospitalization rates by age and year.ResultsDuring the 17-year study period, an estimated 1.65 million hospitalizations
for bronchiolitis occurred among children younger than 5 years, accounting
for 7.0 million inpatient days. Fifty-seven percent of these hospitalizations
occurred among children younger than 6 months and 81% among those younger
than 1 year. Among children younger than 1 year, annual bronchiolitis hospitalization
rates increased 2.4-fold, from 12.9 per 1000 in 1980 to 31.2 per 1000 in 1996.
During 1988-1996, infant hospitalization rates for bronchiolitis increased
significantly (P for trend <.001), while hospitalization
rates for lower respiratory tract diseases excluding bronchiolitis did not
vary significantly (P for trend = .20). The proportion
of hospitalizations for lower respiratory tract illnesses among children younger
than 1 year associated with bronchiolitis increased from 22.2% in 1980 to
47.4% in 1996; among total hospitalizations, this proportion increased from
5.4% to 16.4%. Averaging bronchiolitis hospitalizations during 1994-1996 and
assuming that RSV was the etiologic agent in 50% to 80% of November through
April hospitalizations, an estimated 51,240 to 81,985 annual bronchiolitis
hospitalizations among children younger than 1 year were related to RSV infection.ConclusionsDuring 1980-1996, rates of hospitalization of infants with bronchiolitis
increased substantially, as did the proportion of total and lower respiratory
tract hospitalizations associated with bronchiolitis. Annual bronchiolitis
hospitalizations associated with RSV infection among infants may be greater
than previous estimates for RSV bronchiolitis and pneumonia hospitalizations
combined.
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James Bentham1, Mariachiara Di Cesare1, Mariachiara Di Cesare2, Gretchen A Stevens3 +787 more•Institutions (246)
TL;DR: The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
Abstract: Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. The largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in South Korean women and Iranian men, who became 20.2 cm (95% credible interval 17.5–22.7) and 16.5 cm (13.3–19.7) taller, respectively. In contrast, there was little change in adult height in some sub-Saharan African countries and in South Asia over the century of analysis. The tallest people over these 100 years are men born in the Netherlands in the last quarter of 20th century, whose average heights surpassed 182.5 cm, and the shortest were women born in Guatemala in 1896 (140.3 cm; 135.8–144.8). The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
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Graham A. Colditz | 261 | 1542 | 256034 |
David J. Hunter | 213 | 1836 | 207050 |
Bernard Rosner | 190 | 1162 | 147661 |
Richard Peto | 183 | 683 | 231434 |
Aaron R. Folsom | 181 | 1118 | 134044 |
Didier Raoult | 173 | 3267 | 153016 |
James F. Sallis | 169 | 825 | 144836 |
David R. Jacobs | 165 | 1262 | 113892 |
Steven N. Blair | 165 | 879 | 132929 |
Gordon J. Freeman | 164 | 579 | 105193 |
Dennis R. Burton | 164 | 683 | 90959 |
Rory Collins | 162 | 489 | 193407 |
Ali H. Mokdad | 156 | 634 | 160599 |
Caroline S. Fox | 155 | 599 | 138951 |
Paul Elliott | 153 | 773 | 103839 |