The comorbid relationship between migraine and epilepsy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

MR Keezer, PR Bauer, MD Ferrari… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A number of studies have suggested a pathophysiologic link between migraine and
epilepsy. Our aim was to examine the relative lifetime prevalence of migraine in people with …

[HTML][HTML] Methodological challenges in measuring vaccine effectiveness using population cohorts in low resource settings

C King, J Beard, AC Crampin, A Costello… - Vaccine, 2015 - Elsevier
Post-licensure real world evaluation of vaccine implementation is important for establishing
evidence of vaccine effectiveness (VE) and programme impact, including indirect effects …

Breastfeeding initiation: impact of obesity in a large Canadian perinatal cohort study

J Verret-Chalifour, Y Giguere, JC Forest, J Croteau… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective To evaluate incidence of breastfeeding initiation according to maternal pre-
pregnancy body mass index (BMI) in “Grossesse en Santé”, a large prospective birth cohort …

Livestock-associated MRSA in household members of pig farmers: transmission and dynamics of carriage, a prospective cohort study

BAGL van Cleef, BHB van Benthem, EJM Verkade… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
This prospective cohort study describes carriage of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in household members from 49 farrowing pig farms in …

A significant risk factor for poststroke depression: the depression-related subnetwork

S Yang, P Hua, X Shang, Z Cui, S Zhong, G Gong… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2015 - jpn.ca
Background: Despite being one of the direct causes of depression, whether stroke-induced
neuroanatomical deterioration actually plays an important role in the onset of poststroke …

Persisting high prevalence of pneumococcal carriage among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: a cohort study

E Heinsbroek, T Tafatatha, A Phiri, B Ngwira… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: HIV-infected adults have high rates of pneumococcal carriage and invasive
disease. We investigated the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on pneumococcal carriage …

Arterial stiffness and progression of structural brain changes: the SMART-MR study

HM Jochemsen, M Muller, ML Bots, P Scheltens… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine the cross-sectional and prospective associations between arterial
stiffness and structural brain changes within the Second Manifestations of Arterial Disease …

Acceptability of alternatives to traditional emergency care: patient characteristics, alternate transport modes, and alternate destinations

CMC Jones, EB Wasserman, T Li… - Prehospital Emergency …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
To determine the acceptability of alternatives to traditional emergency care, we assessed the
proportion of subjects willing to consider alternative modes of transportation and alternative …

Odds ratio vs risk ratio in randomized controlled trials

H Balasubramanian, A Ananthan, S Rao… - Postgraduate …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. Use of odds ratio (OR) in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has been criticized
because it overestimates the effect size, if incorrectly interpreted as risk ratio (RR). To what …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme in cerebrospinal fluid and risk of brain atrophy

HM Jochemsen, WM Van Der Flier… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Background: Higher angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity might increase the risk of
Alzheimer's disease by increasing blood pressure, and subsequent development of cerebral …