Browsing Centre for Clinical Pharmacology by Subject "Cross-Sectional Studies"
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Alcohol use among fatally injured victims in São Paulo, Brazil: bridging the gap between research and health services in developing countries.
(2017-04)BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Most studies reporting alcohol use among fatally injured victims are subject to bias, particularly those related to sample selection and to absence of injury context data. We developed a research method ... -
Association of genetic variation in telomere-related SNP and telomerase with ventricular arrhythmias in ischemic cardiomyopathy.
(2018-03)BACKGROUND: Telomeres are known to provide genomic stability and telomere length has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, a higher telomerase activity has been shown to be associated with ventricular ... -
COVID-19: Causes of anxiety and wellbeing support needs of healthcare professionals in the UK: A cross-sectional survey.
(Royal College of Physicians, 2021-01)BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has caused acute changes in healthcare delivery; this may impact mental health and wellbeing needs of healthcare professionals (HCPs). AIMS: We aimed to identify the causes of anxiety in HCPs during ... -
Using symptom-based case predictions to identify host genetic factors that contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility.
(2021)Epidemiological and genetic studies on COVID-19 are currently hindered by inconsistent and limited testing policies to confirm SARS-CoV-2 infection. Recently, it was shown that it is possible to predict COVID-19 cases using ... -
Weather, day length and physical activity in older adults: Cross-sectional results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Norfolk Cohort.
(2017)BACKGROUND: A wide range of environmental factors have been related to active ageing, but few studies have explored the impact of weather and day length on physical activity in older adults. We investigate the cross-sectional ...