Infectious diseases are associated with carotid intima media thickness in adolescence (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Inflammatory risk factors in childhood, e.g. obesity, impact on carotid artery intima media thickness (CIMT), an early indicator of atherosclerosis. Little is known on potential infectious
The adverse impact of obesity on heart rate variability is modified by a <em>NFE2L2 </em>gene variant: the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Overweight has been associated with an increase in inflammatory markers and with an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system, such as a decrease in heart rate variability (HRV). In this s
Carotid stiffness and physical activity in elderly: a short report of the SAPALDIA 3 cohort study (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Regular physical activity has been shown to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in the general population. While smaller studies in specified groups (highly trained versus untrained indiv
Comparing land use regression and dispersion modelling to assess residential exposure to ambient air pollution for epidemiological studies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Land-use regression (LUR) and dispersion models (DM) are commonly used for estimating individual air pollution exposure in population studies. Few comparisons have however been made of the
Long-term physical activity is associated with reduced arterial stiffness in older adults: longitudinal results of the SAPALDIA cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: longitudinal analyses of physical activity (PA) and arterial stiffness in populations of older adults are scarce. We examined associations between long-term change of PA and arterial stiff
Common variants in Mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function (Publications)
Many common genetic variants identified by genome-wide association studies for complex traits map to genes previously linked to rare inherited Mendelian disorders. A systematic analysis of common sing
Intermittency ratio: a metric reflecting short-term temporal variations of transportation noise exposure (Publications)
Most environmental epidemiology studies model health effects of noise by regressing on acoustic exposure metrics that are based on the concept of average energetic dose over longer time periods (i.e.