Healthy lifestyle and heart rate variability in young adults (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine the association of a comprehensive healthy lifestyle with heart rate variability (HRV), a validated measure of autonomic function. DESIGN: This was a prospective coho
Spirometry reference equations for central European populations from school age to old age (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Spirometry reference values are important for the interpretation of spirometry results. Reference values should be updated regularly, derived from a population as similar to the population
40 years of progress in female cancer death risk: a Bayesian spatio-temporal mapping analysis in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the past decades, mortality of female gender related cancers declined in Switzerland and other developed countries. Differences in the decrease and in spatial patterns within Switzerlan
Association between tuberculosis, diabetes and 25 hydroxyvitamin D in Tanzania: a longitudinal case control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D level is inversely associated with tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes (DM). Vitamin D could be a mediator in the association between TB and DM. We examined the associations between v
Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation (Publications)
Lung function measures are used in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In 38,199 European ancestry individuals, we studied genome-wide association of forced expiratory volume in 1
Disease, activity and schoolchildren's health (DASH) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a study protocol (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An in-depth epidemiological investigation on intestinal parasite infections in an impoverished area of Port Elizabeth, South Africa provides a unique opportunity for research on its impact
Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline (Publications)
RATIONALE: Menopause is associated with changes in sex hormones, which affect immunity, inflammation, and osteoporosis and may impair lung function. Lung function decline has not previously been inves
Passive smoking exposure among adults and the dynamics of respiratory symptoms in a prospective multicenter cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to measure the effects of past exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on the day-to-day dynamics of four respiratory-symptom classes in a diary study including a