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Open AccessA feasibility study to assess Mediterranean Diet adherence using an AI-powered system
Mediterranean diet (MD) can play a major role in decreasing the risks of non-communicable diseases and preventing overweight and obesity. In order for a person to follow the MD and assess their adherence to it...
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Open AccessDaily and meal-based assessment of dairy and corresponding protein intake in Switzerland: results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH
Dairy contributes to daily protein and provides important minerals and vitamins. Using data of the National Nutrition Survey in Switzerland (menuCH), we aimed to describe intakes of dairy and its subcategories...
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Joints effects of BMI and smoking on mortality of all-causes, CVD, and cancer
Obesity, underweight, and smoking are associated with an increased mortality. We investigated the joint effects of body mass index and smoking on all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Data of the Third Natio...
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Mediterranean diet and mortality in Switzerland: an alpine paradox?
Reports on the protective effect of a Mediterranean diet on mortality usually refer to populations from Mediterranean countries, leaving uncertain whether really diet is the fundamental cause. Our aim was to e...
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Italianity is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer mortality in Switzerland
Different prostate cancer mortality rates observed in European countries may depend on cultural background. We aimed at exploring variation in prostate cancer mortality in the language regions of Switzerland a...
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Open AccessMortality risk associated with underweight: a census-linked cohort of 31,578 individuals with up to 32 years of follow-up
In contrast to obesity, information on the health risks of underweight is sparse. We examined the long-term association between underweight and mortality by considering factors possibly influencing this relati...
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Open AccessShould we go nuts about nuts?
Since the beginning of the 1990s, increasing evidence supports beneficial effects of nut consumption on health. A new analysis of the Spanish PREDIMED trial, published in BMC Medicine, has expanded our knowledge....
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Better risk assessment with glycated hemoglobin instead of cholesterol in CVD risk prediction charts
Traditional risk charts for the prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) include cholesterol parameters. We evaluated how models predict fatal CVD when cholesterol is replaced by glucose parameters. We used ...
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Open AccessBlood glucose may be an alternative to cholesterol in CVD risk prediction charts
Established risk models for the prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) include blood pressure, smoking and cholesterol parameters. The use of total cholesterol for CVD risk prediction has been questioned, ...
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Open AccessAbility of a biomarker-based score to predict death from circulatory disease and cancer in NHANES III
A score based on serum concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and HDL cholesterol was positively associated with death from cancer, circulatory disease, and all-...
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Possible Consequences of the New Operation Criteria for Bariatric Surgery in Switzerland
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Obesity but not overweight is associated with increased mortality risk
The association between body mass index (BMI) and survival has been described in various populations. However, the results remain controversial and information from low-prevalence Western countries is sparse. ...
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Open AccessDose-dependent positive association between cigarette smoking, abdominal obesity and body fat: cross-sectional data from a population-based survey
Although smokers tend to have a lower body-mass index than non-smokers, smoking may favour abdominal body fat accumulation. To our knowledge, no population-based studies have assessed the relationship between ...
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Open AccessEducational inequalities in mortality and associated risk factors: German- versus French-speaking Switzerland
Between the French- and German-speaking areas of Switzerland, there are distinct differences in mortality, similar to those between Germany and France. Assessing corresponding inequalities may elucidate variat...
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Open AccessEstablishing a follow-up of the Swiss MONICA participants (1984-1993): record linkage with census and mortality data
To assess the feasibility and quality of an anonymous linkage of 1) MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovscular disease, three waves between 1984 and 1993) data with 2) census and mortality ...
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Open AccessEnd-digits preference for self-reported height depends on language
When individuals report figures, they often prefer to round to specific end-digits (e.g. zero). Such preference has been found in reports of body weight, cigarette consumption or blood pressure measurements. V...
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Open AccessDiabetes and pre-diabetes are associated with cardiovascular risk factors and carotid/femoral intima-media thickness independently of markers of insulin resistance and adiposity
Impaired glucose regulation (IGR) is associated with detrimental cardiovascular outcomes such as cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVD risk factors) or intima-media thickness (IMT). Our aim was to examine w...
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Open AccessPrevalence, awareness and control of diabetes in the Seychelles and relationship with excess body weight
The evidence for a "diabesity" epidemic is accumulating worldwide but population-based data are still scarce in the African region. We assessed the prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes (DM) in the Sey...
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Open AccessClustering of smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use in adolescents in a rapidly develo** country
Smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use ("risk behaviors") are often initiated at a young age but few epidemiological studies have assessed their joined prevalence in children in develo** countries. This ...
