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David Faeh
Medicine & Public Health
English
Environmental Health
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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 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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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 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 ...
