Search Results - "Cran, GW"

Repeat heart valve surgery: Risk factors for operative mortality by Jones, J.Mark, O'Kane, Hugh, Gladstone, Dennis J., Sarsam, Mazin A.I., Campalani, Gianfranco, MacGowan, Simon W., Cleland, Jack, Cran, Gordon W.

“…Background: Patients undergoing repeat heart valve operations are a diverse population. We assessed risk factors for operative mortality in patients undergoing…”
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and bone mineral density: the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project by McGartland, C.P, Robson, P.J, Murray, L.J, Cran, G.W, Savage, M.J, Watkins, D.C, Rooney, M.M, Boreham, C.A

“…Background: Studies examining the relation between bone mineral density (BMD) and fruit and vegetable consumption during adolescence are rare. Objective: Our…”
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Unexpected decline in survival from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease by Forbes, R B, Colville, S, Cran, G W, Swingler, R J

“…Objectives: To describe survival of 1226 Scottish adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease (ALS/MND). Methods: Ten year, prospective,…”
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Factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers by O'Reilly, F. W., Cran, G. W., Stevens, A. B.

“…Background In 2000, the UK Departments of Health recommended influenza immunization to employees directly involved in patient care. Uptake of this immunization…”
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A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a policy of making hip protectors available to residents of nursing homes by O'Halloran, Peter D., Cran, Gordon W., Beringer, Timothy R. O., Kernohan, George, O'Neill, Ciaran, Orr, Jean, Dunlop, Louise, Murray, Liam J.

“…Objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of a policy of making hip protectors available to residents of nursing homes. Design: a cluster randomised controlled…”
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Ten-year trends for fatness in Northern Irish adolescents: the Young Hearts Projects-repeat cross-sectional study by WATKINS, D. C, MURRAY, L. J, MCCARRON, P, BOREHAM, C. A. G, CRAN, G. W, YOUNG, I. S, MCGARTLAND, C, ROBSON, P. J, SAVAGE, J. M

“…To examine secular trends in measures of fatness over a 10-y period (the 1990s) in Northern Irish schoolchildren. Repeat cross-sectional surveys. In total, 12-…”
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Tracking of energy and nutrient intakes from adolescence to young adulthood: the experiences of the Young Hearts Project, Northern Ireland by Gallagher, AM, Robson, PJ, Livingstone, MBE, Cran, GW, Strain, JJ, Murray, L J, Savage, JM, Boreham, CAG

“…To assess tracking of energy and nutrient intakes between adolescence and young adulthood. Longitudinal study of a random sample of adolescents (aged 15 years…”
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The effect of type of hip protector and resident characteristics on adherence to use of hip protectors in nursing and residential homes—an exploratory study by O’Halloran, Peter D., Murray, Liam J., Cran, Gordon W., Dunlop, Louise, Kernohan, George, Beringer, Timothy R.O.

“…Objectives: To investigate the factors influencing the acceptability of hip protectors to residents of nursing and residential homes, especially the effect of…”
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Parental Recall of Birthweight: A Good Proxy for Recorded Birthweight? by Walton, K. A., Murray, L. J., Gallagher, A. M., Cran, G. W., Savage, M. J., Boreham, C.

“…Recent evidence suggests potential associations between birthweight and disease in later life. For resource or other reasons recorded birthweight may be…”
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Total homocysteine is not a determinant of arterial pulse wave velocity in young healthy adults by Woodside, J.V., McMahon, R., Gallagher, A.M., Cran, G.W., Boreham, C.A., Murray, L.J., Strain, J.J., McNulty, H., Robson, P.J., Brown, K.S., Whitehead, A.S., Savage, M., Young, I.S.

“…Aims: Hyperhomocysteinaemia has been associated with reduced pulse wave velocity (PWV) in patients with end-stage renal disease and in those with hypertension…”
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Absence of the palmaris longus muscle: a population study by Thompson, N W, Mockford, B J, Cran, G W

“…We examined 300 Caucasian subjects (150 males, 150 females) aged 18-40 years to assess the incidence of palmaris longus absence. The presence or absence of…”
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Physical activity, sports participation, and risk factors in adolescents by BOREHAM, C. A, TWISK, J, SAVAGE, M. J, CRAN, G. W, STRAIN, J. J

“…The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships between physical activity (ACT), including sports participation (SP) and antecedent risk factors for…”
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Tracking of energy and nutrient intakes from adolescence to young adulthood: the experiences of the Young Hearts Project, Northern Ireland by Gallagher, AM, Robson, PJ, Livingstone, MBE, Cran, GW, Strain, JJ, Murray, L J, Savage, JM, Boreham, CAG

“…To assess tracking of energy and nutrient intakes between adolescence and young adulthood. Longitudinal study of a random sample of adolescents (aged 15 years…”
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The effect of nutrient intake on bone mineral status in young adults: the Northern Ireland young hearts project by Neville, C E, Robson, P J, Murray, L J, Strain, J J, Twisk, J, Gallagher, A M, McGuinness, M, Cran, G W, Ralston, S H, Boreham, C A G

“…Optimizing peak bone mass in early life may reduce osteoporosis risk in later life. Such optimization may be partly dependent upon diet. In the present study,…”
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Tracking of nutrient intakes in adolescence: the experiences of the Young Hearts Project, Northern Ireland by Robson, P. J., Gallagher, A. M., Livingstone, M. B. E., Cran, G. W., Strain, J. J., Savage, J. M., Boreham, C. A. G.

“…This study evaluated the tracking of energy and nutrient intakes, assessed by diet history, in a random sample of adolescents (boys n 225, girls n 230) at…”
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Estimates of food and macronutrient intake in a random sample of Northern Ireland adolescents by Strain, J. J., Robson, P. J., Livingstone, M. B. E., Primrose, E. D., Savage, J. M., Cran, G. W., Boreham, C. A. G.

“…Estimates of food consumption and macronutrient intake were obtained from a randomly selected population sample (2%) of 1015 adolescents aged 12 and 15 years…”
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Long term health implications of fitness and physical activity patterns by Riddoch, C, Savage, J M, Murphy, N, Cran, G W, Boreham, C

“…Northern Ireland has the highest incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the world. The physical fitness, activity patterns, health knowledge, attitudes,…”
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Cholesterol screening and family history of vascular disease by Primrose, E D, Savage, J M, Boreham, C A, Cran, G W, Strain, J J

“…Hypercholesterolaemia is a major risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). Early detection and management of hypercholesterolaemia could…”
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Physical fitness and occupational demands of the Belfast ambulance service by Gamble, R P, Stevens, A B, McBrien, H, Black, A, Cran, G W, Boreham, C A

“…The objectives of this study were to evaluate the current fitness of an area ambulance service based in Belfast and to quantify the physiological demands of…”
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Moment estimators for the 3-parameter Weibull distribution by Cran, G.W.

“…Weibull moments are defined generally and then calculated for the 3-parameter Weibull distribution with non-negative location parameter. Sample estimates for…”
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