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Browsing Medicine by Subject "Cohort Studies"

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  • Dias, T.; Niriella, M.; de Silva, S.; Motha, C.; Palihawadana, T.S.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, J. (Wiley Publishing, 2017)
    OBJECTIVES: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been recognised as a risk factor for malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of MetS and risk of endometrial carcinoma (EC), by measuring endometrial ...
  • Ng, S.C.; Tang, W.; de Silva, H.J.; Niriella, M.A.; Senanayake, Y.U.; Ooi, C.J.; Ling, K-L; Ong, D.E.; Goh, K.L.; Hilmi, I.; Ouyang, Q.; Wang, Y-F.; Hu, P.; Chen, M.; Zeng, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Wu, K.; Wang, X.; Pisespongsa, P.; Manatsathit, S.; Aniwan, S.; Simadibrata, M.; Abdullah, M.; Tsang, S.; Wong, T.; Leung, V.; Lo, F.H.; Hui, A.R.; Chow, C.M.; Yu, H.H.; Li, M.F.; Ng, K.K.; Ching, J.; Sung, J.J.Y.; Chan, F.K.L. (American Gastroenterological Association(AGA) Institute, Published by Elsevier Inc., 2014)
    BACKGROUND AND AIM: Data on the natural history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in population-based setting in Asia are scarce. It is not clear if IBD disease course differs between Asian and Western cohorts. METHODS: ...
  • Feitosa, M.F.; Kraja, A.T.; Chasman, D.I.; Sung, Y.J.; Winkler, T.W.; Ntalla, I.; Guo, X.; Franceschini, N.; Cheng, C.Y.; Sim, X.; Vojinovic, D.; Marten, J.; Musani, S.K.; Li, C.; Bentley, A.R.; Brown, M.R.; Scwander, K.; Richard, M.A.; Noordam, R.; Aschard, H.; Bartz, T.M.; Bielak, L.F.; Dorajoo, R.; Fishaer, V.; Hartwig, F.P.; Horimoto, A.R.V.R.; Lohman, K.K.; Manning, A.K.; Rankinen, T.; Smith, A.V.; Tajiddin, S.M.; Wojczynski, M.K.; Alver, M.; Boissel, M.; Cai, Q.; Campbell, A.; Chai, J.F.; Chen, X.; Divers, J.; Gao, C.; Goel, A.; Hagemeijer, Y.; Harris, S.E.; He, M.; Hsu, F.C.; Jackson, A.U.; Kahonen, M.; Kasturiratne, A.; Komulainen, P.; Kuhnel, B.; Laguzzi, F.; Luan, J.; Matoba, N.; Nolte, I.M.; Padmanabhan, S.; Riaz, M.; Rueedi, R.; Robino, A.; Said, M.A.; Scott, R.A.; Soffer, T.; Stancakova, A.; Takeuchi, F.; Tayo, B.O.; van de Most, P.J.; Varga, T.V.; Vitart, V.; Wang, Y.; Ware, E.B.; Warren, H.R.; Weiss, S.; Wen, W.; Yanek, L.R.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, J.H.; Afaq, S.; Amin, N.; Amini, M.; Arking, D.E.; Aung, T.; Boerwinkle, E.; Borecki, I.; Broecki, I.; Broeckel, U.; Brown, M.; Brumat, M.; Burke, G.L.; Canouil, M.; Chakravarthi, A.; Charumathi, S.; Ida Chen, Y.D.; Connel, J.M.; Correa, A.; de Las Fuentes, L.; de Mutsert, R.; de Silva, H.J.; Deng, X.; Ding, J.; Duan, Q.; Eaton, C.B.; Ehret, G.; Eppinga, R.N.; Evangelou, E.; Faul, J.D.; Felix, S.B.; Forouhi, N.G.; Forrester, T.; Franco, O.H.; Friedlander, Y.; Gandin, I.; Gao, H.; Ghanbari, M.; Gigante, B.; Gu, C.C.; Gu, D.; Hagenaars, S.P.; Halmans, G.; Harris, T.B.; He, J.; Heikkinen, S.; Heng, C.K.; Hirata, M.; Howard, B.V.; Ikram, M.A.; InterAct Consortium; John, U.; Katsuya, T.; Lakka, T.A.; Langefeld, C.D.; Langenberg, C.; Launer, L.J.; Lehne, B.; Lewis, C.E.; Li, Y.; Lin, S.; Lin, U.; Liu, J.; Liu, J.; Loh, M.; Louie, T.; Magi, R.; McKenzie, C.A.; Meitinger, T.; Metspalu, A.; Milaneschi, Y.; Milani, L.; mohlke, K.L.; Momozawa, Y.; Nalls, M.A.; Nelson, C.P.; Sotoodehnia, N.; Norris, J.M.; O'Connel, J.R.; Palmer, N.D.; Perls, T.; Pedersen, N.L.; Peters, A.; Peyser, P.A.; Poulter, N.; Raffel, L.J.; Raitakari, O.T.; Roll, K.; Rose, L.M.; Rosendaal, F.R.; Rotter, J.I.; Schimidit, C.O.; Schreiner, P.J.; Schupf, N.; Scott, W.R.; Sever, P.S.; Shi, Y.; Sidney, S.; Sims, M.; Sitlani, C.M.; Smith, J.A.; Snieder, H.; Starr, J.M.; Strauch, K.; Stringham, H.M.; Tan, N.Y.Q.; Tang, H.; Taylor, K.D.; Teo, Y.Y.; Tham, Y.C.; Turner, S.C.; Uitterlinden, A.G.; Vollenweider, P.; Waldenberger, M.; Wang, L.; Wang, Y.X.; Wei, W.B.; Williams, C.; Yao, J.; Yuan, J.M.; Zhao, W.; Zonderman, A.B.; Becker, D.M.; Boehnke, M.; Bowden, D.W.; Chambers, J.C.; Deary, I.J.; Esco, T.; Farall, M.; Frankd, P.W.; Freedman, B.I.; Froguel, P.; Gasparini, P.; Gieger, C.; Jonas, J.B.; Kamatani, Y.; Kato, N.; Kooner, J.S.; Kutalik, Z.; Laakso, M.; Laurie, C.C.; Leander, K.; Lehtimaki, T.; Study, L.C.; Magnusson, P.K.E.; Olderhinkel, A.J.; Penninx, B.W.J.H.; Polasek, O.; Porteous, D.J.; Rauramaa, R.; Ssamani, N.J.; Scott, J.; Shu, X.O.; van der Harst, P.; Wagenknecht, L.E.; Wareham, N.J.; Watkins, H.; Weir, D.R.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Wu, T.; Zheng, W.; Bouchard, C.; Christensen, K.; Evans, M.K.; Gudnason, V.; Horta, B.L.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Liu, Y.; Pereira, A.C.; Psaty, B.M.; Ridker, P.M.; van Dam, R.M.; Gauderman, W.J.; Zhu, X.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Fornage, M.; Rotimi, C.N.; Cupples, L.A.; Kelly, T.N.; Fox, E.R.; Hayward, C.; van Duijn, C.M.; Tai, E.S.; Wong, T.Y.; Kooperberg, C.; Palmas, W.; Rice, K.; Morrison, A.C.; Elliott, P.; Caulfield, M.J.; Munroe, P.B.; Rao, D.C.; Province, M.A.; Levy, D. (Public Library of Science, 2018)
    Heavy alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for hypertension; the mechanism by which alcohol consumption impact blood pressure (BP) regulation remains unknown. We hypothesized that a genome-wide association ...
  • Gunasekera, M.B.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Gunasena, S.; Subasinghe, S.A.S.C.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Khan, K.B.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2003)
    BACKGROUND: Early definitive laboratory diagnosis of dengue is difficult with the tests in routine use at present. OBJECTIVE: To develop a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction based liquid hybridisation (RT-PCR-LH) ...
  • Perera, D.M.P.; Coombes, J.A.; Shanika, L.G.T.; Dawson, A.; Lynch, C.; Mohamed, F.; Kalupahana, N.; de Silva, H.A.; Jayamanne, S.F.; Peters, N.B.; Myers, B.; Coombes, I.D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Quality use of medicines (QUM) has been identified as a priority in Sri Lanka. Aim: To identify opportunities to optimise QUM, and evaluate medication appropriateness and medication information exchanged with ...
  • Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Kasturiratne, A.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Piyaratna, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Data is limited on alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD). We investigated patterns of alcohol use and AFLD, among urban, adult, Sri Lankans. METHODS: Study population (selected by age-stratified ...
  • de Silva, H.A.; Gunatilake, S.B.; Smith, A.D. (John Wiley, 2003)
    BACKGROUND: The prevalence of dementia in Sri Lanka, which has a rapidly ageing population, is unknown. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias in a semi-urban ...
  • Niriella, M.A.; Hapangama, A.; Luke, H.P.D.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION: Prisoners are considered to be at high risk for Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) virus infections. This is attributed to intravenous drug use and high-risk sexual behaviour. There are no published ...
  • Ranawaka, C.K.; Mettananda, K.C.D.; de Alwis, R.; Miththinda, J.K.N.D.; Wijewantha, H.S.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2012)
    BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gastric varices (GV) can result in life threatening bleeding with a higher mortality than esophageal varices. There have been no studies on the characteristics of GV among Sri Lankan cirrhotics. Aim ...
  • Godahewa, S.; Gunasekare, K.; Gajasinghe, S.; Kumarage, S.; Chandrasinghe, P. (Springer, 2021)
    BACKGROUND/AIM: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 4th commonest cancer in Sri Lanka. It is increasingly approached with a curative intent due to the advancements in the surgical and medical management. This has resulted in ...
  • Abeysena, C.; Jayawardana, P.; Senevirathne, R. de A. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk factors for spontaneous abortion. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective cohort study was carried out in Sri Lanka ITom May 2001 to April 2002 determine the risk factors for spontaneous abortion. Eight ...
  • Amarasiri, L.; Ranasinha, C.D.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
    INTRODUCTION: The oesophagus and airways have a common origin. Reflux related respiratory symptoms may be triggered by aspiration of gastric refluxate into airways or a vagally mediated oesophago-tracheo-bronchial. This ...
  • Abeysena, C.; Jayawardana, P. (Wiley-Blackwell Pub. Asia, 2011)
    AIM: To determine the possible risk factors for inadequate gestational weight gain. METHODS: A population-based cohort study was carried out in Sri Lanka from May 2001 to April 2002. Pregnant women were recruited on or ...
  • Sumathipala, A.; Sribaddana, S. H.; de Silva, N**.; Fernando, D.; Abeysingha, N.M.; Dayaratne, R.; de Silva, D.; Warnasuriya, N. D.; Hotopf, M. (Australian Academic Press, 2002)
    Sri Lanka is an island with genetic diversity between the five main population groups. Our twin registry is the first in the developing world. Initially, we established a volunteer cohort of 4600 twin pairs through a ...
  • Wijesooriya, L.R.A.; Palihawadana, T.S.; Rajapaksha, R.N.G. (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION: Miscarriage is common and affect one third of women some time during their lifetime. Its management has seen many advances in recent times including introduction of less interventional methods, thus seldom ...
  • Vishwajith, P.; Chandrasinghe, P.; Gunasekare, K.; Gajasinghe, S.; Kumarage, S. (Springer, 2021)
    BACKGROUND/AIM : Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth commonest cancer in Sri Lanka. Disease burden and survival among the middleaged population (50–70 years) with CRC is less studied. With the aging global population, ...
  • Gunasekare, K.; Godahewa, S.; Vishwajith, P.; Gajasinghe, S.; Ekanayake, M.; Kumarage, S.; Chandrasinghe, P. (Springer, 2021)
    BACKGROUND/AIM :Colorectal cancer (CRC) has the fourth highest incidence among cancers in Sri Lanka. Although CRC is considered as a disease of the elderly, currently there is a shift towards an increasing incidence of ...
  • Dias, T.D.; Palihawadana, T.S.; Patabendige, M.; Motha, M.B.; de Silva, H.J. (Sage Publishing, 2020)
    No abstract available.
  • Thulani, U.B.; Mettananda, K.C.D.; Warnakulasuriya, D.T.D.; Peiris, T.S.G.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Chakrewarthy, S.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Kurukulasooriya, S.A.F.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Public Library of Science, 2021)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: There are no cardiovascular (CV) risk prediction models for Sri Lankans. Different risk prediction models not validated for Sri Lankans are being used to predict CV risk of Sri Lankans. We ...
  • Thayyil, S.; Montaldo, P.; Krishnan, V.; Ivain, P.; Pant, S.; Lally, P.J.; Bandiya, P.; Benkappa, N.; Kamalaratnam, C.N.; Chandramohan, R.; Manerkar, S.; Mondkar, J.; Jahan, I.; Moni, S.C.; Shahidullah, M.; Rodrigo, R.; Sumanasena, S.; Sujatha, R.; Burgod, C.; Garegrat, R.; Mazlan, M.; Chettri, I.; Babu, S.P.; Joshi, A.R.; Swamy, R.; Chong, K.; Pressler, R.R.; Bassett, P.; Shankaran, S. (American Medical Association, 2023)
    IMPORTANCE: The association between place of birth and hypothermic neuroprotection after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the association ...

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