Ole Fröbert, Matthias Götberg, David Erlinge, Zubair Akhtar et al.
Background: Observational and small, randomized studies suggest that influenza vaccine may reduce future cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods: We conducted an investigator-initiated, randomized, double-blind trial to compare inactivated influenza vaccine with saline...
Rakibul M. Islam, Baki Billah, Nassif Hossain, John Oldroyd
Background: Cervical cancer (CCa) and breast cancer (BCa) are the two leading cancers in women worldwide. Early detection and education to promote early diagnosis and screening of CCa and BCa greatly increases the chances for successful treatment and survival. Screening uptake for CCa and BCa in low...
Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, Juwel Rana et al.
To estimate the age-standardized prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes and identify factors associated with these conditions at individual, household, and community levels. Data from 11952 Bangladeshi adults aged 18-95 years available from the most recent Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 20...
Juwel Rana, John Oldroyd, Md. Momin Islam, Carla Tarazona-Meza et al.
BACKGROUND: This study aims to compare the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) and controlled hypertension (CHTN) in US adults and determine the absolute difference in the prevalence of HTN and CHTN between the JNC7 and ACC/AHA 2017 guidelines. METHODS: Data for this study were derived from the most re...
Farjana Akter, Pragya Gartoulla, John Oldroyd, Rakibul M. Islam
Introduction and hypothesis The prevalence of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (POP), diagnosed by a pre-tested structured questionnaire, is unknown in Bangladesh. We investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors for, symptomatic POP in women in rural Bangladesh, recruited from the community. Me...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, E. Chowdhury, Mohammad Bellal Hossain et al.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the age-standardised prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and to identify their risk factors in Bangladeshi adults. Data from 12 904 adults aged 18-95 years, available from the most recent nationally representative 2017-2018 Banglade...
Juwel Rana, Patricia Luna Gutierrez, John Oldroyd
Rakibul M. Islam, John Oldroyd, Md Nazmul Karim, Sultana Monira Hossain et al.
Introduction Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) including urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse are common debilitating conditions among women in high-income countries. However, PFDs in women in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) have not been studied extensively. We aim to...
Rakibul M. Islam, Dianna J. Magliano, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Mohammad Bellal Hossain et al.
AIM To estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, and to identify the relative importance of risk factors for undiagnosed diabetes among Bangladeshi adults. METHOD Data from 11, 421 Bangladeshi adults aged 18 years and older available from the most recent nationally representative Bangladesh D...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Rakibul M. Islam
Background . The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in Bangladesh from ∼5% in 2001 to ∼13% in 2017/18 (∼8.4 million cases). The prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes was also found to be higher at 6% in 2017/18. However, very little is known about the management of diabetes assessed by diabetes aware...
John Oldroyd, Ashraful Kabir, Francis Q. S. Dzakpasu, Hasan Mahmud et al.
Globally, the migration of unaccompanied minors is increasing, however, the experiences of these children have not been examined. We systematically synthesised the existing qualitative literature to examine the experiences of children undergoing forced separation from their parents during migration....
Ole Fröbert, Matthias Götberg, David Erlinge, Zubair Akhtar et al.
BACKGROUND Influenza vaccination early after myocardial infarction (MI) improves prognosis but vaccine effectiveness may differ dependent on type of MI. METHODS A total of 2571 participants were prospectively enrolled in the IAMI trial and randomly assigned to receive in-hospital inactivated influen...
Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, Juwel Rana et al.
Abstract Background To estimate the age-standardized prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes and identify factors associated with these conditions at individual, household, and community levels. Methods Data from 11952 Bangladeshi adults aged 18-95 years available from the most recent Bangladesh Demo...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Rakibul M. Islam
Abstract Background The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in Bangladesh; however, the management of diabetes assessed by diabetes awareness, treatment, and control, remains poor. We aimed to estimate the age-standardised prevalence of awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes and its associat...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, E. Chowdhury, Mohammad Bellal Hossain et al.
Abstract Objective To estimate the age-standardised prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and to identify their risk factors in Bangladeshi adults using the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-18 data. Methods Data from 12, 904 adults aged 18-95 years old, me...