scholarly journals Mortality Rates and Mortality Risk Factors in Older Adults with Dementia from Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The 10/66 Dementia Research Group Population-Based Cohort Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 581-593
Author(s):  
Ronaldo D. Piovezan ◽  
Déborah Oliveira ◽  
Nicole Arias ◽  
Daisy Acosta ◽  
Martin J. Prince ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Dementia Research ◽  
Group Population

O1-05-07: The prevalence of dementia in low- and middle-income countries: The 10/66 dementia research group population-based studies

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. T119-T119
Author(s):  
Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez ◽  
Cleusa P. Ferri ◽  
Daisy Acosta ◽  
Mariella Guerra ◽  
Yuequin Huan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Dementia Research ◽  
Group Population ◽  
Prevalence Of Dementia ◽  
Low And Middle Income

scholarly journals Prevalence and risk factors for wheeze, decreased forced expiratory volume in 1 s and bronchoconstriction in young children living in Havana, Cuba: a population-based cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e034192
Author(s):  
Ramón Suárez-Medina ◽  
Silvia Venero-Fernández ◽  
Vilma Alvarez-Valdés ◽  
Nieves Sardiñas-Baez ◽  
Carmona Cristina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Inhaled Corticosteroids ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Forced Expiratory Volume ◽  
First Year ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries

ObjectivesAsthma has not been extensively studied in low-income and middle-income countries, where risk factors and access to treatment may differ from more affluent countries. We aimed to identify the prevalence of asthma and local risk factors in Havana, Cuba.SettingFour municipalities in Havana, Cuba.ParticipantsA population-based cohort study design of young children living in Havana, Cuba. Children were recruited from primary care centres at age 12–15 months.Primary and secondary outcome measuresData on wheeze in the past 12 months, asthma treatment and environmental exposures collected regularly until the age of 6 years, when forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and reversibility to aerosolised salbutamol were also measured.Results1106 children provided data at the age of 6 years old. The prevalence of wheeze in the previous 12 months was 422 (38%), and 294 (33%) of the study population had bronchodilatation of 12% or more in FEV1after administration of inhaled salbutamol. In the previous 12 months, 182 (16%) of the children had received inhaled corticosteroids, 416 (38%) salbutamol inhalers and 283 (26%) a course of systemic steroids.Wheeze in the first year and a family history of asthma were both positively associated with bronchodilatation to inhaled salbutamol (1.94%; 95% CI 0.81 to 3.08 and 1.85%; CI 0.14 to 3.57, respectively), while paracetamol use in the first year was associated with wheeze at 6 years (OR 1.64, 95% CI 1.14 to 2.35). There were large differences in FEV1, bronchodilatation and risk of wheeze across different geographical areas.ConclusionsAsthma is common in young children living in Havana, and the high prevalence of systemic steroids administrated is likely to reflect the underuse of regular inhaled corticosteroids. If replicated in other comparable low-income and middle-income countries, this represents an important global public health issue.

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