Conceptualization: Siham Bouchareb, Giel Nijpels, Mohamed Hassanein, Marjan J. Westerman, Petra J. M. Elders. Data curation: Siham Bouchareb. 15 / 18 Formal analysis: Siham Bouchareb, Rabab Chrifou, Zohra Bourik ... , Marjan J. Westerman, Petra J. M. Elders. Funding acquisition: Siham Bouchareb, Giel Nijpels, Mohamed Hassanein, Petra J. M. Elders. Investigation: Siham Bouchareb, Rabab Chrifou, Zohra Bourik, Marjan J
, Veronika Bencheva, Matthias Gogolin, Kym I. E. Snell, Petra J. M. Elders, Petra A. Thuermann, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Jeanet W. 14 / 19 Blom, Marjan van den Akker, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Sebastian Harder
Background This study aimed to determine the within-person and between-persons associations of low-grade inflammation (LGI) and endothelial dysfunction (ED) with echocardiographic measures related to diastolic dysfunction (DD) in two general populations and whether these associations differed by sex. Methods Biomarkers and echocardiographic measures were measured at both baseline...
Falls can have devastating consequences for older people. We determined the relationship between the likelihood of fall incidents and daily-life behavior. We used wearable sensors to assess habitual physical activity and daily-life gait quality (in terms of e.g. stability, variability, smoothness and symmetry), and determined their predictive ability for time-to-first-and-second...
Background Physical function is a crucial factor in the prevention and treatment of health conditions in older adults and is usually measured objectively with physical performance tests and/or physical activity monitoring. Objective To examine whether 1) physical performance (PP) and physical activity (PA) constitute separate domains of physical function; 2) differentiation of PA...
Background Incidence rates of non-hip major osteoporotic fractures (MOF) remain poorly characterized in the Netherlands. The Dutch FRAX® algorithm, which predicts 10-year probabilities of hip fracture and MOF (first of hip, humerus, forearm, clinical vertebral), therefore incorporates imputed MOF rates. Swedish incidence rate ratios for hip fracture to MOF (Malmo 1987–1996) were...
Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of pAmpC beta-lactamases in community-acquired Gram negative bacteria in the Netherlands, and to identify possible risk factors for carriage of these strains. Methods Fecal samples were obtained from community-dwelling volunteers. Participants also returned a questionnaire for analysis of risk factors...