OBJECTIVE: An ultrasound screening program for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in
men began in Gloucestershire in 1990 and has been running for 20 years. This report …

Hypercalcemia in infants is uncommon but has potentially serious sequelae. This review
examines four cases of neonatal hypercalcemia, emphasizing appropriate investigations and …

… Dr Sharma reports consulting fees for analyses prepared for Drs Weiler and Rodd. Dr Jones
reports that he is cofounder and scientific advisory board member for Cytochroma Inc and …

Permanent primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) can be caused by abnormal thyroid
differentiation (athyreosis), migration (ectopy), or function (leading to goiter). Goiters follow an …

… (c,d) Smoothed waist-height ratio centiles (girls and boys, 5–19 y). Smoothed centiles were
fitted to reference data for each gender using the LMS model. The dotted line in panels c,d … C. …

… Sharma AK, Metzger DL, Rodd CJ. Prevalence and Severity of High Blood Pressure Among
Children … Author Contributions: Dr Rodd had full access to all the data in the study and takes …

Background This study aimed to assess how the prevalence and growth rates of small and
medium abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) (3·0–5·4 cm) have changed over time in men …

Objective To determine the frequency of incident vertebral fractures (IVF) 12 months after
glucocorticoid (GC) initiation in children with rheumatic diseases and to identify children at …

… The c statistic between 0.7 and 0.8 is consistent with acceptable model discrimination; 0.8
to 0.9 is an indication of excellent discrimination. Reported P values are two-sided, and a P …

Background: Previous studies have shown an increase in the prevalence of overweight and
obesity among Canadian children from 23.3% to 34.7% during 1978–2004. We examined …