BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Validation of health administrative data for identifying
patients with different health states (diseases and conditions) is a research priority, but no …

The way we assess risk of coronary heart disease has become more accurate in recent
years. How does this affect the efficacy of primary and secondary prevention strategies?

Background Most Canadians die in hospital, and yet, many express a preference to die at
home. Place of death is the result of the interaction among sociodemographic, illness- and …

OBJECTIVE The definition of obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 ), a key risk factor of diabetes, is
widely used in white populations; however, its appropriateness in nonwhite populations has …

Importance Rates of obesity and diabetes have increased substantially in recent decades;
however, the potential role of the built environment in mitigating these trends is unclear. …

Background: Temporal trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the impact of
socio-economic status on these risk factors remain unclear. Methods: Using data from the …

OBJECTIVES: The risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) contributed by the environment
can be elucidated by assessing the risk in migrants from low prevalence to Western countries…

Background: Although people of South Asian, Chinese and black ethnic backgrounds represent
about 60% of the world’s population, most knowledge of cardiovascular risk is derived …

Background Whether influenza vaccination is associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
remains uncertain. Methods We conducted 2 studies using population-based health care …

Background As people diagnosed with HIV and receiving combination antiretroviral therapy
are now living longer, they are likely to acquire chronic conditions related to normal ageing …