ethnicity

Nutritional Status of Schoolchildren in the Amazon Rainforest Interior of Multi-ethnic Suriname: the Influence of Age, Sex and Ethnicity

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2018.004

Synopsis:

2015 data on height, weight and demographics of 3863 schoolchildren in Suriname’s interior indicated 5.4% were malnourished and 9.2 % were stunted. Younger and Maroon children were more often malnourished, whereas older children, boys and Amerindians were more often stunted.

ABSTRACT

Objective: Adequate nutrition is critical for normal development during childhood. The nutritional status of schoolchildren living in the interior Suriname, South America, is of growing concern to the Medical Mission Primary Healthcare Suriname (MM) that provides healthcare in this region. This study aims to evaluate the nutritional status of these schoolchildren.

Received:

19 Jan, 2019

Accepted:

24 Jul, 2018

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Journal Authors:

S Mac Donald-Ottevanger

B Jubitana

CWR Zijlmans

e-Published: 14 Feb, 2019

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A Descriptive Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Tertiary Care Clinics of a Caribbean Island

Issue:

Vol 67, Issue 4: 2018

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2018.125

Pages:

304-11

Synopsis:

Patients with more severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to have worse quality of life, higher BODE quartile and more exacerbations. A link, not hitherto acknowledged in West Indian patients, between COPD severity and depression is explored. The study shows for the first time a relation between the BODE index and low socio-economic status. The study recommends that all tertiary care patients with COPD should have regular vaccination, depression and six-minute walk assessment, and that health education in COPD should be aimed at those of low socio-economic status in particular.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the relationship between severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and quality of life as well as COPD’s correlation with depressive symptoms in West Indian subjects.

Received:

30 Aug, 2018

Accepted:

24 Nov, 2018

Published:

30 Dec, 2018

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wimj-iss4-2018_304_311.pdf

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Original Articles

Keywords:

BODE index

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Depression

ethnicity

quality of life

socio-economic status

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e-Published: 20 Dec, 2018

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Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) in Trinidad and Tobago: Review of Findings and Implication

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2017.228

Synopsis:

Published and unpublished data points to the importance of examining the genetic influence on alcohol use among the major groups in Trinidad and Tobago.

ABSTRACT

The Collaborative study on the Genetics of Alcoholism, Trinidad and Tobago (COGA-TT), studied the frequencies of the genes of alcohol metabolizing enzyme in a population comprising Indo-Trinbagonians (Indo-TTs) and Afro-Trinbagonians (Afro-TTs).

Received:

25 Nov, 2017

Accepted:

18 Dec, 2017

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e-Published: 20 Dec, 2017

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Self-reported Hearing Loss Associated with Frailty among Afro-Caribbeans

Issue:

Vol 68, Issue 1: 2019

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2016.174

Pages:

29-34

Synopsis:

This paper investigated the relationship between self-reported hearing loss and frailty in four ethnic groups. Self-reported hearing loss was found to be associated with frailty among Afro-Caribbeans, and this association was largely due to the frailty criterion of exhaustion.

ABSTRACT

Objective: Data on ethnic differences in the relationship between hearing loss and frailty are sparse. We investigated the relationship between self-reported hearing loss and frailty in four ethnic groups.

Received:

19 Apr, 2016

Accepted:

25 May, 2016

Published:

07 Oct, 2019

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Dengue HLA Associations in Jamaicans

Issue:

Vol 60, issue 2 (2011)

Pages:

126–31

Synopsis:

The HLA dengue associations in Jamaicans differ from those found in other ethnic populations. While HLA-A *24 and – DRβ5* 01/02 were associated with having dengue, HLA-A *23, -CW*04, -DQβ*02, DQβ*03 and –DQβ*06 were protective.

ABSTRACT

Background: Polymorphisms in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes might predispose certain individuals to dengue fever (DF) and the severe forms of the disease: dengue haemorrhagic fever/ dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS).

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ms_m_brown3_wimj.qxd_.pdf

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Keywords:

human leukocyte antigen

immune response

polymorphisms