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International Colloquium: Health and Mortality of Young Children in Developing Countries. Colloque International: Santé et Mortalité aux Jeunes Ages dans les Pays en Voie de Développement; 12-14/12/1985 Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

I. Beghin, G Masuy-Stroobant, D Tabutin, WILLEM VAN LERBERGHE

Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and mortality: an estimate of relative and absolute excess all-cause mortality based on time-to-event data from cohort studies Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Patrick Haentjens, Alain Van Meerhaeghe, Kris Poppe, Brigitte Velkeniers-Hoebanckx

Objectives: To what extent persons with subclinical hyper- or hypothyroidism are more (or less) likely to die than euthyroid control subjects remains a matter of controversy.
Methods: We searched electronic reference databases up to July 31, 2007. Three reviewers independently assessed eligibility. Cohort studies published in full that reported data on the hazard ratio (HR) for mortality from all causes in persons with subclinical ...

Relationship between mortality and feeding modality among children born to HIV-infected mothers in a research setting: the Kesho Bora study Universiteit Gent

Amandine Cournil, Isabelle De Vincenzi, Philippe Gaillard, Cécile Cames, Paulin Fao, Stanley Lüchters, Nigel Rollins, Marie-Louise Newell, Kirsten Bork, Jennifer S Read, et al.

The association of functional status with mortality and dialysis modality change : results from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) Universiteit Gent

Karthik Tennankore, Junhui Zhao, Angelo Karaboyas, Brian A Bieber, Bruce M Robinson, Hal Morgenstern, S Vanita Jassal, Fredric O Finkelstein, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Areewan Cheawchanwattana, et al.

Morality or modality? What does the attribution of intentionality depend on? Universiteit Antwerpen

Bence Nanay

Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Universiteit Gent

Haidong Wang, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Cristiana Abbafati, Kaja M Abbas, Foad Abd-Allah, Semaw Ferede Abera, Haftom Niguse Abraha, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh, et al.

Performance of Pediatric Mortality Prediction Scores for PICU Mortality and 90-Day Mortality. KU Leuven

An Jacobs, Marine Flechet, Ilse Vanhorebeek, Sören Verstraete, Catherine Ingels, Michael Casaer, Greet Van den Berghe

OBJECTIVES: The use of mortality prediction scores in clinical trials in the PICU is essential for comparing patient groups. Because of the decline in PICU mortality over the last decades, leading to a shift toward later deaths, recent trials use 90-day mortality as primary outcome for estimating mortality and survival more accurately. This study assessed and compared the performance of two frequently used PICU mortality prediction scores for ...

All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century Universiteit Gent

Natalia Bustos Sierra, Nathalie Bossuyt, Toon Braeye, Mathias Leroy, Isabelle Moyersoen, Ilse Peeters, Aline Scohy, Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen, Francoise Renard, et al.

Inequalities in alcohol-related mortality in 17 European countries: A retrospective analysis of mortality registers Vrije Universiteit Brussel

J.p. Mackenbach, Ivana Kulhanova, Matthias Bopp, C. Borrell, Patrick Deboosere, Katalin Kovacs-Hadady, Caspar Looman, Pia Mäkelä, Pekka Martikainen

Background

Socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol-related mortality have been documented in several European countries, but it is unknown whether the magnitude of these inequalities differs between countries and whether these inequalities increase or decrease over time.

Methods and findings

We collected and harmonized data on mortality from four alcohol-related causes (alcoholic psychosis, dependence and abuse; ...

Trends in young-adult mortality between the 1990s and the 2000s in urban and non-urban areas in Belgium: the role of a changing educational composition in overall mortality decline Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Hannelore De Grande, Hadewijch Vandenheede, Patrick Deboosere

This study probes into the evolution in young-adult mortality according to urbanisation degree in Belgium and moves beyond mere description through decomposing mortality trends into changes in educational distribution and in overall mortality. As most of young-adult deaths are preventable and an enormous cost and loss to society, this study addresses a highly relevant public-health topic. Individual record-linked data between the Belgian ...

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