MORTALITY

Abrahams, Z., Mchiza, Z. & Steyn, N.P. (2011) Diet and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa: stages in the nutrition transition. BMC Public Health. 11:Online.

During the last century we have seen wide-reaching changes in diet, nutritional status and life expectancy. The change in diet and physical activity patterns has become known as the nutrition transition. At any given time, a country or region within a country may be at different stages within this transition. This paper examines a range of nutrition-related indicators for countries in Sub-Sahar...

Herselman, M., Esau, N., Kruger, J-M., Labadarios, D. & Moosa, M.R. (2010) Relationship between body mass index and mortality in adults on maintenance hemodialysis: a systemic review*. Journal of Renal Nutrition. July:Online.

Objective: The primary objective of this systematic review was to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Design: Systematic review of primarily observational studies. Patients: Adult patients from all gender, race, or ethnic groups on maintenance hemodialysis. Methods: Medline, Science Citation Index, Academic Search Premier, Coch...

Herselman, M., Esau, N., Kruger, J.-M., Labadarios, D. & Moosa, M.R. (2010) Relationship between serum protein and mortality in adults on long-term hemodialysis: exhaustive review and meta-analysis. Nutrition. 26:10-32.

The aim of this exhaustive review and meta-analysis was to explore the relation among serum protein, inflammatory markers, and all-cause and cardiovascular mortalities in adult patients on maintenance hemodialysis. We searched the Medline, Science Citation Index, Academic Search Premier, Cochrane Library, and Embase electronic data bases. Data extraction and quality assessment were done indepen...

Peltzer, K. (2011) Road use behavior in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Porter, B. Handbook of traffic psychology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 503-518.

The road traffic injury mortality rate is highest in Africa. The aim of this review was to study road use behavior in sub-Saharan Africa using electronic databases (Cochrane databases, MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL) and by hand-searching peer-reviewed journals in the injury and transportation field. Results are described under four major topics: (1) road use behavior (road user type, vehicle typ...

Visser, J., Labadarios, D. & Blaauw, R. (2011) Micronutrient supplementation for critically ill adults: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition. 27:745-758.

This systematic review assessed the effects of micronutrient supplementation on adults recovering from critical illness. Primary outcomes included clinical endpoints (mortality, infectious complications, length of intensive care unit and of hospital stay). Secondary outcomes included descriptions of practice issues, micronutrient status, morbidity, course of the acute-phase response, and oxida...