Vitamin D deficiency in young children with severe acute lower respiratory infection

JD McNally, K Leis, LA Matheson… - Pediatric …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is one of the most common reasons for
hospitalization and intensive care unit admission among children. Season related …

Estimated inequities in COVID-19 infection fatality rates by ethnicity for Aotearoa New Zealand

N Steyn, RN Binny, K Hannah, SC Hendy, A James… - Medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
There is limited evidence as to how COVID-19 infection fatality rates (IFR) may vary by
ethnicity. We combine demographic and health data for ethnic groupings in Aotearoa New …

Mathematical modelling to inform New Zealand's COVID-19 response

S Hendy, N Steyn, A James, MJ Plank… - Journal of the Royal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Between February and May 2020, New Zealand recorded 1504 cases of COVID-
19 before eliminating community transmission of the virus in June 2020. During this period …

Cohort profile: the pacific islands families (PIF) study

J Paterson, T Percival, P Schluter… - International Journal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In New Zealand, the Pacific population (those resident with a Pacific Islands heritage) is one
of the fastest growing population subgroups and on census night, 7 March 2006, numbered …

A structured model for COVID-19 spread: modelling age and healthcare inequities

A James, MJ Plank, RN Binny, A Lustig… - … and Biology: a …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We use a stochastic branching process model, structured by age and level of healthcare
access, to look at the heterogeneous spread of COVID-19 within a population. We examine …

[HTML][HTML] Association between vitamin D and urinary tract infection in children

A Mahyar, P Ayazi, S Safari, R Dalirani… - Korean journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The present study aimed to determine the relationship between serum 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) level and Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children. Methods In …

Using the Public Open Space Attributable Index tool to assess children's public open space use and access by independent mobility

M Chaudhury, M Oliver, H Badland, N Garrett… - Children's …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined associations between public open space (POS) attributes and
children's use, and independent mobility to, POS in Auckland, New Zealand. Overall 240 …

Household crowding measures: A comparison and external test of validity

E Torshizian, A Grimes - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2021 - Springer
Analysts may have multiple measures of household crowding, and so need to know which
measure to emphasise. We analyse the relationships between alternative subjective and …

[PDF][PDF] Finding the crowding index that works best for New Zealand

RK Goodyear, A Fabian, J Hay - Statistics New Zealand Working Paper, 2011 - stats.govt.nz
This study aimed to determine which household crowding measure worked best in the New
Zealand context. The issue of crowded households has concerned researchers in New …

The role of overweight and obesity in urinary tract infection in children.

A Mahyar, P Ayazi, P Gholmohammadi… - Le infezioni in …, 2016 - europepmc.org
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between overweight/obesity and UTI
in children. A comparison was made, in terms of overweight and obesity, between 135 …