Smoking, drinking, diet and physical activity—modifiable lifestyle risk factors and their associations with age to first chronic disease

R Ng, R Sutradhar, Z Yao, WP Wodchis… - International journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background This study examined the incidence of a person's first diagnosis of a selected
chronic disease, and the relationships between modifiable lifestyle risk factors and age to …

The increasing burden and complexity of multimorbidity

AJ Koné Pefoyo, SE Bronskill, A Gruneir, A Calzavara… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is common
among older adults and is known to be associated with high costs and gaps in quality of …

Testing, infection and complication rates of COVID-19 among people with a recent history of homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

L Richard, R Booth, J Rayner, KK Clemens… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: People with a recent history of homelessness are believed to be at high risk of
infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, when …

Association of frailty and 1-year postoperative mortality following major elective noncardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study

DI McIsaac, GL Bryson, C van Walraven - JAMA surgery, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Single-center studies identify frailty as a risk factor for 30-day postoperative
mortality. The long-term and population-level effect of frailty on postoperative mortality is, to …

Factors influencing the development of primary care data collection projects from electronic health records: a systematic review of the literature

ML Gentil, M Cuggia, L Fiquet, C Hagenbourger… - BMC medical informatics …, 2017 - Springer
Background Primary care data gathered from Electronic Health Records are of the utmost
interest considering the essential role of general practitioners (GPs) as coordinators of …

Association between surgical approach and major surgical complications in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty

D Pincus, R Jenkinson, M Paterson, T Leroux, B Ravi - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Controversy exists about the preferred surgical approach for total hip
arthroplasty (THA). Objective To determine whether an anterior approach is associated with …

Describing the linkages of the immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada permanent resident data and vital statistics death registry to Ontario's administrative …

M Chiu, M Lebenbaum, K Lam, N Chong… - BMC medical informatics …, 2016 - Springer
Background Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, has a universal healthcare
system that routinely collects health administrative data on its 13 million legal residents that …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to ambient air pollution and the incidence of congestive heart failure and acute myocardial infarction: a population-based study of 5.1 million …

LI Bai, S Shin, RT Burnett, JC Kwong, P Hystad… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been linked to cardiovascular mortality, but
the associations with incidence of major cardiovascular diseases are not fully understood …

Cardiovascular risk associated with ibrutinib use in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a population-based cohort study

H Abdel-Qadir, N Sabrie, D Leong, A Pang… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Ibrutinib reduces mortality in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It increases the
risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and bleeding and there are concerns about heart failure (HF) …

Long-term outcomes in patients with severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention vs coronary artery bypass …

LY Sun, M Gaudino, RJ Chen, AB Eddeen… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Data are lacking on the outcomes of patients with severely reduced left
ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) who undergo revascularization by percutaneous …