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Rainford Wilks
1985
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37346100Community stressors (violence, victimization, and neighborhood disorder) with cardiometabolic outcomes in urban Jamaica.2023
37800785Sodium and potassium consumption in Jamaica: National estimates and associated factors from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2016-2017.2023
33819299Associations of neighborhood physical and crime environments with obesity-related outcomes in Jamaica.PLoS ONE2021
34054366May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Jamaica.European Heart Journal, Supplement2021
32830113Understanding neighbourhood retail food environmental mechanisms influencing BMI in the Caribbean: a multilevel analysis from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey: a cross-sectional study.BMJ Open2020
33373361Association of macro-level determinants with adolescent overweight and suicidal ideation with planning: A cross-sectional study of 21 Latin American and Caribbean Countries.PLoS Medicine2020
33083129Neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and blood pressure among Jamaican youth: a pooled analysis of data from observational studies.PeerJ2020
33323436Ideal cardiovascular health in urban Jamaica: prevalence estimates and relationship to community property value, household assets and educational attainment: a cross-sectional study.BMJ Open2020
31350551Blood Pressure Screening Campaign in Jamaica: May Measurement Month 2017.American Journal of Hypertension2019
29846823Elevated blood pressure and illness beliefs: a cross-sectional study of emergency department patients in Jamaica.International Journal of Emergency Medicine2018
30029628Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC Public Health2018
30552247Neighbourhood characteristics and cumulative biological risk: evidence from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008: a cross-sectional study.BMJ Open2018
29456896Factors associated with elevated blood pressure or hypertension in Afro-Caribbean youth: a cross-sectional study.PeerJ2018
28126460Laboratory-based and office-based risk scores and charts to predict 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in 182 countries: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts and health surveys.Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,The2017
28555188Educational Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Findings from Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007-2008.Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine2017
28381227Social determinants of breast cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review.International Journal for Equity in Health2017
28619069Social determinants of depression and suicidal behaviour in the Caribbean: a systematic review.BMC Public Health2017
29236710The burden of obesity in women of reproductive age and in pregnancy in a middle-income setting: A population based study from Jamaica.PLoS ONE2017
28222733Educational health disparities in hypertension and diabetes mellitus among African descent populations in the Caribbean and the USA: a comparative analysis from the Spanish town cohort (Jamaica) and the Jackson heart study (USA).International Journal for Equity in Health2017
27618452The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals.Nat Genet2016
24988876Early-life factors are associated with nocturnal cortisol and glucose effectiveness in Afro-Caribbean young adults.Clinical Endocrinology2015
25889068Disparities in diabetes mellitus among Caribbean populations: a scoping review.International Journal for Equity in Health2015
25910912Associations between neighborhood effects and physical activity, obesity, and diabetes: The Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008.Journal of Clinical Epidemiology2015
25905849Cause-of-death disparities in the African diaspora: exploring differences among shared-heritage populations.American Journal of Public Health2015
25819490WHO/ISH total risk approach for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease shows greater decrease in costs for women but not the elderly in Jamaica.Journal of Clinical Epidemiology2015
25777627Birth weight and maternal socioeconomic circumstances were inversely related to systolic blood pressure among Afro-Caribbean young adults.J Clin Epidemiol2015
25770764Epidemiology is an important contributor to clinical and public health practice in the Caribbean.Journal of Clinical Epidemiology2015
26310793Disparities in cardiovascular disease among Caribbean populations: a systematic literature review.BMC Public Health2015
26091090Trends in Longevity in the Americas: Disparities in Life Expectancy in Women and Men, 1965-2010.PLoS ONE2015
26426170Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Patients Attending a Specialist Diabetes Clinic in Jamaica.West Indian Medical Journal2015
26541199Disparities in hypertension among black Caribbean populations: a scoping review by the U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR).International Journal for Equity in Health2015
24555815Limitations of fasting indices in the measurement of insulin sensitivity in Afro-Caribbean adults.BMC Research Notes2014
26664862High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein is Related to Central Obesity and the Number of Metabolic Syndrome Components in Jamaican Young Adults.Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine2014
24564034Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children six to ten years of age in the north-east health region of Jamaica.West Indian Medical Journal2013
23805252Excess Cardiovascular Risk Burden in Jamaican Women Does Not Influence Predicted 10-Year CVD Risk Profiles of Jamaica Adults: An Analysis of the 2007/08 Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey.PLoS ONE2013
24128301Diabetes mellitus in Jamaica: sex differences in burden, risk factors, awareness, treatment and control in a developing country.Tropical Medicine and International Health2013
23471273Effect of aerobic exercise (walking) training on functional status and health-related quality of life in chronic stroke survivors: a randomized controlled trial.Stroke2013
24569966Gender differences in the effects of urban neighborhood on depressive symptoms in Jamaica.Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health2013
24564043Diabetic foot complications among patients attending a specialist diabetes clinic in Jamaica: prevalence and associated factors.West Indian Medical Journal2013
24765450The slipping slipper sign: a simple test with high specificity and positive predictive value for peripheral neuropathy among diabetic patients.2012
22595275Effectiveness of antenatal screening for sickle cell trait: the impact on women's self-report of sickle cell trait status.Pathog Glob Health2012
24020227Prevalence of high-risk sexual behaviour in Jamaican adults and its relationship to sociodemographic and religious factors: findings from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007-2008.West Indian Medical Journal2012
24765484Foot care and footwear practices among patients attending a specialist diabetes clinic in Jamaica.2012
22164161Reported hours of sleep, diabetes prevalence and glucose control in jamaican adults: analysis from the Jamaica lifestyle survey 2007-2008.International Journal of Endocrinology2011
21214963Nutrient intakes and dysglycaemia in populations of West African origin.British Journal of Nutrition2011
20805108Cohort profile: the Jamaican 1986 birth cohort study.International Journal of Epidemiology2011
21347282Genome-wide association study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in 8,090 African Americans: the NHLBI CARe Project.PLoS Genet2011
21424828The efficacy of detecting variants with small effects on the Affymetrix 6.0 platform using pooled DNA.Hum Genet2011
21453491Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis.BMC Public Health2011
22097673Prehypertension in Jamaica: a review of data from recent studies.West Indian Medical Journal2011
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