R K Scragg
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Recent Articles
1.
Fraser A, Scragg R, Cox B, Jackson R
Intern Med J
. 2003 Jun;
33(7):267-72.
PMID: 12823670
Background: Several epidemiological studies have suggested a positive association of coronary heart disease with both Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The issue has been difficult to resolve because of...
2.
Metcalf P, Scragg R, Swinburn B, Shaw L
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
. 2002 Mar;
11(5):298-305.
PMID: 11887426
Background And Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with changes in serum total cholesterol levels over a period of seven years. Methods And Results:...
3.
Bell A, Swinburn B, Amosa H, Scragg R
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
. 2001 Jul;
25(6):920-7.
PMID: 11439309
Objective: To promote weight loss in Samoan church communities through an exercise program and nutrition education. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to assess weight change, over 1 y, in...
4.
Scragg R, Mitchell E, Ford R, Thompson J, Taylor B, Stewart A
Acta Paediatr
. 2001 Mar;
90(1):57-60.
PMID: 11227335
The smoking of cannabis and tobacco is common in many countries. In contrast to tobacco, which is an established risk factor for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), nothing is...
5.
Metcalf P, Scragg R
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
. 2000 Aug;
49(2-3):169-80.
PMID: 10963829
The aim was to compare the 1997 American Diabetes Association (ADA) and 1985 and 1998 World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)...
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Metcalf P, Scragg R, Willoughby P, Finau S, Tipene-Leach D
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
. 2000 Jun;
24(5):593-9.
PMID: 10849581
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare perceptions of body size in European, Maori and Pacific Islands people with measured body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio and change...
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Lawes C, Tukuitonga C, Scragg R
N Z Med J
. 1999 Dec;
112(1096):354-7.
PMID: 10587053
Aim: To describe the epidemiology of breast cancer in Pacific women in New Zealand and determine whether ethnic disparities exist. Methods: Analysis of data obtained from the New Zealand Cancer...
8.
Metcalf P, Scragg R, Swinburn B
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
. 1999 Aug;
9(3):125-32.
PMID: 10464785
Background And Aim: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is common in New Zealand. Risk factors for CHD are modifiable or non-modifiable. Modifiable risk factor levels of CHD survivors were compared with...
9.
Scragg R, Mitchell E
Ann Med
. 1998 Oct;
30(4):345-9.
PMID: 9783832
In the last decade there have been major reductions in the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) rate following prevention programmes in Australasia, Europe and North America, mainly due to changing...
10.
Metcalf P, Scragg R, Tukuitonga C, Dryson E
N Z Med J
. 1998 Oct;
111(1072):310-3.
PMID: 9765627
Aim: To compare dietary intakes of Maori, Pacific Islands and European men and women in New Zealand. Methods: A food frequency questionnaire was used to calculate nutrient intakes of 5523...