Journal: PLOS Medicine

Article Title: HIV, malnutrition, and noncommunicable disease epidemics among tuberculosis-affected households in east and southern Africa: A cross-sectional analysis of the ERASE-TB cohort

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004452

Figure Lengend Snippet: Chronic conditions among tuberculosis household contacts ( N = 1,958).

Article Snippet: Among adults aged 18 years and older, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) (A1c Care, SD Biosensor) testing was offered and blood pressure assessed according to the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance protocol [ ].

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Journal: PLOS Medicine

Article Title: HIV, malnutrition, and noncommunicable disease epidemics among tuberculosis-affected households in east and southern Africa: A cross-sectional analysis of the ERASE-TB cohort

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004452

Figure Lengend Snippet: For panel A, Intersections are exclusive (i.e., individuals are only represented in the graph once) and only intersections containing at least 10 individuals are shown. The bottom sub-panel shows the included chronic conditions (y axis), with the left section indicating the overall number ( N ) participants with each and the right section showing the specific disease combinations (represented by black circles). The top sub-panel shows intersection size, i.e., the percentage and number of participants with each disease combination. For panel B, known (disease) was defined as a self-report of having, or being on medication for a condition; treated was defined as being on a relevant medication for the condition; controlled was defined as, for HIV, CD4 count >350 cells/μl, for diabetes, an HbA1c of <6.5% and for hypertension, as a blood pressure of <140 mmHg systolic and <90 mmHg diastolic. These are presented as relative proportions of the total number of people with each condition (100%, with number of people with disease [ N ] shown in sub-panel header), stratified by sex, with their 95% confidence intervals (grey lines).

Article Snippet: Among adults aged 18 years and older, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) (A1c Care, SD Biosensor) testing was offered and blood pressure assessed according to the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance protocol [ ].

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Journal: Nutrients

Article Title: Cocoa and Carob Supplementation, Alone or in Combination with Metformin, Protects against Hepatorenal Injury in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats

doi: 10.3390/nu16183087

Figure Lengend Snippet: Biochemical parameters connected with the metabolism and liver and kidney function in rats fed the standard diet (ZL and ZDF) and treated with metformin (ZDF-M) and fed with the cocoa–carob-rich (ZDF-CC) diet and treated with metformin (ZDF-CC + M) † .

Article Snippet: Kits for albumin and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) were acquired from Spinreact (BioAnalitica, Madrid, Spain) and the rat insulin ELISA kit was from Mercodia (AD Bioinstruments, Barcelona, Spain).

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