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2007

Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Dewailly, Eric, Risica, Patricia M., Jørgensen, Marit E., Ebbesson, Sven E. O.

"Objectives: We investigated the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic correlates of different levels of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among the Inuit in 3 countries. Methods: Data from 4 surveys of Inuit in Canada, Greenland, and Alaska conducted during 1990–2001 were pooled,...

2012-04-20

Zacharias, James Michael, Young, T. Kue, Riediger, Natalie D., Roulette, Joanne, Bruce, Sharon G.

"Background: Both diabetic and non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD) are more common among Canadian First Nations people than among the general Canadian population. The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for albuminuria in a Canadian First Nation...

2015-10-26

Oosterveer, Tim Michiel, Young, T. Kue

"Background: Despite many improvements, health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Canada's North persist. While a strong primary health care (PHC) system improves the health of a population, the majority of indigenous communities are very remote, and their access to...

2004-02-01

Cao, Henian, van der Veer, Eric, Ban, Matthew R., Hanley, Anthony J.G., Zinman, Bernard, Harris, S. B., Young, T. Kue, Pickering, J. Geoffrey, Hegele, Robert A.

"We sequenced the promoter and coding regions of PCK1 encoding cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from genomic DNA of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We found nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were present with varying allele frequencies and pairwise linkage...

2003-08-21

Young, T. Kue

"Objective: To determine if research has adequately examined the health needs of the aboriginal population of Canada. Design: Review. Study selection: Medline search of journal articles published during 1992-2001. The search terms used were “Canada” and various synonyms and categories for...

2009

Lix, Lisa M., Bruce, Sharon, Sarkar, Joykrishna, Young, T. Kue

"Background: In Canada, the prevalence of behavioural risk factors and chronic conditions differs for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, but little research has examined changes over time. This study compares several major risk factors and chronic conditions in Aboriginal and...

2020-03-31

Brown, Jennifer Ann, Gorman, Melissa, Kim, Hyejun, Schober, Kelsey, Vipond, Joe, Nykiforuk, Candace

Canada is an international leader in major natural resource and large-scale infrastructure projects, which substantially contribute to the domestic economy. Notwithstanding, major projects in rural and remote regions can pose significant challenges for population health equity, defined as the...

2009-01-01

Adair, Alethea, Hyde-Lay, Robyn, Einsiedel, Edna, Caulfield, Timothy

With a growing number of genetic tests becoming available to the health and consumer markets, genetic health care providers in Canada are faced with the challenge of developing robust decision rules or guidelines to allocate a finite number of public resources. The objective of this study was to...

2019-08-22

Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter

"Despite the importance of indigenous people in the Arctic, there is no accurate estimate of their size and distribution. We defined indigenous people as those groups represented by the 'permanent participants' of the Arctic Council. The census in Canada, Russia and the United States records...

2003

Millar, Wayne, J., Young, T. Kue

"Objectives: This article examines the prevalence and incidence of diabetes among Canadians aged 18 or older and risk factors associated with developing the condition." (as cited in abstract)