Background Inguinal hemia repair is one of the most common operations undertaken in
routine surgical practice. It generally carries a very low risk of major adverse sequelae. We …

Aims/hypothesis The aim of this study was to investigate the evidence of an increased risk
of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in children born by Caesarean section by systematically …

… This is based on the formulas that mortality rate (M)=event rate(E)×case fatality rate(C) in
each year, and that M’/M=E’/E+C’/C, where M’, E’, and C’ stand for the average annual change …

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether depression or anxiety co-occurs with ulcerative
colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) more often than expected by chance, and, if so, whether …

People with a history of psychiatric disorder are at higher risk of suicide than people without
such a history. The policy of reducing inpatient care in psychiatry has probably meant that …

Objectives To investigate time trends in mortality after admission to hospital for fractured neck
of femur from 1968 to 1998, and to report on the effects of demographic factors on mortality…

BackgroundPsychiatric hospital inpatients are known to be at high risk of suicide, yet there
is little reliable knowledge of risk factors or their predictive power.AimsTo identify risk factors …

Background The incidence rates of childhood onset type 1 diabetes are almost universally
increasing across the globe but the aetiology of the disease remains largely unknown. We …

Background— There are limited population-based national data on prognosis in survivors
of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), particularly on long-term survival and the risk of …

Objectives. To compare the cumulative use and cost of hospital inpatient services to 5 years
of age by individuals divided into 4 subgroups by gestational age at birth. Design. Costs …