Behavioural risk factors in two generations of non-Western migrants: do trends converge towards the host population?

Migrant mortality does not conform to a single pattern of convergence towards prevalence rates in the host population. To understand better how migrant mortality develops, it is necessary to further investigate how the underlying behavioural determinants change following migration. We studied whether the prevalence of behavioural risk factors over two generations of Turkish and Moroccan migrants converge towards the prevalence rates in the Dutch population. From a random sample from the population register of Amsterdam, 291 Moroccan and 505 Turkish migrants, aged 15–30, participated in a structured interview that included questions on smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and weight/height. Data from the Dutch population were available from Statistics Netherlands. By calculating age-adjusted Odds Ratio’s, prevalence rates among both generations were compared with prevalence rates in the host population for men and women separately. We found indications of convergence across generations towards the prevalence rates in the host population for smoking in Turkish men, for overweight in Turkish and Moroccan women and for physical inactivity in Turkish women. Alcohol consumption, however, remained low in all subgroups and did not converge towards the higher rates in the host population. In addition, we found a reversed trend among Turkish women regarding smoking: the second generation smoked significantly more, while the first generation did not differ from ethnic Dutch. In general, behavioural risk factors in two generations of non-Western migrants in the Netherlands seem to converge towards the prevalence rates in the Dutch population. However, some subgroups and risk factors showed a different pattern

Is it really asthma?

European-Academy-of-Allergy-and-Clinical-Immunology Congress -- JUN 07-11, 2014 -- Copenhagen, DENMARKDursun, A. Berna/0000-0002-6337-6326;WOS: 000341139401565[No abstract available]European Acad Allergy & Clin Immuno

The factors associated with diagnostic skin test positivity in immediate type hypersensitivity reactions due to proton pump inhibitors

Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergy-and-Clinical-Immunology (EAACI) -- JUN 01-05, 2019 -- Lisbon, PORTUGALDursun, A. Berna/0000-0002-6337-6326; Bavbek, Sevim/0000-0002-7884-0830;WOS: 000480254001057[No abstract available]European Acad Allergy & Clin Immuno

Prevention of ulcer recurrence after eradication of Helicobacter pylori: a prospective long-term follow-up study

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Short-term follow-up studies show lower relapse rates of duodenal and gastric ulcers after successful Helicobacter pylori eradication. The aim of this study was to determine the long-term outcome of ulcer disease after successful H. pylori eradication. METHODS: We prospectively studied the long-term effect of H. pylori eradication on ulcer recurrence rates in patients after endoscopically proven healing of duodenal or gastric ulcers between 1984 and 1995. Patients using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), aspirin, or maintenance antisecretory therapy were excluded. H. pylori infection was assessed by culture and histopathology of gastric biopsy specimens. After endoscopically proven ulcer healing and successful H. pylori eradication, 186 patients with ulcers underwent elective endoscopy every 3 months during the first year of follow-up and were advised to contact us at symptom recurrence. Thereafter, 96 patients were available for elective half-yearly endoscopies. The 89 patients who did not choose to undergo the repeated endoscopies were asked about symptom recurrence and to undergo elective endoscopy in 1995. RESULTS: Successful H. pylori eradication was achieved in 141 patients with duodenal ulcers and 45 patients with gastric ulcers. None of the 141 H. pylori-eradicated patients with duodenal ulcers had an ulcer relapse after follow-up of 367 patient-years. Ulcer relapses were also absent in the 45 H. pylori-eradicated patients with gastric ulcers after 113 patient-years of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Excluding patients taking aspirin or NSAIDs, recurrence of duodenal or gastric ulcers is completely prevented after successful H. pylori eradication for up to 9.8 year