How healthy is the Singaporean worker? Results from the Singapore national health survey 2010.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of common medical conditions (including mental health and self-rated health) and lifestyle risk factors for disease of the Singapore workforce with the nonworking population, and evaluate the association of these factors with occupation class.

Methods: Data were obtained from a population-representative cross-sectional survey in 2010. Adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) were obtained by modified Breslow-Cox proportional hazards regression model.

Diabetes, metabolic abnormalities, and glaucoma.

Objective: To examine the relationship of diabetes mellitus and metabolic abnormalities with intraocular pressure and glaucoma.

Methods: A population-based study was conducted in 3280 (78.7% response) Malay adults aged 40 to 80 years.

Where the elderly die: the influence of socio-demographic factors and cause of death on people dying at home.

Introduction: The place of death of the elderly has implications on the overall healthcare delivery system. The aim of this study is to describe where deaths of elderly occur in Singapore and to determine the association of socio-demographic characteristics and the causes of death on dying at home.

Materials And Methods: Data of 10,399 Singapore resident decedents aged 65 years and above in 2006 were obtained from the national Registry of Births and Deaths.

The relationship of intraocular pressure with age, systolic blood pressure, and central corneal thickness in an asian population.

Purpose: To describe the distribution of intraocular pressure (IOP) and its cross-sectional relationship to age, systolic blood pressure (sBP), and central corneal thickness (CCT) in an Asian population.

Methods: This was a population-based, cross-sectional study of 3280 Malay subjects (78.7% response) aged 40 to 80 years residing in Singapore.

Evidence of retinal vascular narrowing in glaucomatous eyes in an Asian population.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between retinal vascular caliber and glaucoma in an Asian population.

Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional study of 3019 persons of Asian Malay ethnicity aged 40 to 80 years residing in Singapore. All participants had dilated digital retinal photographs taken of both eyes.

Visual acuity and mortality in a chinese population. The Tanjong Pagar Study.

Objective: To examine the relationship between visual acuity and mortality in a Chinese population.

Design: Population-based cohort study.

Participants: Chinese persons in Singapore ages 40 to 79 years at baseline examination.

Risk factors for contact lens-related fusarium keratitis: a case-control study in Singapore.

Objective: To evaluate the specific contact lens-related or other factors that may contribute to the outbreak of Fusarium keratitis.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted of Fusarium keratitis in contact lens users in Singapore from March 1, 2005, to May 31, 2006, and included 61 patients with Fusarium keratitis and 188 population-based and 179 hospital-based control subjects. Interviewers asked about contact lens solution use and other risk factors.

Trends in alcohol consumption in Singapore 1992 2004.

Aims: To present trends in alcohol consumption between 1992 and 2004 in Singapore.

Methods: Alcohol consumption data were derived from national health surveys conducted in 1992, 1998 and 2004. Age-adjusted prevalence of frequent (drinking 1-4 days a week), regular (drinking more than 4 days a week) and binge (having five or more drinks during a drinking session at least once in the month) drinking by gender and age group for the three surveys were compared.