Publications by authors named "Francesca Grillo"
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- * Among COVID-19 patients, there was a notable prevalence of Gram-positive bacteria-related VAP, but the rates of multidrug-resistant bacteria were similar between both groups.
- * Patients with COVID-19 exhibited significantly higher ICU and in-hospital mortality rates, with a hazard ratio of 7.95 for 28-day hospital mortality, highlighting the severe impacts of the virus on critically ill patients.
A 4-year-old male with the diagnosis of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) relapsed after 19 months with an acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements analyses reveal that both leukemias were rearranged with a clonal relationship between them. Comparative genomic hybridization (Array-CGH) and whole-exome sequencing analyses of both samples suggest that this leukemia may have originated from a common T/myeloid progenitor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aims to compare breast cancer screening (BCS) and cervical cancer screening (CCS) practices of French women born to French parents with those of immigrants and nationals born to immigrants, taking their socioeconomic status into account.
Methods: The study is based on data collected in 2010 in the Paris metropolitan area among a representative sample of 3000 French-speaking adults. For women with no history of breast or cervical cancer, multivariate logistic regressions and structural equation models were used to investigate the factors associated with never having undergone BCS or CCS.
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- - Food insecurity (FI) in the Paris area was assessed using a new questionnaire, revealing that 6.3% of households experienced FI in 2010, particularly higher in impoverished neighborhoods at 13.59%.
- - The study analyzed data from 3000 participants using the USDA's HFSSM methodology and found that while 2.5% faced severe FI, average FI rates varied significantly based on household income, with 23.38% of those below the poverty line affected.
- - The research highlights the need for targeted social assistance policies, especially for vulnerable groups, as factors like household composition and the presence of young children are linked to increased risk of FI.
Background: For the first time in France in a population-based survey, this study sought to investigate the potential impact of migration origin and the proportion of lifetime spent in mainland France on body mass index (BMI) and overweight in adults living in the Paris metropolitan area.
Methods: A representative, population-based, random sample of the adult, French speaking population of the Paris metropolitan area was interviewed in 2005. Self-reported BMI (BMI = weight/height²) and overweight (BMI ≥ 25) were our 2 outcomes of interest.
Objectives: To describe the individual characteristics associated with the absence of cervical smear (CCST); to investigate the role of residential neighbourhood, particularly practitioner density; and to explore changes in individual and contextual determinants after taking regular consulting in primary care for gynaecological health (RCGH) into account.
Data: 1843 adult women from the SIRS survey conducted in 2005 in the Paris metropolitan area. Multilevel logistic regressions analysed factors associated with never-screening.
Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the moderating effect of school food programs in schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods on the association between household food insecurity and scholastic difficulties among adolescents.
Methods: We analyzed data from the Social and Health Survey of Children and Adolescents in Quebec, Canada, which was conducted in 1999 and included 2346 adolescent students 13 and 16 years of age (and 1983 of their parents). Sample-weighted regression analyses were performed to determine the association between household food insecurity and school difficulties and to explore the moderating role of food supplementation programs with respect to this association.
Estimates from multilevel regression of 1768 women living in the Paris metropolitan area showed that women who reported concentrating their daily activities in their perceived neighbourhood of residence had a statistically greater likelihood of not having undergone cervical screening during the previous 2 years. Furthermore, the characteristics of the administrative neighbourhood of residence (such as the practitioner density or the proportion of residents with a recent preventive consultation) had a statistically greater impact in terms of delayed cervical screening on women who concentrated the vast majority of their daily activities within their perceived neighbourhood of residence than among those who did not. The residential environment might promote or damage, to a greater extent, the health behaviour of people whose daily activities are concentrated within their perceived neighbourhood, since we can assume that their exposure to their neighbourhood characteristics is stronger.
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