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Divergent 15-year trends in traditional and metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in the Seychelles.
Bovet P, Romain S, Shamlaye C, Mendis, Darioli R, Riesen W, Tappy L, Paccaud F.
Cardiovascular Diabetology 2009;8:34
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Body-mass index and mortality
Bovet P, Paccaud F.
Lancet 2009;374:113
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Stroke mortality in Seychelles: methodological issues.
Bovet P, Paccaud F.
Lancet Neurology 2009;9:700[letter]
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Negative and positive effects of trade on health.
Bovet P, Paccaud F.
Lancet 2009;373:1338
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Upward hypertension trends: changes in blood pressure or in antihypertensive treatment?
Chiolero A, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Hypertension 2009 Mar; 53(3):e22 [Full text]

CYP3A5 and ABCB1 genes and hypertension
Bochud M, Bovet P, Burnier M, Eap CB.
Pharmacogenomics 2009; 10(3):477-87 [Full text]

The PsyCoLaus study: methodology and characteristics of the sample of a population-based survey on psychiatric disorders and their association with genetic and cardiovascular risk factors.
Preisig M, Waeber G, Vollenweider P, Bovet P, Rothen S, Vandeleur C, Guex P, Middleton L, Waterworth D, Mooser V, Tozzi F, Muglia P.
BMC Psychiatry 2009;9(1):9
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Physical activity and weight loss.
Bovet P,Chiolero A, Paccaud F.
Preventive Medicine 2009; 48:401 [letter] [Full text]

Diabetes in Africa: the situation in the Seychelles.
Bovet P, Gabriel A, Shamlaye C, Paccaud F.
Heart 2009;95:506-7 [letter].
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a Swiss city general population: the CoLaus study.
Danon-Hersch N, Marques-Vidal P, Bovet P, Chiolero A, Paccaud F, Pécoud A, Hayoz D, Mooser V, Waeber G, Vollenweider P.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2009 Feb;16(1):66-72.
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La génétique de l'hypertension: rôle des gènes CYP3A5 et ABCB1 dans le contrôle de la tension artérielle.
Bochud M, Eap CP, Bovet P, Burnier M.
Kardiovaskuläre Medizin 2008 11:353-360.
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Discordant secular trends in elevated blood pressure and obesity in children and adolescents.
Chiolero A, Paradis G, Madeleine G, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Circulation 2009 119:558-65.
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Low utilization of health care services following screening for hypertension in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): a prospective longitudinal study.
Bovet P, Gervasoni JP, Mkamba M, Balampama M, Lengeler C, Paccaud F.
BMC Public Health 2008;8:407.
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The Seychelles Heart Study 2004: main findings.
Bovet P, William J, Viswanathan B, Madeleine G, Romain S, Patrick Y, Paccaud F, Gabriel A.
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Prevalence of overweight in Seychelles: 15-year trends and association with socio-economic status
Bovet P, Chiolero A, Shamlaye C, Paccaud F.
Obesity Reviews 2008;9:511-17.
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Metabolic syndrome according to different definitions in a rapidly developing country in the African region
Kelliny C, William J, Riesen W, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008;7:27.
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Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data to tobacco control policy in the Seychelles
Viswanathan B, Warren CW, Jones NR, Asma S, Bovet P.
Preventive Medicine 2008;47:S33-37
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The impact of CAROtid plaque screening on smoking (CAROSS) cessation and control of other cardiovascular risk factors: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial.
Rodondi N, Bovet P, Hayoz D, Cornuz J.
Contemporary Clinical Trials 2008;29:767-73
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Risk prediction models for use in low-income countries should not include diabetes history.
Bovet P, Paccaud F.
Lancet 2008;37182081 [letter]
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Secular trends in height and weight among children and adolescents of the Seychelles, 1956-2006
Marques-Vidal P, Madeleine G, Romain S, Gabriel A, Bovet P.
BMC Public Health 2008;8166
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Expectation to improve cardiovascular risk factors control in participants to a health promotion program.
Chiolero A, Prior J, Bovet P, Masson JC, Darioli R.
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008;23615:18
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[Epidemiology and prevention of overweight in children and adolescents] Surpoids chez les enfants et les adolescents: épidémiologie et prevention.
Bovet P, Chiolero A, Paccaud F.
Revue Médicale Suisse 2008;4850:6
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Review of hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: a comment from the Seychelles.
Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Gabriel A, Paccaud F.
Hypertension 2008;51e24 [letter]
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Prevalence of overweight in Swiss children and association with parents' and children's characteristics.
Lasserre A, Chiolero A, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Obesity Research 2007;152912:9
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Pre-hypertension and hypertension among adolescents of Switzerland.
Chiolero A, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Journal of Pediatrics 2007;151e24-5 [letter]
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Association of ABCB1 genetic variants with renal function in Africans and in Caucasians.
Bochud M, Eap CB, Maillard M, Johnson T, Vollenweider, Bovet P, Elston RC, Bergmann S, Beckmann JS, Waterworth D, Mooser V, Gabriel A, Burnier M.
BMC Medical Genomics 2008;1:21
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Prevalence of microalbuminuria in the general population of Seychelles and strong association with diabetes and hypertension independent of renal markers.
Pruijm MT, Madeleine G, Riesen WF, Burnier M, Bovet P.
J Hypertens. 200;26(5):871-877.
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Carotid plaque screening as a motivational tool for healthy behavior.
Nanchen D, Cornuz J, Rodondi N, Bovet P.
Am Heart J. 2008 Apr;155(4):e37.
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No further decrease in blood pressure when the interval between readings exceeds one hour.
Chiolero A, Witteman J, Viswanathan B, William J, Bovet P.
Blood Pressure Monitoring 2008;13:85-89.
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Nighttime blood pressure and nocturnal dipping are associated with daytime urinary sodium excretion in African subjects.
Bankir L, Bochud M, Maillard M, Bovet P, Gabriel A, Burnier M.
Hypertension 2008;51:1-8.
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Body Size and Blood Pressure: An Analysis of Africans and the African diaspora.
Cappuccio FP, Kerry SM, Adeyemo A, Amoah AGB, Bovet P, Connor MD, Forrester T, Gervasoni JP, Kimbally Kaki G, Plange-Rhule J, Thorogood M, Cooper RS.
Epidemiology 2008 ;19:38-46.
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Diabetes and pre-diabetes are associated with cardiovascular risk factors and carotid/femoral intima-media thickness independently of markers of insulin resistance and adiposity.
Faeh D, William J, Yerli P, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Cardiovascular Diabetology 2007 ;6(1):32.
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Prevalence of hypertension in schoolchildren based on repeated measurements and association with overweight.
Chiolero A, Cachat F, Burnier M, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Bovet P, Willam J, Paccaud F.
Arch Int Med 2007 ;167:2262-3.
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Need to clarify when measurements should be made during the day for home blood pressure monitoring.
Bovet P, Chiolero A, Burnier M, Paccaud F.
Journal of Hypertension 2008 ;26(1):154-5.
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Low prevalence of individuals with optimal or borderline levels of cardiovascular risk factors extends to rapidly developing countries.
Bovet P, Willam J, Paccaud F.
Arch Int Med 2007 ;167:2262-3.
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Prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes in the Seychelles and relationship with excess body weight.
Faeh D, William J, Shamlaye C, Tappy L, Ravussin E, Bovet P.
BMC Public Health 2007 ;7:163.
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Self blood pressure measurement - a promising procedure but some issues remain unanswered.
Chiolero A, Bovet P.
Journal of Human Hypertension 2007 ;21:697-98.
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Strong inverse association between physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: a large school-based survey.
Bovet P, Auguste R, Burdette H.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 ;4:24.
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Decreasing relationship between body mass index and blood pressure over time
Danon-Hersch N, Chiolero A, Shamlaye C, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Epidemiology 2007 ;18:493-1500.
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The CYP3A5 and ABCB1 genes encoding drug- and hormone-metabolizing and transporting proteins influence blood pressure and their effect is modified by salt
Eap CB, Bochud M, Elston RC, Bovet P, Maillard M, Nussberger J, Schild L, Shamlaye C, Burnier M.
Hypertension 2007 ;49:1007-1014.
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Microalbuminuria but not cystatin C is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged adults.
Rodondi N, Yerly P, Gabriel A, Riesen WF, Burnier M, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation 2007 ;22(4):1107-1114.
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Prevalence of elevated blood pressure and association with overweight in children of a rapidly developing country
Chiolero A, Madeleine G, Gabriel A, Burnier M, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
Journal of Human Hypertension 2007 Mar; 21:120-127.
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Worldwide trends in childhood obesity
Lasserre AM, Chiolero A, Paccaud, F Bovet P.
Swiss Med Wkly 2007 ;137:157-158.
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Has blood pressure increased in children in response to the obesity epidemic?
Chiolero A, Bovet P, Paradis G, Paccaud F.
Pediatrics. 2007 Mar; 119 (3):544-53.
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Cardiovascular disease: putting transition in perspective.
Paccaud F.
European Journal of Public Health 2006 ;16:2.
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Difference in blood pressure readings with mercury and automated devices: impact on high blood pressure prevalence estimates in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Chiolero A, Gervasoni JP, Rwebogora A, Balampama M, Paccaud F, Bovet P.
European Journal of Epidemiology 2006 21: 427-433.
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Homocysteine as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: should we (still) worry about?
Faeh D, Chiolero A, Paccaud F
Swiss Med Wkly. 2006 Dec 2; 136 (47-48): 745-56.
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A 4-wk high-fructose diet alters lipid metabolism without affecting insulin sensitivity or ectopic lipids in healthy humans
Le Kim-Anne, Faeh D, Stettler R, Ith M, Kreis R, Vermathen P, Boesch C, Ravussin E, Tappy L.
BMC Public Health 2006; 6: 169.
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Decrease in blood triglycerides associated with the consumption of eggs of hens fed with food supplemented with fish oil.
Bovet P, Faeh D, Madeleine G, Viswanathan B, Paccaud F.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2006 Jun 30; [Epub ahead of print].
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L’environnement façonné par l’homme comme déterminant de la santé. La structure de l’épidémie de l’obésité
Faeh D.
Bulletin des médecins suisses 2006; 87: 34,1453-58.
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Die vom Menschen gestaltete Umwelt als Gesundheitsdeterminante. Die Struktur der Übergewichtsepidemie
Faeh D.
Schweizerische Ärztezeitung 2006; 87: 34,1453-58.
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Clustering of smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use in adolescents in a rapidly developing country
Faeh D, Viswanathan B, Chiolero A, Warren W, Bovet P.
BMC Public Health 2006; 6: 169.
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Plasma aldosterone is independently associated with the metabolic syndrome
Bochud M, Nussberger J, Bovet P, Maillard M, Elston RC, Paccaud F, Shamlaye C, Burnier M.
Hypertension 2006; 48: 239-245.
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The prediction of insulin resistance with serum triglycerids and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in an East African population.
Bovet P, Faeh D, Gabriel A, Tappy L.
Archives of Internal Medecine 2006; 166: 1236-7 (letter)
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Marked increase in the prevalence of obesity in children of the Seychelles (Indian Ocean), 1998-2004.
Bovet P, Chiolero A, Madeleine G, Gedeon A, Stettler N.
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2006; 2: 120-28.
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Cardiovascular Disease.
Gaziano T, Reddy S, Paccaud F, Horton H, Chaturvedi V.
in book "Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries"", editors: World Bank and others 2006
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Association of CYP3A5 genotypes with blood pressure and renal function in African families.
Bochud M, Eap CB, Elston RC, Bovet P, Maillard M, Schild L, Shamlaye C, Burnier M.
Journal of Hypertension. 2006 May;24(5):923-929.
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Comparison of smoking, drinking, and marijuana use between students present or absent on the day of a school-based survey.
Bovet P, Viswanathan B, Faeh D, Warren W.
Journal of School Health. 2006; 76(4):133-137.
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Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a middle-income country and estimated cost of a treatment strategy.
Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Gabriel A, Riesen W, Paccaud F.
BMC Public Health 2006; 6(1):9.
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Building national capacity for cardiovascular disease prevention in low-medium income countries: The Nigerian Heart Foundation experience
Akinroye KK, Bovet P, Tanimowo M.
Prevention and Control 2005; 1:263-65. [Full text]

Association between maternal smoking and low birth weight in Switzerland: the EDEN study.
Chiolero A, Bovet P, Paccaud F.
Swiss Medical Weekly. 2005; 135(35-36):525-30.
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Stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation in sub-saharan Africa.
Lemogoum D, Degaute JP, Bovet P.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005; 29(5 Suppl 1):95-101.
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Nonagenarians and centenarians in Switzerland, 1860-2001: a demographic analysis.
Robine JM, Paccaud F.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
2005; 59(1):31-7.
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Binary classification of dyslipidemia from the waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index: a comparison of linear, logistic, and CART models.
Costanza MC, Paccaud F.
BioMedicalCentral (BMC) Medical Research Methodology.
2004 Apr 6:4-7.
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Effect of fructose overfeeding and fish oil administration on hepatic de novo lipogenesis and insulin sensitivity in healthy men.
Faeh D, Minehira K, Schwarz JM, Periasami R, Seongsu P, Tappy L.
Diabetes
, 2005; 54:1907-13.
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High heritability of ambulatory blood pressure in families of east African descent.
Bochud M, Bovet P, Elston RC, Paccaud F, Falconnet C, Maillard M, Shamlaye C, Burnier M.
Hypertension,
2005; 45:445-450.
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Heritability of renal function in hypertensive families of African descent in the Seychelles (Indian Ocean).
Bochud M, Elston RC, Maillard M, Bovet P, Schild L, Shamlaye C, Burnier M.
Kidney International,
2005; 67:61-69.
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Mögliche Ansätze für die Primärprävention von Adipositas.
Faeh D.
Schweizerische Ärztezeitung / Bulletin des médecins suisses,
2004; 85: Nr 41:2212-2215.
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Increasing prevalence of overweight among Seychelles children, 1998-2002.
Bovet P, Madeleine G, Padayachy D, Stettler N, Servina M.
Seychelles Medical & Dental Journal, 2004; 7:40-46.
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Discordant prevalence of hypertension using two different automated blood pressure measurement devices: a population-based study in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Chiolero A, Gervasoni JP, Rwebogora A, Mkamba M, Waeber B, Paccaud F, Burnier M, Bovet P.
Blood Pressure Monitoring
2004; 9(2):59-64.
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The cost-effectiveness of pharmacological smoking cessation therapies in developing countries: a case study in the Seychelles.
Gilbert A, Pinget C, Bovet P, Cornuz J, Shamlaye C, Paccaud F.
Tobacco Control
2004; 13:190-95.
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Gender difference in the response to an ACE inhibitor and a diuretic in hypertensive patients of African descent.
Falconnet C, Bochud M, Maillard M, Shamlaye C, Bovet P, Burnier M.
Journal of Hypertension
2004; 22:1213-1220.
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Patients'sibbling history was sensitive for hypertension and specific for diabetes.
Bochud M, Burnier M, Paccaud F, Falconnet C, Mooser V, Both Norma, Bovet P.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2004; 57:497-501.
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Prevalence of hyperuricemia and relation of serum uric acid with cardiovascular risk factors in a developing country.
Conen D, Wietlisbach V, Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Riesen W, Paccaud F, Burnier M.
BMC Public Health.
2004 Mar 25;4(1):9.
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Recommandations américaines et européennes pour la prise en charge de patients hypertendus : quel impact pour la pratique ?
Chiolero A, Bovet P, Burnier M.
Médecine & Hygiène
2003; 61:1670-74.
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Recommendations for prevention, diagnosis and management of hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lemogoum D, Seedat YK, Mabadeje AFB, Mendis S, Bovet P, Onwubere B, Ngu Blackett K, Lenfant C, M’buyamba Kabangu JR, Block P, Belhocine M, Degaute JP, on behalf of the International Forum for Hypertension control and prevention in Africa (IFHA).
Journal of Hypertension 2003;
21:1993-2000.
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A two-week workshop to promote cardiovascular disease prevention programs in countries with limited resources.
Bovet P, Gervasoni JP, Paccaud F.
Ethnicity and Diseases. 2003;
13(2 Suppl 2):S31-4.
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Routine statistics: more interest is needed.
Paccaud F.
J. Epidemiol Community Health;
2003.;57:476-477
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of the first-line therapies for nicotine dependence.
Cornuz J, Pinguet C, Gilbert A, Paccaud F.
Eur J Clin Pharmacol
2003 Feb;59:201-206.
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Cardiovascular risk factor profiles and their social gradient from adolescence to age 74 in a Swiss region.
Addor V, Wietlisbach V, Narring F, Michaud PA.
Preventive Medicine
2003 Feb;36(2):217-28.

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Assessing the prevalence of hypertension in populations: are we doing it right ?
Bovet P, Gervasoni J-P, Ross A, Mkamba M, Mtasiwa D, Lengeler C, Burnier M, Paccaud F.
Journal of Hypertension 2003;21:509-517.
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The Global Youth Tobacco Survey - Seychelles 2002 Factsheet
Bovet P, Viswanathan B, Warren W.
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Tackling cardiovascular disease in the Seychelles: Prevention better than cure.
Bovet P.
Bulletin Medicus Mundi Schweiz Nr.86;
Oktober 2002.
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The cardiovascular disease epidemic: global, regional, local (editorial).
Bovet P.
Tropical Medicine and International Health 2002;7:717-21.
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Distribution of blood pressure, body mass index and smoking habits in the urban population of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and associations with socioeconomic status.
Bovet P, Ross AG, Gervasoni J-P, Mkamba M, Mtasiwa Deo M, Lengeler C, Whiting D, Paccaud F.
International Journal
of Epidemiology
2002;31:240-247.
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Monitoring one-year compliance to antihypertension medication in the Seychelles.
Bovet P, Burnier M, Madeleine G, Waeber B, Paccaud P.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2002;80:33-39.
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Prevalence and risk factors for overweight and obesity in children from Seychelles, a country in rapid transition: the importance of early growth.
Stettler N, Bovet P, Shamlaye H, Zemel BS, Stallings VA, Paccaud F.
International Journal of Obesity.
2002;26:214- 9.
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Improved smoking cessation in smokers given ultrasound photographs of their own atherosclerotic plaques.
Bovet P, Perret F, Cornuz J, Quilindo J, Paccaud F.
Preventive Medicine
2002;34:215-220.
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Body mass index, abdominal adiposity and blood pressure: consistency of their association across developing and developed countries.
Doll S, P accaud F, Bovet P, Burnier M, Wietlisbach V.
International Journal of Obesity.
2002;26:48-57.
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Rejuvenating health systems for aging communities.
Paccaud F.
Aging Clin Exp Res
2002;14(4):314-8.
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Contribution of major cardiovascular risk factors to familial premature coronary artery disease: the GENECARD project.
Jomini V, Oppliger-Pa squali S, Wietlisbach V, Rodondi N, Jotterand V, Paccaud F, Darioli R, Nicod P, Mooser V.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2002;2140(4):676-84.
[Abstract]
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Race and responsiveness to drugs for heart failure
Bovet P, Paccaud F. 
New England Journal of Medicine
2001;345:766 (letter).
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Alcohol, coronary heart disease and public health: which evidence-based policy ?
Bovet P, Paccaud F. 
International Journal of Epidemiology.

2001;30:734-737. [Abstract] [Full text]

Body mass index: comparing mean value and prevalence rates from telephone and examination surveys.
Paccaud F, Wietlisbach V, Rickenbach M. 
Revue d'Epidémiologie et Santé Publique.
2001;49:33-40.
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Technological change around the world: Evidence from heart attack care.
Technological Change in Health Care (TECH) Research Network.
Health Affairs. 2001;20:25-42.
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Tracking cardiovascular disease in the Seychelles: Prevention is better than cure.
Bovet P.
ID21 Insights Health,
Mars 2001.
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High prevalence of peripheral atherosclerosis in a rapidly developing country.
Perret F, Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Paccaud F, Kappenberger L.
Atherosclerosis
2000;153:9-21.
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Performance of classic electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy in an African population.
Jaggy C, Perret F, Bovet P, van Melle G, Zerkiebel N, Madeleine G, Kappenberger L, Paccaud F.
Hypertension
2000;36:54-61.
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Dyslipidemia and abdominal obesity: an assessment in three general populations.
Paccaud F, Schlüter-Fasmeyer V, Wietlisbach V, Bovet P.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
2000;53:393-400.
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Electrocardiographic findings in a middle-aged African population in the Seychelles Islands.
Z erkiebel N, Perret F, Bovet P, Abel M, Jaggy C, Kappenberger L, Paccaud F.
Journal of Electrocardiography
2000;33:1-15.
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Traitement de l'hypertension, de la dyslipidémie et de l'obésité en Suisse: faut-il adopter ou adapter les nouvelles recommandations internationales?
Wietlisbach V, Rickenbach M, Paccaud F.
Médecine & Hygiène
2000;58:586-93.
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[Which strategies should be used for the control of hypertension in developing countries?]
Bovet P., Gervasoni JP, Paccaud F.
Médecine & Hygiène
2000;58:1411-14 (in French).
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Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the Seychelles islands (Indian Ocean).
Bovet P., Shamlaye H, Paccaud F.
CVD Prevention.
1999;2:261-72.
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Poor performance of the Cage Questionnaire in screening for heavy drinking in men in the Seychelles Islands (Indian Ocean).
Bovet P, Perdrix J, Larue D, Yersin B, Paccaud F.
African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies
2000;1:3-20.
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Patterns of the alcohol consumption in the Seychelles islands.
Perdrix J, Bovet P, Yersin B, Larue D, Burnand B, Paccaud F.
Alcohol & Alcoholism
1999;34:773-85.
[Abstract]
(full text from hyperlink in PubMed)

Dose-dependent inverse relationship between alcohol consumption and serum Lp(a) levels in black African males.
Fontana P, Mooser V, Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Burnand B, Lenain V, Marcovina S, Riesen W, Darioli R.
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis & Vascular Biology.
1999;19:1075-82.
[Abstract] (full text from hyperlink in PubMed)

Contribu tion of trends in survival and coronary-event rates to changes in coronary heart disease mortality: 10-year results from 37 WHO MONICA Project populations.
Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Ruokokoski E, Amouyel P, for the WHO MONICA Project.
Lancet
1999;353:1547-57.
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A global analysis of technological change in health care: The case of heart attacks.
McClellan M, Kessler D.
The TECH Investigators Health Affairs
1999;18:250-55
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Knowledge, attit udes and practices on hypertension in a country in epidemiologic transition.
Aubert L, Bovet P, Gervasoni JP, Rwebogora A, Waeber B, Paccaud F.
Hypertension
1998;31(5):1136-45.
[Abstract]
(full text from hyperlink in PubMed)

Blood thiamin status and determinants in the population of Seychelles (Indian Ocean).
Bovet P, Larue D, Fayol V, Paccaud F.
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
1998;52:237-42.
[Abstract]
(full text from hyperlink in PubMed)

Age at death and rectangularisation of the survival curve: trends in Switzerland, 1969-1994.
Paccau d F, Sidoti Pinto C, Marazzi A, Mili J.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
1998;52:412-15.
[Abstract] (full text from hyperlink in PubMed)

The Seychelles Heart Study II. Methods and selected basic findings.
Bovet P, Perret F, Shamlaye C, Darioli R, Paccaud F.
Seychelles Medical & Dental Journal
1997;5:8-24
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Frequency and impact of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Seychelles.
Yersin C, Bovet P, Wauters JP, Schorderet DF, Pescia G, Paccaud F.
Nephrology Dialysis & Transplantation
1997;12:2069-74.
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Trends in cardiovascular risk factors (1984-1993) in a Swiss Region: results of three population surveys.
Wietlisbach V, Paccaud F, Rickenbach M. Gutzwiller F.
Prev Med
1997;26:523-33.
[Abstract]
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Epidemiologic transition to chronic diseases and community-based program of prevention of cardiovascular disease in the Seychelles (Indian Ocean).
Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Paccaud F.
Cardio-Update (New-Delhi)
1996;july:10-22
[Abstract]

The epidemiologic transition to chronic diseases in developing countries: cardiovascular mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in the Seychelles (Indian Ocean).
Bovet P. for the Investigators of the Seychelles Heart Study.
Sozial & Praventivmedizin
1995;40(1):35-43.
[Abstract]

Compliance with medication among outpatients with uncontrolled hypertension in the Seychelles.
Hungerbuhler P, Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Burnand B, Waeber B.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1995;73(4):437-42.
[Abstract]

Systematic difference between blood pressure readings caused by cuff type.
Bovet P, Hungerbuhler P, Quilindo J, Grettve ML, Waeber B, Burnand B.
Hypertension
1994;24(6):786-92.
[Abstract]

Comparison of serum lipoprotein(a) distribution and its correlates among black and white populations.
Bovet P, Rickenbach M, Wietlisbach V, Riesen W, Shamlaye C, Darioli R, Burnand B.
International Journal of Epidemiology
1994;23(1):20-27.
[Abstract]

The cardiovascular disease situation in Seychelles.
Hungerbuhler P, Bovet P, Shamlaye C. £
World Health Statistics Quarterly
1993;46(2):108-12
[Abstract]

High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the Seychelles (Indian Ocean).
Bovet P, Shamlaye C, Kitua A, Riesen WF, Paccaud F, Darioli R.
Arteriosclerosis & Thrombosis
1991;11(6):1730-73.
[Abstract]

Alcohol-related cardiomyopathy in the Seychelles.
Pinn G, Bovet P.
Medical Journal of Australia
1991;155(8):529-32.
[Abstract]

Relationship of fasting serum insulin concentrations with blood pressure in a representative sample of the adult population of the Seychelles.
Tappy L, Bovet P, Jequier E, Shamlaye C, Darioli R, Burnand B.
International Journal of Obesity
1991 Oct;15(10):669-75.
[Abstract]

Prevalence of diabetes and obesity in the adult population of the Seychelles.
Tappy L, Bovet P, Shamlaye C. Diabetic Medicine 1991;8(5):448-52.
[Abstract]

The Seychelles Cardiovascular Diseases Survey 1989: methods and results.
Bovet P, Rosalie D, Shamlaye C, Darioli R, P accaud F.
Sozial & Praventivmedizin
1991;36 Suppl 1:S1-S89.
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