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Volume 17, issue 12, 2020

Comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and network meta-analysis pp. 1-28

Min Seo Kim, Min Ho An, Won Jun Kim and Tae-Ho Hwang

Induction of labour at 41 weeks or expectant management until 42 weeks: A systematic review and an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised trials pp. 1-25

Mårten Alkmark, Judit K J Keulen, Joep C Kortekaas, Christina Bergh, Jeroen van Dillen, Ruben G Duijnhoven, Henrik Hagberg, Ben Willem Mol, Mattias Molin, Joris A M van der Post, Sissel Saltvedt, Anna-Karin Wikström, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm and Esteriek de Miranda

Intake of dietary fats and fatty acids and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective observational studies pp. 1-17

Manuela Neuenschwander, Janett Barbaresko, Claudia R Pischke, Nadine Iser, Julia Beckhaus, Lukas Schwingshackl and Sabrina Schlesinger

Bariatric surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin: Clinical outcome and cost-effectiveness analyses pp. 1-22

Emma Rose McGlone, Iain Carey, Vladica Veličković, Prem Chana, Kamal Mahawar, Rachel L Batterham, James Hopkins, Peter Walton, Robin Kinsman, James Byrne, Shaw Somers, David Kerrigan, Vinod Menon, Cynthia Borg, Ahmed Ahmed, Bruno Sgromo, Chandra Cheruvu, Gul Bano, Catherine Leonard, Howard Thom, Carel W le Roux, Marcus Reddy, Richard Welbourn, Peter Small and Omar A Khan

Assessing the risk of ketoacidosis due to sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT)-2 inhibitors in patients with type 1 diabetes: A meta-analysis and meta-regression pp. 1-31

Giovanni Musso, Antonio Sircana, Francesca Saba, Maurizio Cassader and Roberto Gambino

Association of macro-level determinants with adolescent overweight and suicidal ideation with planning: A cross-sectional study of 21 Latin American and Caribbean Countries pp. 1-19

Christelle Elia, Alexis Karamanos, Alexandru Dregan, Majella O’Keeffe, Ingrid Wolfe, Jane Sandall, Craig Morgan, J Kennedy Cruickshank, Reeta Gobin, Rainford Wilks and Seeromanie Harding

Volume 17, issue 11, 2020

Southeast Asian health system challenges and responses to the ‘Andaman Sea refugee crisis’: A qualitative study of health-sector perspectives from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand pp. 1-22

Helena Legido-Quigley, Fiona Leh Hoon Chuah and Natasha Howard

Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of eliminating industrial trans-fatty acids in Australia: A modelling study pp. 1-19

Matti Marklund, Miaobing Zheng, J Lennert Veerman and Jason H Y Wu

Predicting suicide attempt or suicide death following a visit to psychiatric specialty care: A machine learning study using Swedish national registry data pp. 1-19

Qi Chen, Yanli Zhang-James, Eric J Barnett, Paul Lichtenstein, Jussi Jokinen, Brian M D’Onofrio, Stephen V Faraone, Henrik Larsson and Seena Fazel

Health system interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-19

David Flood, Jessica Hane, Matthew Dunn, Sarah Jane Brown, Bradley H Wagenaar, Elizabeth A Rogers, Michele Heisler, Peter Rohloff and Vineet Chopra

Anticipatory changes in British household purchases of soft drinks associated with the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy: A controlled interrupted time series analysis pp. 1-21

Nina T Rogers, David Pell, Tarra L Penney, Oliver Mytton, Adam Briggs, Steven Cummins, Mike Rayner, Harry Rutter, Peter Scarborough, Stephen J Sharp, Richard D Smith, Martin White and Jean Adams

Assessment of deep neural networks for the diagnosis of benign and malignant skin neoplasms in comparison with dermatologists: A retrospective validation study pp. 1-21

Seung Seog Han, Ik Jun Moon, Seong Hwan Kim, Jung-Im Na, Myoung Shin Kim, Gyeong Hun Park, Ilwoo Park, Keewon Kim, Woohyung Lim, Ju Hee Lee and Sung Eun Chang

The risk of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia after P. falciparum malaria: An individual patient data meta-analysis from the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network pp. 1-26

Mohammad S Hossain, Robert J Commons, Nicholas M Douglas, Kamala Thriemer, Bereket H Alemayehu, Chanaki Amaratunga, Anupkumar R Anvikar, Elizabeth A Ashley, Puji B S Asih, Verena I Carrara, Chanthap Lon, Umberto D’Alessandro, Timothy M E Davis, Arjen M Dondorp, Michael D Edstein, Rick M Fairhurst, Marcelo U Ferreira, Jimee Hwang, Bart Janssens, Harin Karunajeewa, Jean R Kiechel, Simone Ladeia-Andrade, Moses Laman, Mayfong Mayxay, Rose McGready, Brioni R Moore, Ivo Mueller, Paul N Newton, Nguyen T Thuy-Nhien, Harald Noedl, Francois Nosten, Aung P Phyo, Jeanne R Poespoprodjo, David L Saunders, Frank Smithuis, Michele D Spring, Kasia Stepniewska, Seila Suon, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Din Syafruddin, Hien T Tran, Neena Valecha, Michel Van Herp, Michele Van Vugt, Nicholas J White, Philippe J Guerin, Julie A Simpson and Ric N Price

Risk factors during first 1,000 days of life for carotid intima-media thickness in infants, children, and adolescents: A systematic review with meta-analyses pp. 1-29

Adina Mihaela Epure, Magali Rios-Leyvraz, Daniela Anker, Stefano Di Bernardo, Bruno R da Costa, Arnaud Chiolero and Nicole Sekarski

Association between country preparedness indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower- and middle-income countries: A multicountry analysis of survey data pp. 1-25

Justine I Davies, Sumithra Krishnamurthy Reddiar, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Cara Ebert, Maja-Emilia Marcus, Jacqueline A Seiglie, Zhaxybay Zhumadilov, Adil Supiyev, Lela Sturua, Bahendeka K Silver, Abla M Sibai, Sarah Quesnel-Crooks, Bolormaa Norov, Joseph K Mwangi, Omar Mwalim Omar, Roy Wong-McClure, Mary T Mayige, Joao S Martins, Nuno Lunet, Demetre Labadarios, Khem B Karki, Gibson B Kagaruki, Jutta M A Jorgensen, Nahla C Hwalla, Dismand Houinato, Corine Houehanou, David Guwatudde, Mongal S Gurung, Pascal Bovet, Brice W Bicaba, Krishna K Aryal, Mohamed Msaidié, Glennis Andall-Brereton, Garry Brian, Andrew Stokes, Sebastian Vollmer, Till Bärnighausen, Rifat Atun, Pascal Geldsetzer, Jennifer Manne-Goehler and Lindsay M Jaacks

Volume 17, issue 10, 2020

Universal third-trimester ultrasonic screening using fetal macrosomia in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy pp. 1-15

Alexandros A Moraitis, Norman Shreeve, Ulla Sovio, Peter Brocklehurst, Alexander E P Heazell, Jim G Thornton, Stephen C Robson, Aris Papageorghiou and Gordon C Smith

The association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D metabolites and type 2 diabetes in European populations: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomisation analysis pp. 1-21

Ju-Sheng Zheng, Jian’an Luan, Eleni Sofianopoulou, Stephen J Sharp, Felix R Day, Fumiaki Imamura, Thomas E Gundersen, Luca A Lotta, Ivonne Sluijs, Isobel D Stewart, Rupal L Shah, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Eleanor Wheeler, Eva Ardanaz, Heiner Boeing, Miren Dorronsoro, Christina C Dahm, Niki Dimou, Douae El-Fatouhi, Paul W Franks, Guy Fagherazzi, Sara Grioni, José María Huerta, Alicia K Heath, Louise Hansen, Mazda Jenab, Paula Jakszyn, Rudolf Kaaks, Tilman Kühn, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nasser Laouali, Giovanna Masala, Peter M Nilsson, Kim Overvad, Anja Olsen, Salvatore Panico, J Ramón Quirós, Olov Rolandsson, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Carlotta Sacerdote, Annemieke M W Spijkerman, Tammy Y N Tong, Rosario Tumino, Konstantinos K Tsilidis, John Danesh, Elio Riboli, Adam S Butterworth, Claudia Langenberg, Nita G Forouhi and Nicholas J Wareham

Developing and validating subjective and objective risk-assessment measures for predicting mortality after major surgery: An international prospective cohort study pp. 1-22

Danny J N Wong, Steve Harris, Arun Sahni, James R Bedford, Laura Cortes, Richard Shawyer, Andrew M Wilson, Helen A Lindsay, Doug Campbell, Scott Popham, Lisa M Barneto, Paul S Myles, EPICCS collaborators Snap-2: and S Ramani Moonesinghe

Defining remission of type 2 diabetes in research studies: A systematic scoping review pp. 1-16

Mireille Captieux, Regina Prigge, Sarah Wild and Bruce Guthrie

Socioeconomic level and associations between heat exposure and all-cause and cause-specific hospitalization in 1,814 Brazilian cities: A nationwide case-crossover study pp. 1-18

Rongbin Xu, Qi Zhao, Micheline S Z S Coelho, Paulo H N Saldiva, Michael J Abramson, Shanshan Li and Yuming Guo

Evaluation of a pharmacist-led actionable audit and feedback intervention for improving medication safety in UK primary care: An interrupted time series analysis pp. 1-17

Niels Peek, Wouter T Gude, Richard N Keers, Richard Williams, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Mark Jeffries, Denham L Phipps, Benjamin Brown, Anthony J Avery and Darren M Ashcroft

Genetics of height and risk of atrial fibrillation: A Mendelian randomization study pp. 1-17

Michael G Levin, Renae Judy, Dipender Gill, Marijana Vujkovic, Shefali S Verma, Yuki Bradford, Regeneron Genetics Center, Marylyn D Ritchie, Matthew C Hyman, Saman Nazarian, Daniel J Rader, Benjamin F Voight and Scott M Damrauer

Quantifying Plasmodium falciparum infections clustering within households to inform household-based intervention strategies for malaria control programs: An observational study and meta-analysis from 41 malaria-endemic countries pp. 1-17

Gillian Stresman, Charlie Whittaker, Hannah C Slater, Teun Bousema and Jackie Cook

Tuberculosis, human rights, and law reform: Addressing the lack of progress in the global tuberculosis response pp. 1-9

Matthew M Kavanagh, Lawrence O Gostin and John Stephens

Primary healthcare expansion and mortality in Brazil’s urban poor: A cohort analysis of 1.2 million adults pp. 1-20

Thomas Hone, Valeria Saraceni, Claudia Medina Coeli, Anete Trajman, Davide Rasella, Christopher Millett and Betina Durovni

Volume 17, issue 9, 2020

Comparative functional survival and equivalent annual cost of 3 long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) products in Tanzania: A randomised trial with 3-year follow up pp. 1-18

Lena M Lorenz, John Bradley, Joshua Yukich, Dennis J Massue, Zawadi Mageni Mboma, Olivier Pigeon, Jason Moore, Albert Kilian, Jo Lines, William Kisinza, Hans J Overgaard and Sarah J Moore

Impact of a pay-for-performance scheme for long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) advice on contraceptive uptake and abortion in British primary care: An interrupted time series study pp. 1-18

Richard Ma, Elizabeth Cecil, Alex Bottle, Rebecca French and Sonia Saxena

Long-term survival of children born with congenital anomalies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies pp. 1-55

Svetlana V Glinianaia, Joan K Morris, Kate E Best, Michele Santoro, Alessio Coi, Annarita Armaroli and Judith Rankin

Social capital, social cohesion, and health of Syrian refugee working children living in informal tented settlements in Lebanon: A cross-sectional study pp. 1-19

Rima R Habib, Amena El-Harakeh, Micheline Ziadee, Elio Abi Younes and Khalil El Asmar

Mediterranean diet and endothelial function in patients with coronary heart disease: An analysis of the CORDIOPREV randomized controlled trial pp. 1-28

Elena M Yubero-Serrano, Carolina Fernandez-Gandara, Antonio Garcia-Rios, Oriol A Rangel-Zuñiga, Francisco M Gutierrez-Mariscal, Jose D Torres-Peña, Carmen Marin, Javier Lopez-Moreno, Justo P Castaño, Javier Delgado-Lista, Jose M Ordovas, Pablo Perez-Martinez and Jose Lopez-Miranda

Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence pp. 1-17

Atheendar S Venkataramani, Rourke O’Brien, Gregory L Whitehorn and Alexander C Tsai

Mental health problems among female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-38

Tara S Beattie, Boryana Smilenova, Shari Krishnaratne and April Mazzuca

Interventions for treatment of COVID-19: A living systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses (The LIVING Project) pp. 1-25

Sophie Juul, Emil Eik Nielsen, Joshua Feinberg, Faiza Siddiqui, Caroline Kamp Jørgensen, Emily Barot, Niklas Nielsen, Peter Bentzer, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Lehana Thabane, Fanlong Bu, Sarah Klingenberg, Christian Gluud and Janus Christian Jakobsen

STrengthening the Reporting Of Pharmacogenetic Studies: Development of the STROPS guideline pp. 1-11

Marty Chaplin, Jamie J Kirkham, Kerry Dwan, Derek J Sloan, Geraint Davies and Andrea L Jorgensen

Volume 17, issue 8, 2020

A new approach to an old problem: Overview of the East African Community’s Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative pp. 1-5

Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda, Gugu Mahlangu, Margaret Agama-Anyetei and Emer Cooke

Incidence of and trends in hip fracture among adults in urban China: A nationwide retrospective cohort study pp. 1-16

Chenggui Zhang, Jingnan Feng, Shengfeng Wang, Pei Gao, Lu Xu, Junxiong Zhu, Jialin Jia, Lili Liu, Guozhen Liu, Jinxi Wang, Siyan Zhan and Chunli Song

Evaluation of the effectiveness of topical repellent distributed by village health volunteer networks against Plasmodium spp. infection in Myanmar: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial pp. 1-21

Paul A Agius, Julia C Cutts, Win Han Oo, Aung Thi, Katherine O’Flaherty, Kyaw Zayar Aung, Htin Kyaw Thu, Poe Poe Aung, Myat Mon Thein, Nyi Nyi Zaw, Wai Yan Min Htay, Aung Paing Soe, Zahra Razook, Alyssa E Barry, Win Htike, Angela Devine, Julie A Simpson, Brendan S Crabb, James G Beeson, Naanki Pasricha and Freya J I Fowkes

The reimagination of school-based physical activity research in the COVID-19 era pp. 1-3

Deirdre M Harrington and Michelle O’Reilly

Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis pp. 1-34

Peter A Coventry, Nick Meader, Hollie Melton, Melanie Temple, Holly Dale, Kath Wright, Marylène Cloitre, Thanos Karatzias, Jonathan Bisson, Neil P Roberts, Jennifer V E Brown, Corrado Barbui, Rachel Churchill, Karina Lovell, Dean McMillan and Simon Gilbody

Social distancing to slow the US COVID-19 epidemic: Longitudinal pretest–posttest comparison group study pp. 1-12

Mark J Siedner, Guy Harling, Zahra Reynolds, Rebecca F Gilbert, Sebastien Haneuse, Atheendar S Venkataramani and Alexander C Tsai

A clinical algorithm for same-day HIV treatment initiation in settings with high TB symptom prevalence in South Africa: The SLATE II individually randomized clinical trial pp. 1-20

Mhairi Maskew, Alana T Brennan, Matthew P Fox, Lungisile Vezi, Willem D F Venter, Peter Ehrenkranz and Sydney Rosen

Volume 17, issue 7, 2020

Participation in adherence clubs and on-time drug pickup among HIV-infected adults in Zambia: A matched-pair cluster randomized trial pp. 1-19

Monika Roy, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Izukanji Sikazwe, Mpande Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya, Emilie Efronson, Chanda Mwamba, Paul Somwe, Estella Kalunkumya, Mwansa Lumpa, Anjali Sharma, Jake Pry, Wilbroad Mutale, Peter Ehrenkranz, David V Glidden, Nancy Padian, Stephanie Topp, Elvin Geng and Charles B Holmes

Healthy behaviors at age 50 years and frailty at older ages in a 20-year follow-up of the UK Whitehall II cohort: A longitudinal study pp. 1-19

Andres Gil-Salcedo, Aline Dugravot, Aurore Fayosse, Julien Dumurgier, Kim Bouillon, Alexis Schnitzler, Mika Kivimäki, Archana Singh-Manoux and Séverine Sabia

Efficacy and safety of bempedoic acid for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-21

Arrigo F G Cicero, Federica Fogacci, Adrian V Hernandez, Maciej Banach and on behalf of the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-Analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group and the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)

Can self-imposed prevention measures mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic? pp. 1-4

Lei Zhang, Yusha Tao, Mingwang Shen, Christopher K Fairley and Yuming Guo

Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labelling and Advertising: A nonexperimental prospective study pp. 1-37

Marcela Reyes, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Barry Popkin, Rebecca Kanter, Stefanie Vandevijvere and Camila Corvalán

Addressing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity: Democratising access to resources for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight pp. 1-3

Jean Adams

Volume 17, issue 6, 2020

Antibiotic prescription practices in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-20

Giorgia Sulis, Pierrick Adam, Vaidehi Nafade, Genevieve Gore, Benjamin Daniels, Amrita Daftary, Jishnu Das, Sumanth Gandra and Madhukar Pai

Social determinants of health, data science, and decision-making: Forging a transdisciplinary synthesis pp. 1-3

Sandro Galea, Salma M Abdalla and Jeffrey L Sturchio

Fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies pp. 1-17

Fumiaki Imamura, Amanda M Fretts, Matti Marklund, Andres V Ardisson Korat, Wei-Sin Yang, Maria Lankinen, Waqas Qureshi, Catherine Helmer, Tzu-An Chen, Jyrki K Virtanen, Kerry Wong, Julie K Bassett, Rachel Murphy, Nathan Tintle, Chaoyu Ian Yu, Ingeborg A Brouwer, Kuo-Liong Chien, Yun-yu Chen, Alexis C Wood, Liana C del Gobbo, Luc Djousse, Johanna M Geleijnse, Graham G Giles, Janette de Goede, Vilmundur Gudnason, William S Harris, Allison Hodge, Frank Hu, InterAct Consortium, Albert Koulman, Markku Laakso, Lars Lind, Hung-Ju Lin, Barbara McKnight, Kalina Rajaobelina, Ulf Riserus, Jennifer G Robinson, Cecilia Samieri, Mackenzie Senn, David S Siscovick, Sabita S Soedamah-Muthu, Nona Sotoodehnia, Qi Sun, Michael Y Tsai, Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, Matti Uusitupa, Lynne E Wagenknecht, Nick J Wareham, Jason H Y Wu, Renata Micha, Rozenn N Lemaitre, Dariush Mozaffarian and Nita G Forouhi

Effect of tailoring anticoagulant treatment duration by applying a recurrence risk prediction model in patients with venous thromboembolism compared to usual care: A randomized controlled trial pp. 1-17

Geert-Jan Geersing, Janneke M T Hendriksen, Nicolaas P A Zuithoff, Kit C Roes, Ruud Oudega, Toshihiko Takada, Roger E G Schutgens and Karel G M Moons

Impact of physicians’ participation in non-interventional post-marketing studies on their prescription habits: A retrospective 2-armed cohort study in Germany pp. 1-16

Cora Koch, Jörn Schleeff, Franka Techen, Daniel Wollschläger, Gisela Schott, Ralf Kölbel and Klaus Lieb

The association between long-term exposure to low-level PM2.5 and mortality in the state of Queensland, Australia: A modelling study with the difference-in-differences approach pp. 1-19

Wenhua Yu, Yuming Guo, Liuhua Shi and Shanshan Li

Volume 17, issue 5, 2020

HIV-related outcome disparities between transgender women living with HIV and cisgender people living with HIV served by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: A retrospective study pp. 1-16

Pamela W Klein, Demetrios Psihopaidas, Jessica Xavier and Stacy M Cohen

Medications for opioid use disorder among pregnant women referred by criminal justice agencies before and after Medicaid expansion: A retrospective study of admissions to treatment centers in the United States pp. 1-14

Tyler N A Winkelman, Becky R Ford, Rebecca J Shlafer, Anna McWilliams, Lindsay K Admon and Stephen W Patrick

Sugary drink warnings: A meta-analysis of experimental studies pp. 1-21

Anna H Grummon and Marissa G Hall

Comparative impact of pharmacological treatments for gestational diabetes on neonatal anthropometry independent of maternal glycaemic control: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-23

Jane L Tarry-Adkins, Catherine E Aiken and Susan E Ozanne

Pandemic preparedness and responses: WHO to turn to in a crisis? pp. 1-3

The PLOS Medicine Editors

National and regional prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-30

Lauren C Ng, Anne Stevenson, Sreeja S Kalapurakkel, Charlotte Hanlon, Soraya Seedat, Boniface Harerimana, Bonginkosi Chiliza and Karestan C Koenen

Volume 17, issue 4, 2020

CINeMA: An approach for assessing confidence in the results of a network meta-analysis pp. 1-19

Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Julian P T Higgins, Theodoros Papakonstantinou, Anna Chaimani, Cinzia Del Giovane, Matthias Egger and Georgia Salanti

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for preventing acquisition of HIV: A cross-sectional study of patients, prescribers, uptake, and spending in the United States, 2015–2016 pp. 1-17

Stephanie S Chan, Andre R Chappel, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Karen W Hoover, Ya-lin A Huang, Weiming Zhu, Stacy M Cohen, Pamela W Klein and Nancy De Lew

Effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in reducing intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in Zambia (VATU): A randomized controlled trial pp. 1-22

Laura K Murray, Jeremy C Kane, Nancy Glass, Stephanie Skavenski van Wyk, Flor Melendez, Ravi Paul, Carla Kmett Danielson, Sarah M Murray, John Mayeya, Francis Simenda and Paul Bolton

Metabolic risk factors and incident advanced liver disease in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based observational studies pp. 1-20

Helen Jarvis, Dawn Craig, Robert Barker, Gemma Spiers, Daniel Stow, Quentin M Anstee and Barbara Hanratty

Volume 17, issue 3, 2020

Projected impact of the Portuguese sugar-sweetened beverage tax on obesity incidence across different age groups: A modelling study pp. 1-17

Francisco Goiana-da-Silva, Milton Severo, David Cruz e Silva, Maria João Gregório, Luke N Allen, Magdalena Muc, Alexandre Morais Nunes, Duarte Torres, Marisa Miraldo, Hutan Ashrafian, Ana Rito, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, João Breda, Ara Darzi, Fernando Araújo and Carla Lopes

Drought and intimate partner violence towards women in 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2011-2018: A population-based study pp. 1-17

Adrienne Epstein, Eran Bendavid, Denis Nash, Edwin D Charlebois and Sheri D Weiser

Factors affecting the electrocardiographic QT interval in malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data pp. 1-20

Xin Hui S Chan, Yan Naung Win, Ilsa L Haeusler, Jireh Y Tan, Shanghavie Loganathan, Sompob Saralamba, Shu Kiat S Chan, Elizabeth A Ashley, Karen I Barnes, Rita Baiden, Peter U Bassi, Abdoulaye Djimde, Grant Dorsey, Stephan Duparc, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Feiko O ter Kuile, Marcus V G Lacerda, Amit Nasa, François H Nosten, Cyprian O Onyeji, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, André M Siqueira, Joel Tarning, Walter R J Taylor, Giovanni Valentini, Michèle van Vugt, David Wesche, Nicholas P J Day, Christopher L-H Huang, Josep Brugada, Ric N Price and Nicholas J White

Painful gynecologic and obstetric complications of female genital mutilation/cutting: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-20

Jacob Michael Lurie, Alessandra Weidman, Samantha Huynh, Diana Delgado, Imaani Easthausen and Gunisha Kaur

Pre-migration socioeconomic status and post-migration health satisfaction among Syrian refugees in Germany: A cross-sectional analysis pp. 1-20

Jan Michael Bauer, Tilman Brand and Hajo Zeeb

Migrant and refugee health: Complex health associations among diverse contexts call for tailored and rights-based solutions pp. 1-3

Paul Spiegel, Kolitha Wickramage and Terry McGovern

Association of childhood obesity with risk of early all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A Swedish prospective cohort study pp. 1-14

Louise Lindberg, Pernilla Danielsson, Martina Persson, Claude Marcus and Emilia Hagman

Prescribing systemic steroids for acute respiratory tract infections in United States outpatient settings: A nationwide population-based cohort study pp. 1-16

Kueiyu Joshua Lin, Evan Dvorin and Aaron S Kesselheim

Malnutrition trends in Rohingya children aged 6–59 months residing in informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh: An analysis of cross-sectional, population-representative surveys pp. 1-16

Eva Leidman, Md Lalan Miah, Alexa Humphreys, Leonie Toroitich- van Mil, Caroline Wilkinson, Mary Chelang'at Koech, Henry Sebuliba, Muhammad Abu Bakr Siddique and Oleg Bilukha

Dietary fibre and whole grains in diabetes management: Systematic review and meta-analyses pp. 1-22

Andrew N Reynolds, Ashley P Akerman and Jim Mann

Healthcare factors associated with the risk of antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth in migrants in Western Australia (2005-2013): A retrospective cohort study pp. 1-25

Maryam Mozooni, Craig E Pennell and David B Preen

Addressing disparities in the health of persons with HIV attributable to unstable housing in the United States: The role of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program pp. 1-7

Amy Griffin, Antigone Dempsey, Wendy Cousino, Latham Avery, Harold Phillips, Emeka Egwim and Laura Cheever

Mapping and characterising areas with high levels of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: A geospatial analysis of national survey data pp. 1-19

Caroline A Bulstra, Jan A C Hontelez, Federica Giardina, Richard Steen, Nico J D Nagelkerke, Till Bärnighausen and Sake J de Vlas

Health and well-being of male international migrants and non-migrants in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional follow-up study pp. 1-19

Randall Kuhn, Tania Barham, Abdur Razzaque and Patrick Turner

Association of suicidal behavior with exposure to suicide and suicide attempt: A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis pp. 1-27

Nicole T M Hill, Jo Robinson, Jane Pirkis, Karl Andriessen, Karolina Krysinska, Amber Payne, Alexandra Boland, Alison Clarke, Allison Milner, Katrina Witt, Stephan Krohn and Amit Lampit

Associations of adverse childhood experiences with educational attainment and adolescent health and the role of family and socioeconomic factors: A prospective cohort study in the UK pp. 1-21

Lotte C Houtepen, Jon Heron, Matthew J Suderman, Abigail Fraser, Catherine R Chittleborough and Laura D Howe

Nationally and regionally representative analysis of 1.65 million children aged under 5 years using a child-based human development index: A multi-country cross-sectional study pp. 1-18

Jan-Walter De Neve, Kenneth Harttgen and Stéphane Verguet

Volume 17, issue 2, 2020

Plans and prospects for the 2020s: Beyond peak health? pp. 1-2

The PLOS Medicine Editors

An adaptable implementation package targeting evidence-based indicators in primary care: A pragmatic cluster-randomised evaluation pp. 1-20

Thomas A Willis, Michelle Collinson, Liz Glidewell, Amanda J Farrin, Michael Holland, David Meads, Claire Hulme, Duncan Petty, Sarah Alderson, Suzanne Hartley, Armando Vargas-Palacios, Paul Carder, Stella Johnson, Robbie Foy and on behalf of the ASPIRE programme Team

Impact of the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugar content, price, product size and number of available soft drinks in the UK, 2015-19: A controlled interrupted time series analysis pp. 1-19

Peter Scarborough, Vyas Adhikari, Richard A Harrington, Ahmed Elhussein, Adam Briggs, Mike Rayner, Jean Adams, Steven Cummins, Tarra Penney and Martin White

An evaluation of Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising on sugar-sweetened beverage purchases from 2015 to 2017: A before-and-after study pp. 1-22

Lindsey Smith Taillie, Marcela Reyes, M Arantxa Colchero, Barry Popkin and Camila Corvalán

Virological suppression and clinical management in response to viremia in South African HIV treatment program: A multicenter cohort study pp. 1-18

Lucas E Hermans, Sergio Carmona, Monique Nijhuis, Hugo A Tempelman, Douglas D Richman, Michelle Moorhouse, Diederick E Grobbee, Willem D F Venter and Annemarie M J Wensing

Volume 17, issue 1, 2020

Association of puberty timing with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-20

Tuck Seng Cheng, Felix R Day, Rajalakshmi Lakshman and Ken K Ong

Projected costs of single-payer healthcare financing in the United States: A systematic review of economic analyses pp. 1-18

Christopher Cai, Jackson Runte, Isabel Ostrer, Kacey Berry, Ninez Ponce, Michael Rodriguez, Stefano Bertozzi, Justin S White and James G Kahn

Comparison of aggregate and individual participant data approaches to meta-analysis of randomised trials: An observational study pp. 1-22

Jayne F Tierney, David J Fisher, Sarah Burdett, Lesley A Stewart and Mahesh K B Parmar

Infectious disease pandemic planning and response: Incorporating decision analysis pp. 1-12

Freya M Shearer, Robert Moss, Jodie McVernon, Joshua V Ross and James M McCaw