Johan Karlberg

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Affiliation: University of Hong Kong
Country: China

Publications

  1. ncbi A longitudinal study of pediatric body mass index values predicted health in middle age
    Yin Bun Cheung
    Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore 169610
    J Clin Epidemiol 57:1316-22. 2004
  2. ncbi Secular trends in pubertal development
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, University of Hong Kong, PR China
    Horm Res 57:19-30. 2002
  3. ncbi Pubertal growth assessment
    Johan Karlberg
    Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Horm Res 60:27-35. 2003
  4. ncbi Foetal size to final height
    J Karlberg
    Department of Paediatrics, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    Acta Paediatr 89:632-6. 2000
  5. ncbi Do men have a higher case fatality rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome than women do?
    J Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People s Republic of China
    Am J Epidemiol 159:229-31. 2004
  6. ncbi Reference values for change in body mass index from birth to 18 years of age
    J Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    Acta Paediatr 92:648-52. 2003
  7. ncbi Early spontaneous catch-up growth
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 15:1243-55. 2002
  8. ncbi [Timing of birth and early neonatal mortality in Sweden 1973-1995]
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China
    Lakartidningen 99:2155. 2002
  9. ncbi Body mass index reference values (mean and SD) for Swedish children
    J Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre and Department of Pediatrics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    Acta Paediatr 90:1427-34. 2001
  10. ncbi Growth in early life and its relation to pubertal growth
    Zhong Cheng Luo
    Clinical Trials Centre and Department of Pediatrics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, The P R China
    Epidemiology 14:65-73. 2003

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Publications17

  1. ncbi A longitudinal study of pediatric body mass index values predicted health in middle age
    Yin Bun Cheung
    Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore 169610
    J Clin Epidemiol 57:1316-22. 2004
    ..To characterize the use of pediatric body mass index (BMI) to predict obesity, overweight, and diseases in middle age...
  2. ncbi Secular trends in pubertal development
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, University of Hong Kong, PR China
    Horm Res 57:19-30. 2002
    ..To describe the secular trend in pubertal development in relation to the secular trend in height...
  3. ncbi Pubertal growth assessment
    Johan Karlberg
    Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Horm Res 60:27-35. 2003
    ..80 for both sexes. Finally, a method for assessing total pubertal height gain is presented. The method adjusts for the timing of puberty and is based on the height and age at pubertal onset, plus the observed final height...
  4. ncbi Foetal size to final height
    J Karlberg
    Department of Paediatrics, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    Acta Paediatr 89:632-6. 2000
    ..Foetal growth is a significant predictor of postnatal growth. Final height is dependent on both the magnitude of foetal growth and the genetic potential in stature, and appears to some extent to be programmed from foetal growth...
  5. ncbi Do men have a higher case fatality rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome than women do?
    J Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People s Republic of China
    Am J Epidemiol 159:229-31. 2004
    ..This finding could be related to a nonuniform case definition of SARS disease, a different treatment regimen, a past smoking history, work-environment factors, or gender-specific immune-defense factors, for instance...
  6. ncbi Reference values for change in body mass index from birth to 18 years of age
    J Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    Acta Paediatr 92:648-52. 2003
    ..Conclusion: For the first time this communication gives access to BMI growth rate values that can be used both in research and in the clinic to evaluate various interventions, be they nutritional, surgical or therapeutic...
  7. ncbi Early spontaneous catch-up growth
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 15:1243-55. 2002
    ....
  8. ncbi [Timing of birth and early neonatal mortality in Sweden 1973-1995]
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China
    Lakartidningen 99:2155. 2002
  9. ncbi Body mass index reference values (mean and SD) for Swedish children
    J Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre and Department of Pediatrics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
    Acta Paediatr 90:1427-34. 2001
    ....
  10. ncbi Growth in early life and its relation to pubertal growth
    Zhong Cheng Luo
    Clinical Trials Centre and Department of Pediatrics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, The P R China
    Epidemiology 14:65-73. 2003
    ..Being small at birth is associated with early puberty and a reduced height gain during adolescence...
  11. ncbi [How did we handle suspected cases of SARS? Did alarming media reports frighten health personnel?]
    Johan Karlberg
    Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, PR China
    Lakartidningen 101:2586-7. 2004
  12. ncbi Probability of adult overweight and risk change during the BMI rebound period
    Qing He
    Department of Pediatrics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
    Obes Res 10:135-40. 2002
    ..It will help pediatricians or healthcare workers identify those children who are at a high risk of becoming overweight in adulthood, which will allow clinical intervention at younger ages...
  13. ncbi Longitudinal growth during infancy and childhood in children from shanghai: predictors and consequences of the age at onset of the childhood phase of growth
    Xiu Xu
    Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR. China
    Pediatr Res 51:377-85. 2002
    ..In conclusion, the age at childhood onset is equally important when studying children from Shanghai as it is with their Swedish counterparts...
  14. ncbi Environmental factors on the SARS epidemic: air temperature, passage of time and multiplicative effect of hospital infection
    Kun Lin
    Department of Public Health, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, PR China
    Epidemiol Infect 134:223-30. 2006
    ..SARS transmission appeared to be dependent on seasonal temperature changes and the multiplicative effect of hospital infection. SARS also appeared to retreat naturally over time...
  15. ncbi Prediction of adult overweight from childhood body mass index and not childhood height
    Johan Karlberg
    Pediatrics 111:224-5; author reply 224-5. 2003
  16. ncbi Natural growth in children born SGA with and without catch up growth
    Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
    , Institute for the Health of Women and Children, , , Sweden
    Horm Res 59:129. 2003
  17. ncbi Summary of confirmed cases of atypical pneumonia (SARS) in Hong Kong: daily update
    Johan Karlberg
    Acta Paediatr 92:872. 2003